Patent ID: 6066794
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A gesture synthesizer (GS) for use with an electronic sound synthesizer (ESS), which electronic music synthesizer provides at least a tone signal responsive to an ESS user-input device that permits user selection of discrete pitches, said gesture synthesizer coupleable to at least a first GS user-input control device, said gesture synthesizer comprising:first detection means, coupled to said first GS user-input control device, for generating control data representing user-operation of said first GS user-input control device;at least a first gesture synthesis means, coupled to said first detection means, for synthesizing a desired transfer function simulating muscle action, said transfer function represented by at least one model selected from a group consisting of (i) a model implementing Hill's equation, (ii) a model representing cyclic opposing effects of two force sources representing cyclic opposition action of a muscular system, (iii) a model representing muscular stimulus response to internal electrical impulses, (iv) a model representing visco-elastic properties of muscle pairs and elasticity of simulated loads, and (v) a model altering virtual trajectory of gesture created with said gesture synthesizer;said first gesture synthesis means outputting synthesized control data responsive to said control data such that said tone signal provided by said electronic sound synthesizer is responsive to and modifiable by said first GS user-input control device.