JP5020143B2 - Operator and playback device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology of a playback apparatus capable of freely playing back stored digital data.

  A playback device used by an operator such as a disc jockey in a disco club or the like includes a disk-like operation element that can be rotated as an operation means for cueing, scratching, or the like. Such a playback device detects the direction of rotation of the operating element, the rotation speed, the amount of change in rotation and the presence or absence of an operation by the operator on the operating element, and performs special reproduction such as scratch reproduction according to the detected operation ( For example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

In the configuration for detecting the operator's press against the operating element, generally, a plurality of switches are arranged on the circumference below the outer edge of the operating element (see, for example, Patent Document 2). When the operator operates the operation element, the operation element is lowered and the switch is pressed to detect the pressing. A mechanical switch or a membrane switch is used as the switch.
Further, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which a pressure sensing layer made of a dielectric material is provided in a casing, and the pressure sensing layer detects the pressing of the outer edge of the operating element.
Furthermore, Patent Document 1 describes the possibility of using a capacitance sensor that detects a change in capacitance, but does not disclose any implementation thereof.

  However, there are the following disadvantages in the pressure detection method using these conventional operating elements. First, when detecting with a switch, there may be a difference in operation feeling between the switch arrangement part and the non-arrangement part, or a sense of incongruity due to a stroke (distance between the operator and the switch) or a click feeling. Moreover, aged deterioration is likely to occur due to physical contact, and the detection accuracy may not be maintained. Furthermore, the configuration in which such a switch is provided has a high manufacturing cost for a mold or the like.

  Next, when detecting with the pressure sensing layer, the pressure sensing layer and the operating element are always in contact with each other through the sheet, and there is a problem that deterioration due to friction etc. is severe and high-precision detection is not maintained. Not right. The same applies to the case where a switch is used. However, since the pressure is detected based on the positional relationship between the operation element side and the housing side, the design of the entire apparatus is limited.

  In this regard, if a capacitive sensor (see, for example, Patent Document 3) is applied to the operation element and pressure detection can be performed on the operation element itself, aging degradation due to physical contact is less likely to occur, and the degree of freedom in design is increased. It is desirable because the manufacturing cost is low.

JP 2002-343026 (paragraph 0082 etc.) JP 2005-190633 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-258090

  Here, the capacitance sensor is not usually required to have such a high pressure detection accuracy, for example, used for a switch for controlling on / off of illumination. However, in a playback apparatus used by a disc jockey or the like, processing such as switching sound processing and stopping sound is performed in real time in units of beats, for example, depending on whether or not the operation element is pressed. For this reason, high pressure detection accuracy is required for the pressure detection means used for the operation element of the playback apparatus.

  However, when the electrostatic capacity sensor is simply applied to the operation element, erroneous detection occurs due to an electrostatic capacity change caused by the proximity of a person or the influence of external noise. Patent Document 1 does not disclose this problem that occurs when capacitance detection is performed. Thus, conventionally, there has been a demand for practical use of an operation element that can detect a change in capacitance and detect an operator's pressure on the operation element with high accuracy, and a reproducing apparatus including the operation element. The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, the operator in the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
An operator that receives an instruction from the operator regarding reading of data stored in the memory,
A mounting table comprising a fixed portion provided at the center and a peripheral portion provided on the outer periphery;
A rotatable operation disk portion that is disposed above the mounting table and receives a rotation operation by an operator;
A sensor pattern for detecting capacitance, which is disposed between the fixed portion and the peripheral portion of the mounting table below the operation disk portion,
A disc-shaped conductive cover portion provided so as to cover the sensor pattern below the operation disk portion, an inner peripheral edge of which is fixed to the fixed portion, and disposed inside the peripheral portion of the mounting table;
Is provided.

In the operation element configured as described above, the fixing portion includes a screw groove.
The conductive cover portion includes a bent portion formed by bending an inner peripheral edge thereof,
The conductive cover portion is fixed by screwing the bent portion into the screw groove.

  In the operation element configured as described above, the conductive cover portion is grounded, for example, via a screw.

In the operation element configured as described above, the fixing portion includes a support groove,
The conductive cover portion includes a support portion formed by bending the inner periphery thereof deeper than the bent portion,
The conductive cover part is disposed so that the support part fits into the support groove.

  In the operation element having the above configuration, it is preferable that the operation element further includes a mat portion that is provided between the operation disk portion and the conductive cover portion and includes a plurality of sheets.

