TY - GEN
T1 - Grasping interface with photo sensor for a musical instrument
AU - Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki
AU - Hashimoto, Shuji
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper introduces a luminance intensity interface driven by grasping forces, and its application as a musical instrument. In traditional musical instruments, the relationship between the action and the generated sound is determined by the physical structures of the instruments. Moreover, the freedom of the musical performances is limited by the structures. We developed a ball-shaped interface with handheld size. A photo diode is embedded in the translucent rubber ball to reacts to the grasping force of the performer. The grasping force is detected as the luminance intensity. The performer can use the ball interface only by grasping directly but also by holding to the environmental light or shading it by hands. The output of the interface is fed to the sound generator and the relationship between the performer's action and the generated sound is determined by the instrumental program to make the universal musical instrument.
AB - This paper introduces a luminance intensity interface driven by grasping forces, and its application as a musical instrument. In traditional musical instruments, the relationship between the action and the generated sound is determined by the physical structures of the instruments. Moreover, the freedom of the musical performances is limited by the structures. We developed a ball-shaped interface with handheld size. A photo diode is embedded in the translucent rubber ball to reacts to the grasping force of the performer. The grasping force is detected as the luminance intensity. The performer can use the ball interface only by grasping directly but also by holding to the environmental light or shading it by hands. The output of the interface is fed to the sound generator and the relationship between the performer's action and the generated sound is determined by the instrumental program to make the universal musical instrument.
KW - Ball-shaped interface
KW - Grasping interface
KW - Illumination control
KW - Musical performance
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-02577-8_59
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-02577-8_59
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350326046
SN - 3642025765
SN - 9783642025761
VL - 5611 LNCS
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 542
EP - 547
BT - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
T2 - 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2009
Y2 - 19 July 2009 through 24 July 2009
ER -