CN215265548U

CN215265548U - Electronic wind instrument system

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Publication number: CN215265548U
Application number: CN202121006006.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭诗坪
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-07-03
Filing date: 2021-05-12
Publication date: 2021-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-12
Also published as: TWM603611U

Abstract

The application provides an electronic wind instrument system, which comprises a wind instrument and a data processing device. The playing device comprises a shell, an air blowing pipe, a pressure sensor, a controller, a plurality of press switches and a wireless signal transmission module. The pressure sensor includes a vent tube. When a user blows air towards the blowing opening of the blowing pipe to enable the main gas to flow through the blowing pipe and selectively presses the plurality of press switches, the pressure sensor senses a pressure signal related to the main gas through the vent pipe, and the controller sends the pressure signal and switch signals transmitted by the plurality of press switches through the wireless signal transmission module.

Description

Electronic wind instrument system

Technical Field

The present application relates to an electronic wind instrument system, and particularly to an electronic wind instrument system which includes a wind instrument having a simple structure and is capable of self-setting fingering for performance or outputting music of a plurality of musical instruments.

Background

Music is a good product of the mental world, and can directly resist heart and burst emotion, so that people can enjoy the spiritual enjoyment which cannot be brought by other things. Along with the continuous improvement of the living standard, the demand of people on music is higher and higher. The musical instrument which can play beautiful music by simple learning is always a continuous creater of human beings.

Musical instruments are roughly classified into wind instruments, string instruments, percussion instruments, keyboard instruments, and the like according to the manner of playing. However, learning a same instrument must take a lot of time to be able to play a delicate track. Therefore, few people can be skilled in various musical instruments. Even in wind instruments, few people can be proficient in various wind instruments.

In the field of musical performance, sometimes at least two musical instruments are required to be matched to complete a piece of graceful music. However, most of the current environments for learning musical instruments are teachers who are skilled in a certain musical instrument and simultaneously guide digital students to learn the musical instrument, but do not guide different students to learn different musical instruments, and thus, the teachers cannot enjoy the ensemble fun of different musical instruments.

Wind instruments are most popular instruments for students to learn music in schools because of their convenience in carrying, easy storage, easy learning, and ability to train vital capacity. With regard to the prior art of the blowing electronic musical instrument, some blowing electronic musical instruments have adopted a mode in which a microphone senses the volume emitted when a blowing reed is played, but such blowing electronic musical instruments are complicated in construction, expensive in components to be adopted, and the player needs to have the vital capacity capable of blowing the reed. Some other blowing electronic musical instruments employ a differential pressure sensor or two pressure sensors respectively disposed at the inlet and outlet ends for sensing the pressure difference of the air flow generated by the inlet and outlet during blowing, however, the differential pressure sensors of such blowing electronic musical instruments have poor sensing sensitivity, require a plurality of pressure sensors, and are still complex in structure. The blowing type electronic musical instrument in the prior art is generally high in price.

In addition, a plurality of push switches are disposed on a case of the prior art wind instrument, and a speaker for playing music is disposed in the case. Even some of the prior art blow-type electronic musical instruments are capable of playing a variety of musical instruments. However, the fingering of the prior art blow-type electronic musical instruments corresponding to different scales is fixed, and even some fingering of the prior art blow-type electronic musical instruments operating a plurality of push switches is customized by manufacturers, so that users playing the prior art blow-type electronic musical instruments mostly need to relearn their fingering operating a plurality of push switches. Also, software update of these prior art blow type electronic musical instruments is not easy.

