EP3547303B1 - Touche avec possibilité d'expressions supplémentaires - Google Patents

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EP3547303B1
EP3547303B1 EP18165083.9A EP18165083A EP3547303B1 EP 3547303 B1 EP3547303 B1 EP 3547303B1 EP 18165083 A EP18165083 A EP 18165083A EP 3547303 B1 EP3547303 B1 EP 3547303B1
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  • the present invention relates to keys, in particular keys that open up more expressive possibilities for electronic musical instruments.
  • Keys can be found in various areas of technology, such as in computers, automobiles, musical instruments and many more, and are in particular an essential part of keyboard instruments such as the piano or keyboard. But modern electronic musical instruments also use keys that can be arranged, for example, in a matrix with rows and columns (that is, 8 x 8, 8 x 4, etc.). Analogous to the piano, the touch response of the key (ie the speed at which the key is depressed) and thus the pressure that physically acts on the key can be electronically recorded and evaluated by sensors. This information from velocity and pressure usually serves as the basis for deriving the volume of the sound struck with the key. Electronic musical instruments or music controllers provided with such technology offer only a limited possibility of formulating or influencing the sound apart from the volume.
  • Such additional elements not only have to be actuated separately from the key to be played, but also only allow the creation of the same effect for all keys - the sounds generated with the keys cannot be individually modulated in this way and a simultaneous playing of several keys with each different expression effects (polyphonic) is not possible.
  • Electronic musical instruments or software-based musical instruments offer a wealth of expressive sounds with their sound library.
  • a sensor system for the instrument keys or pads is required, which electronically on the one hand multidimensionally in the XY direction the finger position and on the other hand, in the Z direction, it can measure the force that the finger exerts on the button or pad.
  • Another important piece of information is the detection of movements in the XY direction across key / pad boundaries.
  • Z-direction means the direction in which the - vertical - downward movement of the key takes place during In “X-” and “Y-direction” the orthogonal - horizontal - plane is spanned, in which, for example, the key surface lies.
  • the sensors known to date for exerting the force exerted on the key in the Z direction are generally FSR sensors ("Force Sensing Resistor"), as used, for example, in the US 6,909,354 B2 from Interlink Electronics, Inc. are disclosed.
  • An FSR is a contact sensor that creates an electrical resistance between two electrodes in the event of contact.
  • sensors of this type have certain disadvantages, such as a high response pressure point (“entry threshold”), a behavior which is difficult to reproduce in the area around this response pressure point and increased effort (ie several FSR sensor levels) in order to simultaneously use the Z- Dimension also capture the X and Y dimensions.
  • buttons with sensors are not available or is only available to a very limited extent.
  • the reason for this is that buttons with sensors, if they are to be illuminated on their surface, must be transparent or have openings in order to transmit light through them, which in turn leads to major problems in the design of the button.
  • lighting is desirable in many cases for use in modern electronic musical instruments. The lighting can e.g. a note or key being played or the key status is displayed or other visual signaling is enabled.
  • buttons or a touchpad whereby not only the force (or pressure) exerted thereon in the Z direction, but also the position in the X-Y direction, e.g. of a user's finger operating the button is detected.
  • a button that is sufficiently illuminated.
  • JP 2007 052280 A , US 5 187 315 A and EP 2 073 194 A1 disclose other keys for musical instruments.
  • Z-direction means 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, for example, the key surface lies.
  • a key according to claim 1 comprising a key unit suspended in a fixed frame vertically movably in the Z direction, having a key body which has an upper actuating surface and at least one shaft which extends vertically downward from the key body; an XY sensor unit arranged vertically below the key body and spaced apart by an air gap and firmly connected to the frame, for detecting XY positions on the actuating 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 transmission element which is elastically suspended vertically below the at least one shaft and which is moved vertically downward when the at least one shaft moves downward; and a Z-sensor unit arranged vertically spaced below the at least one transmission element and firmly connected to the frame with at least one detection element for detecting the vertical downward movement of the at least one transmission element.
  • the shaft further extends horizontally outwards into an extension at its upper end below the key body, the shaft and extension being made of a translucent material, so that together they form a light guide which continues is firmly connected to the key body; a light source arranged vertically below the shaft, the light of which emerges vertically upwards and enters the shaft from below; and a first optical device arranged in the vertical upper region of the light guide above the shaft for deflecting the light that has entered the shaft from the light source in a horizontal direction into the surface of the extension.
