JP2606179B2 - Automatic piano - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic piano capable of half-pedal drive, and more particularly, to recording of pedal performance data and automatic performance by a pedal without being affected by the characteristics of the pedal system of each piano. The present invention relates to an automatic piano that can be performed uniformly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic piano, generally, performance data recorded on a floppy disk or the like is read, and a key solenoid or a pedal solenoid is driven in accordance with the read data. By the way, in the case of driving the pedal, if there are only two kinds of control states of "stepping on" and "release", the pedal solenoid may be controlled by either ON or OFF. Therefore, in the recording of performance data in such a mode (two-step mode), "stepping on" the pedal is performed.
It is only necessary to detect and record the two types of performance states of "release" and "release", and to reproduce the state, the pedal solenoid may be turned on / off based on the recorded data.

On the other hand, in order to further enhance the reproducibility of the performance, it is necessary to reproduce a so-called half pedal, and to create such performance data, the pedal depression amount is continuously detected and recorded. There is a need. Then, during the automatic performance, the pedal solenoid is driven by an amount corresponding to the recording data. Such driving of the pedal solenoid can be performed by stepwise feedback control of the electric power supplied to the pedal solenoid. In addition,
This control is generally performed by pulse width modulation control in many cases, but can also be performed by controlling, for example, a voltage and a current.

[0004]

The static and dynamic characteristics of the pedal system are unique to each piano.
Also, it differs depending on the type of pedal (for example, a round pedal and a shift pedal). Further, it is difficult to make the characteristics of the solenoid driving the pedal uniform, and the relationship between the solenoid drive signal and the actual displacement is not linear.

Therefore, for example, as compared with a key control for controlling the speed of a key that linearly displaces with respect to a drive signal,
The control of the pedal, which controls the position of the pedal that displaces non-linearly with respect to the drive signal, requires advanced control technology, and in order to reproduce subtle pedal characteristics, the inherent characteristics of the piano with higher precision It is required to grasp the difference (see FIG. 5; details will be described later).

For this reason, in the conventional technique, there is a problem that even if the performance data recorded using one automatic piano is used and reproduced on another automatic piano, the pedal operation at the time of recording cannot be faithfully reproduced. there were.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and automatically measures a correlation between a movement position of a pedal and a drive signal in an automatic piano, thereby grasping characteristics of a pedal peculiar to the piano. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic piano capable of performing an automatic performance with high reproducibility.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a pedal drive solenoid for driving a pedal, a pedal position detection sensor for detecting the position of the pedal, and transmission to the pedal drive solenoid. A correlation between the position of the pedal and the drive signal value, which is created by sequentially changing the value of the drive signal and detecting the position of the pedal corresponding to each value of the drive signal with the pedal position detection sensor, A conversion table to be determined, target position data generating means for generating target position data indicating a pedal target position, and a reference to the conversion table based on target position data generated from the target position data generating means. And a drive signal supply means for supplying a drive signal having the calculated value to the pedal drive solenoid.

[0009]

The drive signal supply means sequentially changes the value of the drive signal transmitted to the pedal drive solenoid based on the target position data generated by the target position data generation means, and controls the pedal corresponding to each value of the drive signal. The drive signal of the value obtained by referring to the conversion table that determines the correlation between the position of the pedal and the drive signal value, created by detecting the position of the pedal with the pedal position detection sensor,
Supply to pedal driven solenoid. Therefore, the position of the pedal can be controlled in accordance with the characteristic peculiar to the pedal system of each automatic piano.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (1: Configuration of Embodiment) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, an automatic performance grand piano GP performs an automatic performance according to the performance data under the control of the controller 6, and when a performance is performed by a player, supplies performance data corresponding to the performance to the controller 6. It is supposed to. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing an external configuration of the automatic performance grand piano GP and peripheral devices. As shown in the figure, the controller 6 is built in the automatic performance grand piano GP, and is connected via a cable 7 to a wagon 8 having built-in peripheral devices.
, Performance data and various signals are transmitted and received. The controller 6 includes a control unit 6a and an I / O unit in the key drive unit of the automatic performance grand piano GP.
/ O unit 6b. As shown in FIG. 2, the control section 6a includes a CPU 9 for controlling each section of the automatic grand piano GP, a ROM 10 for storing programs used by the CPU 9, and a RAM 11 for temporarily storing various data and a conversion table to be described later. It is configured. The control unit 6a is connected to an automatic performance grand piano GP and a floppy disk driver (hereinafter abbreviated as FDD) 12 via an I / O unit 6b, and records / reads performance data.

