Sound signal conversion device, musical instrument, sound signal conversion method and non-transitory computer readable medium storing sound signal conversion program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11790877-B2
Application number	US-202017127215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2020
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

A sound signal conversion device includes a supplier. The supplier supplies a periodic change to an input sound signal and outputs the sound signal to which the periodic change is supplied. The supplier includes a phase determiner that determines a phase at which the periodic change supplied to the sound signal starts based on initial phase information when receiving a start instruction for starting supply of the periodic change to the sound signal.

First claim

We claim:

1. A sound signal conversion device comprising:
a supplier that supplies a periodic change to an input sound signal and outputs the sound signal to a speaker to which the periodic change is supplied, wherein
the supplier includes a phase determiner that determines a phase at which the periodic change supplied to the sound signal starts based on initial phase information when receiving a start instruction from a button for starting supply of the periodic change to the sound signal, and stops supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updates the initial phase information based on a current phase of the periodic change with respect to the sound signal, when accepting the stop instruction, in a case where reset phase information is not provided.

2. The sound signal conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the supplier stops supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updates the initial phase information based on the reset phase information, when accepting a stop instruction for stopping the supply of the periodic change to the sound signal, and when the supplier is provided with the reset phase information, wherein
the reset phase information is a phase at which an operator desires a periodic change to start.

3. The sound signal conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein
the supplier stops supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updates the initial phase information based on the reset phase information, when accepting a first stop instruction, and stops supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updates the initial phase information based on a current phase of the periodic change with respect to a sound signal, when accepting a second stop instruction.

4. The sound signal conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein
the supplier updates the initial phase information based on the reset phase information that is set by the operator.

5. The sound signal conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein
a phase different from a phase corresponding to a sound to be output when the speaker is oriented forwardly is set as the reset phase information by the operator in a case where the periodic change of the sound signal corresponds to the sound to be output from the speaker.

6. The sound signal conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the phase determiner determines a plurality of phases at which the periodic change supplied to the sound signal starts based on a plurality of initial phase information pieces, and the supplier supplies the periodic change to the sound signal based on the plurality of phases, wherein
the plurality of initial phase information pieces is determined when a start instruction for starting supply of the periodic change to the sound signal is received.

7. A musical instrument including the sound signal conversion device according to claim 1 .

8. A sound signal conversion method of:
receiving a sound signal;
accepting a start instruction for starting supply of a periodic change to the sound signal;
determining a phase at which the periodic change supplied to the sound signal starts based on initial phase information when the start instruction is accepted, and supplying the periodic change to the sound signal;
stopping supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updating the initial phase information based on a current phase of the periodic change with respect to the sound signal, when accepting the stop instruction, in a case where reset phase information is not provided; and
outputting the sound signal to which the periodic change is supplied.

9. The sound signal conversion method according to claim 8 , wherein
the supplying includes stopping supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updating the initial phase information based on reset phase information, when a stop instruction for stopping the supply of the periodic change to the sound signal is accepted, in a case where the reset phase information is provided.

10. The sound signal conversion method according to claim 9 , wherein
the supplying includes stopping supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updating the initial phase information based the reset phase information, when accepting a first stop instruction, and stops supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updates the initial phase information based on a current phase of the periodic change with respect to a sound signal, when accepting a second stop instruction.

11. The sound signal conversion method according to claim 9 , wherein
the supplying includes updating the initial phase information based on the reset phase information set by a setter.

12. The sound signal conversion method according to claim 11 , wherein
a phase different from a phase corresponding to a sound to be output when the speaker is oriented forwardly is set as the reset phase information in a case where the periodic change of the sound signal corresponds to the sound to be output from the rotary speaker.

13. The sound signal conversion method according to claim 8 , wherein
the determining includes determining a plurality of phases at which the periodic change supplied to the sound signal starts based on a plurality of initial phase information pieces, and the supplying includes supplying the periodic change to the sound signal based on the plurality of phases.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a sound signal conversion program, which when executed by a computer, causes a computer to:
receive a sound signal;
accept a start instruction for starting supply of a periodic change to the sound signal;
determine a phase at which the periodic change supplied to the sound signal starts based on initial phase information when the start instruction is accepted, and supplying the periodic change to the sound signal;
stop supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and update the initial phase information based on a current phase of the periodic change with respect to the sound signal, when accepting the stop instruction, in a case where reset phase information is not provided; and
output the sound signal to which the periodic change is supplied.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing a sound signal conversion program according to claim 14 , wherein
the supplying includes stopping supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updating the initial phase information based on reset phase information, when a stop instruction for stopping the supply of the periodic change to the sound signal is accepted, in a case where the reset phase information is provided.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium storing a sound signal conversion program according to claim 14 , wherein
the supplying includes stopping supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updating the initial phase information based the reset phase information, when accepting a first stop instruction, and stops supplying the periodic change to the sound signal and updates the initial phase information based on a current phase of the periodic change with respect to a sound signal, when accepting a second stop instruction.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• Yamada Yuji
• Mori Takashi

Classifications

• G10H1/053 Primary

  during execution only {(voice controlled instruments G10H5/005)} · CPC title

• G10H1/0008 Primary

  Associated control or indicating means · CPC title

• G10H1/047

  by acousto-mechanical means, e.g. rotating speakers or sound deflectors · CPC title

• G10H1/02 Primary

  Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos · CPC title

• G10H1/32

  Constructional details · CPC title