Patent ID: 7858866
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A training setting apparatus comprising: a display device; a communication interface device section configured to connect the training setting apparatus to a plurality of slave electronic musical instruments, each assignable to a music student; a storage device section configured to store group information associated with the slave electronic musical instruments; an input operation device section configured to receive input from a user of the training setting apparatus pertaining to the user's selecting of a grouping rule for grouping the slave electronic musical instruments; a processing device section configured to automatically group the slave electronic musical instruments in accordance with the grouping rule selected by the user via said input operation device section, and update the group information associated with the slave electronic musical instruments, stored in said storage device section, in accordance with a result of the automatic grouping of the slave electronic musical instruments; and a display control device section configured to display, on the display device, a screen having an image representing at least each of the slave electronic musical instruments connected to the communication interface device section, wherein the processing device section is further configured to select and move at least one of the images representing the slave electronic musical instruments displayed on the display device from an original positioned to a desired position based upon input received from the user via the input operation device section, wherein the processing device section is further configured to determine a moved position of the selected image, wherein the processing device section is further configured to change the group information stored in the storage device section when the determined moved position corresponds to a position of another of the images representing the slave electronic musical instruments, wherein the processing device section is further configured to return the moved image from the moved position to the original position as displayed on the display device by interacting with the display control device section, wherein the group information includes a group identification assigned to each of the connected slave electronic musical instruments, wherein the processing device section is further configured to change the group identification assigned to the slave electronic musical instrument corresponding to the moved image to the group identification assigned to the slave electronic musical instrument corresponding to the another image, wherein the display device is connected to the display control device section, wherein the communication interface device section, the storage device section, and the input operation device section, are connected to the processing device section, wherein the display device, the display control device section, the communication interface device section, the storage device section, and the input operation device section all are implemented at least in part by electronic components, and wherein the training setting apparatus is a master electronic musical instrument with respect to the slave electronic musical instruments and is configured to be operated by a music instructor of the music students.