Next, a solenoid 20a shown in FIG. 4 drives the round pedal 21a, and FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof. As shown, an end of the loud pedal 21a is rotatably connected to a lower end of a vertically movable rod 22a, and an upper end of the rod 22a is rotatably connected to a lower end of a plunger 20ap of the solenoid 20a. On the other hand, the upper end of the plunger 20ap of the solenoid 20a is connected to a rod 23a, and the rod 23a is connected to a damper drive mechanism in the piano body. The solenoid 20b is a solenoid that drives the shift pedal 21b, and the rods 22b and 23 are similar to the case of the loud pedal 21a.
By b, each driving force is transmitted. A sensor 35 for detecting the displacement of the plungers 20ap, 20bp is provided above the solenoids 20a, 20b.
a and 35b are provided respectively. This sensor 35a,
Reference numeral 35b denotes a gray scale that moves up and down integrally with the plungers 20ap and 20bp, a light emitting element that irradiates the gray scale with light from a fixed side, and a light receiving element that receives transmitted light from the light emitting element. And the plungers 20ap, 20ap
The displacement of bp, that is, the displacement of each of the pedals 21a and 21b is detected. Next, the sostenuto pedal 30 includes the loud pedal 21a and the shift pedal 2
1b, and is connected to a single rod 31 that can move up and down. The sensor 32 is provided at a predetermined position where the rod 31 moves up and down, that is, the sostenuto pedal 30
This is a sensor that detects the start and end of the operation of the function.

(2: Operation of Embodiment) Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described. In this embodiment,
Since there are a measurement conversion table creation and control coefficient calculation operation, a recording operation, and a reproduction operation, each operation will be described below.

A: Measurement, Conversion Table Creation, and Control Coefficient Calculation Operations First, the principle of measurement will be described. First, the PWM signal supplied to the solenoid 20a is sequentially increased (the pulse width is increased) to move the loud pedal 21a to the upper limit,
After that, when the PWM signal is reduced and returned to the original position, the relationship between the magnitude of the PWM signal and the displacement becomes as shown in FIG. In this figure, the horizontal axis represents a control code for instructing the magnitude of the PWM signal. This control code is a value from [00] to [7F] in hexadecimal notation. It should be noted that the value of the control code is not limited to the above range, but is arbitrary. Further, the vertical axis in FIG. 5 shows the displacement amount. This displacement amount is obtained by converting the output signal of the sensor 35a into an A / D signal.
It is converted into a digital value of 128 levels by a converter.

[0014] The PWM signal and the displacement amount have the characteristics shown in the figure because of the elastic characteristics of the members constituting the pedal drive system.
And asobi between members. The area where the curve becomes flat in the ascent process is the area of the half pedal. Here, the state of the half pedal will be described. FIG. 6 is a side view schematically showing a drive system of the loud pedal. In the figure, when a current according to the PWM signal is applied to the solenoid 20a, the plunger 20ap rises according to the value. When the plunger 20ap rises, the lever 40 rotates about the fulcrum 41 and the rod 42
Push up. When the rod 42 is pushed up, the lever 43 rotates about the fulcrum 44 and pushes up the damper wire 45. When the damper wire 45 is pushed up, the damper head 46 provided at the upper end thereof rises,
Move away from string 47. The state where the damper head 46 is completely separated from the string 47 is the damper-on area.
On the other hand, the period from when the driving force starts to be transmitted to the damper head 46 to when the damper head 46 separates from the string 47 is a half pedal region. In the half pedal region, the rate of rise of the plunger 20ap decreases even if the value of the PWM signal to the solenoid 20a is increased. Therefore, in the rising process, the rate of increase of the displacement decreases in the half pedal region as shown in FIG.

