EP3547303A1 - Touche avec possibilité d'expressions supplémentaires - Google Patents

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EP3547303A1
EP3547303A1 EP18165083.9A EP18165083A EP3547303A1 EP 3547303 A1 EP3547303 A1 EP 3547303A1 EP 18165083 A EP18165083 A EP 18165083A EP 3547303 A1 EP3547303 A1 EP 3547303A1
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  • the present invention relates to keys, in particular keys, which open up wider possibilities of expression for electronic musical instruments.
  • Keys can be found in various areas of technology such as in computers, automobiles, musical instruments, etc. and are in particular an essential part of keyboard instruments such as the piano or the keyboard. But also modern electronic musical instruments use keys, which can be arranged eg in a matrix with rows and columns (thus 8 x 8, 8 x 4 etc.). In this case - analogous to the piano - the touch dynamics of the key (ie the speed at which the key is depressed) and thus the pressure that acts physically on the key, sensor technology electronically recorded and evaluated. This velocity and pressure information usually serves as the basis for deriving the volume of the sound being played with the key. However, electronic music instruments or music controllers provided with such technology offer only a limited possibility of formulating or influencing the sound away from the volume.
  • Electronic musical instruments or software-based musical instruments offer a wealth of expressive sounds with their sound library.
  • a sensor of the instrument keys or pads is required, which electronically positions the finger in a multidimensional manner in the XY direction and on the other hand in Z-direction the force exerted by the finger on the key or the pad can measure.
  • Another important information to be mentioned is the detection of movements in XY direction across key / pad boundaries.
  • Z-direction refers to the direction in which the - vertical - downward movement of the key takes place while in "X” and "Y direction” the orthogonal - horizontal - plane is spanned, in which lies the key surface, for example.
  • the sensors previously known for detecting the force exerted in the Z direction on the key are as a rule FSR sensors ("Force Sensing Resistor"), as used, for example, in US Pat US 6,909,354 B2 Fa. Interlink Electronics, Inc. are disclosed.
  • An FSR is a contact-type sensor that generates an electrical resistance between two electrodes in the contact case.
  • Such sensors have certain drawbacks, such as a high response pressure point ("Entry-Threshold”), a difficult reproducible behavior in the area around this response pressure point and increased effort (ie, multiple FSR sensor levels) to simultaneously Dimension also to capture the X and Y dimensions.
  • Z-direction here means the direction in which the - vertical - downward movement of the key takes place while in the "X” and "Y-direction” the orthogonal-horizontal plane is clamped, in which eg the key surface lies.
  • a key according to claim 1 comprising a key unit movably suspended vertically in a fixed frame in the Z direction with a key body having an upper actuating surface and at least one shank extending vertically downwardly from the key body; an XY sensor unit disposed vertically below the key body through an air gap and fixedly connected to the frame for detecting XY positions on the actuation surface, the XY sensor unit having at least one opening for the at least one shaft through which through which the shaft can move vertically; at least one vertically below the at least one shaft elastically suspended transmission element which is moved vertically downwards as the at least one shaft moves downward; and a Z-sensor unit vertically spaced below the at least one transmission element and fixedly connected to the frame, having at least one sensing element for detecting the vertical downward movement of the at least one transmission element.
  • the shaft extends at its upper end below the key body horizontally outwardly into an extension, said shaft and extension are made of a translucent material so that they together form a light guide, the continue is firmly connected to the key body; a vertically disposed below the shaft light source whose light exits vertically upwards and enters from below into the shaft; and a first optical device arranged in the vertically upper region of the light guide above the shaft for deflecting the light which has entered the shaft from the light source in the horizontal direction into the surface of the extension.
  • buttons for electronic musical instruments have. the disadvantage that possibly.
  • About sound libraries additionally available expression means neither polyphonic, i. depending on the key different (polyphonic), still multidimensionally controlled, i. depending on the position e.g. of the user's finger-operated finger, can be played.
  • the key comprises a key unit 2 vertically suspended in the Z direction in a fixed frame 1 and having a key body 2a having an upper operating surface 2b and at least one central shaft 3 extending downwardly from the key body 2a.
  • the key body 2a may be made of a material comprising silicone.
  • only one central shaft may be provided in the horizontal center of the button, or several at different locations such as four in the respective corner region of the button when it is rectangular.
  • an XY sensor unit 5 fixedly connected to the frame 1 and having at least one opening 6 through which the at least one shaft 3 of the key unit 2 extends for movement in the Z direction.
  • a central shaft 3 is provided in the key unit 2, there is also a central opening 6 in the XY sensor unit 5; are eg four shafts 3 provided in the key unit 2, there are also four openings 6 in the XY sensor unit 5, one for each shaft 3.
  • the XY sensor unit 5 is by an air gap 4 vertically from the Bottom of the key body 2a spaced and is used to detect XY positions on the actuating surface 2b of the key unit 2, so that, for example, the XY position of a user's finger on the actuating surface 2b can be detected.