  • the key comprises a key unit 2 suspended vertically in the Z direction in a fixed frame 1 with a key body 2a which has an upper actuating surface 2b and at least one central shaft 3 which extends vertically downward from the key body 2a.
  • the key body 2a can be made of a material that comprises silicone.
  • only one central shaft can be provided in the horizontal center of the key or several at different locations, such as four in the respective corner area of the key, if it is rectangular.
  • XY sensor unit 5 which is fixedly connected to the frame 1 and has 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 are 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 vertical from the air gap 4
  • the underside of the key body 2a is spaced apart 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 recorded.
  • At least one elastically suspended transmission element 7 is located vertically below the at least one shaft 3 of the key unit 2 and is likewise moved vertically downward when the shaft 3 moves downward.
  • a central shaft 3 is provided in the key unit 2, there is also a transmission element 7 below it; if, for example, four shafts 3 are provided in the key unit 2, four transmission elements 7 can also be provided - one for each shaft 3 - but only one transmission element 7 can be provided for all four shafts 3.
  • the horizontal arrangement of the at least one transmission element 7 and the at least one detection element 9 is not at the location of the shaft 3 or the shafts 3 and the horizontal thereof Position tied.
  • the key according to the invention thus comprises two sensors arranged one below the other - a sensor for detecting a vertical movement of the key in Z direction and a sensor for detecting an XY position on the Actuating surface of the button - and can therefore be described as multidimensional in the sense described above.
  • the transmission element 7 can optionally be embedded in an elastic, electrically insulating substrate 10, at least partially enclosed by it or applied to it.
  • an air gap 11 can be provided in the substrate 10, vertically spaced below the transmission element 7. In this way, an almost barrier-free downward movement of the transmission element 7 is possible, which in turn requires a significantly lower effort to release the button, which reduces its response pressure.
  • the substrate 10 for reinforcement in the area of the air gap 11 can furthermore 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 return aid.
  • the substrate 10 can consist of silicone.
  • the Z sensor unit 8 can optionally include a substrate 13, the detection element 9 being located vertically on top of the substrate 13 and / or being at least partially embedded in the substrate 13.
  • the effectiveness of the detection element 9 can be increased by partial embedding: If the detection element 9 is e.g. a coil in connection with an LC resonator (see further below), this can be extended to several layers in the substrate 13 of the unit 8 - but the inductance increases with the length of the coil, which in turn increases the sensitivity of the sensor ( the properties of the LC resonator also change, since the coil is part of it).
  • the key body 2a can optionally be suspended from the frame 1 via a movement bead 16 surrounding it.
  • This movement bead is formed in one piece with the key body 2a and consists of one Material rejuvenation on the horizontally surrounding edge of the key body 2a. In this way, an almost barrier-free downward movement of the key body 2 a is possible, as a result of which the key can be triggered with less force, which — as already discussed in connection with the air gap 11 — reduces the response pressure of the key.
  • the X-Y sensor unit 5 on its upper side or the key body 2a on its underside can have at least one semicircular or conical projection 17 horizontally outside the at least one shaft 3, which protrudes into the air gap 4.
  • 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 can optionally be provided between the air gaps 4 and 11 and the air gap 11 can also be vented to the environment by at least one pressure equalization line 18b extending through the Z sensor unit 8. This ensures sufficient pressure equalization in the air gaps 4 and 11.
  • the X-Y sensor unit 5 and the Z sensor unit 8 can optionally be fixedly spaced apart from one another by 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 comprises an oscillating circuit with an LC resonator (L stands for the inductance of the coil present therein and C stands for the capacitance of the capacitor also present therein) and measures its frequency (the LC resonator frequency) with the aid of a reference oscillator (reference frequency), whereby in addition to the inductance, the impedance Z and the quality Q of the LC resonator can also be determined.
  • the coil emits a magnetic field that causes eddy currents in an electrically conductive material that is moved relative to it, which changes the amplitude and 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 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 metal transmission element 7, which is also moved downwards, and the induction coil 9 and leads to the above effects .