Next, in the descending process, as shown in FIG. 5, the amount of displacement is initially almost flat, but thereafter the amount of displacement falls relatively smoothly and returns to the original position. In the embodiment, the value of the PWM signal is increased one step at a time, and the driving amount in the rising process is measured.
Further, a half point (near [30] in FIG. 5) is detected from the measured displacement amount, and the loud pedal 21a is further detected.
Is detected. The above is the principle of measurement and detection. The measurement and detection of the shift pedal 21b are based on exactly the same principle. However, since the characteristics of the shift pedal 21b are almost linear in the ascending region as shown in FIG. 7, half point detection such as a loud pedal is not performed.

Next, the conversion table will be described.
The following three types of conversion tables are created in the embodiment. The first conversion table is a position-PWM conversion table for converting the pedal position data xi into a control code of a PWM signal based on the measurement result. This position-
The PWM conversion table is used to convert position data read from a disk during automatic performance into a control code of a PWM signal. By using this position-PWM conversion table, the static characteristics of the pedal system that differ depending on the type of piano or pedal are compensated. Therefore, the position -P
The WM conversion table is created for each piano and each pedal, and is appropriately updated in order to compensate for aging. Actually, when creating the position-PWM conversion table, a slight data correction is performed to correct the nonlinear characteristic of the solenoid.

The second conversion table includes sensors 35a, 3
This is a normalization conversion table that converts position data of about [128] stages detected from 5b into data of [16] stages and performs correction according to the characteristics of the pedal at the time of this conversion. For example, for the loud pedal 21a,
As shown in FIG. 8, the position data xi in about [128] stages
Since the asobi region, the half pedal region, and the damper-on region are respectively detected by the above-described measurement, the values in each region are normalized and further compressed.
It is appropriately assigned to the position data of the stage. That is, xa shown in the figure is the position of the pedal release point, xb is the position of the half pedal start point, xc is the position of the start point of the damper on, and xd is the position of maximum depression, and these positions are represented by normalized data Xa , Xb, Xc and Xd. In the normalized data Xi in this case, a portion corresponding to the half pedal region is finely divided, and a portion corresponding to the other region is roughly divided. This is because, in the half pedal region, a delicate nuance is expressed in the performance, and it is necessary to perform high-precision control. On the other hand, the other areas are coarsely segmented because it is not necessary to perform position control very little.

As for the shift pedal 21b, as shown in FIG. 9, the normalized data is linearly divided into 16 sections. This is, as described above, the shift pedal 21b.
Is a linear characteristic in the ascending process.
The pedal release point xa and the maximum depression point xd are made to correspond to the normalized data Xa and Xd, respectively, as in the case of the loud pedal described above. Xa.

The reason why the data is corrected and compressed into 16 levels of data using the normalization table is as follows. First, if it is attempted to record the displacement of the pedal using digital data of 128 levels, the amount of pedal data in the recording medium becomes extremely large. For example, a disc which can normally store about 70 minutes of music is stored for only about 15 minutes. The inconvenience of being unable to do so occurs. For this reason, the data is compressed into 16 levels. However, if the pedal data is simply compressed and stored, there arises a problem that the reproducibility of the pedal performance deteriorates due to differences in the characteristics of the pedal system of each piano. Therefore, each area of the measured position data xi, which is a unique value in each piano and pedal, is converted and compressed so as to correspond to a predetermined area of the normalized data Xi, and the loud pedal 21a is half-pedaled. The half-pedal area of the normalized data Xi is finely divided so that can be recorded / reproduced well.