In order to achieve the above object, a playback apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention provides:
An operation unit that receives an instruction regarding reading of data stored in the memory from an operator via an operator, and a control unit that performs reading control of data stored in the memory based on the instruction received by the operation unit. A playback device comprising:
The operator is
A mounting table comprising a fixed portion provided at the center and a peripheral portion provided on the outer periphery;
A rotatable operation disk portion that is disposed above the mounting table and receives a rotation operation by an operator;
A sensor pattern for detecting capacitance, which is disposed between the fixed portion and the peripheral portion of the mounting table below the operation disk portion,
A disc-shaped conductive cover portion provided so as to cover the sensor pattern below the operation disk portion, an inner peripheral edge of which is fixed to the fixed portion, and disposed inside the peripheral portion of the mounting table;
Is provided.

In the reproducing apparatus configured as described above, the fixing portion includes a screwing groove,
The conductive cover portion includes a bent portion formed by bending an inner peripheral edge thereof,
The conductive cover portion is fixed by screwing the bent portion into the screw groove.

  In the reproducing apparatus configured as described above, the conductive cover portion is grounded through, for example, a screw.

In the reproducing apparatus configured as described above, the fixing portion includes a support groove,
The conductive cover portion includes a support portion formed by bending the inner periphery thereof deeper than the bent portion,
The conductive cover part is disposed so that the support part fits into the support groove.

  In the reproducing apparatus having the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the reproducing apparatus further includes a mat portion that is provided between the operation disk portion and the conductive cover portion and includes a plurality of sheets.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the operating device which can detect the change to an electrostatic capacitance and can detect the press to an operator's operating device with high precision, and a reproducing | regenerating apparatus provided with the same are provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment described below, a playback apparatus capable of special playback such as scratch playback of digital audio data recorded on a recording medium will be described as an example. In addition, embodiment shown below is an example and is not limited to this.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. A playback apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a control unit 12, a playback unit 14, a signal processing unit 16, a memory control unit 18, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 20, a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) 22, An operation unit 24 and a display unit 26 are provided.

  The control unit 12 comprehensively controls the operation of the playback device 10 described in detail below.

  The playback unit 14 plays back compressed and / or uncompressed digital audio data recorded on a built-in or removable recording medium. Examples of the recording medium include a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a hard disk, and a flash memory. The playback unit 14 plays back the compressed digital audio data recorded on the recording medium in units of tracks, converts the data into a predetermined format, and outputs it.

  The digital audio data reproduced by the reproduction unit 14 is input to the signal processing unit 16. The signal processing unit 16 performs processing such as demodulation of digital audio data and extraction of a synchronization signal, and outputs the digital audio data to the memory control unit 18.

  The memory control unit 18 controls the input digital audio data to be written in the RAM 20. The RAM 20 stores the input digital audio data. Further, the memory control unit 18 controls to read out the digital audio data stored in the RAM 20 from the RAM 20.

  Data read from the RAM 20 is output to the DAC 22. The DAC 22 converts digital audio data into an analog audio signal. The analog audio signal converted by the DAC 22 is output from the output terminal 23. When outputting to a device capable of digital input, the DAC 22 may not be provided and output may be performed in a predetermined digital format.

  The display unit 26 is composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like, and displays a reproduction time, a track number, and the like of a currently reproduced track.

  The operation unit 24 includes an operation panel such as that shown in FIG. 2 provided with a playback button, a playback stop button, and the like. The operation unit 24 receives an instruction related to playback control, and receives an instruction such as scratch playback from an operator 42 described later. .

  Returning to FIG. 1, the operation unit 24 detects the presence or absence of pressing of an operation element 42 (to be described later) by the operator based on a change in capacitance, and detects the rotational operation state of the operation element 42. And a rotation detection unit 30.

  FIG. 3 is a top sectional view of the reproducing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. The reproducing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 3 is configured by providing an operation element 42 at the approximate center of the upper surface constituting the operation panel or the like of the housing 40. The housing 40 is made of, for example, a plastic material and has, for example, a cubic appearance.

  The operation element 42 shown in the figure includes an attachment table 44, a sensor substrate part 48, a conductive cover part 50, an operation disk part 54, and a rotating shaft 56.

