CN103843060A - Musical instrument with video display - Google Patents

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CN103843060A
CN103843060A CN201280048693.0A CN201280048693A CN103843060A CN 103843060 A CN103843060 A CN 103843060A CN 201280048693 A CN201280048693 A CN 201280048693A CN 103843060 A CN103843060 A CN 103843060A
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特洛伊·包德瑞克斯
V·邓迪
A·班克斯
杰瑞米·侯屈曼
J·克罗克
R·霍格
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    • G10D1/04Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres
    • G10D1/05Plucked or strummed string instruments, e.g. harps or lyres with fret boards or fingerboards
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    • G10HELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H3/00Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • G10H3/12Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/14Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
    • G10H3/18Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar

Abstract

Disclosed is a musical instrument comprising a case or a body having an outer surface. The musical instrument includes a video display attached to or video display elements embedded in at least a portion of the outer surface.

Description

With the musical instrument of video display
the cross reference of related application
Present patent application requires the right of priority of the U.S. Provisional Patent Application that the application number of submission on July 29th, 2011 is 61/513,503, by overall way of reference, this U.S. Patent application is incorporated to herein.
Technical field
The application relates to musical instrument, more specifically, relates to the musical instrument that comprises video element and audio components.
Background technology
The spectators of musical performance have become and have expected to have the visual composition that increasing accompanying audio is experienced.Therefore, the musical instrument by improvement including the stringed musical instrument such as guitar, and comprise video display in it is played during performing, the experience that strengthens spectators become in the urgent need to.For reaching effectively, video display must have can produce the necessary color of effect and the resolution that fastidious spectators expect.Therefore, concerning video display, have state-of-the-art display become another in the urgent need to.In addition, musician should not feel that video display is lofty, and video display should not affect the sound of musical instrument.Therefore, concerning video display, do not disturb drummer's performance or the performance of musical instrument also become another in the urgent need to.
Summary of the invention
Below according to the invention provides a kind of musical instrument that meets these and related needs.On the one hand, musical instrument comprises housing, such as piano, or main body, such as the stringed musical instrument including electric guitar, described main body has outside surface.
Musical instrument has the video display of at least a portion that attaches to outside surface, and in some aspects, musical instrument is electric guitar, and video display extends to and the front surface isospace of electric guitar.In some aspects, video display is light emitting diode indicator or liquid crystal display.
On the other hand, musical instrument comprises the multiple video display components at least a portion that is embedded in outside surface, and in some aspects, video display component extends to the surperficial isospace with electric guitar.In some aspects, video display component is light emitting diode or liquid crystal.And in some aspects, electric guitar comprises the non magnetic acoustic pickup that operationally attaches to described main body, such as optics or piezoelectric pickup.
And in some aspects, electric guitar comprises the operationally non magnetic acoustic pickup of attached and described main body, such as optics or piezoelectric pickup.
On the other hand, musical instrument is a part for musical instrument system, and described musical instrument system also comprises external image processor elements, and in some aspects, is operationally connected with video display for the treatment of the image processor of the image receiving.And on the other hand, musical instrument is a part for musical instrument system, described musical instrument system further comprises the wireless receiver element that is coupled to image processor element, and wherein said wireless receiver element is configured to receive image, so that described image is offered to image processor element.
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So aspect illustrative in appended accompanying drawing by wherein some of reference, can at length understand the application's of mentioning above-mentioned feature herein, and provide the more specific description of above-mentioned short summary.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the front plan view of exemplary musical instrument;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram exemplified with the first exemplary musical instrument system;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram exemplified with the second exemplary musical instrument system;
Fig. 4 is the block diagram exemplified with the 3rd exemplary musical instrument system;
Fig. 5 is the stereographic map for the exemplary acoustic pickup of the musical instrument of Fig. 1; And
Fig. 6 is the electrical schematics of acoustic pickup in the musical instrument of Fig. 1 and audio process circuit structure used.
This instructions it should be noted in the discussion above that accompanying drawing only shows some typical pattern of the application, therefore should not be considered to limit its scope, because can be permitted other same effectively aspect.
