KR20010103165A - An apparatus for providing ambient music - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing environmental music for harmonizing city and environment and music by making a sound environment according to natural phenomena and / or artificial environmental changes based on sound installation. Sensing means installed in a sculpture based on sound installation and including one or more sensors for sensing natural phenomena and / or artificially generated energy; Output sound designation signal generating means for generating a corresponding output sound designation signal based on a combination of an output size, an output holding time, and an output order of the sensor sensed and output by the sensing means; Storage means for storing various environmental sounds that have been processed and edited in response to the generated output sound designation signal; Reproducing output means for reproducing and outputting the corresponding environmental sound stored in the storage means according to the output sound designation signal; Audible output means for outputting the environmental sound output from the reproducing output means to an audible environmental sound to the outside; And control means for performing overall control including the output sound designation signal generating means and the reproduction output means.

Description

An apparatus for providing ambient music

The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing environmental music, and more particularly, to create a sound environment according to natural phenomena and / or artificial environmental changes based on sound installation to harmonize cities, environments, and music. An apparatus for providing environmental music for linking.

Generally, environmental music may be classified into an environment in music, music in an environment, music as an environment, and music about an environment.

The environment in music refers to the addition of a radical element to autonomous music works, which is also found in classical music. For example, the sound of birds or nature is directly or metaphorically called, and this is called the environment of music.

Music in the environment refers to music in which practical activities (such as performances) occur in a specific environmental space. For example, music made by assuming a specific church is included.

Music as an environment is music that is designed to perform a function and create an artificial environment. Music about an environment is music that opens a perspective on the environment, and it is not necessary to use natural sounds and feels good. It doesn't have to get better, and it is intended to encourage environmental awareness on the part of the installed sound.

On the other hand, the sound environment is pure urban planning and has the concept of connecting the city with the environment and music, that is, the sound digital design of the whole community to create a livable environment. Thinking in the relationship of ie, treating sound as a landscape, in this concept, there is no value standard of good sound and only sound, and there is ground in the community to determine the good and bad of sound. The good tones and the bad tones are somewhat common.

At present, various sound installations have been attempted in each country in order to create an optimal sound environment around the local community in a highly industrialized, diverse and institutionalized social structure. It can be considered as a collaboration between music and art, and it is a space or sculpture, that is, a sound space is created by setting the environment as a material domain, or a pronunciation device is created in the space or sculpture itself. It is called.

Such sound installation is for the pleasant sound environment, the space design, and the high quality of civil life.

Urban noise pollution is spreading due to the industrialization of urban concentration and population expansion, and modern people live naturally in the background of noise and noise, and the noise generated from the machinery of the factory, cars, and public places where the public gathers. Familiar modern people are hungry for the sounds of nature amid the poverty and thirst of cultural nostalgia.In the streets and subway stations, only the noise and / or the unpleasant music that flows around us flows into the sound environment. Design and installation of sound installations are being used as part of the effort to make this easier.

In addition, in order to maintain and manage the infrastructure that forms the city such as roads and buildings, it is required to expand public spaces and secure spaces by urban planning centered on civic life. Space installations are required, and among them, sound installations have been introduced as a means to secure public and high quality spaces. For example, in the park along the Seine River in Paris, sound installations are designed and installed to mitigate the invasion of urban noise pollution. It secures and maintains a comfortable space that lets you feel the nature in the city.

In addition, economies and cultures are becoming increasingly multinational, and an era of cultural war is foreseen in the 21st century, and environmental issues are emerging. The environmental problem is now called for globalism between countries in the interest of the world, and polarized into destroying and cultivating the environment, and the environmental plan is one of the cultivating classes, and is a part to enjoy high quality and cultural life of urban culture. The design and installation of sound installations are used in developed countries.

Next, some examples of sound installation as described above will be described.

1 (a) and 1 (b) are sound installation sculptures installed at Seohakok Bridge at the west exit of Yokohama JR Station in Japan. It is installed in a large environment, and the concept is to provide a new scene through sound, and its structure is to generate sound at the position closest to the ground. The sensor receives the vibration and sounds the sound source.