The mounting table 44 is composed of a bottomed mesa member that is disposed so as to be exposed at the approximate center of the housing 40. The mounting table 44 is made of ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) material or the like. The mounting table 44 includes a peripheral edge portion 45 having an inner diameter of 114 mm and a height of 5 mm, for example, and a cylindrical fixing portion 46 having an inner diameter of 19 mm and a height of 5.7 mm provided at the center. The peripheral edge portion 45 and the fixed portion 46 are connected by a plurality of, for example, six, for example, 3 mm-high beams 47 extending radially around the fixed portion 46.
The fixing portion 46 is formed with a screwing groove 46a, and the screwing groove 46a is provided with a screw hole 46b. A screw 58 fastened to one of the screw holes 46b is electrically connected to a sheet metal (not shown) mounted on the housing 40 and grounded, and set to the ground potential.

  The sensor substrate part 48 is comprised from the cyclic | annular disk shaped member comprised from paper phenol, a glass epoxy base material, a copper foil pattern, etc. The sensor substrate 48 is formed with, for example, an inner diameter of 42 mm and an outer diameter of 102 mm, and is disposed on the beam 47 of the mounting table 44 and between the peripheral edge 45 and the fixing part 46 with the fixing part 46 exposed to the inside. Is done.

  FIG. 4 shows a top view of the sensor substrate portion 48 disposed on the mounting table 44. As shown in FIG. 4, a sensor pattern 49 made of, for example, copper foil for detecting capacitance is formed in a strip shape on the upper surface of the sensor substrate portion 48. Four sensor patterns 49 are formed at equal intervals along the outer periphery of the sensor substrate portion 48. In FIG. 4, when the operator is below the sensor substrate portion 48, the sensor pattern 49 is arranged vertically and horizontally with respect to the operator. The sensor pattern 49 is provided in order to detect pressing of an operation disk portion 54 (described later) in the up / down / left / right directions of the operator. The sensor pattern 49 is electrically connected to a sensor chip (not shown) via the wiring 48a and the soldering part 48b.

  The screwing groove 46a provided in the fixing portion 46 exposed inside the sensor substrate portion 48 is formed in a substantially cross shape. Further, two support grooves 46c are formed in the fixed portion 46 so as to face each other. The support groove 46c is deeper than the screwing groove 46a, and is formed with a depth of 3.7 mm, for example.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the conductive cover 50 is formed of a thin disk-shaped member made of a conductive material such as phosphor bronze. An opening is formed in the center of the conductive cover portion 50, and a bent portion 50a formed by being bent in an L shape is provided on the inner periphery thereof.

  FIG. 5 shows a top view of the conductive cover portion 50, and FIG. As shown in the drawing, four bent portions 50 a are formed at substantially equal intervals on the inner peripheral edge of the conductive cover portion 50. In addition, two tongue-shaped support portions 50 b formed by being bent substantially vertically are provided at positions facing each other on the inner peripheral edge of the conductive cover portion 50. The support part 50b is deeper than the bottom part of the bent part 50a, for example, is formed with a depth of 3 mm. In addition, the number of the bending parts 50a is not restricted to four, Moreover, the shape is also arbitrary.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the conductive cover portion 50 is disposed so as to cover the sensor substrate portion 48 disposed on the mounting table 44. The conductive cover portion 50 is fixed by screwing in a state where the four bent portions 50a are fitted in the screwing grooves 46a and the support portion 50b is fitted in the support grooves 46c, respectively.

  The conductive cover portion 50 is fixed to the fixing portion 46 so as to be separated from the sensor pattern 49 of the sensor substrate portion 48 by a predetermined distance. The distance between the conductive cover part 50 and the sensor pattern 49 is determined by the height of the support part 50b. For example, the distance between the sensor pattern 49 and the conductive cover 50 is set to 1 mm. The conductive cover part 50 is configured to be able to bend about 0.5 mm, for example, against the pressing force from above.

  As will be described later, the capacitance sensor unit 28 detects the capacitance sensed by the sensor pattern 49 in response to the pressing of the operation disk unit 54. As the distance between the sensor pattern 49 and the conductive cover portion 50 is larger, a sufficient capacitance change amount can be secured for detection. However, since the up / down operation amount and the operation torque at the time of pressing increase, the operational feeling becomes worse. Therefore, regarding the distance between the sensor pattern 49 and the conductive cover portion 50, it is necessary that the change in capacitance for pressing detection can be ensured without deteriorating the operational feeling.

  Here, the support part 50b functions as a fulcrum on the inner peripheral side when the conductive cover part 50 is bent. By concentrating force as a fulcrum on the support part 50b, it can be set as the structure which is hard to apply force to a screwing part directly. Thereby, while preventing the deformation | transformation of the conductive cover part 50, etc., the distance between the conductive cover part 50 and the sensor pattern 49 can be maintained at the maximum constant.

