RU2266573C2 - Electronic music book and remote controller for said device - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: equipment for performing musical compositions.

SUBSTANCE: device has means for remote input of commands, made in form of wireless remote command input with remote controller including control organ.

EFFECT: higher efficiency.

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Description

The claimed group of utility models relates to auxiliary devices for playing musical instruments, namely, devices for displaying musical notes, and can be used as a substitute for traditional music albums, as well as a device for learning to play musical instruments.

One of the most important problems of performers is the inconvenience associated with the need to turn sheet music when performing musical works.

The prior art solutions aimed at automating the change of sheet music and allowing musicians to pay more attention to the actual performance.

So, in accordance with A.S. USSR No. 832577, G 10 G 1/02, 05/23/81, the music carrier is a tape, and its movement is carried out using a tape drive equipped with an electric drive.

The mechanical device for moving the tape with musical notes (patent 2128369 RU, G 10 G 1/02, 03/27/99) provides the movement of the tape with musical notes using synchronously rotating drums, driven by a spring drive.

It should be noted that well-known devices are designed to replace traditional musical notes or albums used by musicians and, in particular, conductors. The disadvantage of these devices is the small amount of information recorded on tape, the low speed of image change, limited by the power of their drives, large dimensions and weight.

Currently, musicians and composers use in their work ordinary computers and laptops that contain typing, editing and typesetting programs for musical notes, such as "Finale" or "Sibelius". At the same time, musical notes are displayed on the computer screen, including, in the form of a regular music page. But the use of such programs extends only to the field of creating and editing musical works, but not to their execution, since computers and laptops are too expensive, bulky, and not suitable for installation on standard music stands.

The solution disclosed in patent No. 1281930 IT, G 10 G, 1998.03.03 - “LEGGIO-LIBRO DIGITALE MTJSICALE (LDM)” - a digital music stand / collection of musical pieces (hereinafter referred to as electronic music album). The known device comprises a housing, information processing means, means for displaying said information with an electronic screen, a memory unit, a command input means, including commands for changing the display of pages of musical text, means for connecting an electronic musical album to external devices - a power source, printer, mouse, etc., means for reading information from floppy disks or from compact disks. The electronic screen is made in the form of a liquid crystal display, the command input tool is made in the form of a manual command input panel and contains keys for turning pages and working with the original menu, as well as a spherical key for zooming.

The known device can be equipped with a means of remote input commands, also allowing you to change the display of pages of musical text, made in the form of a remote control. The latter is a pedal with two or three keys, while the first two keys are used to turn pages (back and forth) without having to take your hands off a musical instrument, and the third key can be used to perform any additional function (for example, to turn on the electronic metronome ) The pedal is placed outside the known device and connected to it using a cable.

The liquid crystal display has dimensions close to the size of the expanded music album (i.e., two pages are visible at the same time). The display is mounted on a stand and looks like a regular music stand.

The known device is the closest in technical essence and the achieved result to the claimed electronic music album and is selected as a prototype.

Significant disadvantages of the known device is the implementation of the remote control pedal to change the display of the pages of musical text. The cable with which the pedal is connected to the main part of the device creates great inconvenience for the musician when playing music, in addition, it must be laid in any way during transportation of the device. And in the case of using an album with a remote control when playing the piano, a considerable cable is required.

In addition, the presence of several keys on the remote requires the musician to make very precise foot movements, which, when the pedal is on the floor and pressed blindly, complicates their use.

The indicated disadvantages of the device related to the remote control can be eliminated by using a wireless remote command input system containing a wireless remote command transmission remote control and a command signal receiver interacting with it, either integrated into the electronic music album or connected to it from the outside. Thus, the functioning of the system is provided, which is absent in the known solution and contains two devices interacting with each other (remote control wireless remote command transmission and receiver of these commands). The specified system allows to greatly simplify the management of changing the display of the pages of the musical text of the electronic musical album.

However, the design of the remotes of the systems of wireless remote input commands known from the prior art does not solve the problem of ensuring the convenience of using them “blindly”, as is necessary in the case of an electronic music album.