Figure 2 (a) (b) is a sound installation sculpture installed to make a sound while rotating the balance is distracted when the baketts (basket) is attached to the east exit of Yokohama Station in Japan, the water falls from the ceiling to fill the bakets.

On the bottom of the 2nd floor of Sogo Department Store in front of JR Yokohama Station, there is a sound sculpture named `` Objet of Wind '', which is made of countless delicate metal pipes, and when the wind blows, the wind passes through the forest. You'll have a soft sound.

In addition, there is a steel sound installation called <PONKO> installed in Japanese Aoyama Spiral Garden, which is like a train in an amusement park.

In addition, a huge speaker is installed in the subway vents of the flag pole at the entrance of the high-rise building in the Shinjuku sub-center of Japan, the Chilli Park in Paris, Montparnasse station in Paris, and the Times Square Garden in New York, USA. Various kinds of sound installation sculptures are installed in each country to provide environmental music suitable for the local environment, such as three kinds of low frequency sounds controlled by a computer.

However, the conventional sound installation sculpture as described above, but generates a sound by a very simple physical phenomenon, such as vibration, wind and the structure of the sculpture itself, the generated sound remains at a simple level, such as a ringing sound, a sound caused by bumping Therefore, in general, the role as an aesthetic sculpture is larger than the environmental music role, and accordingly, there is a disadvantage that it is insufficient to harmonize the city with the environment and music from an environmental music perspective.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, the object of which is to create a pleasant sound environment (Sound Environment) in accordance with natural phenomena and / or artificial environmental changes based on the sound installation (Sound Installation), It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing environmental music in harmony with the environment and music.

Fig. 1 (a) (b) is a view showing the sound installation sculptures installed at Seohak Jade Bridge at the west exit of Yokohama JR Station in Japan.

2 (a) (b) is a view showing the sound installation sculptures installed at the east exit of Yokohama Station in Japan,

3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for providing environmental music according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sound installation sculpture to which the environmental music providing apparatus of FIG. 3 is applied.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

10: environmental sensing unit 11: wind sensor

11a, 11b: fan-shaped pinwheel as the wind sensor 11

12: humidity sensor 13; Geiger Sensor

14 contact sensor 15 infrared sensor

20: output sound designation signal generator 30: environmental sound storage unit

31: main recording device 32: auxiliary recording medium

40: environmental sound reproduction output unit 50: environmental sound audible output unit

51: amplifier 52: speaker

60: control unit 70: setting unit

100: sound installation sculpture according to the present invention

110,120: spiral tube with double helix structure

In order to achieve the above object, the environmental music providing apparatus according to the present invention, in a sculpture based on sound installation, is installed in the sculpture, and includes one or more sensors for sensing natural phenomena and / or artificially generated energy. Sensing means; Output sound designation signal generating means for generating a corresponding output sound designation signal based on a combination of an output size, an output holding time, and an output order of the sensor sensed and output by the sensing means; Storage means for storing various environmental sounds that have been processed and edited in response to the generated output sound designation signal; Reproducing output means for reproducing and outputting the corresponding environmental sound stored in the storage means according to the output sound designation signal; Audible output means for outputting the environmental sound output from the reproducing output means to an audible environmental sound to the outside; And control means for performing overall control including the output sound designation signal generating means and the reproduction output means.

The apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, serves as an aesthetic sculpture, and also senses the current environment (eg, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, presence / absence of a person, etc.) around the sculpture through the sensing means, After storing various pre-processed and edited environmental music in accordance with the expected environmental conditions, and audibly output the environmental music corresponding to the real-time sensed environment, the city and the environment and music are harmoniously linked.

Hereinafter, an apparatus for providing environmental music according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for providing environmental music according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the drawing, an environmental sensor 10, an output sound designation signal generator 20, and an environmental sound storage unit ( 30), the environmental sound reproduction output unit 40, the environmental sound audible output unit 50, the control unit 60, and the setting unit 70.