  This is not a problem when the conductive cover 50 has a small diameter, but as the diameter increases, it is necessary to adjust the force applied to the inner peripheral side to ensure the flatness of the main body of the conductive cover 50. The support part 50b concentrates the force applied to the inner peripheral side of the conductive cover part 50 during bending, and contributes to the adjustment of the force. In addition, the support part 50b is not restricted to two, Moreover, the shape is also arbitrary.

  One of the screws 58 for screwing the bent portion 50a is electrically connected to a sheet metal of the housing 40 (not shown) through the screwing groove 46a, and the conductive cover portion 50 is set to the ground potential in a screwed state. Is done. Thereby, an electrostatic capacity corresponding to the relative distance is formed between the conductive cover part 50 and the sensor pattern 49 of the sensor substrate part 48. However, the grounding method is not limited to this.

  The sensor surface of the sensor pattern 49 is covered with a conductive cover 50 that is at ground potential. For this reason, the sensor pattern 49 is shielded by the conductive cover portion 50, and the detected capacitance value does not change even when the operator's hand or other object close to earth ground approaches. On the other hand, when the conductive cover part 50 is bent by the pressing force from above, the distance between the conductive cover part 50 and the sensor pattern 49 is shortened, and the detected capacitance changes.

  A sensor chip (not shown) outputs a sensor value corresponding to the capacitance sensed by the sensor pattern 49 to the control unit 12. The sensor pattern 49 and a sensor chip (not shown) constitute the capacitance sensor unit 28 in the present embodiment.

  The control unit 12 receives the sensor value from the capacitance sensor unit 28 and determines whether or not an operation disk unit 54 described later is pressed. As will be described in detail below, the control unit 12 calculates a difference between the sensor value, a predetermined reference value, and a threshold value, and performs a pressure determination process based on the change in the difference. Reference values and threshold values used for the processing are stored in the storage unit 13.

  The operation disk part 54 is disposed on the conductive cover part 50 and is composed of an annular disk-shaped member made of a plastic material such as polycarbonate. The operation disk part 54 has, for example, an outer diameter of 120 mm and a thickness of 1 mm, for example. The sensor substrate 48 and the conductive cover 50 are set to have a smaller diameter based on the size of the operation disk 54.

  A mat portion 60 is provided between the operation disk portion 54 and the conductive cover portion 50. The mat portion 60 has an outer diameter smaller than that of the operation disk portion 54, and is preferably made of a plastic material (nylon or the like) that has a small friction coefficient and hardly generates static electricity. The operation disk part 54 rotates on the mat part 60.

In this example, the mat portion 60 is configured by stacking a plurality of, for example, four plastic sheets. Each sheet may not be made of the same material. For example, a sheet made of nylon may be provided at the center, and a plurality of sheets made of nylon may be stacked on both sides thereof. As described above, the mat portion 60 is configured by stacking a plurality of sheets, so that the slipperiness of the operation disk portion 54 can be improved and a preferable operation feeling (pressing feeling) is given to the operator. be able to.
The mat portion 60 also has a function as a buffer material that disperses and relaxes the pressure applied to the conductive cover portion 50. When a force is locally applied to the conductive cover portion 50 formed of a thin plate member, deterioration such as deformation is likely to occur, and the mat portion 60 prevents this. The deformation of the conductive cover portion 50 can deteriorate the accuracy of the pressure determination.

  The rotation shaft 56 is provided through substantially the center of the sensor substrate portion 48, the mounting table 44, the conductive cover portion 50 and the operation disk portion 54. One end of the rotating shaft 56 is fixed to the cap 57 on the upper surface of the operation disk portion 54. For this reason, the operation disk part 54 can be rotated above the sensor substrate part 48 via the mat part 60 without being detached from the rotation shaft 56.

  The other end of the rotating shaft 56 extends into the housing 40 and is provided with a weight and a slit sheet (not shown). The weight is composed of, for example, an iron disk having a weight of 28 g and a diameter of about 46 mm. When the operator rotates the operation disk portion 54, the weight also rotates in the same manner, and an inertial force is applied to the rotation of the operation disk portion 54. Here, the operation disk portion 54 is required to have sufficient rotation, but the slipperiness of the mat portion 60 and the biasing force of the weight are important factors.

