Sound generation device, sound generation method and storage medium storing sound generation program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9154870-B2
Application number	US-201313796911-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	Mar 19, 2012
Publication date	Oct 6, 2015
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015

Abstract

Disclosed is a sound generation device including a receiver which receives a sound emission instructing signal in which time data is included and a difference calculator which calculates a difference between a timing indicated in the received time data and a timing when the sound emission instructing signal is received by the receiver, when the sound emission instructing signal in which the time data is included is received. The sound generation device further includes a histogram creator which creates a histogram on the basis of the calculated difference and a difference calculated previously, when the difference is calculated and a timing controller which controls a timing for supplying the received sound emission instructing signal to a sound emission unit on the basis of the calculated difference and a most frequent difference in the created histogram, when the difference is calculated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound generation device, comprising:
a receiver which receives a sound emission instructing signal which includes time data;
a difference calculator which calculates a difference time between a first timing indicated in the received time data and a second timing when the receiver receives the sound emission instructing signal, each time the sound emission instructing signal is received;
a histogram creator which creates a histogram based on a plurality of difference times calculated previously by the difference calculator, each time a current difference time is calculated by the difference calculator; and
a timing controller which controls a timing for sending the received sound emission instructing signal to a sound emission unit based on the current difference time, which is the difference time most recently calculated by the difference calculator, and a highest frequency difference time which has a highest frequency in the created histogram, each time the difference time is calculated,
wherein the timing controller includes a determination unit and a sending unit,
wherein the determination unit determines whether the current difference time is longer than the highest frequency difference time,
wherein, when the determination unit determines that the current difference time is equal to or longer than the highest frequency difference time, the sending unit sends the received sound emission instructing signal to the sound emission unit at the second timing, and
wherein, when the determination unit determines that the current difference time is less than the highest frequency difference time, the sending unit sends the received sound emission instructing signal to the sound emission unit at a third timing obtained by adding the highest frequency difference time to the first timing.

2. The sound generation device according to claim 1 , further comprising a performance operator which is configured to be held by a performer,
wherein the performance operator comprises:
a movement detection unit which detects a movement of a main body of the performance operator,
a sound emission instruction generator which generates the sound emission instructing signal based on the movement of the performance operator which is detected by the movement detecting unit, the sound emission instructing signal giving an instruction to emit a sound to the sound emission unit, and
a transmitter which sends the sound emission instructing signal generated by the sound emission instruction generator with time data indicating a timing of transmission included in the sound emission instructing signal.

3. The sound generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the histogram creator creates the histogram based on the current difference time and the plurality of difference times calculated previously by the difference calculator, each time the current difference time is calculated by the difference calculator.

4. The sound generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the sound emission unit is connected to the timing controller.

5. A sound generation method for a sound generation device including a processor and a receiver which receives a sound emission instructing signal which includes time data, the method comprising executing, with the processor, processes comprising:
calculating a difference time between a first timing indicated in the received time data and a second timing when the sound emission instructing signal is received, each time the sound emission instructing signal is received;
creating a histogram based on a plurality of difference times calculated previously, each time a current difference time is calculated;
determining whether the current difference time, which is a most recently calculated difference time, is longer than a highest frequency difference time, which is a difference time having a highest frequency in the created histogram;
when it is determined that the current difference time is equal to or longer than the highest frequency difference time, sending the received sound emission instructing signal to the sound emission unit at the second timing; and
when it is determined that the current difference time is less than the highest frequency difference time, sending the received sound emission instructing signal to the sound emission unit at a third timing obtained by adding the highest frequency difference time to the first timing.

6. The sound generation method according to claim 5 , wherein the histogram is created based on the current difference time and the plurality of difference times calculated previously, each time the current difference time is calculated.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer of a sound generation device including a receiver which receives a sound emission instructing signal which includes time data, the program being executable by the computer to cause the computer to perform functions comprising:
calculating a difference time between a first timing indicated in the received time data and a second timing when the sound emission instructing signal is received, each time the sound emission instructing signal is received;
creating a histogram based on a plurality of difference times calculated previously, each time a current difference time is calculated;
determining whether the current difference time, which is a most recently calculated difference time, is longer than a highest frequency difference time, which is a difference time having a highest frequency in the created histogram;
when it is determined that the current difference time is equal to or longer than the highest frequency difference time, sending the received sound emission instructing signal to the sound emission unit at the second timing; and
when it is determined that the current difference time is less than the highest frequency difference time, sending the received sound emission instructing signal to the sound emission unit at a third timing obtained by adding the highest frequency difference time to the first timing.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7 , wherein the histogram is created based on the current difference time and the plurality of difference times calculated previously, each time the current difference time is calculated.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• H04R3/00 Primary

  Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) · CPC title

• H04R27/00

  Public address systems (circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; {monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007}; amplifiers H03F) · CPC title

• H04R3/12 Primary

  for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} · CPC title

• H04R2227/003

  Digital PA systems using, e.g. LAN or internet · CPC title