The environmental sensing unit 10 is installed in the sculpture 100 based on the sound installation as shown in FIG. 4, and is generated by natural phenomena such as wind speed, wind direction, humidity, and gamma (γ) waves transmitted from space, among electromagnetic waves. It is composed of one or a combination of sensors for the detection of the various energy signals, and / or the corresponding artificially generated energy signal, or the presence / absence of a human body, in the present embodiment Wind sensor 11 for detecting the humidity, Humidity sensor 12 for detecting the humidity, Geiger sensor 13 for detecting the gamma wave, Touch for detecting the contact of the sculpture A touch sensor 14 and an infrared sensor 15 as a human body sensor for sensing the presence or absence of a human body, its distance from the human body, and a moving direction of the human body. In particular, the wind sensor 11, as shown in a perspective view of the sculpture 100 based on the sound installation of Figure 4, the appearance of the sculpture 100 as a double helix structure consisting of two spiral tubes (110, 120) Installed on the top (111, 112), including a variety of fan-shaped pinwheel (11a, 11b) installed to rotate in the direction of the wind, it is preferable to install aesthetically as part of the sculpture 100, In addition, one of the pinwheel (11a, 11b) is installed to detect the direction of the wind in accordance with the rotation direction, the other is installed so as to detect the wind speed in accordance with the rotational speed.

The output sound designation signal generator 20 corresponds to the output sound designation signal generator 20 based on a combination of an output size, an output holding time, and an output order of each of the sensors 11 to 15 that are detected and output by the environment sensor 10. An output sound designation signal (e.g., a signal designating a track number of a recording medium on which environmental music is recorded) is generated. That is, the output sound designation signal generator 20 has a combination of environmental element changes that correlate with each other based on regional and monthly change data of environmental factors (ie, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, electromagnetic wave generation, etc.) And a combination of the combined set of environmental elements and the corresponding output sound designation signal to embed the tabulated data, and when one or more sensor outputs of the sensors 11-15 are inputted, the magnitude of the output, After combining the holding time, the output order, and the like, a corresponding output tone designation signal associated with the combination result is generated and output based on the table.

The environmental sound storage unit 30 is a storage means for storing various environmental sounds that have been processed and edited in response to the output sound designation signal of the table built in the output sound designation signal generator 20. The environmental sound storage unit 30 is a main recording device such as a hard disk (Hard Disk) 31 and a magnetic tape. It is composed of an auxiliary recording medium 32 such as a floppy disk FD and a compact disc. However, one of the main recording device 31 and the auxiliary recording medium 32 may be selectively configured. .

For reference, the preferred basic form of the configuration of the environmental sound stored in the storage unit 30, the sound generation of the first, middle, and last stage is composed of one or two phrases (phrase), where one The phrase is about 4 to 8 bars long and the sound duration is about 10 to 30 seconds. The pause time lasting after the sound of the first, middle, and last stages is generated is about 10 to 15 seconds. After dragging the sound, new sound fragments (eg, environmental sound in different basic units) are formed, for example, the sampled bird sound and the wave sound are each one fragment. Allow it to occur continuously. After repeating as above, the last step is to continue the sound drag for about 7 to 10 seconds and then return to the beginning to repeat from the first sound.

The environment sound reproduction output unit 40 reproduces and outputs the environment sound stored in the environment sound storage unit 30 on the basis of the output sound designation signal output from the output sound designation signal generator 20, According to the control of the control unit 60 performs various additional functions including the tone of the environmental sound reproduced and output, the volume of the sound, the pause time after the sound is generated, and the sound speed.

The environmental sound audible output unit 50 outputs the environmental sound output from the reproduction output unit 40 to an audible environmental sound, and outputs it to the outside. The amplifier 51 amplifies the environmental sound and the amplified environmental sound. It is configured to include a speaker 52 for outputting the audible frequency, the speaker 52 is preferably aesthetically manufactured to be part of the sculpture (100).

The control unit 60 performs overall control including the output sound designation signal generator 20 and the reproduction output unit 40, and the setting unit 70 controls the function of the reproduction output unit 40. By setting various function modes (adjustment modes such as tone, loudness, sound pause time after sound generation, and sound speed) to be applied to the control unit 60, The various additional functions of the environmental sound reproduction output unit 40 are performed in accordance with the control signal of the control unit 60 according to the above.