Next, a third conversion table is shown in FIGS.
Is an inverse normalization table that performs the inverse conversion of the conversion table shown in FIG. That is, it is a table for converting the value of the normalized data Xi into xi, which is a piano-specific correction value. However, the input of the inverse normalization table is data of 128 levels, and the output is data of 128 levels or less. Therefore, in the actual processing, the 16-step normalized data Xi read from the recording medium is converted into 128
After being converted into the normalized data Xi of the stage, it is supplied to the inverse normalization table.

Next, the operation coefficient will be described. The position data xi obtained by the above-described inverse conversion table is
The control signal is converted into a control code of a PWM signal (hereinafter referred to as control code PWMs) by the position-PWM conversion table, and the PWM signal according to the control code PWMs is converted into the solenoid 2.
If supplied to 0a and 20b, pedal drive can be performed with the inherent characteristics of the piano and pedal system compensated. If the positions of the plungers 20ap and 20bp are feedback-controlled using output signals of the sensors 35a and 35b at the time of this driving, pedal position control can be performed with high precision for the time being. However, when the movement of the pedal is fast, the feedback loop cannot follow, and the pedal position control is disturbed. Therefore, it is conceivable to increase the gain of the feedback loop.
Since the position control of p and 20 bp is one-way control, oscillation occurs when the gain is increased. This is because the amount of protrusion of the plungers 20ap and 20bp can be controlled, but the return is due to gravity or the like. Therefore, if feedback control is performed with a high gain, the convergence does not occur at the target position and a hunting state occurs. is there.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the velocity data dxi / dt is calculated by differentiating the position data xi output from the inverse normalization conversion table. Then, the speed data dxi / dt is multiplied by a coefficient K1, and the multiplication result is used as a control code PWM1 for correction as a control code PWM1.
s, and a PWM signal according to the result of the addition is supplied to the solenoids 20a and 20b. That is, the feedforward control is performed using the speed data dxi / dt, and the coefficient K1 is a control coefficient in the feedforward control. The coefficient K1 is
A PWM signal having a constant increase rate is given to the solenoids 20a and 20b, and is determined based on speed data dxi / dt obtained at this time.

As described above, since the speed is corrected, even if the pedal speed is high, control following the pedal speed is performed. However, for example, when the loud pedal 21a and the shift pedal 21b are started to be depressed, the initial speed is 0, but a driving force is required, and the subsequent acceleration is increased. In this case, it is necessary to perform pedal position control according to the rapid increase in speed.
Since the initial speed is 0, it cannot be corrected with the speed data, and the control cannot follow. Such a situation occurs not only at the start of stepping, but also when the acceleration increases.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the acceleration data d ² xi / dt ² is calculated by second-order differentiation of the position data xi output from the inverse normalization conversion table. And
The acceleration data d ² xi / dt ² is multiplied by a coefficient K2,
This multiplication result is further added to the above-mentioned addition result (PWMs + PWM1) as a control code PWM2 for correction, and the PWM signal according to this addition result is supplied to the solenoid 20.
a and 20b. That is, feedforward control is performed using the acceleration data d ² xi / dt ² . The coefficient K2 is a control coefficient in this case, and has a value corresponding to the mass of the pedal drive system. Also,
The coefficient K2 is, for example, given to the solenoids 20a and 20b by a PWM signal increasing at a constant acceleration, or to acceleration data d ² xi / dt ² obtained when a PWM signal of a constant magnitude is instantaneously given. It is determined based on.

As feedback control, signals output from sensors 35a and 35b and position data x
The deviation from i is taken, this deviation is multiplied by a coefficient K3, and this result is used as a correction control code PWM3 to correct the above-mentioned addition result. The coefficient K3 corresponds to the gain of the feedback loop. This coefficient K
The value of 3 is previously determined to be a stable value that does not oscillate by experiments or the like. As can be seen from the above, if the final control code in this example the PWM, PWM = PWMs + PWM1 + PWM2 + PWM3 = PWMs + K1 · dxi / dt + K2 · d 2 xi / dt 2 + K3 · △ x ( although, △ a deviation (1) It is calculated by the formula of the following algebraic sum.