In addition, the prior art blow-type electronic musical instrument does not have functions for assisting the user to perform training by himself/herself, such as functions for displaying the accuracy of fingering, the beat of the blow, and the length of time.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the present application provides an electronic wind instrument system based on the technical problems to be solved by the present application. The electronic wind instrument system has simple structure and sensitive wind pressure sensing. If the user is familiar with a certain fingering for operating the push switch, the user can set the habitual operation fingering without learning fingering again.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present application, the electronic wind instrument system comprises a wind instrument and a data processing device. The playing device comprises a shell, an air blowing pipe, a first circuit board, a pressure sensor, a second circuit board, a controller, a plurality of press switches and a first wireless signal transmission module. The gas blow pipe is arranged at the top of the shell. The air blowing pipe is provided with an air blowing opening and an air outlet. The blowing port of the blowing pipe is communicated with the shell. The first circuit board is fixed in the shell. The pressure sensor is electrically connected to the first circuit board and includes a vent tube. The second circuit board is fixed in the shell. The controller is electrically fixed on the second circuit board and is electrically connected to the pressure sensor. The plurality of push switches are disposed on the housing and electrically connected to the controller. The first wireless signal transmission module is electrically fixed on the second circuit board and is electrically connected to the controller. The data processing device comprises a storage module, a broadcasting module, a second wireless signal transmission module and at least one processor. The storage module stores therein a performance music application and a plurality of predetermined tone information. The at least one processor is electrically connected to the storage module, the broadcasting module and the second wireless signal transmission module respectively. When a user blows air towards the blowing opening of the blowing pipe to enable the main gas to flow through the blowing pipe and selectively presses the plurality of press switches, the pressure sensor senses a pressure signal related to the main gas through the vent pipe, and the controller receives the pressure signal sent by the pressure sensor and the switch signals sent by the plurality of press switches and sends the pressure signal and the switch signals through the first wireless signal transmission module. The at least one processor receives the pressure signal and the switch signal through the second wireless signal transmission module.

In one embodiment, the playing device of the electronic playing instrument system according to the present application further comprises a gas guide tube. The gas guide tube has a first open end and a second open end. The gas guide pipe penetrates through the inner wall of the air blowing pipe. The first opening end of the gas guide tube is arranged in the air blowing tube, and the second opening end of the gas guide tube is sleeved in the vent tube. The pressure sensor senses a pressure signal related to the main gas via the gas guide tube and the vent tube.

In one embodiment, the electronic wind instrument system according to the present application further comprises a battery. The battery is arranged in the shell and is electrically connected to the first circuit board and the second circuit board so as to supply power required by the pressure sensor, the controller, the plurality of press switches and the first wireless signal transmission module during operation.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present application, an electronic wind instrument system is provided for changing the fingering and musical scale of the wind instrument, the wind instrument having a pressure detecting sensor and a plurality of push switches, the method comprising the steps of: (A) picking up the pressing switch signal pressed by the wind instrument and transmitting the signal to the data processing device; (B) picking up the sensing pressure value of the pressure sensor of the wind instrument and transmitting the sensing pressure value to a data processing device; (C) the data processing device selects a corresponding scale according to the pressing switch signal on the data processing device and the selected scale comparison table; and (D) selecting corresponding musical instrument types according to the press switch signals on the data processing device and the musical instrument corresponding table; (E) the data processing device plays the corresponding musical scale files of the musical instruments and the corresponding sound sizes according to the sound sizes (B), (C) and (D). In the electronic wind instrument system according to a preferred embodiment of the present application, the push switch and the scale table of the data processing device in steps (C) and (D) may be modified and stored on the data processing device, for example, the push switch and the scale table of the data processing device are not used by the user, and the user may also modify the conventional or customary method by using the modification function.

Different from the prior art, the electronic wind instrument system has the advantages of simple structure, sensitive pressure sensing and easy software updating. The electronic wind instrument system according to the present application enables a user to play a variety of musical instruments by proficient one wind instrument and assists the user in self-performance training.

The advantages and spirit of the present application will be further understood by the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an electronic wind instrument system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the playing device of the electronic wind instrument system of fig. 1 taken along the line a-a.

Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the playing device of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a functional block diagram of an electronic wind instrument system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

1 electronic wind instrument system

2 playing device

20 top of the housing 202

21 blowing pipe 212 blowing port

214 air outlet 216 inner wall

22 first circuit board 23 pressure sensor

232 vent pipe 24 gas guide pipe

242 first open end 244 second open end

25 second circuit board 26 controller

27 push switch 28 first wireless signal transmission module

29a battery

3 data processing device

32 storage module and 34 broadcasting module

36 second wireless signal transmission module

38 processor 39 display

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, an electronic wind instrument system 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present application includes a wind instrument 2 and a data processing device 3. The playing device 2 according to the present application can be configured in accordance with the standard musical instrument. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the playing device 2 is designed according to the specifications of the manufactured flute, but the playing device 2 according to the present application is not limited to the specifications of the flute, and may be designed according to the specifications of other types of playing musical instruments, such as ocarina, panpipe, flute or other playing type musical instruments.