In the above description of the present invention, the environmental sound is a unit sound (a sound fragment of bird sound, water flow sound, wave sound, etc.) sampled and sampled from nature, or artificially generated playing sound or a combination sound thereof as a basic unit sound. As defined as processed and edited as a basic phrase, it refers to the environmental music stored in the storage unit 30.

Subsequently, in the embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, of the various sensors 11-15 configured in the environment sensing unit 10, the infrared sensor 15 is typically used alone. As an example, the operation of the apparatus according to the present invention will be described as an example in which a signal is detected only by the infrared sensor 15 among various sensors 11-15.

In this example, the sound is generated by an object (human or animal that generates body temperature) detected at a distance of about 10 m or less by the infrared sensor 15, and the output sound designation signal generator 20 Has built-in tabulated data generated based on a combination of an output size, an output holding time, and an output order proportional to the sensing input of the infrared sensor 15, wherein the tabled data indicates that It is divided into the first sensing item, the right moving item after the first detection, the left moving item after the first detection, the forward moving item after the first detection, and the rear moving item after the first detection. It is.

In addition, the environmental sound storage unit 30 stores various environmental sounds that have been processed and edited in response to the output sound designation signal of the table of the output sound designation signal generator 20 for each track. Sound fragment configuration, the sound fragment configuration when the sensor (human body) moves to the right after the first sound is generated, the sound fragment configuration when the sensor moves to the left after the first sound is generated, the sensor moves forward after the first sound is generated. The sound fragment configuration at the time of movement and the sound fragment configuration at the time when the sensor moves backward after the first sound generation are stored for each track corresponding to the output sound designation signal (track number).

Therefore, for example, when the body temperature of the human body is first detected through the infrared sensor 15 within a distance of 10 m from the environmental music device of the present invention, the signal detected by the infrared sensor 15 is output in proportion to the input The output sound designation signal generator 20 is input. The output sound designation signal generator 20 corresponds to a result of the combination of the output size, the output holding time, and the output order of the infrared sensor 15 based on the table, that is, the first output corresponding to the first sensing item. A sound designation signal is generated and output to the environment sound reproduction output unit 40.

The environmental sound reproduction output unit 40 is configured to store the environmental sound recorded in the first track of the environmental sound storage unit 30, that is, the sound fragment at the first detection based on the first output sound designation signal provided. Read and replay to provide to the environmental sound audible output unit 50. In this case, the environmental sound reproduction output unit 40 is controlled by the control unit 60 based on the function setting through the setting unit 70 and the output of another sensor (for example, the wind sensor 11). Various additional functions of selectively adjusting the tone of the read environmental sound, the loudness, the pause time after the sound is generated, and the sound speed are selectively performed. At this time, the control unit 60 controls the environmental sound reproduction output unit 40, the direction of the wind while varying the sound drag time according to the intensity of the output of the wind sensor 11, that is, the wind strength Depending on the sound fragments can be selected to control the reproduction of the environment sound.

Lastly, the environmental sound audible output unit 50 amplifies the environmental sound output from the environmental sound reproduction output unit 40 through the amplifier 51 and then makes the audible sound level through the speaker 52 to the outside. Will print.

As described above, the apparatus for providing environmental music according to the present invention includes the magnitude of the output of the infrared sensor 15 of the environmental sensor 10, the output holding time, and the output order through the output sound designation signal generator 20. And output the corresponding output sound designation signal in preparation for the table, and the environmental sound reproducing output section 40 is based on the output sound designation signal inputted. This environmental sound recorded and stored in the corresponding track is reproduced and outputted by the environmental sound audible output unit 50.

