Methods and systems for graphical actuation of a velocity and directionally sensitive sound generation application
View Patent ↗Methods and systems for graphical actuation of a velocity and directionally sensitive sound generation application are disclosed. An identifier of a graphical element or elements that are traversed is received wherein the graphical element or elements are located on a coded surface. In one embodiment, the traversal has a velocity and a direction. Moreover, the traversal can be performed with an optical pen on a graphical representation of a sound generation system. The velocity and the direction of the traversal are determined and an identifier of the velocity and the direction of the traversal is used to actuate a directionally sensitive sound generation application.
1. A device comprising:
an optical detector;
a processor coupled to said optical detector; and
a memory coupled to said processor, said memory unit containing instructions that when executed implement a method comprising:
receiving an identifier of a graphical actuation of sound that has a velocity and a direction that is performed with an optical pen on a graphical representation of a sound generation system that is drawn with a marking device;
determining said velocity and said direction of said graphical actuation on said graphical representation of a sound generation system; and
outputting an identifier of said velocity and said direction.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein a graphical representation of said sound generation system includes sound control components that are printed on a coded surface.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein a graphical representation of said sound generation system includes sound control components that are user drawn on a coded surface.
4. The device of claim 1 wherein said selection is made using an optical pen.
5. The device of claim 1 wherein a pitch, volume or other characteristic of a sound is based on a direction of movement of an optical pen across a surface of said graphical representation of said sound generation system.
6. The device of claim 1 wherein said direction includes along a perimeter, across the width of the diameter, forward and backward.
7. The device of claim 1 wherein said device comprises a velocity and directionally sensitive sound application that produces sounds that include turntable, violin, cello and trombone sounds.