Computer-readable storage medium having stored therein musical sound generation program, and musical sound generation apparatus
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoichi Yamada, Junya Osada, Arisa Hosaka, Eiji Aonuma, Toru Minegishi, Daiki Iwamoto
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Abstract
A user can move the position of a pan flute in a horizontal direction on a screen by sliding a touch position in the horizontal direction on the screen while touching a touch panel with a stick. Moreover, when the user blows on a microphone hole, a musical sound of a pitch corresponding to a pipe of the pan flute which is displayed in an overlapping manner with a valid position display image at this time is outputted via a sound hole.
Claims14
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a musical sound generation program for generating a musical sound signal in accordance with an input operation performed by a user, the musical sound generation program causing the computer of an information processing apparatus to perform functionality comprising:
- displaying on a screen a plurality of images which respectively correspond to a plurality of pitches of sound;
- moving positions of the plurality of images displayed on the screen in accordance with a first input performed by the user via a first input device;
- detecting that at least one image of the plurality of images which are moved is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen;
- determining whether or not a second input is being performed by the user via a second input device;
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- generating, when a result of the determination is positive, based on the at least one image which is detected as being positioned at the predetermined position on the screen, the musical sound signal of the pitch of sound corresponding to the at least one image.
A musical sound generation apparatus having one or more processors and configured to generate a musical sound in accordance with an input operation performed by a user, the musical sound generation apparatus comprising:
- a display control unit for displaying on a screen a plurality of images which respectively correspond to a plurality of pitches of sound;
- a movement control unit for moving, via the one or more processors, positions of the plurality of images displayed on the screen by the display control unit, in accordance with a first input performed by the user via a first input device;
- a detection unit for detecting that at least one image of the plurality of images which are moved by the movement control unit is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen;
- an input determination unit for determining whether or not a second input is being performed by the user via a second input device;
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- a generation unit for, when a result of the determination by the input determination unit is positive, based on the at least one image which is detected by the detection unit as being positioned at the predetermined position on the screen, generating the musical sound signal of the pitch of sound corresponding to the at least one image.
A musical sound generation system, comprising:
- a display device having a screen configured to display image data;
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- a musical sound generation apparatus having one or more processors and configured to generate a musical sound in accordance with an input operation performed by a user, the musical sound generation apparatus comprising:
- a display control unit for displaying on the screen a plurality of images which respectively correspond to a plurality of pitches of sound;
- a movement control unit for moving, via the one or more processors, positions of the plurality of images displayed on the screen by the display control unit, in accordance with a first input performed by the user via a first input device;
- a detection unit for detecting that at least one image of the plurality of images which are moved by the movement control unit is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen;
- an input determination unit for determining whether or not a second input is being performed by the user via a second input device;
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- a generation unit for, when a result of the determination by the input determination unit is positive, based on the at least one image which is detected by the detection unit as being positioned at the predetermined position on the screen, generating the musical sound signal of the pitch of sound corresponding to the at least one image.
A musical sound generation method for generating a musical sound signal in accordance with an input operation performed by a user, the method implemented by an information processing apparatus having one or more processors, the method comprising:
- displaying on a screen a plurality of images which respectively correspond to a plurality of pitches of sound;
- moving, via the one or more processors, positions of the plurality of images displayed on the screen in accordance with a first input performed by the user via a first input device;
- detecting that at least one image of the plurality of images which are moved is positioned at a predetermined position on the screen;
- determining whether or not a second input is being performed by the user via a second input device;
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- generating, when a result of the determination is positive, based on the at least one image which is detected as being positioned at the predetermined position on the screen, the musical sound signal of the pitch of sound corresponding to the at least one image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.