  The operation disk portion 54 and the mat portion 60 correspond to an analog record and a slip mat, respectively, in the analog record player. An operator, for example, a disc jockey, can perform operation such as scratch reproduction by rotating the operation disk portion 54 with the same operation feeling as in an analog record player.

  Similarly, a slit sheet (not shown) provided at the other end of the rotating shaft 56 is formed of a disk-shaped member made of a plastic material or the like. The operation disk portion 54 and the slit sheet rotate integrally through the rotation shaft 56. Accordingly, when the operation disk portion 54 exposed on the upper surface of the housing 40 is rotated, the slit sheet rotates in the rotation speed and direction corresponding to the rotation of the operation disk portion 54 inside the housing 40. A slit (not shown) is provided on the outer periphery of the slit sheet. The slit is formed, for example, by printing with a rectangular paint or a printing paint containing carbon.

  In the vicinity of the outer periphery of the slit sheet, a rotation detector 30 (not shown) that detects the rotation speed and direction of the slit sheet is installed in the housing 40. The rotation detection unit 30 includes two optical sensors (photo interrupters), and is arranged at a position where the movement of the slit of the rotating slit sheet can be detected. When the rotation detection unit 30 detects the slit, the rotation detection unit 30 generates pulse signals having different phases (for example, a phase difference of 90 °) from the two optical sensors and outputs the pulse signals to the control unit 12.

  The control unit 12 determines the rotation direction of the operation disk unit 54 based on the phase difference between the input two-phase pulse signals. Further, the control unit 12 determines the rotation speed of the operation disk unit 54 from the number of pulses of the pulse signal input per unit time.

  In this example, an optical sensor (photo interrupter) is used for the rotation detection unit 30, but the rotation state (rotation direction, rotation speed) of the operation disk unit 54 using other rotation detection means such as a rotary encoder. May be detected.

(Pressing judgment process)
Hereinafter, the process in which the control unit 12 determines whether or not the rotation operation unit 24 is pressed based on the sensor value from the capacitance sensor unit 28 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 shows a processing flow for pressing determination.

  When the power is on, the capacitance sensor unit 28 periodically outputs a capacitance sensor value, and the control unit 12 receives the sensor value (step S11). The sensor values are four values in the sensor pattern 49 corresponding to the up / down / left / right direction of the operator.

  In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the allocation of the four sensor patterns 49 is set within the range shown in FIG. In the figure, when the operator is present in the lower part of the figure, a range (up / down / left / right) obtained by dividing the circle in the figure by 90 degrees is assigned to each sensor. In the figure, the dividing line extending from the lower left to the upper right is the X axis, the dividing line extending from the lower right to the upper left is the Y axis, and the contact is the origin. At this time, (X, Y) = (−, +) on the left, (X, Y) = (+, +) on the top, (X, Y) = (+, −) on the right, and (X, Y) on the bottom. Y) = (−, −). Hereinafter, the sensor values in each region are represented as a, b, c, and d, and each process is performed based on these values.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the control unit 12 reads the reference value in each direction stored in the storage unit 13 and extracts differences (Δa, Δb, Δc, Δd) from the acquired sensor values (steps S12, S13). .

  The sensor value is an actually measured value that reflects the capacitance output from the capacitance sensor unit 28. The reference value is a sensor value when the operation disk portion 54 is not pressed. Therefore, the difference is a physical quantity representing how much the operation disk portion 54 has been pressed from the non-pressed state.

  The reference value is updated as appropriate. For example, the control unit 12 updates and stores the current sensor value as a reference value when no pressure is detected for a certain period in the pressure determination process. Thereby, the reference value is corrected with respect to the environmental change.

  Next, the control unit 12 calculates two change values (relative value and absolute value) based on the extracted difference value. The relative value is a value obtained by converting the sensor value into a vector quantity, and the absolute value is a value obtained directly from the sensor value.

  First, calculation of the relative value will be described. The control unit 12 calculates the amount of change (x, y) in the X-axis and Y-axis directions (step S14). Here, x = (Δa + Δc) − (Δb + Δd), y = (Δa + Δb) − (Δc + Δd). The sensor values (a, b, c, d) may be used directly without using the difference.

  Next, the control unit 12 performs a vector amount calculation (step S15). The angle α on the coordinate axis can be calculated by α = atan (y / x), and the vector amount r can be calculated by r = | y / sin α |. Thereby, the pressed direction and its size (vector amount) are obtained.

