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Electronic musical instrument having selectable angle-to-tone conversion

US5440070A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1993
Grant dateAug 8, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2220/321
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electronic musical instrument has a plurality of detectors, a plurality of converters and a selector. The plurality of detectors, which are arranged, respectively, at predetermined joints of a human body or in the vicinity thereof, detect angles formed by respective ones of the predetermined joints, and generate a plurality of angle data indicative of the respective detected angles. The plurality of converters have different input/output characteristics and thereby convert the plurality of angle data into respective single frequency data each indicative of a frequency of a musical tone. The selector selects desired one from among the plurality of converters.

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