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In order to explain its principle and operation, understand very in detail particular aspects of the present invention below.In some cases, known structure and parts illustrate with block diagram form, to avoid fuzzy these concepts.
Those skilled in the art will be appreciated that, can carry out various modifications, and scope of the present invention is not limited to exemplary embodiment described below.For example, in the time specifically mentioning electric guitar, be understandable that this system and method is identical with the purposes of other musical instrument, described other musical instrument be such as piano and including violin, harp, violoncello, contrabass etc. can vibrative other type musical instrument.
Fig. 1 be can vibrative exemplary electrical guitar 100 front plan view.Described guitar comprises the main body 112 with front surface 113 and neck 114.Video display 116 extends at least a portion isospace with the described front surface of described main body, and shown in Fig. 1, video display 116 extends to the roughly whole front surface isospace with described main body.On the one hand, musical instrument has non magnetic acoustic pickup 118, and this non magnetic acoustic pickup is for detection of the vibration on many strings 120, and described vibration is changed into signal to change into sound.
The described many strings 120 that can find out described guitar 100 are fixed on tailpiece 122.Described string is suspended by qin bridge 124.Preferably, one or more cushion blockings 126 can be for limiting the vibration of the part of described string between described tailpiece and described qin bridge.After qin bridge, the oscillating component of described string down to nut 128, then arrives organ stop 130 along the neck 114 of described musical instrument.
Video display 116 can be implemented in any form, comprises as multiple display elements and implementing.Suitable display element comprises light emitting diode (LED), liquid crystal display (LCD), optical fiber etc.Each display element of video display can also be exported with various optical frequencies and various luminosity, so that brightness difference.The layout of video display and configuration can be different, so that more or less display element, lower or higher density and the not isomorphic graphs of described display element to be provided.
As shown in fig. 1, video display 116 can comprise regular isolated display element.In other side, display element is irregular separating, or is spaced apart to provide specific configuration.Further, in some aspects, the size of each display element is different, so that greater or lesser display surface area to be provided on musical instrument.
In some aspects, video display 116 is arranged at least a portion of the front surface of guitar.In other side, described video display is arranged at the side of guitar and at least a portion at the back side or their any combination.
In some aspects, video display 116 is flexible LED displays, and described flexible LED display comprises the flexible base, board of printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) form, and this flexible base, board is used for supporting multiple LED.Described LED can be for example traditional LED, organic LED (OLED) or polymer LED (PLED).And in some aspects, video display 116 is to form by being installed on the flexible shell of the first side of described flexible base, board and the flexible cover that is installed on the second side of described flexible base, board.Described flexible cover comprises the array of apertures or the matrix that allow the light that sends of LED to pass through.Described lid reflects light around and improves the contrast of display module.Described housing and described lid can be made up of the plastic material such as thermoplastic polyurethane.
In some aspects, it may be favourable using two or more interconnected video displays.
In some aspects, video display 116 attaches to the surface 113 of guitar 100.And in some aspects, video display removably attaches to guitar.Can carry out attached video display with any suitable device.For example, in some aspects, the video display with flexible shell uses sticker to attach to the front surface of guitar.
In other side, video display 116 is formed by the multiple LED that are embedded at least a portion of front surface of guitar.
In aspect shown in Fig. 1, guitar 100 comprises single non magnetic acoustic pickup 118.In other side, can use two or more non magnetic acoustic pickups.Shown in Fig. 1 on the other hand, non magnetic acoustic pickup is positioned along the string adjacent with qin bridge 120.But in other side, described one or more non magnetic acoustic pickups can be positioned at along the oscillating component of string Anywhere.Suitable non magnetic acoustic pickup comprises optical pick-up and piezoelectric pickup.