  • the XY sensor unit 5 in turn comprises a capacitive position sensor.
  • a capacitive XY position sensor is known to comprise a grid of RX and TX electrodes, the RX electrodes being electrically connected to one another in columns and the TX electrodes each being connected in rows - but without an electrical connection between the RX and TX -Electrodes exists - and the capacitance between the electrodes is measured in a very rapid repetition.
  • the capacity depends on the permittivity of the material that is in the immediate vicinity of the electrodes.
  • the capacitance between the electrodes is changed, whereby the two-dimensional XY position of the finger on or above the grid is determined can be - if a finger is drawn over the grid, the change in capacitance also moves between the electrodes.
  • the XY sensor unit 5 comprises the RX and TX electrodes 14a and 14b, the key body 2a not being metallic.
  • the XY sensor unit 5 can optionally comprise a covering layer 15, which covers the electrodes 14a, 14b and has the following purpose:
  • a capacitive sensor the field strength between the capacitively acting objects and the electrodes decreases quadratically with their distance from one another - which means that the field strength can be extremely large at a very short distance and, in the case of capacitive-acting objects in the electrical field that are subject to movement tolerance, can lead to disproportionate sensor signals with a small distance from the electrodes, with which it is no longer possible to achieve sensibly processable results.
  • These very short distances between the sensor electrodes and the capacitive-acting objects subject to movement tolerance are enlarged by the overlay layer 15 and the dynamic range is therefore optimized and the sensor signal usable in this way is conditioned.
  • the Z sensor unit 8 can comprise a capacitive pressure sensor instead of an inductive one, wherein (i) the transmission element 7 is a capacitive electrode at least partially embedded in an elastic electrically conductive substrate 10 ', (ii) the detection element 9 is a is an electrically insulated embedded electrode with respect to the transmission element 7 and the substrate 10 'and (iii) there is an electrical connection between the transmission element 7 and the unit 8 via the conductive substrate 10', so that the transmission element 7 and the detection element 9 form a plate capacitor, the Signals on the unit 8 are available for further processing.
  • the change in capacitance is 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 detection element 9.
  • the substrate 10 'can consist of silicone, which is mixed with a homogeneous mixture of electrically conductive fillers.
  • the Z-sensor unit 8 can comprise a magnetic sensor, wherein (i) the transmission element 7 is a magnet at least partially embedded 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 the magnetic flux density and the applied current - this voltage changes with that of the Triggering of the button changing the distance between the magnet and the HALL sensor.
  • the button includes how the Fig. 2 it can also be seen an extension 20 which extends horizontally outwards from the upper end of the shaft 3 below the key body 2a and which can be formed in one piece with the shaft.
  • Shaft 3 and extension 20 are made of a translucent material and together form a light guide which is firmly connected to the key body 2a by a suitable method, such as, for example, by reshaping, gluing, casting, etc.
  • a suitable method such as, for example, by reshaping, gluing, casting, etc.
  • Light source 21 which can be, for example, an LED, is arranged, the light of which emerges vertically upwards and enters shaft 3 from below.
  • a first optical device 22 is arranged to horizontally deflect the light that has entered the shaft 3 from the light source 21 Redirect direction in the surface of the extension 20.
  • This first optical device 22 can be, for example, a free-form conical lens, which consists of a funnel-like depression in the light guide.
  • This is a type of conical lens, which is developed in such a way that the light entering the shaft 3 vertically from below is deflected horizontally on the one hand by bringing a large part of the light into total reflection at the interface of the lens 22 and on the other hand a part of light also shines directly 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 the outer surface of which is curved.
  • the key illuminated in this way can further comprise a second optical device 23 arranged in the vertically lower region of the shaft 3, by means of which the light entering 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 can 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 shaping can be done with convex and concave sections - e.g. wave-like - be designed such that it deflects a large part of the light onto the outer surface of the free-form conical lens 22.
  • the illuminated button can further comprise at least one light scattering element 24 arranged on the underside of the extension 20.
  • This light scattering element 24 serves to deflect light which radiates 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.
  • FIG. 3A-F show different views of the light guide consisting of shaft 3 and extension 20, the one 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 this light guide with the light path.
  • the first optical device 22 can furthermore be filled with the material from which the key body 2a is made, in order to correct brightness concentrations in the center of the actuating surface 2b.
