Enhanced characteristics musical instrument

    公开(公告)号:US4719834A

    公开(公告)日:1987-01-19

    申请号:US621325

    申请日:1984-06-15

    摘要: In a method for providing musical accompaniment in response to playing of a processor-controlled musical instrument, a plurality of processes corresponding to different musical components of the accompaniment are executed in a pseudo-concurrent manner. Each component includes a plurality of musical events related according to a tempo at which the accompaniment is to be sounded. A portion of one of the processes is executed to perform at least one of the musical events, whereupon the process is suspended for a musically appropriate period of time substantially equal to the time before the next event of the process. While the first process is suspended, a portion of at least one other process is executed to perform another musical event. The other process is then suspended for another musically appropriate period of time. Execution of the processes is continued in this manner, one portion of a process at a time, such that the processes overlap to produce a coherent musical accompaniment.

    Method and apparatus for animated harmonization
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for animated harmonization 失效
    用于动画协调的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4519286A

    公开(公告)日:1985-05-28

    申请号:US391764

    申请日:1982-06-24

    IPC分类号: G10H1/36 G10F1/00

    摘要: A method and associated apparatus for sounding music played by a performer according to a preselected style. Accompaniment notes having a harmonious tonal relationship to preselected melody and chord information are arranged into a plurality of groups. Appropriate accompaniment notes are selected from the groups in accordance with musically derived sequences and sounded for preselected periods of time so that the melody and chord chosen by the performer are sounded in accordance with a derived playing style.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于根据预选风格发音由演奏者播放的音乐的方法和相关联的装置。 与预选的旋律和和弦信息具有和谐的音调关系的伴奏音符被排列成多个组。 根据音乐派生的序列从组中选择合适的伴奏音符,并且响应于预选的时间段,使得由演奏者选择的旋律和和弦根据派生的演奏风格被发音。

    Duty cycle control apparatus
    3.
    发明授权
    Duty cycle control apparatus 失效
    占空比控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US4277697A

    公开(公告)日:1981-07-07

    申请号:US3585

    申请日:1979-01-15

    IPC分类号: G10H5/10 H03K3/017 H03K5/26

    CPC分类号: H03K3/017 G10H5/10

    摘要: Apparatus for controlling the duty cycle of a rectangular input signal so that the duty cycle normally remains constant irrespective of the frequency of the input signal, but can be adjusted with accuracy. A generator initiates a rectangular output signal in synchronism with the input signal. A comparator enables the generator to terminate the output signal after a time period related to the relative amplitudes of the output signal and another reference voltage. An adjustment transistor can adjust the amplitude of the reference voltage in order to control the overall duty cycle of the output signal.

    摘要翻译: 用于控制矩形输入信号的占空比的装置,使得占空比通常保持恒定,而与输入信号的频率无关,但是可以精确地调整。 发生器与输入信号同步地发起矩形输出信号。 比较器使发生器在与输出信号和另一参考电压的相对幅度相关的时间段之后终止输出信号。 调节晶体管可以调节参考电压的幅度,以便控制输出信号的总占空比。

    Harmony recognition technique application
    4.
    发明授权
    Harmony recognition technique application 失效
    和声识别技术应用

    公开(公告)号:US4248118A

    公开(公告)日:1981-02-03

    申请号:US3586

    申请日:1979-01-15

    IPC分类号: G10H1/38 G10H5/00

    摘要: Techniques for translating the harmony expressed by the keyboard playing of a performer into a chord type and root. Playing key pattern representations are stored in a digital memory at locations having addresses defining the corresponding chord type. A playing key pattern signal identifying the pattern of the keys played by the performer is then generated. The playing key pattern signal is used to locate the corresponding stored playing key pattern representation. When a match occurs, the chord type and root are derived by a processor.