After calculating the vector amount, the control unit 12 reads the relative value threshold value _RT from the storage unit 13, compares it with the obtained vector amount r, and the vector amount r exceeds the predetermined relative value threshold value _RT . Is determined (step S16). When the vector amount r exceeds the relative value threshold value R _T (r> R _T ), the control unit 12 determines that there is a press (step S19: Yes, step S20).

The relative value threshold value _RT is a vector amount that can detect the pressure with sufficiently high sensitivity, and is set empirically. The relative value threshold value _RT is set to, for example, a vector amount that determines that there has been a press when there is a press in one direction.

For example, when the button is pressed only in one direction, a vector amount sufficient for detection can be obtained. However, if there are simultaneous pressings in the diagonal direction, the vectors cancel each other out and a sufficient vector amount for detection cannot be obtained, and there is a possibility that the pressure is not detected. For this reason, when the relative value threshold value _RT is set and the obtained vector quantity r is equal to or less than the relative value threshold value _RT , in order to rescue pressing in a plurality of directions, the absolute value threshold value _RT is further increased as described later. The pressure determination using the value is performed.

  The control unit 12 calculates the sum W of the difference values in the four directions as an absolute value (step S17). Here, the total sum W can be expressed by W = Δa + Δb + Δc + Δd. The total sum W represents the total sum of change values (pressing amounts) in the four directions, and is a physical quantity that indicates how much the whole is pressed.

Next, the control unit 12 reads the absolute value threshold value W _T from the storage unit 13, compares it with the obtained total sum W, and determines whether or not the total sum W exceeds the absolute value threshold value W _T (step) S18).

Even when the control unit 12 determines that the vector amount r is equal to or less than the relative threshold value _RT and does not determine that there is a pressure (r ≦ R _T , Step S19: No), the total sum W is the absolute value threshold. When the value is exceeded (W> W _T ), it is determined that there is a press (Step S21: Yes, Step S20).
If the total sum W is equal to or smaller than the absolute value threshold (W ≦ W _T ), it is determined that there is no pressing (step S21: No, step S22).

The absolute value threshold value W _T is an arbitrary value set empirically. The absolute value threshold value W _T can be determined in conjunction with the relative value threshold value R _T , for example, a predetermined multiple of the relative value threshold value _RT . When the relative value threshold R _T is set to a vector amount that determines that there has been a press when there is a press in one direction, the absolute value threshold W _T is set to a value larger than this value (W _T > R _T ). In this case, it can be considered that there is sufficient pressing in the four directions as a whole, and even when a plurality of directions are pressed simultaneously, it can be detected.

  In this way, when a sufficient vector amount for determination such as pressing in one direction is obtained, determination is made with the vector amount (relative value), and when sufficient vector amount cannot be obtained by simultaneous pressing in multiple directions. In addition, it is possible to detect the pressing continuously and stably by determining the absolute value.

  Here, conversely, when the pressure determination is performed using only the absolute value obtained from the sensor value, a certain degree of sensitivity variation may occur in each direction. In addition, high-accuracy detection requires high-precision sheet metal processing, which can increase manufacturing costs. Furthermore, it is conceivable that a highly accurate structure cannot be maintained depending on the state of use. Furthermore, since the sensor values in the four directions are respectively used, the algorithm becomes complicated, and the processing is not continuously performed between the single press and the plurality of simultaneous presses, and sound interruption or the like may occur.

  In the present embodiment, since the pressure determination is basically performed using the relative value (vector amount), there is no inconvenience when the sensor values (absolute values) in the above four directions are used directly. For this reason, compared with the case where an absolute value is used, highly accurate press detection is possible even with a structure with lower accuracy, and the manufacturing cost is substantially reduced. In addition, regardless of single-pressing or multiple-pressing, since pressing is continuously detected while being pressed, it is possible to perform reproduction without unexpected sound interruption.

(Reproduction processing)
As described above, the control unit 12 receives the sensor value from the capacitance sensor unit 28 and performs a pressure determination. On the other hand, the control unit 12 receives a signal related to the rotation state of the operation disk unit 54 (hereinafter referred to as a rotation state signal) from the rotation detection unit 30. For example, the control unit 12 controls the reproduction of the audio signal as follows based on the rotation state signal while performing the pressing determination.

<Normal playback>
The controller 12 reproduces the audio data recorded on the recording medium at a normal speed and order in a state where there is no press and no rotation state signal is input.