In this regard, it is necessary to indicate that the following are known from the prior art:

1) remote control wireless remote command transmission system for household appliances, such as radio RX-EX1 (Portable CD stereo RX-EX1. Operating Instructions. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd Osaka 542-8588, Japan. RQT5674-R. L1 100GLO ) The remote control is a source of a command signal directed to the receiver of this signal installed in the radio casing, and contains a casing, a control body and a device for generating, encoding and transmitting a command signal. The remote control are buttons, a large number of which is determined by the large number of functions inherent in this remote control.

2) the remote control wireless remote command control system car alarm JOY 908 (Japan-Taiwan. Operating Instructions. Edition No. 1 from 05.06.98). The remote control (keyfob) allows you to remotely transmit to the signal receiver located on the main signaling unit, a radio signal-command to enable or disable the alarm service functions and contains a housing, a control body and a device for generating, encoding and transmitting a command radio signal. The remote control control is made in the form of two buttons, one of them turns on the alarm, the second turns it off. In this case, information about which of the two buttons was pressed is contained in the code of the radio signal transmitted to the receiver.

A disadvantage of the known remote control is the design of its control, requiring the user to accurately move his fingers to hit the desired button.

As the closest in technical essence to the claimed remote control wireless remote command transmission, designed to perform an electronic music album one of its main functions - changing the display of pages of musical text, the second of these solutions is selected as a prototype.

The objective of the proposed solution, combining two objects:

1) electronic music album (device),

2) a remote wireless remote command transfer to change the display of pages of musical text using a radio signal to the receiver of these commands located in or outside an electronic music album (a device designed to perform one of its main functions with an electronic music album) is to simplify the management of changing the display of pages music text of electronic music album.

The problem is solved by making significant changes to the design of means for remote input of commands to change the display of the pages of the musical text of the electronic music album and remote control, ensuring the operation of this tool and, accordingly, the work of the album.

The technical result of the proposed integrated solution is to increase the usability of the album by simplifying the management of changing the display of pages of musical text.

In the context of this description of two utility models and a formula based on it, the term “Receiver” means a radio electronic device containing the actual radio receiving device and a converter of the received radio signal into digital form, which provides, inter alia, recognition (decoding) of the radio signal as “your own” commands (from your remote control) and as commands of a certain type (changing the display of musical text forward or backward), as well as its further computer processing.

The technical result is achieved due to the fact that in an electronic musical album including a case, information processing means, means for displaying said information with an electronic screen, a memory unit, a manual command input panel, a remote command input means for changing the display of musical text pages, means providing connecting the album to external devices, a means of remote input of commands to change the display of pages of musical text is made in the form of a system of wireless remote input of commands, won a wireless remote transmission of commands from the control body and interacting with him the command signal receiver.

In special cases of the implementation of the proposed decision of the album, in addition to the mentioned essential features, it is possible to carry out the case or cover of the album with a pocket or slot for attaching a remote command transmission.

The technical result is also achieved by the fact that the remote wireless remote command for changing the display of the pages of musical text, including the casing, the control body and the device for generating, encoding and transmitting the command radio signal, is configured to interact with the receiver of the command radio signal to change the display of the pages of musical text to electronic notation an album having the features noted above, and the remote control is made in the form of at least one touch sensor.

In special cases of the implementation of the claimed remote control, in addition to the above essential features, the following particular and / or additional differences are possible:

- execution of a capacitive sensor,

- the implementation of the shell in the form of a sensitive element of the sensor sensor,

- the implementation of the touch sensor with the possibility of forming a command radio signal when approaching or touching its sensitive element of the body part of the musician, such as legs,

- the implementation of the touch sensor with the ability to adjust its sensitivity.

The claimed solution relates to two useful models - an electronic music album and a remote wireless remote command for changing the display pages of the musical text of an electronic music album, designed to solve one problem and connected by a single creative concept.

The inventive group of utility models is illustrated by drawings, which show:

1. An electronic music album with a wireless remote command input system. Functional diagram - Figure 1.

2. General view of the electronic music album on the music stand (axonometry) - Figure 2.

3. Remote control wireless command transmission. Functional diagram - Fig 3.

The electronic music album (Fig. 1) contains a housing 1, information processing facilities 2, information display facilities 3 (including an electronic screen 4), a memory unit 5. The listed components are integrated into the system according to a traditional computer circuit using a data bus 6. Management of all functions of the album are carried out from the remote control for manual input of commands 7, located in the body 1 of the album. The remote control 7 can be made with the ability to control the display change of the pages of musical text.