    摘要翻译: 用于将表演者的键盘演奏表达的和声转换成和弦类型和根的技术。 播放键图案表示在具有定义对应和弦类型的地址的位置处存储在数字存储器中。 然后产生识别表演者播放的键的图案的演奏键图案信号。 播放键模式信号用于定位相应的存储的播放键图案表示。 当发生匹配时,和弦类型和根由处理器导出。

    Sharing sound-producing channels in an accompaniment-type musical
instrument
    5.
    发明授权
    Sharing sound-producing channels in an accompaniment-type musical instrument 失效
    在伴奏式乐器中分享声音产生频道

    公开(公告)号:US4630517A

    公开(公告)日:1986-12-23

    申请号:US621327

    申请日:1984-06-15

    IPC分类号: G10H1/36 G10H1/22 G10F1/00

    CPC分类号: G10H1/36 G10H2210/576

    摘要: In a method for providing musical accompaniment in response to the playing of a musical instrument, wherein the accompaniment has a plurality of musical components performing different musical functions, a preselected number of virtual channels implementing the musical components of the accompaniment are mapped into a smaller number of physical channels such that the allocation of physical channels between the musical components fluctuates over time. In another embodiment, one of the musical components of the accompaniment is a fill note component, and the allocation of physical channels between it and at least one other component of the accompaniment may be either static or dynamic.

    摘要翻译: 在响应于乐器的演奏而提供音乐伴奏的方法中,其中伴奏具有执行不同音乐功能的多个音乐组件,实现伴奏的音乐成分的预选数量的虚拟频道被映射成较小的数字 的物理信道,使得音乐组件之间的物理信道的分配随着时间而波动。 在另一个实施例中,伴奏的音乐成分之一是填充音符分量,并且其与伴奏的至少一个其它分量之间的物理频道的分配可以是静态的或动态的。

    Method and apparatus for improved automatic harmonization
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for improved automatic harmonization 失效
    改进自动协调的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4508002A

    公开(公告)日:1985-04-02

    申请号:US274606

    申请日:1981-06-17

    摘要: A method and associated apparatus for embellishing the melody played on an electronic musical keyboard instrument. A set of musically-derived tables relates harmonious accompaniment notes to the melody in accordance with the chosen harmony and is addressed to generate a signal that represents at least one appropriate accompaniment note. The latter signal causes sounding of selected accompaniment notes to produce the desired musical harmony. A choice of voicing style and an orchestration option are additionally provided within the scope of the apparatus and method herein.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于装饰在电子音乐键盘乐器上演奏的旋律的方法和相关装置。 一组音乐派生的表根据所选择的和声将和声伴奏音符与旋律相关联,并且被寻址以产生表示至少一个适当的伴奏音符的信号。 后一个信号引起所选伴奏音符的声音产生所需的音乐和声。 在本文的装置和方法的范围内另外提供了选择语音风格和编排选项。

    Orchestral accompaniment techniques
    7.
    发明授权
    Orchestral accompaniment techniques 失效
    管弦乐伴奏技巧

    公开(公告)号:US4433601A

    公开(公告)日:1984-02-28

    申请号:US307161

    申请日:1981-09-30

    IPC分类号: G10H1/38 G10F1/00

    摘要: An electronic musical instrument by which a performer can provide a musical accompaniment in different musical styles. The performer selects a desired musical style and plays on a standard keyboard in order to express a desired harmony. The instrument translates the keyboard playing into a chord type and root that defines the harmony expressed by the performer. A processor generates parameter signals defining a segment of music including a plurality of accompaniment notes arranged in the selected musical style and related harmonically to the selected chord type and root. Output circuitry converts the parameter signals to sound so that a performer of limited skill or musical knowledge can play an appropriately-styled accompaniment to a melody written in any one of a variety of musical keys.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子乐器,通过该乐器,表演者可以以不同的音乐风格提供音乐伴奏。 表演者选择所需的音乐风格,并在标准键盘上播放,以表达所需的和谐。 该乐器将键盘演奏转换成和弦类型和根,定义表演者表达的和声。 处理器产生定义音乐片段的参数信号,包括以所选择的音乐风格排列的多个伴奏音符,并且与所选择的和弦类型和根和声相关。 输出电路将参数信号转换为声音,使得有限技能或音乐知识的演奏者可以对以各种音乐键中的任一种编写的旋律播放适当风格的伴奏。