Musical instrument 100 further comprises that the tone control for adjusting tone is dialled and turns round 140 and dial and turn round 150 for adjusting the volume control of volume.Aspect shown in Fig. 1, as described herein, musical instrument comprises multiple sockets 171,172,173 and 174, for joining with various input and output connectors.For example, the musical instrument shown in Fig. 1 comprises socket 171 and 172, provides the power supply of electric power to input for receiving to video display 116 and microphone 120.Musical instrument comprises the socket 173 for the output of microphone.Further, musical instrument comprises input socket 174, for receiving data, to offer video display 116.Data input socket is coupled to video display via strip transmission line (not shown), and they pass to video display (Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 shown in) with the form of PCB from image processor by data-signal together.Although exemplified with the concrete configuration of socket, can comprise that the difference configuration of the socket of varying number can be used to implement instruction herein.For example, musical instrument can comprise an only connector, comes to join with various input and output.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram exemplified with the first exemplary musical instrument system 200.In aspect of exemplary musical instrument system, musical instrument 210 comprises optical pick-up 118.Optical pick-up has pick-up circuit 220, and described pick-up circuit is made up of photon emitters and photodetector, moves and vibrates, and described vibration is changed into the signal that can be processed into sound for detection of string.Next, described signal is offered internal audio frequency processor 230 by pick-up circuit.Signal from audio process is provided for external system by acoustic pickup audio frequency output 235.As seen in Figure 5, optical pick-up has the housing for reducing or eliminating the interference to pick-up circuit.
Musical instrument system 200 comprises the external video processor 250 for the treatment of video input 260.In aspect shown in Fig. 1, video input connects by video input socket 173.On the other hand, video processor is wirelessly connected to musical instrument.
Can provide video input 260 from the each provenance according to various aspects of the present invention.In one aspect, video input represents the video flowing from computer system.In another aspect, video input represents the video flowing that the flying-spot video generator including local storage card produces.In aspect another, video input represents from being the video flowing that wired or wireless network is transmitted as a stream.More on the one hand in, video input represents the video flowing sending via wireless signal.
Musical instrument system 200 further comprises video display power supply 270, for providing electric power to video display 116.Further, musical instrument system comprises optical pick-up power supply 280, for providing electric power to optical pick-up 118, to drive pick-up circuit 220 and audio process 230.
In one aspect, power supply and the utilization of video input circuit realize such as the electric connector of XLR connector.For example, for connecting the connecting line type (, copper, optical fiber, concentric cable) of musical instrument and module can be according to each embodiment and difference.And in some aspects, be bonded to wire harness for the connecting line of video processor 250 and for the line of electric force of video display power supply 270 and optical pick-up power supply 280, extend a segment distance from described musical instrument.In one aspect, connecting line extends 25 to 30 feet from musical instrument.
Fig. 3 is the block diagram exemplified with the second exemplary musical instrument system 300.In aspect of this example system, musical instrument 310 comprises optical pick-up 118.Optical pick-up comprises pick-up circuit 220, and described pick-up circuit is made up of photon emitters and photodetector, vibrates for detection of string.Next, signal is offered external audio processor 390 by the string vibration of pick-up circuit based on detecting.As being preferably in seen in fig. 5ly, optical pick-up has the housing for reducing or eliminating the interference to pick-up circuit.
Musical instrument system 300 comprises the external video processor 250 for the treatment of video input 260.As described earlier in this article, can for example, from video input (, video flowing, memory card, wireless signal) be provided according to each provenance of various embodiments of the present invention.
Musical instrument system 300 further comprises video display power supply 270, for providing electric power to video display 116.Further, described system comprises optical pick-up power supply 280, for providing electric power to optical pick-up 118, to drive pick-up circuit 220.The second exemplary musical instrument system 300 comprises external audio processor 390, for receiving the output of optical pick-up 118 and processing the signal for voice output.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram exemplified with the 3rd exemplary musical instrument system 400.In one aspect, musical instrument system comprises musical instrument 410 and external attached module 420.And in aspect of this musical instrument system, described musical instrument comprises optical pick-up 118, and described optical pick-up comprises pick-up circuit 220.
Described accessory module comprises video processor 760, video memory 770, video display and optical pick-up supplying cell 780 and optical pick-up audio process 790.Video processor is configured to from the video memory receiving video signals of storage data.
In one aspect, accessory module 420 is implemented as the band bag that user wears.Connection between accessory module and musical instrument 410 can be wired or wireless.For wireless connections, musical instrument 410 can be included on musical instrument or the video display of musical instrument inside and optical pick-up supplying cell 780.
