JPH025556Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed explanation of the idea]

This invention relates to an operation panel device suitable for use in the operation panel section of electronic musical instruments and other various electronic devices. When a large number of operators (switches, volumes, etc.) are provided on the operation panel of an electronic device, the panel surface becomes complicated and operation errors are likely to occur. Therefore, efforts have been made to reduce the number of operators. For example, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a part of the operation panel of a small electronic organ. On this operation panel, when switch SWa is pressed down and then switch SW ₁ is pressed, for example,
After the rhythm of "SAMBA" is selected and switch SWb is set to the protruding state, for example, switch SW ₉
Press to select the "TRUMPET" tone. With such a switch configuration, the number of switches can be reduced to about half compared to the case where a switch is provided for each selection item. However, in the case of the above-mentioned switch configuration, especially for those operating a small electronic organ for the first time, it is difficult to understand whether the rhythm of "RHUMBA" is selected or the rhythm of "SAMBA" when switch SW ₁ is pressed down. There is a problem that it is difficult to tell whether the selected item is selected or not. Therefore, this invention provides an operation panel device that can reduce the number of touchpads on the operation panel surface, has an easy-to-understand operation method, and is therefore easy to operate. a selection means for selecting the type of function to be set by the operator, and a function corresponding to the type selected by the selection means from among the functions that can be set by the operator; and a switch means for switching the supply destination of operation information when the operation element is operated in accordance with the type selected by the selection means. . Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a small electronic organ which is the first embodiment of this invention. In this figure, symbols SW1 to SW10 are push button switches (operators) for setting the tone, effect, autorhythm, or automatic accompaniment (ABC) type, respectively.
SWc is a selection switch (selection means) for selecting tone, effect, autorhythm, or ABC.
It is. Each of the switches SW1 to SW10 is provided with a character display D consisting of an LED (light emitting diode) H for on/off indication, an LED, a color liquid crystal, etc. on its operation surface. It is possible to display characters in four different colors: , yellow, blue, and green. Also, code 1 is the keyboard, 2
3 is a power switch; 3 to 6 are a tempo setting volume, a rhythm sound volume volume, an automatic accompaniment sound volume volume, and an overall volume tone adjustment volume; 7 is a speaker. In this electronic organ, when the performer sets the selection switch SWc to the "Tone" position, each character display D of the switches SW1 to SW10 displays each of the characters shown in Table 1, ie, "Organ" and "Pizcoro". ..."Vibraphone" is displayed in red.

[Table] Here, when the performer presses the switch SW3, for example, the ``trumpet'' tone is set and the LED H of the switch SW3 lights up. Next, when the performer sets the selection switch SWc to the "effect" position, the "vibrato" shown in Table 1 is displayed on each character display D of switches SW1 to SW4.
...Each letter of "Full Effect" is displayed in yellow. Here, when the performer presses the switch SW1, for example, "vibrato" is set as the effect, and the LED H of the switch SW1 lights up. In this case, no characters are displayed on each character display D of switches SW5 to SW10, and
Even if these switches SW5 to SW10 are pressed, no effect setting is performed. Next, when the performer sets the selection switch SWc to the "Auto Rhythm" position, each character display D of switches SW1 to SW10
``Samba'' and ``March'' shown in Table 1 respectively.
The words "Synchro Start" are displayed in blue. Here, when the performer presses the switch SW4, for example, a "waltz" rhythm is set, and the LED H of the switch SW4 lights up. Also, when the performer presses switch SW4, the switch
When SW10 is pressed, the rhythm of the "waltz" is set, and synchronized start is also set. In this case, a "waltz" rhythm sound is generated at the same time as the player starts playing on the keyboard 1. next,
When the performer sets the selection switch SWc to the "ABC" position, each character display D of switches SW1 to SW4 will display "Custom" as shown in Table 1.
Each letter of "Variation" is displayed in green.
Here, when the performer presses switch SW2, for example, "Fingard Chord" is set as the automatic accompaniment mode, and the player presses switch SW2.
LED H lights up. In this way, in the electronic organ shown in FIG. 2, all the functions shown in Table 1 are provided by one selection switch SWc and ten switches SW1 to SW1.
It can be set by SW10. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the above-mentioned electronic organ. In this figure, reference numeral 11
is a selection switch circuit, which is composed of a selection switch SWc shown in Fig. 2 and an encoder 12 that encodes the output of the selection switch SWc, and displays the code signal <sub>C1</sub> corresponding to the selected position of the selection switch SWc in characters. It outputs to the circuit 13 and the selector 14, respectively. The character display circuit 13 is a switch
Character display D installed in each of SW1 to SW10
and a drive circuit that drives these character display devices D based on the code signal <sub>C1</sub> . As a specific configuration of the character display circuit 13, for example, a ROM (read only memory) in which four types of character patterns (two types for the character display D of switches SW5 to SW10) are stored in advance is connected to each character display. Alternatively, switches SW1 to D may be provided corresponding to the character display D, read out the character pattern in each ROM based on the code signal <sub>C1</sub> , and supply it to each segment of the character display D via a driver.
