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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Eiichi Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Katsutoshi Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Kasuga, Tokyo, JP;
Ryutaro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Naotaka Uehara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/44 (2006.01); G10H 1/46 (2006.01); G10H 1/055 (2006.01); G10H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/44 (2013.01); G10H 1/0551 (2013.01); G10H 1/46 (2013.01); G10H 1/32 (2013.01); G10H 2220/361 (2013.01); G10H 2230/205 (2013.01); G10H 2230/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument includes: a contact sensor that generates lip detection information from an operation by a performer; and a controller that derives a lip contact area from the lip detection information generated by the contact sensor, and performs musical note control of an electronic sound source in accordance with the derived lip contact area.