  • the material can be silicone.
  • the key body 2a can optionally be made of silicone and the first optical device 22 can be filled with silicone.
  • the material from which the key body 2a is made can be pigmented with titanium dioxide or aluminum oxide.
  • the shaft 3 and the extension 20, which together form the light guide can be pigmented with titanium dioxide or aluminum oxide. This pigmentation results in light scattering.
  • buttons illuminated in this way, e.g. display a note or key being played as well as the key status or other visual signaling.
  • the frame 1 can be an integral part of a device housing or a device cover or front plate in which the button according to the invention is installed.
  • Fig. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the frame 1 with several adjacent buttons, as described above.
  • the frame 1 has screwing domes 25 which extend 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 these firmly together.
  • the frame 1 has spacing projections 26 which space the frame from the XY sensor unit 5.
  • Fig. 6 shows an exploded view of several keys according to the invention arranged in a grid.

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  1. Touche pour instruments de musique, comprenant
    - une unité de touche (2) accrochée mobile verticalement dans la direction Z dans un cadre fixe (1), avec un corps de touche (2a) qui présente une surface d'actionnement supérieure (2b), et au moins une tige (3) s'étendant verticalement du corps de touche vers le bas ;
    - une unité de capteur X-Y (5) espacée verticalement au-dessous du corps de touche (2a) par un interstice (4) et reliée de manière fixe au cadre (1), pour détecter des positions X-Y sur la surface d'actionnement (2b), dans laquelle l'unité de capteur X-Y (5) présente au moins une ouverture (6) pour la au moins une tige (3), à travers laquelle la tige (3) peut se déplacer verticalement ;
    - au moins un élément de transmission (7) accroché élastiquement verticalement au-dessous de la au moins une tige (3), qui est déplacé verticalement vers le bas lors du déplacement descendant de la au moins une tige (3) ; et
    - une unité de capteur Z (8) espacée verticalement au-dessous du au moins un élément de transmission (7) et reliée de manière fixe au cadre (1), avec au moins un élément de détection (9) pour détecter le déplacement descendant vertical du au moins un élément de transmission (7).
  2. Touche selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur Z (8) comprend, un capteur inductif, l'élément de détection (9) est une bobine d'induction et l'élément de transmission (7) comprend un matériau métallique.
  3. Touche selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle l'élément de transmission (7) est encastré dans un substrat élastique électriquement isolant (10) et est au moins partiellement entouré par celui-ci ou appliqué sur celui-ci.
  4. Touche selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle il est prévu dans le substrat (10), espacé verticalement au-dessous de l'élément de transmission (7), un interstice (11).
  5. Touche selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle le substrat (10) présente dans la zone de l'interstice (11) au moins une saillie élastique faisant ressort (12) semi-circulaire ou conique qui dépasse dans l'interstice (11).
  6. Touche selon l'une des revendications 3 à 5, dans laquelle le substrat (10) se compose de silicone.
  7. Touche selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur Z (8) comprend un substrat (13), et l'élément de détection (9) se trouve verticalement en haut du substrat (13) et/ou est au moins partiellement encastré dans le substrat (13).
  8. Touche selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur X-Y (5) comprend un capteur capacitif avec des électrodes RX et TX (14a, 14b), et le corps de touche (2a) n'est pas métallique.
  9. Touche selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur X-Y (5) comprend une couche de recouvrement (15) qui recouvre les électrodes (14a, 14b).
  10. Touche selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, dans laquelle le corps de touche (2a) est accroché au cadre (1) via une moulure de déplacement (16) qui l'entoure.
  11. Touche selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur X-Y (5) sur son côté supérieur ou le corps de touche sur son côté inférieur présente horizontalement à l'extérieur de la tige (3) au moins une saillie élastique faisant ressort (17) semi-circulaire ou conique qui dépasse dans l'interstice (4).
  12. Touche selon la revendication 4 ou 5, dans laquelle il est prévu entre les interstices (4, 11) au moins un conduit d'équilibrage de pression (18a) et dans laquelle l'interstice (11) est en outre aéré en direction de l'environnement par au moins un conduit d'équilibrage de pression (18b) s'étendant à travers l'unité de capteur Z (8).