The change in the display of pages of musical text can be controlled using a wireless remote command input system 8, comprising a wireless remote command transmission 9 and a command radio receiver 10 located inside the housing 1. In another embodiment of the album, the receiver 10 is connected to the album as an external device via connector 11 connected to the data bus 6. In both versions of the album, the command signal received by the receiver 10 from the wireless remote com ND 9, makes it possible to change the image of remote control page of the musical text on an electronic screen, ie, "Paging". Wireless communication between the electronic music album and the remote control 9 provides the convenience of using the remote control 9, and by reducing the size of the latter, achieved, in particular, by eliminating the cable required in the known device, its storage and transportation are facilitated. For ease of storage and transportation of the wireless remote command transmission 9 in the cover 12 of the album (FIG. 2), pocket 13 is made. The operation of the wireless remote command input system can be based on various physical principles of the wireless command signal transmission, for example, ultrasonic, infrared, radio signal, etc. .d. The use of ultrasound when transmitting a signal is not reliable enough from the point of view of noise immunity in an environment of intense and varied in frequency sound waves created by musical instruments. Infrared signal transmission also has drawbacks, as it requires directing the signal source directly to the receiver. It is also possible to use a signal reflected from the internal surfaces of the room, but even small concert halls are too large for this. In addition, strong light sources, such as spotlights, as well as reflected light, can have a negative effect on the operation of the system, including false alarms. At the same time, the radio range selected for the described system of wireless transmission of the command signal to change the pages of the music score of the album as the main option provides good noise immunity and reliable transmission of the command signal even in the absence of direct visibility. The indicated interaction of the elements is achieved by executing a command signal receiver in the form of a radio signal receiver, a remote control with the ability to interact with the receiver, and a control element in the form of at least one touch sensor.

The interaction of the elements of the wireless remote command input system 8 is carried out using a command signal transmitted by the wireless remote command transmission 9 and received by the receiver 10 located in the album body 1 or, in another embodiment, connected to the data bus 6 via connector 11. Depending on of the type of command, the signal is aimed at initiating a change in the display of pages of musical text (“page turning”) on the electronic screen 4 either forward or backward. The type of command is determined by the code of the signal received from the remote control 9, for example, with one code, the page turns one page forward, with the other one page back. In this case, the receiver 10 of the album is configured to decrypt the code (decoding) of the external signal as a command to change the page of the musical text in the corresponding direction.

In addition, the interaction of the remote control 9 with the receiver 10 in any version of the album is carried out using a command radio signal with an individual remote receiver code for this pair recognized by the receiver 10. Using an individual encoded radio signal is aimed at preventing false triggering - changing the display of the album pages from the radio signal with "Alien" remote control when performing a musical work, for example, as part of an orchestra.

The operation of the remote control 9 in the radio range ensures reliable operation of the system of wireless remote input commands 8 even in the absence of direct visibility between the remote control and the receiver.

The remote wireless command transmission system of the wireless remote command input system (FIG. 3) includes a housing 14, a device for generating, encoding and transmitting a command radio signal 15 and a control element in the form of a sensor, for example, a capacitive sensor 16, the sensitive element of which is an external housing 14. Such the design of the console provides the formation of a command signal when approaching or touching its body parts of the musician's body, such as legs. In this case, the sensor 16 can be made with the possibility of adjusting its sensitivity, which is necessary mainly for contactless control of the remote control to exclude random signals. Adjustment can be carried out, for example, using a potentiometer.

This principle of remote control activation makes the musician work “blindly”, in addition, the absence of moving parts increases the reliability and durability of the remote.

The claimed electronic musical album can be used by performers of musical works in all cases where today a traditional musical album or individual pages of musical text are used (at a concert, including as part of an orchestra, in the process of training in musical educational institutions, at home, etc. d.).

The operation of the claimed group of devices is as follows.

The performer of the piece of music takes out, for example, a cover 12 of the album from the pocket 13, of the wireless remote command transmission 9 and sets it on the floor next to it.

Then the album is included, while the program for typing, editing and typesetting music notes, for example, "Finale" or "Sibelius", is automatically loaded. After that, using the 7 controls located on the manual input panel, the procedure for searching and opening the musical notation of the selected work is standard for these programs. The musician starts to perform the work by reading the musical notes from the electronic screen 4. The subsequent pages of the work (page change) can be displayed on the screen in two ways.

