Abstract: A vibration sensor in one aspect of the present invention includes a vibration detection element that has a sheet-shaped piezoelectric element and a pair of electrodes superposed on a front side and a rear side of the piezoelectric element, and a rear surface side gel layer superposed on a side where the vibration detection element faces a surface of a living body.

Abstract: A CPU 10 operates in response to an instruction for starting reproduction of a melody to read out tone color data and tempo data included in selected musical composition data from a RAM 11 or a ROM 12, and transfer the readout data to a musical tone-generating section 15. The CPU 10 then reads out starting position information written in a performance starting point register 36, reads out note data included in the musical composition data from a position indicated by the starting position information from the RAM 11 or the ROM 12, and transfers the readout note data to the musical tone-generating section 15. The musical tone-generating section 15 generates a melody from the transferred note data based on the transferred tone color data and tempo data. As a result, the melody can be listened to from an arbitrary starting position.

Abstract: There are provided a musical tone-generating apparatus which neither requires hardware having an increased circuit size nor imposes a heavy burden on a CPU thereof, and a mobile terminal apparatus including the musical tone-generating apparatus, as well as a musical tone-generating method, and a storage medium storing a program for executing the method. A CPU converts music contents data stored in a RAM to hardware tone generator control data, stores the resulting data into the RAM. In reproduction, the CPU reads out and sends the hardware tone generator control data to a hardware tone generator. A data decoder circuit of the hardware tone generator sequentially reads out the hardware tone generator control data from a FIFO and separates the read data into time management information and data of a parameter for generation of a musical tone, and sets the time management information to a counter.

Abstract: A portable telephone apparatus has a communication unit for receiving a call signal to inform a user of an arrival of a call so that the user can start a talk, and a reproduction unit for processing music data in response to the call signal to reproduce a piece of music composed of two or more parts including a melody part and an accompaniment part so as to audibly notify the user of the arrival of the call. Allowing the user to compose music without need for an excessive amount of work, score data for a melody is inputted first (IN1), and style information and chord information are inputted in the process of creating an accompaniment part. Then, accompaniment data for drum, bass and chord parts are selected from a ROM 12 or RAM 11 based on the inputted style and chord information (SE1). The selected accompaniment data of two or more parts are merged with the score data of the melody (PR1) to create music data.

Abstract: A portable telephone produces either beep sound or melody sound as incoming call sound. The melody sound is produced based on music data, which are stored in advance or downloaded from the prescribed distribution center, wherein the music data represent the melody of a single musical tune in different arrangements that are respectively assigned to time zones in advance. Hence, the portable telephone produces the same melody in different arrangements in response to time zones, to which the time for receiving an incoming call belong.

Abstract: A CPU 10 operates in response to an instruction for starting reproduction of a melody to read out tone color data and tempo data included in selected musical composition data from a RAM 11 or a ROM 12, and transfer the readout data to a musical tone-generating section 15. The CPU 10 then reads out starting position information written in a performance starting point register 36, reads out note data included in the musical composition data from a position indicated by the starting position information from the RAM 11 or the ROM 12, and transfers the readout note data to the musical tone-generating section 15. The musical tone-generating section 15 generates a melody from the transferred note data based on the transferred tone color data and tempo data. As a result, the melody can be listened to from an arbitrary starting position.

Abstract: There are provided a musical tone-generating apparatus which neither requires hardware having an increased circuit size nor imposes a heavy burden on a CPU thereof, and a mobile terminal apparatus including the musical tone-generating apparatus, as well as a musical tone-generating method, and a storage medium storing a program for executing the method. A CPU converts music contents data stored in a RAM to hardware tone generator control data, stores the resulting data into the RAM. In reproduction, the CPU reads out and sends the hardware tone generator control data to a hardware tone generator. A data decoder circuit of the hardware tone generator sequentially reads out the hardware tone generator control data from a FIFO and separates the read data into time management information and data of a parameter for generation of a musical tone, and sets the time management information to a counter.

Abstract: A portable telephone produces either beep sound or melody sound as incoming call sound. The melody sound is produced based on music data, which are stored in advance or downloaded from the prescribed distribution center, wherein the music data represent the melody of a single musical tune in different arrangements that are respectively assigned to time zones in advance. Hence, the portable telephone produces the same melody in different arrangements in response to time zones, to which the time for receiving an incoming call belong.

Abstract: A portable telephone apparatus has a communication unit for receiving a call signal to inform a user of an arrival of a call so that the user can start a talk, and a reproduction unit for processing music data in response to the call signal to reproduce a piece of music composed of two or more parts including a melody part and an accompaniment part so as to audibly notify the user of the arrival of the call. Allowing the user to compose music without need for an excessive amount of work, score data for a melody is inputted first (IN1), and style information and chord information are inputted in the process of creating an accompaniment part. Then, accompaniment data for drum, bass and chord parts are selected from a ROM 12 or RAM 11 based on the inputted style and chord information (SE1). The selected accompaniment data of two or more parts are merged with the score data of the melody (PR1) to create music data.

Abstract: An asynchronous signal input apparatus includes a memory device which writes data that are input at a predetermined frequency, in response to a write signal, and reads data in response to a read signal. A data quantity measuring device measures a data quantity representing a quantity of data stored in the memory device. A read signal generating device generates the read signal at a frequency that varies depending upon the measured data quantity. A sampling frequency conversion apparatus comprises the memory device, data quantity measuring device, and read signal generating device employed in the asynchronous signal input apparatus. Further, the read signal generating device includes a converter which performs non-linear conversion on the data quantity measured by the data quantity measuring device.