The blowing device 2 includes a case 20, a blow pipe 21, a first circuit board 22, a pressure sensor 23, a second circuit board 25, a controller 26, a plurality of push switches 27, and a first wireless signal transmission module 28.

The gas blow tube 21 is provided at the top 202 of the housing 20. The blow pipe 21 has a blow port 212 and an air outlet 214. The blowing port 212 of the blowing pipe 21 communicates with the housing 20.

In one embodiment, the outlet 214 of the purge tube 21 is in communication with the housing 20, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

In another embodiment, the outlet 214 of the insufflation tube 21 is disposed within the housing 20.

The first circuit board 22 is fixed in the housing 20. The pressure sensor 23 is electrically connected to the first circuit board 22 and includes a vent tube 232.

The second circuit board 25 is fixed in the housing 20. The controller 26 is electrically fixed to the second circuit board 25 and is electrically connected to the pressure sensor 23. A plurality of push switches 27 are provided on the housing 20 and electrically connected to the controller 26. The plurality of push switches 27 may be arranged on the housing 20 according to the standard musical instrument, for example, the plurality of push switches 27 are arranged on the upper half of the housing 20 in a straight flute format, and the plurality of push switches 27 are arranged on the lower half of the housing 20. For example, the plurality of push switches 27 are arranged in substantially two rows on the housing 20 in a ocarina format.

In one embodiment, the push switch 27 can be a mechanical switch, an electromagnetic switch, a touch pad, or other types of switch elements.

The first wireless signal transmission module 28 is electrically fixed to the second circuit board 25 and is electrically connected to the controller 26.

As shown in fig. 4, the data processing apparatus 3 includes a storage module 32, a broadcasting module 34, a second wireless signal transmission module 36, and at least one processor 38. The at least one processor 38 is electrically connected to the storage module 32, the broadcasting module 34, and the second wireless signal transmission module 36, respectively.

The storage module 32 stores therein a performance music application and a plurality of predetermined tone information. Each predetermined tone information corresponds to a musical instrument tone.

In one embodiment, the data processing device 3 may be a variety of data processing devices, such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, etc.

The user operates the data processing apparatus 3 to execute the performance music application through the at least one processor 38 and selects a selected tone information from the plurality of predetermined tone information through the performance music application. The selected tone information represents the tone of the selected instrument.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, when the user blows air through the outlet 212 of the blowing pipe 21 to cause the main gas to flow through the blowing pipe 21 and selectively presses the plurality of push switches 27, the pressure sensor 23 senses a pressure signal related to the main gas through the vent pipe 232, and the controller 26 receives the pressure signal sent by the pressure sensor 23 and the switch signals sent by the plurality of push switches 27. The controller 26 also sends pressure signals and switching signals via the first wireless signal transmission module 28.

The at least one processor 38 receives the pressure signal and the switch signal via the second wireless signal transmission module 36. The at least one processor 38 generates music information based on the selected tone information, the pressure signal, and the switch signal. The at least one processor 38 interprets the pressure signal as a volume level of the music information. The at least one processor 38 parses the switching signal into musical scales of the musical information. The at least one processor 38 resolves the pressure signal and the switch signal into the time points at which each blow begins and ends. The at least one processor 38 plays the music information through the broadcasting module 34. Thus, the user can play a plurality of musical instruments by only proficient one wind instrument. The push switch of the data processing device 3 and the scale comparison table can be modified and stored according to the requirement of the operator.

Unlike the prior art, the electronic wind instrument system 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present application executes a music application program by at least one processor 38 of the data processing device 3 to generate music information, and the playing module 34 of the data processing device 3 plays the music information. Therefore, the electronic wind instrument system 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present application can easily update the software, and even can update the software through the cloud technology, so as to expand the functions of the electronic wind instrument system 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present application.

The pressure sensor 23 employed in the present application can be fabricated using micro-electromechanical technology to improve its accuracy. When the main gas flows through the breather pipe 232, the force with which the pressure sensor 23 is sucked upward by the main gas through the breather pipe 232 differs depending on the flow rate of the main gas. The higher the flow rate of the main gas, the greater the upward force with which the pressure sensor 23 is attracted, and the slower the flow rate of the main gas, the smaller the upward force with which the pressure sensor 23 is attracted. The pressure sensor 23 senses the upward force, which is the pressure signal of the main gas. The pressure sensor 23 and transmits a pressure signal regarding the main gas to the controller 26. Therefore, the playing device 2 according to the present application can sensitively sense the blowing speed and the strength of the user, and further accurately reflect the speed of the playing melody and accurately sense the time point of the beginning and the end of each playing and the playing volume.