<Scratch playback>
When the controller 12 is pressed and a rotation state signal is input, the controller 12 controls the memory so that the digital audio data is read from the RAM 20 at the read speed and read order corresponding to the determined rotation speed and rotation direction of the operation disk portion 54. The unit 18 is controlled. The memory control unit 18 controls the reading speed and reading order of digital audio data stored in the RAM 20 (reading audio data in ascending order or descending order address). For example, when the operation disk unit 54 is rotated in the clockwise direction, the control unit 12 performs control so that the digital audio data stored in the RAM 20 is read in ascending order at a reading speed corresponding to the rotation speed. . When the operation disk unit 54 is rotated counterclockwise, control is performed so that the digital audio data stored in the RAM 20 is read out in descending order at a reading speed corresponding to the rotation speed.

  When performing the scratch reproduction, the operator quickly rotates clockwise or counterclockwise while pushing the operation disk portion 54 by hand during normal reproduction. Normally, when scratch reproduction is performed using an analog record player, an operator performs a rotation operation while pressing the analog record in order to quickly rotate the analog record against the rotation of the turntable. For this reason, when the operator operates the operation disk part 54 with the same operation feeling as that of the analog record, the operation disk part 54 is rotated while being pressed downward.

  When the operator rotates while pressing the operation disk part 54, the operation disk part 54 and the conductive cover part 50 bend downward due to the pressing force. At this time, the capacitance changes, and the capacitance sensor unit 28 outputs a sensor value corresponding to the change to the control unit 12. Further, when the rotation detection unit 30 detects a rotating slit, the rotation detection unit 30 generates a rotation state signal (the pulse signal described above) and outputs the rotation state signal to the control unit 12.

  The control part 12 determines the presence or absence of a press as mentioned above based on a sensor value. When the controller 12 is pressed and a rotation state signal is input, the control unit 12 outputs the digital audio from the RAM 20 at the reading speed and reading order corresponding to the rotation speed and the rotation direction of the operation disk unit 54 determined based on the rotation state signal. The memory control unit 18 is controlled to read data.

  When the operator releases his / her hand from the operation disk part 54 and ends the scratch reproduction, the operation disk part 54 and the conductive cover part 50 return to the state before being pressed by elasticity. At this time, based on the sensor value from the capacitance sensor unit 28, the control unit 12 determines that there is no press. Even when the rotation state signal is input from the rotation detection unit 30, the control unit 12 causes the memory control unit 18 to control to read the digital audio data from the RAM 20 at the read speed during normal reproduction when there is no press. Therefore, even if a rotation state signal generated while the operation disk portion 54 is rotating due to inertia is input to the control unit 12, it is possible to return from scratch reproduction to normal reproduction if there is no press.

  As described above, the operation element 42 according to the embodiment includes the capacitance sensor unit 28 that detects the pressing of the operation element 42 by the operator through a change in the capacitance. Here, the sensor pattern 49 constituting the capacitance sensor unit 28 is covered by the conductive cover unit 50 set to the ground potential.

  For this reason, it is possible to detect only the capacitance change between the conductive cover portion 50 and the sensor pattern 49 without being affected by the capacitance value between the operator and the sensor pattern 49. That is, the sensor pattern 49 is shielded by the conductive cover part 50, and even if the operator's hand or other object close to the earth ground approaches the sensor, the operation disk part 54 is actually pressed, The capacitance change does not occur until a physical change occurs, and erroneous detection when not pressed is substantially avoided.

  In addition, since the configuration is such that the pressing of the operating element 42 is detected by a change in capacitance, unlike the configuration in which the pressing is detected using a switch, problems such as aging due to physical contact are substantially avoided and reduced. In addition, there is no difference in operational feeling depending on the switch placement location, or incongruity due to a click feeling. Furthermore, since the pressing detection means can be provided inside the operation element 42, there are less restrictions on the overall design of the playback device 10, the cost of the mold and the like can be reduced, and repair such as sensor replacement is easy. It becomes.

In the structure, a thin flat conductive cover portion 50 is used, a bent portion 50a is formed on the inner periphery thereof, and fixed to the fixing portion 46 exposed to the inside by screws and supported by the support portion 50b. With this configuration, it is possible to use the conductive cover portion 50 having a relatively large diameter.
In addition, since the grounding is performed via the screw 58 for screwing the bent portion 50a, a process such as formation of a ground pattern or soldering is not necessary, and the manufacturing can be performed with substantially less man-hours, and the cost can be reduced. .