  • Vertically below the at least one shaft 3 of the key unit 2 is at least one elastically suspended transmission element 7, which is also moved vertically downward in the downward movement of the shaft 3.
  • a central shaft 3 is provided in the key unit 2, there is also a transmission element 7 underneath;
  • four transmission elements 7 may be provided - one for each shaft 3 - but it may also be provided only one transmission element 7 for all four shafts 3.
  • Below the at least one transmission element 7 is vertically spaced a fixedly connected to the frame 1 Z-sensor unit 8, which comprises at least one detection element 9, which detects the vertical downward movement of the at least one transmission element 7.
  • the horizontal arrangement of the at least one transmission element 7 and the at least one detection element 9 is not horizontal to the location of the shaft 3 or the shafts 3 and its or their horizontal position Tied position.
  • the key according to the invention thus comprises two mutually arranged sensors - a sensor for detecting a vertical movement of the key in FIG Z direction and a sensor for detecting an XY position on the Actuating surface of the button - and can thus be referred to as multidimensional in the sense described above.
  • the transmission element 7 can be embedded in an elastic, electrically insulating substrate 10, at least partially enclosed by it or applied thereto.
  • an air gap 11 may be provided in the substrate 10 further vertically below the transmission element 7 spaced.
  • the substrate 10 for reinforcement in the region of the air gap 11 may have at least one semicircular or conical spring-elastic projection 12 which projects vertically into the air gap 11. This at least one projection 12 serves as a resilient restoring aid.
  • the substrate 10 may be made of silicone.
  • the Z-sensor unit 8 may comprise a substrate 13, the sensing element 9 being located vertically on top of the substrate 13 and / or at least partially embedded in the substrate 13.
  • the effectiveness of the detection element 9 can be increased: If the detection element 9 is e.g. a coil in conjunction with an LC resonator (see below), this can be extended to several layers in the substrate 13 of the unit 8 - with the length of the coil but increases their inductance, which in turn increases the sensitivity of the sensor (the characteristics of the LC resonator also change as the coil is a part of it).
  • the key body 2a may be suspended from the frame 1 via a motion bead 16 surrounding it.
  • This movement bead is integrally formed with the key body 2a and consists in a Material taper on the horizontal peripheral edge of the key body 2a. In this way, an almost barrier-free downward movement of the key body 2a is possible, whereby the key with less force is triggered, which - as already discussed in connection with the air gap 11 - reduces the response pressure of the key.
  • This at least one projection 17 serves - as already discussed in connection with the air gap 11 - as a resilient restoring aid.
  • At least one pressure equalization line 18a may be provided between the air gaps 4 and 11 and the air gap 11 may continue to be vented toward the environment through at least one pressure equalization line 18b extending through the Z-sensor unit 8. As a result, a sufficient pressure equalization in the air gaps 4 and 11 is ensured.
  • the X-Y sensor unit 5 and the Z-sensor unit 8 may be fixedly spaced from each other via at least one spacer 19 provided vertically therebetween. This not only improves the strength of the overall key arrangement but also increases its overall rigidity.
  • the Z-sensor unit 8 comprises an inductive sensor.
  • An inductive sensor is known to include a resonant circuit with LC resonator (where L is the inductance of the coil therein and C is the capacitance of the capacitor also present therein) and measures its frequency (the LC resonator frequency) using a reference oscillator (reference frequency), which in addition to the inductance and the impedance Z and the Q Q of the LC resonator can be determined.
  • the coil emits a magnetic field, which causes eddy currents in a relatively moving electrically conductive material, thereby changing the amplitude and the frequency of the resonant circuit.
  • the detection element 9 is an induction coil and the transmission element 7 comprises a metallic material. If a force or a pressure is now exerted on the key-for example with a finger-the shaft 3 moves downwards, which in turn reduces the distance between the metallic transmission element 7 and the induction coil 9, which likewise moves downwards, and leads to the above effects ,
  • the XY sensor unit 5 in turn in the preferred embodiment comprises a capacitive position sensor.
  • An XY capacitive position sensor is known to comprise a grid of RX and TX electrodes, each of the RX electrodes being electrically connected in columns and the TX electrodes connected in series, but without electrical connection between the RX and TX -Electrodes - and in very rapid repetition, the capacitance between the electrodes is measured.
  • the capacity depends on the permittivity of the matter which is in the immediate vicinity of the electrodes.
  • the XY sensor unit 5 comprises the RX and TX electrodes 14a and 14b, the key body 2a being non-metallic.
  • the XY sensor unit 5 may comprise a cover layer 15 covering the electrodes 14a, 14b and having the following purpose:
  • a capacitive sensor the field strength between the capacitively acting objects and the electrodes decreases quadratically with their distance from each other - that is in that the field strength can be extremely large at a very small distance and can lead to disproportionate sensor signals in the case of movement-tolerant objects in the electric field at a small distance from the electrodes, with which results which can no longer be reasonably processed can be achieved.
  • Due to the covering layer 15, these very short distances between the sensor electrodes and the movement-tolerant capacitive objects are increased and therefore the dynamic range is optimized and the usable sensor signal is conditioned.