Next, the actual measurement, conversion table creation and coefficient calculation operations will be described. This operation is shown in FIG.
This process is performed based on the flowchart shown in FIG. The connectors (A) and (B) shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 are connected to the connectors having the same reference numerals in the other figures. First, in step SP1, the type of pedal is determined. That is, it is determined which of the loud pedal 21a and the shift pedal 21b is to be measured. Which measurement is performed is performed according to an instruction of the operator (an instruction by operating the operation unit) or a predetermined program.

If it is determined in step SP1 that the pedal is a "loud pedal", the process proceeds to step SP2. In this step SP2, first, the control code is set to [0
0] to [7F]. As a result, I / O
From a PWM control unit provided in the unit 6b, a PWM signal corresponding to the control code is output to the solenoid 20a. As a result, the plunger 20ap rises, and the amount of movement is detected by the sensor 35a.
Then, the position signal output from the sensor 35a is converted into a digital signal by an A / D converter in the I / O unit 6b and supplied to the CPU 9 as position data xi. Next, the process proceeds to step SP3, where the CPU 9 determines the position-PWM based on the relationship between the value of the control code and the position data xi.
A conversion table is created and stored in the RAM 11, and the process proceeds to step SP4. In step SP4, it is determined whether or not the rate of increase of the position data (ie, pedal stroke) xi is smaller than a predetermined constant a, and the half pedal area is determined from the value of the position data xi for which the determination is "YES". (Xb to xc shown in FIG. 8) are set.

Next, the process proceeds to step SP5, where the release point xa and the maximum stepping point xd (see FIG. 8) are set based on the condition that the rate of increase of the position data xi becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, and step S5
Proceed to P6. In step SP6, a normalized conversion table is created according to the conversion operation shown in FIG. Then, an inverse normalization conversion table is created by the same processing (step SP7). Next, in step SP8, a PWM signal increasing at an accelerated rate is supplied to the solenoid 20a, or a PWM signal having a constant magnitude is supplied to the solenoid 20a instantaneously.
The acceleration data d ² xi / dt ² is created by second-order differentiation of i. Then, to determine the coefficient K2 from the value of the acceleration data d ² xi / dt ^2. Next, in step SP9, a PWM signal having a constant increase rate is supplied to the solenoid 20a, and the position data xi obtained as a result is first-order differentiated to determine a coefficient K1 from the speed data dxi / dt. After this processing, the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step SP2 that the vehicle is a "shift pedal", the control proceeds to steps SP10 to SP10.
16 is performed. These processes are the same as steps SP2 to SP9 described above. However, shift pedal 2
For 1b, since the setting of the half pedal area is not performed, there is no processing corresponding to step SP4.

B: Recording Operation Next, the recording operation of the performance data will be described. Here, the processing in the recording operation is shown in FIG. 12, and a control block diagram in this case is shown in FIG. In step SPb1 shown in FIG. 12, an input process of the position data xi is performed. In this process, the position signal output from the sensor 35a or 35b in accordance with the performance of the player is converted into position data xi by an A / D converter in the I / O unit 6b, and the position data xi is sequentially fetched. is there.
Next, in step SPb2, the area is corrected according to the normalization conversion table created in the RAM 11, and the data is converted into 16-step normalized position data Xi. Next, the process proceeds to step SPb3, where the normalized position data Xi is supplied to the FDD 12 for recording. FDD
At 12, the supplied normalized position data Xi is written to the floppy disk FD. The above is the recording operation.
By using the normalization conversion table, normalized position data in which the characteristic unique to the piano is corrected is created.

