Bending angle detector and electronic musical instrument employi

Details Bending angle detector and electronic musical instrument employi Bending angle detector and electronic musical instrument employi

1991-03-29

1993-06-01

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84616, 84626, 7386268, 338 99, G10H 106, G10H 118, G10H 500

Patent

active

052161935

ABSTRACT:
A bending angle detector is constructed by a flexible base member, a flexible resistor and a detecting circuit. Herein, the flexible resistor is attached on at least one surface of the base member so that the resistance thereof can be varied in response to a bend of the base member. The detecting circuit, coupled to the flexible resistor, detects a bending angle of the base member based on the resistance variation of the flexible resistor. In an electronic musical instrument employing this bending angle detector, there is provided a flexible mounting member having a shape to be put on an articulation portion of a person. At least one storage pouch is formed at the predetermined position of the flexible mounting member to store the bending angle detector therein. Thus, a musical tone signal is formed based on a bending angle of the articulation portion of the person detected by the bending angle detector. Preferably, the flexible mounting member has a glove-like-shape.

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Shoji Morimoto; Kazuo Tuchiya; Japanese Study, Sep. 1988.

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