Four types (or two types) of dials are provided in advance on each operation surface of SW10, and red, yellow, blue, and green lamps are provided at the rear of these dials, and each of these lamps is connected to the code signal <sub>C1</sub> . It may also be one that lights up based on the light. The switch circuit 15 includes switches SW1 to SW1.
0 and an encoder for encoding each output of these switches SW1 to SW10, and outputs a code signal <sub>C2</sub> corresponding to the pressed switch SW1 to SW10 to the selector 14 and the LED display circuit 16. The LED display circuit 16 includes LEDs and H provided in each of the switches SW1 to SW10,
It consists of a decoder that decodes the code signal <sub>C2</sub> , and an amplifier that amplifies the output of this decoder and supplies it to each LED/H. The selector 14 outputs the code signal C <sub>2</sub> supplied to its input terminal IN from output terminals T <sub>1</sub> to <sub>T 4</sub> determined based on the code signal C <sub>1</sub> . That is,
When the selection switch SWc is set to "timbre", the code signal C <sub>2</sub> is output from the output terminal T <sub>1</sub> and supplied to the tone forming section 18 . When the selection switch SWc is set to "effect", the code signal C <sub>2</sub> is output from the output terminal T <sub>2</sub> and supplied to the effect control circuit 19. When the selection switch SWc is set to "ABC", the chord signal C <sub>2</sub> is output from the output terminal T <sub>3</sub> and supplied to the automatic accompaniment control circuit 20. Further, when the selection switch SWc is set to "auto rhythm", the code signal C <sub>2</sub> is output from the output terminal T <sub>4</sub> and is output to the automatic rhythm performance device 21 . The keyboard circuit 22 outputs pitch data DA corresponding to the pitch of the pressed key on the keyboard 1 to the tone forming section 18 and the automatic accompaniment control circuit 20, respectively. The effect control circuit 19 detects the effect to be applied to the keyboard tone based on the code signal <sub>C2</sub> supplied via the output terminal <sub>T2</sub> of the selector 14, and creates the control signal <sub>S1</sub> based on the detection result. , is output to the musical tone forming section 18. The automatic accompaniment control circuit <sub>S2</sub> detects the automatic accompaniment mode based on the chord signal <sub>C2</sub> supplied via the output terminal <sub>T3</sub> of the selector 14, and creates a control signal <sub>S2</sub> based on the detection result, It is output to the musical tone forming section 18. The automatic rhythm performance device 21 detects the set rhythm based on the code signal <sub>C2</sub> supplied via the output terminal <sub>T4</sub> of the selector 14, forms a rhythm sound signal based on the detection result, and outputs the volume 4. (See Figure 2)
output to mixing point P via. The musical tone forming section 18 includes a keyboard musical tone forming circuit 18a,
It is composed of an automatic accompaniment tone forming circuit 18b. The keyboard musical tone forming circuit 18a forms a musical tone signal having a pitch corresponding to the pitch data DA output from the keyboard circuit 22 and a tone determined by the code signal <sub>C2</sub> supplied via the selector 14, and further This musical tone signal is given an effect based on the control signal <sub>S1</sub> and output to the mixing point P. Automatic accompaniment sound formation circuit 1
8b forms an accompaniment sound signal based on the pitch data DA, the code signal <sub>C2</sub> (indicating the timbre) supplied via the selector 14, and the control signal <sub>S2</sub> , and outputs it to the mixing point P via the volume 5. . Thus, the keyboard musical tone signal, accompaniment tone signal, and rhythm tone signal supplied to the mixing point P are mixed at this mixing point P, and are supplied to the speaker 25 via the volume 6 and the amplifier 24. Keyboard musical sounds, accompaniment sounds, and rhythm sounds are generated respectively. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing other configuration examples of the selection switch circuit 11 shown in FIG. 3, respectively. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 27 is a microphone, 28 is a voice recognition circuit, and 29 is an encoder. When a performer says, for example, "onshiyoku" into the microphone 27, the voice recognition circuit 28 recognizes this and outputs the Outputs a “1” signal from terminal <sub>Q1</sub> . Similarly,
The performer says "Koka" into the microphone 27,
When you say "Autorhythm" or "ABC", the output terminal Q <sub>2</sub> of the speech recognition circuit 28 corresponds to each pronunciation.