    Accompaniment note selection method
    8.
    发明授权
    Accompaniment note selection method 失效
    伴奏音符选择方法

    公开(公告)号:US4682526A

    公开(公告)日:1987-07-28

    申请号:US621326

    申请日:1984-06-15

    IPC分类号: G10H1/36 G10F1/00

    摘要: In a method for providing musical accompaniment in response to the playing of an accompaniment-type musical instrument, accompaniment chord voicing is randomly selected from a pluraltiy of stored possibilities and the chord is sounded according to the selected voicing. In a preferred embodiment, the voicings may be stored separately from rhythm information according to which the chord is to be sounded, and the selection of chord voicings is constrained by a pre-selected range of chord tones. In another method for providing musical accompaniment having at least one stored melodic figure, melodic information is represented as a plurality of tokens independent of chord type and the tokens are subsequently converted to note parameters appropriate for a preselected chord type. The tokens are preferably related to the scale functions of the melodic information and may also contain information for each of a plurality of chord sub-types.

    摘要翻译: 在响应于伴奏式乐器的演奏而提供音乐伴奏的方法中,伴奏和弦发音是从多个存储的可能性中随机选择的,并且根据所选择的发音来发声和弦。 在优选实施例中,声音可以与节奏信息分离存储,根据该节奏信息,和弦将被发音,并且和弦声音的选择受到和弦音调的预选范围的约束。 在用于提供具有至少一个存储的旋律图形的音乐伴奏的另一种方法中,旋律信息被表示为独立于和弦类型的多个令牌,并且令牌随后被转换为适合于预选和弦类型的音符参数。 令牌优选地与旋律信息的缩放函数相关,并且还可以包含用于多个和弦子类型中的每一个的信息。

    INFORMATION ACQUISITION USING A SCALABLE WIRELESS GEOCAST PROTOCOL
    10.
    发明申请
    INFORMATION ACQUISITION USING A SCALABLE WIRELESS GEOCAST PROTOCOL 有权
    使用可扩展无线GEOCAST协议的信息获取

    公开(公告)号:US20130012231A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-10

    申请号:US13169892

    申请日:2011-06-27

    申请人: Robert J. Hall

    发明人: Robert J. Hall

    IPC分类号: H04W24/00

    摘要: Information is acquired from a geographically-distributed sensor network using a scalable wireless geocast protocol. Geographically distributed networks of unattended sensors are placed at desired locations to collect various types of information, such as, for example, environmental parameters, temperature, humidity, rainfall, heat signatures, video, audio, seismic activity, and/or wind conditions. To acquire information, a query is provided to the geographic area at which the sensors are located utilizing the geocast protocol. Delivery of the query is based on a physical location of a region in which a sensor network is located, the type of information being queried, and/or temporal conditions. Each sensor that receives a query determines if all requirements/conditions are satisfied. If so, the query is accepted and processed by the recipient sensor, and responded to accordingly. Responses to queries are provided via the geocast protocol.

    摘要翻译: 使用可扩展的无线地理信息协议从地理分布式传感器网络获取信息。 无人值守传感器的地理分布式网络放置在所需位置,以收集各种类型的信息,例如环境参数,温度,湿度,降雨量,热信号,视频,音频,地震活动和/或风况。 为了获得信息,使用地理标记协议向传感器所在的地理区域提供查询。 查询的传送基于传感器网络所位于的区域的物理位置,被查询的信息的类型和/或时间条件。 接收查询的每个传感器确定是否满足所有要求/条件。 如果是这样,查询将被接收者传感器接受和处理,并相应地进行响应。 通过geocast协议提供对查询的响应。