EP0257311A3 - Dance-activated musical instrument - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0257311A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: dance; musical instrument; activated musical; activated; instrument
Prior art date: 1986-07-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP87110720A

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EP0257311A2 (en

Inventor

Liu Zhongdu

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Individual

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Individual

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1986-07-26

Filing date

1987-07-24

Publication date

1990-01-17

1987-07-24 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

1988-03-02 Publication of EP0257311A2 publication Critical patent/EP0257311A2/en

1990-01-17 Publication of EP0257311A3 publication Critical patent/EP0257311A3/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
- G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H1/32—Constructional details
- G10H1/34—Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H1/344—Structural association with individual keys
- G10H1/348—Switches actuated by parts of the body other than fingers
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63J—DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
- A63J7/00—Auxiliary apparatus for artistes
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
- G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
- G10H2220/155—User input interfaces for electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H2220/341—Floor sensors, e.g. platform or groundsheet with sensors to detect foot position, balance or pressure, steps, stepping rhythm, dancing movements or jumping
- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
- G10H2230/00—General physical, ergonomic or hardware implementation of electrophonic musical tools or instruments, e.g. shape or architecture
- G10H2230/045—Special instrument [spint], i.e. mimicking the ergonomy, shape, sound or other characteristic of a specific acoustic musical instrument category
- G10H2230/155—Spint wind instrument, i.e. mimicking musical wind instrument features; Electrophonic aspects of acoustic wind instruments; MIDI-like control therefor.
- G10H2230/205—Spint reed, i.e. mimicking or emulating reed instruments, sensors or interfaces therefor
- G10H2230/241—Spint clarinet, i.e. mimicking any member of the single reed cylindrical bore woodwind instrument family, e.g. piccolo clarinet, octocontrabass, chalumeau, hornpipes, zhaleika

EP87110720A 1986-07-26 1987-07-24 Dance-activated musical instrument Withdrawn EP0257311A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
CN86105546.2A CN1004838B (en)	1986-07-26	1986-07-26	Dance organ
CN86105546		1986-07-26

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0257311A2 EP0257311A2 (en)	1988-03-02
EP0257311A3 true EP0257311A3 (en)	1990-01-17

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP87110720A Withdrawn EP0257311A3 (en)	1986-07-26	1987-07-24	Dance-activated musical instrument

Country Status (3)

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EP (1)	EP0257311A3 (en)
CN (1)	CN1004838B (en)
CA (1)	CA1268063A (en)

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US3546353A (en) *	1967-10-25	1970-12-08	Responsabilite Ltd Ondioline S	Monodic electronic musical instrument manually playable without depression of keys
US3749810A (en) *	1972-02-23	1973-07-31	A Dow	Choreographic musical and/or luminescent appliance
FR2224061A5 (en) *	1973-03-30	1974-10-25	Bouillon Lucette	Electronic musical instrument - is played by foot movements to allow dance practise on specified panel
US3922944A (en) *	1972-02-12	1975-12-02	Nippon Columbia	Stepping musical machine
US3956958A (en) *	1974-08-08	1976-05-18	Nash Daniel T	Device for producing a signal in response to a movement thereon

1986
- 1986-07-26 CN CN86105546.2A patent/CN1004838B/en not_active Expired
1987
- 1987-07-23 CA CA000542890A patent/CA1268063A/en not_active Expired
- 1987-07-24 EP EP87110720A patent/EP0257311A3/en not_active Withdrawn

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3546353A (en) *	1967-10-25	1970-12-08	Responsabilite Ltd Ondioline S	Monodic electronic musical instrument manually playable without depression of keys
US3922944A (en) *	1972-02-12	1975-12-02	Nippon Columbia	Stepping musical machine
US3749810A (en) *	1972-02-23	1973-07-31	A Dow	Choreographic musical and/or luminescent appliance
FR2224061A5 (en) *	1973-03-30	1974-10-25	Bouillon Lucette	Electronic musical instrument - is played by foot movements to allow dance practise on specified panel
US3956958A (en) *	1974-08-08	1976-05-18	Nash Daniel T	Device for producing a signal in response to a movement thereon

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CN1004838B (en)	1989-07-19
EP0257311A2 (en)	1988-03-02
CN86105546A (en)	1988-02-10
CA1268063A (en)	1990-04-24

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1988-01-16	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1988-03-02	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): DE FR GB IT NL
1989-11-30	PUAL	Search report despatched	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013
1990-01-17	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A3 Designated state(s): DE FR GB IT NL
1990-02-21	GBT	Gb: translation of ep patent filed (gb section 77(6)(a)/1977)
1990-09-05	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 19900711
1992-04-29	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 19920316
1992-12-17	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
1993-02-03	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 19920728

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