C: Reproduction Operation Next, the reproduction operation of the performance data will be described. FIG.
Is a flowchart showing a reproducing operation, and FIG. 1 is a control block diagram in the reproducing operation. First, the FDD 12 reads the normalized position data X from the floppy disk FD.
i is read out and transferred to the CP via the I / O unit 6b.
It is supplied to U9 (step SPc1). And CPU
9 converts the 16-step normalized position data Xi into the 128-step normalized position data Xi by the complementing process (step SPc2). Next, the process proceeds to step SPc3, where RA
Using the inverse normalization conversion table set in M11, the normalized position data Xi is converted into position data xi that matches the specific characteristics of the piano, and the position is converted using the position-PWM conversion table in RAM11. The data xi is converted into the control code PWMs (step SPc4).

Next, the process of step SPc5 is performed.
That is, the CPU 9 creates the speed data dxi / dt by differentiating the position data xi by the first order, and creates the speed data dxi / dt.
The control code PWM1 is created by multiplying i / dt by a coefficient K1. Further, the position data xi is second-order differentiated to generate acceleration data d ² xi / dt ² , and this acceleration data d ² x
A control code PWM2 is created by multiplying i / dt ² by a coefficient K2. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the position signal x input via the A / D converter in the I / O unit 6b and the position signal xi output from the inverse normalization conversion table.
Is detected at a deviation detection point, and the deviation △ is multiplied by a coefficient K3 to generate a control code PWM3. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the control codes PWMs, PWM
1, an operation based on PWM2 and PWM3 is performed, and a value obtained as a result is set as a control code PWM. That is, FIG.
Then, the calculation (the calculation of the expression (1)) shown in Step SPc5 of Step 4 is performed.

Next, the control code PWM calculated in step SPc5 is supplied to a PWM control unit as shown in FIG. The PWM control unit is a circuit provided in the I / O unit 6b, from which a drive current corresponding to the control code PWM is supplied to the solenoid 20a or 20b (step SPc6). This step SPc6
After the processing of, the process returns to the main routine. By the above processing, the correction of the static characteristics of the pedal system, the correction of the dynamic characteristics,
That is, pedal position control is performed in which the correction for the pedal speed, the correction for the pedal acceleration, and the correction based on the feedback signal are all taken into account.

(3: Effect of Embodiment) As described above, in this embodiment, the position data xi is normalized by correcting the static characteristic peculiar to the piano by the normalization conversion table at the time of recording, and denormalized at the time of reproduction. Since the normalized position data Xi is converted into the piano-specific position data xi by the conversion table, even if the data recorded by any of the pianos is reproduced by any of the pianos, the characteristic characteristic of those pianos is not changed. Compensation enables accurate reproduction. Further, since the position data xi is compressed and stored, the recording area of the pedal data in the recording medium does not increase, and a long music can be recorded. At this time, the reproducibility of the pedal drive is not sacrificed at all by the processing of the normalization conversion table and the inverse normalization conversion table despite the data compression. In addition, at the time of reproduction, not only the correction of the static characteristics of each piano, but also the correction of the pedal speed and the pedal acceleration, that is, the correction of the dynamic characteristics of each piano, and the feedback control are also performed. High pedal drive can be performed.

Further, the solenoids 20a and 20b are connected between the rods 22a and 23a interlocked with the loud pedal 21a and the shift pedal 21b, and between the rods 22b and 2b.
3b, the plungers 20ap, 20bp are directly connected to the rods 22a, 23a and the rods 22b, 23b.
The advantage is that the sound when the pedal is driven and when the pedal is played is quiet.

(4: Another Embodiment) Next, FIG. 15 shows another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is a further improvement of the above-described embodiment. The above-described embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), feedforward control of the speed and acceleration of the pedal is performed by the control codes PWM1 and PWM2, respectively. However, even in such a configuration, the position data xi and the sensor 35a (or 35
If a deviation occurs from the position data from b), fast response control cannot be performed only by position feedback using the control code PWM3. If the response speed is increased by increasing the position feedback gain, problems such as oscillation occur. Therefore, in the automatic piano shown in FIG. 15, feedback control is also performed on the speed and acceleration of the pedal, and thereby, control with higher accuracy than that of the automatic piano shown in FIG. 1 is performed to faithfully reproduce the pedal operation during recording. .