In the pressing determination process, the determination is basically made using the relative value (vector amount) obtained from the sensor value of the capacitance, and if the pressing is not determined, the absolute value (the pressing amount in all directions) is further determined. (Sum).
Thus, by first determining using the relative value, it becomes possible to determine the pressure with high accuracy even with relatively low structural accuracy, and stable and continuous detection is possible regardless of single-pressing or multiple-pressing. It becomes possible. Furthermore, even if the vector amount obtained by multiple pressing is not sufficient for detection, it can be remedied by making a determination using the absolute value.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the operability is greatly improved by using the capacitance sensor to detect the pressing on the operation element 42, and the capacitance to the capacitance due to the adjacent person or external noise is improved. Provided are an operation element and a playback device that can detect only a case where the operator presses the influence and eliminates the influence.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made.
For example, in the above embodiment, the playback device 10 includes the playback unit 14 that plays back the data recorded on the recording medium. However, the playback device 10 does not include the playback unit 14 and is input from external playback means. You may make it process.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, it was set as the structure which the control part 12 receives a sensor value from the electrostatic capacitance sensor part 28, and determines a press. However, a microcomputer dedicated to pressure determination may be provided separately from the control unit 12 so that the microcomputer performs pressure determination and sends the result to the control unit 12.
In the above embodiment, an example in which only audio data is reproduced has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and audio data and video data may be reproduced.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the operation panel concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the partial cross section figure of the operating device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the upper side figure of the sensor board | substrate part concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the electroconductive cover part concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows sectional drawing of the electroconductive cover part concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the press determination process concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows allocation of the sensor pattern concerning an Example.

Explanation of symbols

10: playback device, 12: control unit, 13: storage unit, 14: playback unit, 16: signal processing unit, 18: memory control unit, 20: RAM, 22: DAC, 24: operation unit, 26: display unit, 28: Capacitance sensor part, 30: Rotation detection part, 42: Operating element, 44: Mounting table, 45: Peripheral part, 46: Fixed part, 46a: Screwing groove, 46b: Screw hole, 46c: Support groove, 47: beam, 48: sensor substrate part, 49: sensor pattern, 50: conductive cover part, 50a: bent part, 50b: support part, 54: operation disk part, 56: rotating shaft, 60: mat part

Claims (6)

An operator that receives an instruction regarding reading of data stored in a memory from an operator, and a mounting table including a fixed portion provided at the center and a peripheral portion provided at an outer peripheral edge;
A rotatable operating disc part which is arranged above receives the rotational operation by the operator of the mounting table, the electrostatic disposed between the stationary portion and the peripheral portion of the mounting table below the operating disc part A sensor pattern for detecting a capacity, and a gland provided so as to cover the sensor pattern below the operation disk part and having an inner peripheral edge fixed to the fixed part and arranged inside the peripheral part of the mounting table operator, characterized in that it comprises a disc-shaped conductive cover part which is set to the potential. The fixing part includes a screwing groove, the conductive cover part includes a bent part formed by bending an inner peripheral edge thereof, and the bent part is screwed into the screwing groove. The operation element according to claim 1, wherein the operation element is fixed . The fixing part includes a support groove, the conductive cover part includes a support part formed by bending an inner peripheral edge thereof deeper than the bent part, and the conductive cover part includes the support part. The operation element according to claim 1, wherein the operation element is arranged so as to be fitted with the operation element. Comprising an operation unit for accepting a read concerning instruction data stored in the memory from the operator via the operator, and a control unit for reading control data stored in the memory based on an instruction the operation unit accepts a reproducing apparatus, the operator accepts a fixed portion provided at the center, a mounting table and a peripheral portion provided on the outer periphery, is disposed above the mounting table rotation operation by the operator a rotatable operating disc part and the sensor pattern for detecting capacitance which is disposed between the stationary portion and the peripheral portion of the mounting table below the operating disc portion, of the operation discal unit disc so provided in the periphery so as to cover the sensor pattern is set to the ground potential that is disposed inside the periphery of the mounting table is fixed to the fixing portion downward Reproducing apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a conductive cover part. The fixing part includes a screwing groove, the conductive cover part includes a bent part formed by bending an inner peripheral edge thereof, and the bent part is screwed into the screwing groove. The playback apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the playback apparatus is fixed . The fixing part includes a support groove, the conductive cover part includes a support part formed by bending an inner peripheral edge thereof deeper than the bent part, and the conductive cover part includes the support part. The playback apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the playback apparatus is disposed so as to be fitted with the playback apparatus.

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