System and method for physically interactive music games

1. A system for interactive music comprising:

an object having color patterns recognizable by a processor in an image captured by an imager, said object having a predefined association with a musical feature;

an imager to capture a series of images of said object;

a sound generator to generate said musical feature; and

a processor to:

detect said object in said series of images;

recognize said object in said series of images according to said color patterns; and

alter said feature of said music in accordance with a pre-defined response to said detected object.

2. The system as in claim 1 , comprising a display, and wherein said processor is to alter a scene shown on said display to correspond with said detected object in said image.

3. The system as in claim 1 , wherein said object is associated with a musical instrument, and wherein said processor is to alter said feature of said sound corresponding to said musical instrument.

4. The system as in claim 1 , wherein said processor is to detect a movement of said object in said series of images and wherein said processor is to alter a feature of said music in accordance with said movement.

5. The system as in claim 1 , wherein said processor is to alter a musical note in accordance with said movement.

6. The system as in claim 1 , wherein said processor is to alter a rhythm in response to the movement of said object detected in the image.

7. The system as in claim 1 , wherein said object is an article of clothing.

8. A method comprising:

recognize an object in an image according to color patterns;

associating said object in said image with a pre-defined musical feature;

generating said musical feature upon a detection of said object in said image;

detecting a change of a position of said object in a series of said images; and

altering said musical feature in response to said change in said position.

9. The method as in claim 8 , comprising displaying a representation of said change in said position of said musical feature on a display.

10. The method as in claim 8 , wherein said associating comprises associating said object with a scale of a musical instrument, and wherein said displaying comprises displaying said musical instrument on said display.

11. The method as in claim 8 , wherein altering said musical feature comprises altering a volume of said music in response to said change of position of said object in said series of images relative to an imager of said images.

12. The method as in claim 8 , wherein said detecting said change comprises detecting a height of said object in said image, and wherein said altering comprises altering a pitch in response to said change in height.

13. The method as in claim 8 , wherein said detecting comprises detecting a velocity of said change of position, and wherein said altering said musical feature comprises altering a tempo.

14. A system comprising:

a wearable object having color patterns recognizable by a processor in an image captured by an imager, said wearable object having a predefined association with a musical effect;

an imager to capture a series of images of said object;

a sound generator to generate said musical effect; and

a processor to:

detect a pre-defined change in an image of said wearable object;

recognize said wearable object in said series of images according to said color patterns; and

alter said musical effect in accordance with said pre-defined change.

15. The system as in claim 14 , wherein said wearable object comprises an article of clothing, and wherein said pre-defined change comprises signaling a pre-defined area of said clothing, and wherein altering said musical effect comprises generating a musical tone associated with said pre-defined area.