Fig. 5 is the stereographic map of optical pick-up 118.Optical pick-up comprises the opened type housing 510 that allows the elongation passed through of string 120.Described housing comprise by shown in the 516(figure of end one) the lower casing body 512 and the upper casing body 514 that are connected and separate.In order to access the other parts of acoustic pickup, described upper casing body is fixed to described lower casing body by frictional fit, from but transportable.Extend the flexible cable (not shown) of elongation from described lower casing body, can be connected with acoustic pickup processor by the various electric components of flexible cable of this elongation.
Photon emitters 520 and photodetector 530 are positioned on the insulcrete (not shown) that is arranged on housing 510 inside in pairs.As shown in Figure 5, in one aspect in, each right element is arranged on each string top, and described another right element is arranged on each string below.In one embodiment, photon emitters is arranged on lower casing body 512, and photodetector is arranged on upper casing body 514.In another embodiment, photon emitters is arranged on upper casing body, and photodetector is arranged on lower casing body.In another aspect, photon emitters and photodetector both sides are arranged in same housing section, and reverberator is positioned in contrary housing section.
Those skilled in the art will recognize that, photon emitters can be light source or electromagnetic radiation source.Photon emitters can realize with any number of forms, comprises LED, OLED, fluorescent light, laser, incandescent lamp bulb etc.What those skilled in the art will recognize that is, photodetector can be realized with any number of forms, comprises photoresistance, photodiode, phototransistor, charge-coupled device (CCD), complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) (CMOS) sensor, reverse bias LED etc.
Photon emitters 520 is arranged on insulcrete by traditional installation component, and described traditional installation component allows the position of photon emitters carry out angle and laterally adjust.Photon emitters illuminates or irradiates the nearside of the string of each auto correlation, makes associated string cast shadow.This shade is projected the photon-sensitive region of each photodetector 530.
Fig. 6 is exemplified with being respectively used to realize the exemplary pick-up circuit 610 of pick-up circuit and audio process and the circuit diagram of audio frequency processing circuit 620.Exemplary pick-up circuit comprises as the resistor in illustrative structure, capacitor, diode and voltage source element, to carry out optical pick-up.Electronic circuit parts comprise element in parallel, and the element of described parallel connection comprises resistor in parallel 622 and photodiode 624, and it is far-end ground connection.Photodetector 626 is also in parallel, is connected on after capacitor 628, far-end ground connection.Photodetector and audio frequency processing circuit are connected in parallel.Although exemplified with the concrete configuration of circuit component, the difference configuration that can comprise the circuit component of varying number and structure can be used for realizing optical pick-up.
With reference to the guitar with video display, several aspects of musical instrument are proposed.Just as readily understood by the skilled person, the various aspects that run through described in the application can be expanded musical instrument and the equipment to other.The unrestriced mode by example, various aspects can be expanded to other musical instrument, such as violin, harp, violoncello, contrabass and other stringed musical instrument, and other musical instrument, such as piano.
Those skilled in the art provide above-mentioned explanation, so that can carry out various aspects as herein described.Various modifications to these aspects are apparent to those skilled in the art, and rule as defined herein goes for other side.Therefore, claim should not be restricted to aspect shown in this article, and should meet and the literal consistent four corner of claim, wherein, unless stated otherwise, the reference marker of the element to singulative should not represent " one and only have one ", but " one or more ".Unless otherwise specified, term " some " refers to one or more.Relate to term list " at least one " for referring to the combination of these article, comprise single member.For example, " at least one: a, b or c " should contain: a; B; C; A and b; A and c; B and c; And a, b and c.The all 26S Proteasome Structure and Function equivalents that run through the element known or that become after a while known various aspects for a person skilled in the art described in the application mode by reference is clearly incorporated in the application, and should be contained by claim.And no matter whether the disclosure is clearly recorded in the claims, the disclosed content of the application should be not towards the public.

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1. there is a musical instrument for video display, described in there is video display musical instrument comprise:
Musical instrument, it comprises housing or the main body with outside surface,
Video display, it attaches at least a portion of described outside surface.
2. musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein, described musical instrument is piano.
3. musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein, described musical instrument is stringed musical instrument.
4. musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein, described stringed musical instrument is electric guitar, and described outside surface comprises front surface.
5. musical instrument according to claim 4, wherein, described video display extends to the described front surface isospace with described electric guitar.
6. musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein, described video display is light emitting diode indicator or liquid crystal display.
7. musical instrument according to claim 4, described musical instrument further comprises the non magnetic acoustic pickup that operationally attaches to described main body.
8. musical instrument according to claim 7, wherein, described non magnetic acoustic pickup is optical pick-up or piezoelectric pickup.
9. there is a musical instrument for video display, described in there is video display musical instrument comprise:
Musical instrument, it comprises housing or the main body with outside surface,
Multiple video display components, it is embedded at least a portion of described outside surface of described main body.
10. musical instrument according to claim 9, wherein, described musical instrument is piano.
11. musical instruments according to claim 9, wherein, described musical instrument is stringed musical instrument.
12. musical instruments according to claim 9, wherein, described stringed musical instrument is electric guitar, and described outside surface comprises front surface.
13. musical instruments according to claim 12, wherein, described video display component extends to the surperficial isospace with described electric guitar.Musical instrument according to claim 9, wherein, described video display component is light emitting diode or liquid crystal.
14. musical instrument systems according to claim 14, described musical instrument system further comprises the non magnetic acoustic pickup that operationally attaches to described main body.
15. musical instrument systems according to claim 15, wherein, described non magnetic acoustic pickup is optical pick-up or piezoelectric pickup.
16. 1 kinds have the musical instrument system of video display, described in there is video display musical instrument system comprise:
Musical instrument, it comprises housing or the main body with outside surface;
Video display, it attaches at least a portion of described outside surface;
External image processor elements, it is operationally connected with described video display.
17. musical instrument systems according to claim 16, wherein, described musical instrument is piano.
18. musical instrument systems according to claim 16, wherein, described musical instrument is stringed musical instrument.
19. musical instrument systems according to claim 18, wherein, described stringed musical instrument is electric guitar, and described outside surface comprises front surface.
20. musical instrument systems according to claim 19, wherein, described video display extends to the front described surperficial isospace with described electric guitar.
21. musical instrument system according to claim 16, wherein, described video display is light emitting diode indicator or liquid crystal display.
22. musical instrument systems according to claim 16, wherein, described image processor element is the image processor for the treatment of the image receiving.
23. musical instrument systems according to claim 16, described musical instrument system further comprises the wireless receiver element that is coupled to described image processor element, wherein, described wireless receiver element is configured to receive image, described image is offered to described image processor element.
24. musical instrument systems according to claim 19, described musical instrument system further comprises the non magnetic acoustic pickup that operationally attaches to described main body.
25. musical instrument systems according to claim 24, wherein, described non magnetic acoustic pickup is optical pick-up or piezoelectric pickup.
26. 1 kinds have the musical instrument system of video display, described in there is video display musical instrument system comprise:
Musical instrument, it comprises housing or the main body with outside surface,
Multiple video display components, it is embedded at least a portion of described outside surface;
External image processor elements, it is operationally connected with described video display.
27. musical instrument systems according to claim 26, wherein, described musical instrument is piano.
28. musical instrument systems according to claim 26, wherein, described musical instrument is stringed musical instrument.
29. musical instrument systems according to claim 28, wherein, described stringed musical instrument is electric guitar, and described outside surface comprises front surface.
30. musical instrument systems according to claim 29, wherein, described video display component extends to the surperficial isospace with described electric guitar.
31. musical instrument system according to claim 16, wherein, described video display component is light emitting diode indicator or liquid crystal display.
32. musical instrument systems according to claim 26, wherein, described image processor element is the image processor for the treatment of the image receiving.
33. musical instrument systems according to claim 26, described musical instrument system further comprises the wireless receiver element that is coupled to described image processor element, wherein, described wireless receiver element is configured to receive image, described image is offered to described image processor element.
34. musical instrument systems according to claim 29, described musical instrument system further comprises the non magnetic acoustic pickup that operationally attaches to described main body.
35. musical instrument systems according to claim 24, wherein, described non magnetic acoustic pickup is optical pick-up or piezoelectric pickup.
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