Abstract: Every time a performance action is played with a performance appliance, a state of each performance action is detected. A degree of variations of the states of the performance actions is detected by using a variations sensor and a degree of skill of the performance action is judged and notified based on the result detected by the variations sensor.

Abstract: With use of GPS, an action-history recording apparatus obtains latitudes and longitudes representing places of user's action where a user is acting, and stores action-history data containing place names indicating the places of user's action at a predetermined processing timing. In the case where, the place of user's action is a specific place unique to the user, where the user visits customarily or frequently, the user is allowed to enter an arbitrary name independent of the latitude and longitude. The name entered by the user is used as a pace name to be contained in action-history data. In this way, the apparatus obtains a place name appropriate for the user and the user can use the name conveniently as the place name of the user's action.

Abstract: A performance apparatus 11 extends in its longitudinal direction to be held by a player with his or her hand. The performance apparatus is provided with a geomagnetic sensor 22 and an acceleration sensor 23 in its extending portion. CPU 21 gives an instruction to an electronic musical instrument 19 to generate a musical tone of a tone color at a timing when a position of the performance apparatus obtained by the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor passes through a sound generation area defined in space, wherein the tone color of the musical tone corresponds to the sound generation area. The sound generation areas and corresponding tone colors are stored in an area/tone color table in RAM 26. Upon receipt of an instruction, the electronic musical instrument generates a musical tone having a tone color corresponding to the sound generation area.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided with a user-data storing unit 4 and a radio signal receiving unit 6-11. The user-data storing unit stores plural pieces of usage-environment information in combination respectively with plural pieces of place (location) information, wherein the usage-environment information represents an environment under which the electronic apparatus is used at a place (location) and the place information combined with the usage-environment information indicates the place (location) where the electronic apparatus is used. The radio signal receiving unit obtains present usage-environment information representing an environment, under which the apparatus is used at present.

Abstract: Every time a performance action is played with a performance appliance, a state of each performance action is detected. A degree of variations of the states of the performance actions is detected by using a variations sensor and a degree of skill of the performance action is judged and notified based on the result detected by the variations sensor.

Abstract: A performance apparatus 11 extends in its longitudinal direction to be held by a player with his or her hand. The performance apparatus 11 is provided with a geomagnetic sensor 22 and an acceleration sensor 23. At the time when the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor determine that the performance apparatus 11 is kept within a sound generation space and has been moved by the player, CPU 21 gives an electronic musical instrument 19 an instruction to generate a musical tone of a tone color corresponding to the sound generation space. The sound generation spaces and corresponding tone colors are stored in a space/tone color table in RAM 26. Upon receipt of the instruction, the electronic musical instrument generates a musical tone of a tone color corresponding to the sound generation space.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided with a user-data storing unit 4 and a radio signal receiving unit 6-11. The user-data storing unit stores plural pieces of usage-environment information in combination respectively with plural pieces of place information, wherein the usage-environment information represents an environment under which the electronic apparatus is used at a place and the place information combined with the usage-environment information indicates the place where the electronic apparatus is used. The radio signal receiving unit obtains present usage-environment information representing an environment, under which the apparatus is used at present. A controlling unit 2 judges a similarity of each piece of usage-environment information stored in the user-data storing unit to the present usage-environment information, and obtains the place information combined with the usage-environment information having the maximum similarity as place information indicating the present place.

Abstract: A sound generation timing is set as when a position of a playing device main body (11) is positioned within a main region as well as the position thereof being positioned in a sub region, and a CPU (21) generates a Note-On-Event with a tone stored in a main region/tone table and associated with the main region, and with a pitch stored in a sub region/pitch table and associated with the sub region. The Note-On-Event is transmitted from the playing device main body (11) to a electronic instrument unit (10), and a sound source unit (31) of the electronic instrument unit generates and outputs a musical sound of a tone and pitch in accordance with the Note-On-Event.

Abstract: With use of GPS, an action-history recording apparatus obtains latitudes and longitudes representing places of user's action where a user is acting, and stores action-history data containing place names indicating the places of user's action at a predetermined processing timing. In the case where, the place of user's action is a specific place unique to the user, where the user visits customarily or frequently, the user is allowed to enter an arbitrary name independent of the latitude and longitude. The name entered by the user is used as a pace name to be contained in action-history data. In this way, the apparatus obtains a place name appropriate for the user and the user can use the name conveniently as the place name of the user's action.

Abstract: A performance apparatus 11 extends in its longitudinal direction to be held by a player with his or her hand. The performance apparatus 11 is provided with a geomagnetic sensor 22 and an acceleration sensor 23. At the time when the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor determine that the performance apparatus 11 is kept within a sound generation space and has been moved by the player, CPU 21 gives an electronic musical instrument 19 an instruction to generate a musical tone of a tone color corresponding to the sound generation space. The sound generation spaces and corresponding tone colors are stored in a space/tone color table in RAM 26. Upon receipt of the instruction, the electronic musical instrument generates a musical tone of a tone color corresponding to the sound generation space.

Abstract: A performance apparatus 11 extends in its longitudinal direction to be held by a player with his or her hand. The performance apparatus is provided with a geomagnetic sensor 22 and an acceleration sensor 23 in its extending portion. CPU 21 gives an instruction to an electronic musical instrument 19 to generate a musical tone of a tone color at a timing when a position of the performance apparatus obtained by the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor passes through a sound generation area defined in space, wherein the tone color of the musical tone corresponds to the sound generation area. The sound generation areas and corresponding tone colors are stored in an area/tone color table in RAM 26. Upon receipt of an instruction, the electronic musical instrument generates a musical tone having a tone color corresponding to the sound generation area.

Abstract: In a stopwatch of this invention, when a lap switch is operated after time measurement is started, a lap time from the immediately preceding lap switch operation to the current lap switch operation is stored and compared with a measurement time after the current lap switch operation. Since an alarm tone is generated if the measurement time after the current lap switch operation coincides with the stored lap time, the immediately preceding lap time can be used as a target time of the time measurement. The stopwatch can be conveniently used when a running speed is increased or decreased in each lap in a track race or the like.