  • the Z-sensor unit 8 may comprise a capacitive pressure sensor instead of an inductive one, wherein (i) the transmission element 7 is a capacitive electrode embedded at least partially in an elastic electrically conductive substrate 10 ', (ii) the sensing element 9 and (iii) via the conductive substrate 10 'is an electrical connection between the transmission element 7 and the unit 8, so that the transmission element 7 and the detection element 9 form a plate capacitor whose Signals on the unit 8 are available for further processing.
  • a capacitive pressure sensor is the Capacitance change therefore evaluated as a sensor effect due to the change in the distance between the electrode of the transmission element 7 and the electrode of the sensing element 9.
  • the substrate 10 ' may consist of silicone, which is mixed with a homogeneous mixture of electrically conductive fillers.
  • the Z-sensor unit 8 may comprise a magnetic sensor, wherein (i) the transmission element 7 is a magnet embedded at least partially in an elastic electrically insulating substrate 10, the north pole of which points vertically upwards or downwards, and ( ii) the detection element 9 is a HALL sensor. If current flows through the HALL sensor, which is located in the perpendicular magnetic field of the transmission element 7, the HALL sensor supplies an electrical voltage that is proportional to the product of magnetic flux density and applied current - this voltage changes with that through the Triggering the button changing distance between magnet and HALL sensor.
  • the button includes, like the Fig. 2 can be seen, further extending from the upper end of the shaft 3 below the key body 2a horizontally outwardly extension 20, which may be integrally formed with the shaft.
  • Shaft 3 and extension 20 are made of a translucent material and together form a light guide which is firmly connected by a suitable method with the key body 2a as by deformation, bonding, casting, etc.
  • a Light source 21 which may be, for example, an LED, arranged, the light exits vertically upward and enters the shaft 3 from below.
  • a first optical device 22 is arranged to the in horizontal from the light source 21 in the shaft 3 occurred light Redirecting direction in the surface of the extension 20.
  • This first optical device 22 may be, for example, a free-form tapered lens, which consists in a funnel-like depression in the light guide. It is a Kegellinsentyp, which is developed so that the vertically from below into the shaft 3 occurred light on the one hand is deflected horizontally by a major part of the light is brought into the total reflection at the interface of the lens 22, and on the other hand, a part the light also radiates straight up through the lens.
  • Fig. 2 and 3D show in cross-section such a lens 22 in the form of a funnel-like depression, which has no tip in its lower region, but is rounded, and whose lateral surface is curved.
  • the button illuminated in this way may further comprise a second optical device 23 arranged in the vertically lower region of the shaft 3, with which the light which has entered the shaft 3 from the light source 21 is focused in the direction of the first optical device 22 (collimation).
  • This second optical device 23 may e.g. a free-form converging lens for coupling the light, which consists in a suitable surface shaping of the lower end of the shaft 3.
  • the surface molding can thus be formed with convex and concave sections - e.g. Wavy - be configured that it deflects a large part of the light on the lateral surface of the free-form tapered lens 22.
  • the illuminated button may further include at least one arranged on the underside of the extension 20 light scattering element 24.
  • This light scattering element 24 serves to deflect light radiating downwards in the light guide in such a way that the light is reflected upwards, and can e.g. Surface structures on the underside of the extension 20 - e.g. in the form of spherical caps - include.
  • FIGS. 3A-F show different views of the consisting of shaft 3 and extension 20 optical fiber, with the first and second optical Devices 22 and 23 and the light scattering element 24 is provided.
  • Fig. 4 shows a cross section through just this light guide with the light path.
  • the first optical device 22 may be filled with the material constituting the key body 2a so as to correct for brightness concentrations in the center of the operation surface 2b.
  • the material may be silicone.
  • the key body 2a may be made of silicone and the first optical device 22 may be filled with silicone. Furthermore, the material constituting the key body 2a may be pigmented with titanium dioxide or aluminum oxide. Likewise, the shaft 3 and the extension 20, which together form the light guide, may be pigmented with titanium dioxide or aluminum oxide. This pigmentation achieves light scattering.
  • a lit button e.g. show a currently played note or key as well as the key status or other visual signaling.
  • the frame 1 may be an integral part of a device housing or a device cover or front panel in which or the key according to the invention is installed.
  • Fig. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the frame 1 with a plurality of juxtaposed keys, as described above.
  • the frame 1 has Verschraubungsdome 25 extending from the frame 1 via the XY sensor unit 5 and the substrate 10 with the transmission element 7 to the Z-sensor unit and serve to screw them firmly together.
  • the frame 1 has spacer projections 26 which space the frame away from the XY sensor unit 5.
  • Fig. 6 shows an exploded view of several arranged in a grid inventive buttons.

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US16/035,365 US11727905B2 (en) 2018-03-29 2018-07-13 Button with enhanced expression facilities
US16/253,008 US10418011B1 (en) 2018-03-29 2019-01-21 Button
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