The first way - using the controls located on the remote control manual input commands 7.

The second way to change pages is with the help of a wireless remote command input system 8, containing a remote control 9. placed, as shown above, for example, on the floor with the possibility of impact on him by the performer of a musical work. Since the remote control 9 is equipped with a control 16 based on, for example, a capacitive sensor that responds to the approach of an object or touch, to give the command "page change" it is enough to approach or touch it with your foot. This principle of remote control activation makes the musician work “blindly”, in addition, the absence of moving parts increases the reliability and durability of the remote. The direction of the change of pages (forward or backward) is provided by the duration of touching (approaching) to the console 9 feet of a musician or the time interval between two consecutive touches (approximations). In this case, the command signal caused by the influence of the musician on the remote control wireless command transmission 9 is appropriately encoded and transformed using the device for generating, encoding and transmitting the command radio signal 15 of the console 9 into a radio signal command to change the pages of musical text forward or backward. The initiated command radio signal is perceived by the receiver 10, decrypted as the corresponding command and causes the pages of the musical text to change forward or backward depending on the signal code.

Ability to remotely, without using hands. to manage the change of the image of the music pages on the screen is one of the main functions and one of the most important advantages of the described electronic album in comparison with the prototype, as well as traditional paper music notes. To date, for example, at piano concerts, there is an assistant next to the performer who turns over the pages of a music album.

An option for using the remote control 9 may be fixing it on clothes with the possibility of influencing the touch sensor with the hand of a musician.

When performing musical works as part of an orchestra, when musicians and music stands are located relatively close to each other, signals from remotes of neighboring electronic albums can cause a false positive. To prevent this, the remote control 9 is made with the function of individualizing the signal of a specific remote control (equipped with a signal encoding element), and the receiver 10 is configured to decrypt a code that enables the individualization of the signal from a specific remote control 9. Such a constructive solution ensures that the remote control and the receiver only in one specific pair of remote control receiver.

In addition to the mentioned advantages, the claimed electronic music album, implementing modern computer technology, provides unlimited opportunities for the development of music learning processes, starting with musical notation for the youngest and ending with the improvement of mastery by students of the conservatory.

Claims (14)

1. An electronic music album, including a case, information processing tools, means for displaying the specified information with an electronic screen, a memory unit, a remote manual command input tool, a remote command input tool for changing the display of music text pages, means for connecting the album to external devices, characterized the fact that the remote command input device is made in the form of a wireless remote command input system comprising a remote wireless command transmission remote control unit Lenia and interact with the control signal receiver. 2. The electronic music album according to claim 1, characterized in that the wireless remote command input system is located outside the album. 3. The electronic music album according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiver of the wireless remote command input system is located in the album. 4. The electronic music album according to claim 1, characterized in that it is additionally equipped with a device for attaching a remote control wireless command transmission. 5. The electronic music album according to claim 4, characterized in that the device for attaching the remote control wireless remote command transmission is made in the form of a pocket in the album body. 6. The electronic music album according to claim 4, characterized in that the device for attaching the remote control wireless remote command transmission is made in the form of a pocket in the album cover. 7. Electronic music album according to claim 4. characterized in that the device for mounting the remote control wireless remote command transmission is made in the form of a socket in the album body. 8. The electronic music album according to claim 4, characterized in that the device for attaching the remote control wireless command transmission is made in the form of a socket in the album cover. 9. An electronic music album according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the command signal receiver is made in the form of a radio signal receiver, the remote control is configured to interact with the specified receiver, and the remote control is made in the form of at least one touch sensor. 10. The remote wireless remote command transfer, comprising a housing, a control panel and a device for generating, encoding and transmitting a command radio signal, characterized in that it is capable of interacting with a command radio signal receiver to change the display of pages of musical text of an electronic musical album, made according to any from claims 1 to 9, and the remote control is made in the form of at least one touch sensor. 11. The remote control wireless command transmission according to claim 9, characterized in that the touch sensor is capacitive. 12. The remote control wireless transmission command according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the sensitive element of the touch sensor is the remote control housing. 13. The remote control wireless command transmission according to claim 9, characterized in that the touch sensor is configured to generate a command signal when approaching a sensitive element of a body part of a musician. 14. The remote control wireless command transmission according to claim 9, characterized in that the touch sensor is configured to adjust its sensitivity.

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