In one embodiment, the playing device 2 of the electronic playing instrument system 1 according to the present application further comprises a gas guide tube 24. Gas guide tube 24 has a first open end 242 and a second open end 244. The gas guide tube 24 extends through the inner wall 216 of the insufflation tube 21. The first open end 242 of the gas guide tube 24 is disposed inside the insufflation tube 21 and the second open end 244 of the gas guide tube 24 is fitted inside the vent tube 232 of the pressure sensor 23. The pressure sensor 23 senses a pressure signal related to the main gas through the gas guide tube 24 and the vent tube 232. The pressure sensor 23 may be electrically fixed to the first circuit board 22 as shown in fig. 2.

In another embodiment, the pressure sensor 23 is disposed inside the blowing pipe 21.

In one embodiment, the first wireless signal transmission module 28 transmits the pressure signal and the switch signal according to a wireless communication protocol. The wireless protocol may be a Wi-Fi protocol, a WiMAX protocol, an IEEE 802.11-based protocol, a 3G network protocol, a 4G network protocol, a 5G network protocol, an HSPA network protocol, an LTE network protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, or other commercially available wireless protocols. The second wireless signal transmission module 36 also receives the pressure signal and the switch signal according to the wireless communication protocol followed by the first wireless signal transmission module 28.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the playing device 2 of the electronic playing musical instrument system 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present application further includes a battery 29 a. The battery 29a is disposed in the housing 20 and electrically connected to the first circuit board 22 and the second circuit board 25 to supply power required by the pressure sensor 23, the controller 26, the plurality of push switches 27 and the first wireless signal transmission module 28 during operation. In practical applications, the battery 29a may be a dry cell battery or a rechargeable battery.

In one embodiment, the first circuit board 22 and the second circuit board 25 may be integrated into a same circuit board.

Some musical instruments have more than one fingering specification, for example, the high-pitched flute fingering specification is the standard german high-pitched flute fingering, the electronic straight flute high-pitched flute fingering, the english high-pitched flute fingering. In one embodiment, the storage module 32 further stores a plurality of scale mapping tables corresponding to the switches in response to the fingering rules of the same musical instrument. One switch corresponds to the scale comparison table, i.e. to one fingering rule. The plurality of fingering provisions may even include user-customized fingering provisions. The user operates the data processing apparatus 3 and selects a selected switch-corresponding scale table from the plurality of switch-corresponding scale tables through the performance music application. The at least one processor 38 generates music information based on the selected key information, the selected plurality of switches, the corresponding scale table, the pressure signal, and the switch signal.

In one embodiment, the storage module 32 further stores a blowing training application therein. The data processing device 3 also comprises a display 39. The display 39 is electrically connected to the at least one processor 38. When the user operates the data processing apparatus 3 to execute the blowing training application program through the at least one processor 38, the at least one processor 38 receives the pressure signal and the switch signal through the second wireless signal transmission module 36, generates the display information according to the pressure signal and the switch signal, and displays the display information through the display. The playing training application may be a game style application that assists the user in training the playing strength level, the accuracy of playing the musical scale. The user's blowing results are presented instantaneously on the display 39.

From the above detailed description of the present application, it is clear that the electronic wind instrument system according to the present application allows a user to play a variety of musical instruments by only proficient one wind instrument. Moreover, the playing device has the advantages of simple structure, sensitive pressure sensing, self-defined fingering, software updating and easy manufacture. The electronic wind instrument system according to the present application can assist the user to perform the training by himself.

The foregoing detailed description of the preferred embodiments is intended to more clearly illustrate the features and spirit of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application to the particular embodiments disclosed above. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. For example, in one embodiment, the storage module further stores a plurality of switch-corresponding scale tables therein. The user operates the data processing device and selects a corresponding scale table from the corresponding scale tables through the music playing application program. And the at least one processor generates music information according to the selected tone information, the selected switch corresponding scale comparison table, the pressure signal and the switch signal. In one embodiment, the storage module further stores a playing training application. The data processing apparatus also includes a display. The display is electrically connected to the at least one processor. When the user operates the data processing device to execute the blowing training application program through the at least one processor, the at least one processor receives the pressure signal and the switch signal through the second wireless signal transmission module, generates display information according to the pressure signal and the switch signal, and displays the information through the display, so that the user can know the training effect and improve the direction according to the information. The scope of the claims herein should, therefore, be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements as is done in the foregoing description.

