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Granted Patent B2
US 8,539,368 · App. 12/777,458 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Portable terminal with music performance function and method for playing musical instruments using portable terminal

Inventors: Myoung Ji Nam (Seoul, KR); Byung Sung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Joong Sam Yun (Incheon Metropolitan, KR); Sung Su Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seung Hye Yoo (Seoul, KR); Tae Yong Kim (Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0486G06F3/0481G06F3/04883G06F3/0482G10H7/004A63F13/06
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Patent No.
US 8,539,368
App. No.
12/777,458
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a portable terminal with a music performance function and a method for playing a variety of musical instruments. The method includes: selecting a particular piece of music and a particular musical instrument from the portable terminal, according to a user request, and executing a music performance mode corresponding to the selected musical instrument; detecting a first input signal input to a screen according to the selected musical instrument in the musical performance mode; determining, if the first input signal is detected, whether a second input signal for executing audio source data is detected; analyzing the first and second input signals, in association with each other; and outputting audio source data of the selected music, according to the analyzed result, via audio signals.

Claims (36)

1. A method for playing musical instruments using a portable terminal, comprising:

executing a music performance mode;

selecting at least one of a particular piece of music and a particular musical instrument displayed on a touch screen;

assigning at least one chord from a chord bar to a particular location of a chord window;

receiving a first input signal corresponding to playing the at least one chord as a touch signal from the touch screen for executing a music performance corresponding to the selected musical instrument;

receiving a second input signal as a stroke signal detected by a sensing unit;

analyzing the first and second input signals, in association with each other; and

outputting audio source data based on the analyzed result,

wherein the stroke signal generated according to a user stroke motion occurring within a predetermined distance greater than zero from the portable terminal is detected by an infrared sensor of the sending unit to play an instrument.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular piece of music comprises at least one of:

music generated by a user in a composition mode; and

music stored in the portable terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing a music performance mode further comprises:

executing, when a guitar is selected as the particular musical instrument, a composition mode according to a user selection;

moving, according to a user drag touch input, at least one chord to a chord window, in the composition mode; and

determining the sequence of at least one moved chord and storing audio source data corresponding to the at least one moved chords according to the determined sequence.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing a music performance mode further comprises:

displaying, if a background music is selected from a menu, chords of the selected background music; and

highlighting one of the chords to be touched on the touch screen.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when a guitar is selected as the particular musical instrument, receiving a first input signal further comprises:

detecting a touch signal input in a region that corresponds to a particular chord and is highlighted;

executing a vibration function according to whether the touch signal is correctly generated;

determining whether there is a chord to be touched, following the particular chord of the region in which the touch signal has been generated; and

highlighting, if there is a following chord to be touched, a region of the following chord.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the first and second input signals further comprises:

analyzing the input signals corresponding to a chord, with a position of the chord on the touch screen on which the first input signal is generated, according to the intensity of the audio signal.

7. A portable terminal having a music performance function, comprising:

a touch screen for detecting a first input signal corresponding to playing at least one chord as a touch signal in a music performance mode;

means for detecting a second input signal comprising a stroke signal, said means including: a sensing unit comprising an infrared sensor for detecting the stroke signal, and

a controller for assigning at least one chord from a chord bar to a particular location of a chord window for analyzing the first and second input signals and outputting audio source data,

wherein the stroke signal generated according to a user stroke motion occurring within a predetermined distance greater than zero from the portable terminal is detected by an infrared sensor of the sending unit to play an instrument.

8. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller executes a composition mode, according to a user selection thereof, when a guitar is selected as a musical instrument in the music performance mode.

9. The portable terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller further comprises a chord setting unit that identifies at least one chord that is moved to a chord window in the composition mode, determines a sequence of the at least on moved chord, and stores audio source data corresponding to the sequence of at least one moved chord.

10. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller displays at least one chord of one piece of background music selected from a list of background music displayed on a screen.

11. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller executes a guitar performance mode, displays a chord window that shows a plurality of chords of a particular piece of music in a plurality of regions, and highlights a chord to be touched from among the plurality of chords.

12. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller highlights a first chord, and a position of the first chord, executes a vibration function according to whether a touch signal is correctly input to the highlighted first chord, and position, and highlights a second chord, and second position to be touched of a note following the note of the first chord, and position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2010
From: NAM, MYOUNG JI; KIM, BYUNG SUNG; YUN, JOONG SAM; KIM, SUNG SU; YOO, SEUNG HYE; KIM, TAE YONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.; LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0040963 · May 11, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100287471A1 · Nov 11, 2010