Although the operation of the present invention has been described as an example of detecting a human body through the infrared sensor 15, in addition, various environmental data sensed by the various sensors 11-15 are combined to be suitable for a more real-time environment and a comfortable environment. Of course, it is possible to make a sound, which is a table design of the output sound designation signal generator 10 and the environmental music processing and edited and stored to correspond to the design of the table in the environmental sound storage unit 30 And it may be implemented through a comprehensive control through the control unit 60. For example, the wind speed and wind direction by the wind sensor 11, the ambient humidity by the humidity sensor 12, the presence / absence of the contact of the sculpture 100 by the contact sensor 14, the Geiger sensor 13 By combining gamma wave detection and human body detection through the infrared sensor 15, a table that can comprehensively discriminate the environment is created and reproduced and output the environmental sound processed / edited / stored to suit the environment based on the table. By doing so, it is possible to make and provide a pleasant environmental sound suitable for a real-time environment.

That is, the environment is sensed by the various sensors 11-15 and other environmental energy sensors, and the table is designed, and the environment sound to be reproduced is processed and edited to correspond to the table design. When recording and storing in the form of a hard disk and / or a floppy diskette or a compact disk in the storage unit 30, the above-described apparatus of the present invention can realize the environmental music that harmonizes the city with the environment and music.

As described in detail above, according to the apparatus for providing environmental music according to the present invention, a pleasant sound environment is created according to a natural phenomenon and / or an artificial environment change based on a sound installation, thereby creating a city and an environment. It is effective in harmonizing music with music.

Claims (13)

Sensing means installed on a sculpture based on sound installation and including one or more sensors for sensing natural phenomena and / or artificially generated energy; Output sound designation signal generating means for generating a corresponding output sound designation signal based on a combination of the sensor outputs sensed and output by the sensing means; Storage means for storing various environmental sounds that have been processed and edited in response to the generated output sound designation signal; Reproducing output means for reproducing and outputting the environment sound stored in the storage means based on the output sound designation signal; Audible output means for outputting the environmental sound output from the reproducing output means to an audible environmental sound to the outside; And And control means for performing overall control including the output sound designation signal generating means and the reproduction output means. The method of claim 1, The detecting means includes a wind sensor for detecting wind speed and direction, a humidity sensor for detecting humidity, an electromagnetic wave sensor for detecting electromagnetic waves, a touch sensor for detecting contact with the sculpture, and the presence and absence of a human body and the distance and movement of the human body. Environmental music providing device, characterized in that configured to include one or more of the human body sensor for detecting the direction. The method of claim 2, The sculpture is installed in a double helix structure, the wind sensor is an environmental music providing device characterized in that it comprises a fan-shaped pinwheel installed to rotate in the direction of the wind on the top of the outer appearance of the double helix structure. The method of claim 2, The electromagnetic wave sensor is environmental music providing device, characterized in that the Geiger sensor (Geiger Sensor). The method of claim 2, The human body sensor is environmental music providing apparatus characterized in that it comprises an infrared sensor. The method of claim 1, And the output sound designation signal of the output sound designation signal generating means is a signal for designating a recording position of the various environmental sounds stored in the storage means. The method of claim 1, And the audible output means comprises an amplifier for amplifying the environmental sound and a speaker for outputting the amplified environmental sound at an audible frequency, wherein the speaker is made of a part of the sculpture. The method of claim 1, The reproducing output means performs various additional function adjustments, including the tone of the reproducing output sound, the loudness, the pause time after the sound is generated, and the sound speed according to the control of the control means. Environmental music providing device, characterized in that. The method of claim 8, And the reproduction output means reproduces and outputs the environmental sound by varying the sound dragging time according to the control of the control means based on the wind strength sensed by the sensing means. The method of claim 8, The reproducing output means is characterized in that the environmental music providing apparatus for reproducing and outputting a different type of the environmental sound (fragment) of the basic unit according to the control of the control means based on the direction of the wind detected by the sensing means . The method according to claim 1 or 8, And setting means for setting various function setting data for the function control of the reproduction output means and providing the same to the control means. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 6 to 10, The environmental music providing apparatus is characterized in that the various environmental sounds are collected and sampled from nature, or artificially produced performance sounds or combinations thereof are processed and edited into basic phrases as basic unit sounds. . The method according to claim 1 or 6, The storage means is a main recording device or a magnetic tape such as a hard disk. And an auxiliary recording medium such as a floppy disk (FD) and a compact disk (CD) or a combination of the main recording device and the auxiliary recording medium.