That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the velocity data dx / d
t (speed feedback data) is obtained, and acceleration data d ² x / dt ² (acceleration feedback data) is obtained from the rate of change of the speed data obtained from the position data x. Then, a difference △ (dx / dt) between the speed data dx / dt and dxi / dt is obtained, and this value is multiplied by a coefficient K4 to obtain a control code PWM4. Also, acceleration data d
The difference (d ² x / dt ² ) between ² x / dt ² and d ² xi / dt ²
Is calculated by multiplying this value by a coefficient K5.
Ask for. Then, these control codes PWM4, PW
M5 is added to the (PWMs + PWM1 + PWM2 + PWM3 ), the addition result, PWM = PWMs + PWM1 + PWM2 + PWM3 + PWM4 + PWM5 = PWMs + K1 · dxi / dt + K2 · d 2 xi / dt 2 + K3 · △ x + K4 · △ dx / dt + K5 · △ d 2 x / dt 2 ...... ( 2) is supplied to the PWM control unit. Here, the values of the coefficients K4 and K5 are determined to be stable values that do not oscillate by conducting experiments or the like in advance.

The coefficients K1 to K5 do not need to be fixed values. For example, the coefficients K1 to K5 may be changed for each area of asobi, half pedal, and damper on, or may start moving xa (FIG. 9).
), And may be changed near the end of movement xd. Further, different values may be set for the pedal depression side and the return side. Further, xi, dxi / dt, may be a factor K1~K5 is sequentially changed according to the value of d ² xi / dt ^2. When the pedal position is near xa, xb, xc, xd (see FIG. 9), the change in pedal load is large, but xa, xb, x
By making the coefficients K1 to K5 variable near c and xd, high-precision control becomes possible. In the case of control of the shift pedal, it is similarly desirable to make the coefficient variable. The same applies to an upright piano.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, when controlling the position of a pedal which is displaced non-linearly with respect to a drive signal, the correlation between the pedal position and the drive signal value created by actual measurement is controlled. By referring to the conversion table for determining the pedal position, the drive signal of the pedal drive solenoid is obtained, and the pedal position is controlled to the target position in accordance with the characteristic of the pedal peculiar to the piano. By playing back, an automatic performance with very high reproducibility can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram at the time of reproduction processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the appearance of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing a positional relationship between a pedal and a solenoid for driving the pedal.

FIG. 5 is a characteristic diagram showing characteristics of a drive system of the loud pedal 21a in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a drive system and a damper mechanism of the loud pedal 21a in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a characteristic diagram showing characteristics of a drive system of the shift pedal in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between actual position data xi and normalized position data Xi of the loud pedal 21a in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between actual position data xi and normalized position data Xi of the shift pedal 21b in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation such as a measurement process in the embodiment in combination with FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation such as a measurement process in the embodiment in combination with FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a recording process in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a control block diagram during a recording operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the reproduction process of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a control block diagram at the time of reproduction processing according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

6. Controller (conversion table, target position data generating means, drive signal supplying means), 20a, 20b ... solenoid (pedal drive solenoid), 21a ... loud pedal, 21b ... shift pedal, 35a, 35b ... sensor ( Pedal position detection sensor).

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pedal drive solenoid for driving a pedal, a pedal position detection sensor for detecting a position of the pedal, and a value of a drive signal transmitted to the pedal drive solenoid is sequentially changed, and each value of the drive signal is changed. A conversion table, which is created by detecting the position of the corresponding pedal with the pedal position detecting sensor and determines a correlation between the position of the pedal and a drive signal value, and generates target position data indicating a target position of the pedal. Target position data generating means, and a drive signal for supplying a drive signal having a value obtained by referring to the conversion table based on the target position data generated from the target position data generating means to the pedal drive solenoid. An automatic piano, comprising: a supply unit.