Music Playing Apparatus Tempo Detection Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional music playing apparatuses do not allow users to genuinely enjoy playing music, as they require operating buttons and keyboards, and existing technologies fail to extract and apply the user's tempo in music playing, resulting in a less entertaining experience.
Innovation Solution
A music playing apparatus with an operating means for user input and a storage means for sound data, incorporating a playing sound output, history storing, playing tempo detecting, determining, and specific sound output mechanisms to enhance the entertaining element by outputting sound effects based on the user's tempo and operation timing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional music playing apparatus use buttons and keyboards for operation, then the device structure is simple, but the user cannot genuinely enjoy playing music and the entertainment value is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical button and keyboard operation system with an acoustic input system. The microphone captures the user's actual music playing sounds, and the processor analyzes these acoustic signals to detect tempo and timing, substituting mechanical interaction with acoustic field interaction. This allows users to play music naturally using their instruments while the system automatically processes the input, significantly enhancing user enjoyment and entertainment value without complicating the device structure.
2Device complexity
If conventional music playing apparatus do not extract user tempo, then the device complexity is low, but the tempo played by the user cannot be extracted and applied
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically extracts and analyzes the user's tempo from their music playing without requiring manual tempo input or complex configuration. The processor continuously monitors the acoustic signal, automatically detects tempo variations, and applies real-time feedback. This self-service approach enables sophisticated tempo extraction and adaptation while keeping the device relatively simple, as the system handles all processing autonomously without user intervention.
3Adaptability or versatility
If music playing apparatus output sound effects based on tempo detection, then user enjoyment is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the tempo detection function and sound effect output function into a unified feedback system. The same processor that analyzes the acoustic signal for tempo detection also controls the sound effect output, combining multiple functions into a single integrated system. This merging approach enhances user enjoyment through interactive sound effects while minimizing device complexity by avoiding separate dedicated hardware components for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
A game apparatus includes a CPU core, and the CPU core executes a music playing game according to a game program. During the game, a player plays a guitar as if he or she plucks the strings displayed on an operation screen while viewing a musical score of a desired music (tune) by utilizing a stick. During playing, the timing of the tempo of the music being played by the player is detected, and when the timing of the head of the quarter note in the detected tempo and the timing at which the player currently plays are coincident, a sound effect such as clapping sound, and the like is output. The volume of the clapping sound is increased when the tempo is stable, and decreased when the tempo is unstable.