  13. Touche selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur X-Y (5) et l'unité de capteur Z (8) sont espacées de manière fixe l'une de l'autre par au moins une pièce d'écartement (19) prévue verticalement entre les deux.
  14. Touche selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur Z (8) comprend un capteur capacitif, dans laquelle
    - l'élément de transmission (7) est une électrode capacitive au moins partiellement encastrée dans un substrat élastique électriquement conducteur (10') ;
    - l'élément de détection (9) est une électrode encastrée en étant électriquement isolée par rapport à l'élément de transmission (7) et au substrat (10') ; et
    - par le substrat conducteur (10') il y a une liaison électrique entre l'élément de transmission (7) et l'unité (8).
  15. Touche selon la revendication 14, dans laquelle le substrat (10') se compose de silicone qui est mélangée avec un mélange homogène de matières de remplissage conductrices d'électricité.
  16. Touche selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'unité de capteur Z (8) comprend un capteur magnétique, dans laquelle
    - l'élément de transmission (7) est un aimant au moins partiellement encastré dans un substrat élastique électriquement isolant (10) dont le pôle nord est dirigé verticalement vers le haut ou le bas ; et
    - l'élément de détecteur (9) est un capteur à effet Hall.
  17. Touche selon l'une des revendications 1 à 16, dans laquelle en outre
    - la tige (3), à son extrémité supérieure, s'étend horizontalement en un prolongement (20) au-dessous du corps de touche (2a), dans laquelle la tige (3) et le prolongement (20) se composent d'un matériau translucide, de sorte qu'ils forment ensemble un conducteur de lumière qui est en outre relié de manière fixe au corps de touche (2a) ;
    - verticalement au-dessous de la tige (3) est disposée une source de lumière (21) dont la lumière sort verticalement vers le haut et entre par le bas dans la tige (3) ; et
    - dans la zone verticalement supérieure du conducteur de lumière au-dessus de la tige (3) est disposé un premier dispositif optique (22) pour dévier dans la direction horizontale dans la surface du prolongement (20) la lumière entrée depuis la source de lumière (21) dans la tige (3).
  18. Touche selon la revendication 17, dans laquelle le premier dispositif optique (22) est une lentille conique de forme libre.
  19. Touche selon la revendication 17 ou 18, comprenant en outre un deuxième dispositif optique (23) disposé dans la zone verticalement inférieure de la tige (3), pour collimater dans la direction du premier dispositif optique (22) la lumière entrée depuis la source de lumière (21) dans la tige (3).
  20. Touche selon l'une des revendications 17 à 19, dans laquelle le deuxième dispositif optique (23) est une lentille convergente de forme libre pour injecter la lumière.
  21. Touche selon la revendication 18 et 20, dans laquelle la lentille convergente de forme libre (23) est formée de telle sorte qu'elle dévie une grande partie de la lumière sur la surface enveloppante de la lentille conique de forme libre (22).
  22. Touche selon l'une des revendications 17 à 21, comprenant en outre au moins un élément de dispersion de lumière (24) disposé sur le côté inférieur du prolongement (20), pour la déviation de lumière rayonnant dans le conducteur de lumière vers le bas de manière à ce qu'elle soit réfléchie vers le haut.
  23. Touche selon la revendication 22, dans laquelle l'élément de dispersion de lumière (24) comprend des structures superficielles sur le côté inférieur du prolongement (20).
  24. Touche selon l'une des revendications 17 à 23, dans laquelle le premier dispositif optique (22) est rempli du matériau dont se compose le corps de touche (2a), pour corriger des concentrations de luminosité au milieu de la surface d'actionnement (2b).
  25. Touche selon la revendication 24, dans laquelle le corps de touche (2a) se compose de silicone et le premier dispositif optique (22) est rempli de silicone.
  26. Touche selon l'une des revendications 17 à 25, dans laquelle le matériau dont se compose le corps de touche (2a) est pigmenté avec du dioxyde de titane ou de l'oxyde d'aluminium.
  27. Touche selon l'une des revendications 17 à 26, dans laquelle la tige (3) et le prolongement (20) qui forment le conducteur de lumière sont pigmentés avec du dioxyde de titane ou de l'oxyde d'aluminium.
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