Claims

1. An electronic wind instrument system, comprising:

a playing device, comprising:

a housing;

the air blowing pipe is provided with an air blowing port and an air outlet;

the first circuit board is fixed in the shell;

a pressure sensor electrically connected to the first circuit board and including a vent tube;

the second circuit board is fixed in the shell;

the controller is fixed on the second circuit board and is electrically connected to the pressure sensor;

a plurality of push switches disposed on the housing and electrically connected to the controller; and

the first wireless signal transmission module is electrically fixed on the second circuit board and is electrically connected to the controller; and

a data processing apparatus, comprising:

a storage module in which a music-playing application program and a plurality of predetermined tone information are stored;

a broadcasting module;

a second wireless signal transmission module; and

the at least one processor is respectively and electrically connected to the storage module, the broadcasting module and the second wireless signal transmission module;

when a user blows air to the blowing opening of the blowing pipe, a main gas flows through the blowing pipe and selectively presses the plurality of press switches, the pressure sensor senses a pressure signal related to the main gas through the vent pipe, the controller receives the pressure signal sent by the pressure sensor and a switch signal sent by the plurality of press switches, and sends the pressure signal and the switch signal through the first wireless signal transmission module, and the at least one processor receives the pressure signal and the switch signal through the second wireless signal transmission module.

2. The electronic wind instrument system according to claim 1, wherein said blowing device further comprises:

a gas guide tube having a first open end and a second open end, wherein the gas guide tube penetrates an inner wall of the insufflation tube, the first open end of the gas guide tube is disposed in the insufflation tube and the second open end is sleeved in the vent tube, and the pressure sensor senses the pressure signal related to the main gas through the gas guide tube and the vent tube.

3. The electronic wind instrument system according to claim 1, wherein said blowing device further comprises a battery disposed in said case and electrically connected to said first circuit board and said second circuit board for supplying power required for the operation of said pressure sensor, said controller, said plurality of push switches and said first wireless signal transmission module.

4. The electronic wind instrument system according to claim 3, wherein said battery is a rechargeable battery or a non-rechargeable battery.

5. The electronic wind instrument system according to claim 1, wherein said storage module further stores a wind training application;

the data processing device further comprises a display electrically connected to the at least one processor;

when the user operates the data processing device to execute the blowing training application program through the at least one processor, the at least one processor receives the pressure signal and the switch signal through the second wireless signal transmission module.

6. An electronic wind instrument system, comprising:

a playing device, comprising:

a housing;

the air blowing pipe is provided with an air blowing port and an air outlet;

a pressure sensor including a vent tube;

a controller electrically connected to the pressure sensor;

a plurality of push switches disposed on the housing and electrically connected to the controller, wherein when the push switches are selectively pushed, the pressure sensor senses and sends a pressure signal through the vent pipe; and

a first wireless signal transmission module electrically connected to the controller, wherein the controller sends the pressure signal via the first wireless signal transmission module; and

a data processing apparatus, comprising:

a storage module for storing a music-playing application program and a plurality of predetermined tone information;

a broadcasting module;

a second wireless signal transmission module; and

at least one processor electrically connected to the storage module, the broadcast module, and the second wireless signal transmission module, wherein the at least one processor receives the pressure signal via the second wireless signal transmission module.

7. The electronic wind instrument system according to claim 6, wherein said blowing device further comprises:

the gas guide pipe is provided with a first opening end and a second opening end, wherein the gas guide pipe penetrates through the inner wall of the air blowing pipe, the first opening end of the gas guide pipe is arranged in the air blowing pipe, and the second opening end of the gas guide pipe is sleeved in the air vent pipe.

8. The electronic wind instrument system according to claim 6, wherein said blowing device further comprises:

a first circuit board and a second circuit board disposed within the housing, wherein the pressure sensor is electrically connected to the first circuit board and the controller is electrically connected to the second circuit board.

9. The electronic wind instrument system according to claim 6, wherein said memory module further stores a wind training application, said data processing device further comprises a display, and said display is electrically connected to said at least one processor.