A "1" signal is output from <sub>Q4</sub> . Each output of this speech recognition circuit 28 is encoded by an encoder 29 and output as a code signal <sub>C1</sub> . Further, when a "1" signal is output from any of the output terminals Q <sub>1</sub> to <sub>Q 4</sub> of the voice recognition circuit 28, the output of the OR gate 30 becomes a "1" signal, and the green lamp 31 lights up. Furthermore, if the voice recognition circuit 28 cannot recognize the performer's voice, a signal NG (“1” signal) is output from the output terminal Q <sub>5</sub> and is passed through the red lamp 32 and the delay circuit 33 to the voice recognition circuit. It is supplied to the reset terminal R of 28. As a result, the lamp 32 lights up and the voice recognition circuit 28 is reset. In this case, the performer speaks again into the microphone 27. In FIG. 5, numeral 34 is a keyboard; 35
is a return key provided on the keyboard 34, and 36 is a character display. When the performer inputs, for example, "ONSHYOKU" using the keyboard 34, each input character is displayed on the character display 36, and 36 is a character display. , character codes corresponding to each character are stored in the memory 37, respectively. Next, when the performer presses the return key 35, the gate 38 is opened and the character code in the memory 37 is supplied to the ROM 39. Four types of code signals C <sub>1</sub> are stored in advance in the ROM 39, and when a character code corresponding to "On Shyoku" is supplied, a code signal C <sub>1</sub> indicating "Tone" is outputted from the ROM 39. Similarly, when the performer inputs "Kouka" using the keyboard 34 and presses the return key 35, a code signal <sub>C1</sub> indicating "effect" is output from the ROM 39, inputs "Autorhythm", and presses the return key 35. When 35 is pressed, the code signal C <sub>1</sub> indicating "Autorhythm" is output from the ROM 39. When "ABC" is input and the return key 35 is pressed, the code signal C <sub>1</sub> indicating "ABC" is output from the ROM 39. . Next, a second embodiment of this invention will be described. This second embodiment is a case in which this invention is applied to the rhythm sound forming section of an electronic musical instrument. In this embodiment, push button switches SW1 to SW10 and a selection switch SWc are provided on the operation panel surface as in FIG. However, as shown in FIG.
The characters ``Potsupus'', ``Classic'', and ``Enka'' are written. In addition, the performer can select the switch SWc.
When set to each position, the switch will be set accordingly.
Each character shown in Table 2 is displayed on each character display D of SW1 to SW10.

[Table] In addition, selection switch SWc, switch SW1~
The operation method of SW10 and the function of LED/H are explained in the second section.
It is exactly the same as the case shown in the figure. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the rhythm sound forming section according to the above embodiment, in which numeral 14 is the same selector as shown in FIG.
4 is a tempo clock generator; 3 is a tempo setting volume; 43 is a tempo counter; 44 is a rhythm pattern generation circuit comprising pattern generators 44a to 44d; 45 is a rhythm sound source circuit comprising various rhythm sound sources; is the rhythm sound volume. Incidentally, a selection switch circuit 11, a character display circuit 13, a switch circuit 15, and an LED display circuit 16 shown in FIG. 3 are provided around the selector 14, but their illustration is omitted in FIG. There is. In the above configuration, when the performer sets selection switch SWc to the "dance" position and presses switch SW3 (Waltz), the switch
A code signal _C2 corresponding to SW3 is output from the output terminal _T1 of the selector 14, and the pattern generating section 44a
supplied to The pattern generating section 44a detects that the "Waltz" rhythm has been set based on the supplied code signal _C2 , generates a "Waltz" rhythm pattern, and supplies it to the rhythm sound source circuit 45. The rhythm sound source circuit 45 drives an internal rhythm sound source based on the supplied rhythm pattern to form a "waltz" rhythm sound, and outputs it to a speaker (not shown) via the volume 4. Also, for example, when the performer sets the selection switch SWc to the "Enka" position and presses the switch SW1, the output terminal _T4 of the selector 14 outputs the switch SWc.
A code signal C ₂ corresponding to 1 is output and supplied to the pattern generating section 44d. As a result, the rhythm pattern of "Enka 1" is output from the pattern generating section 44d, and the rhythm sound of "Enka 1" is output from the rhythm sound source circuit 45. In addition, in the first and second embodiments described above, the character display device D was provided on the operation surface of the switches SW1 to SW10.
It may be provided near, for example, above. Also,
Instead of providing LED/H, switch SW1~
The entire operation surface of the SW 10 may be made to emit light. Furthermore, although the above-mentioned embodiments are all cases in which this invention is applied to electronic musical instruments, this invention is of course applicable not only to electronic musical instruments but also to various electronic devices. As explained above, the operation panel device according to this invention includes an operator for setting a function, a selection means for selecting the type of function to be set by the operator, and a function that can be set by the operator. A display for displaying a function of a type selected by the selection means among the functions in a color corresponding to the type, and a supply destination of operation information when the operation element is operated to the selection means. Therefore, since it has a switch means for switching according to the selected type, it has the advantage of being able to reduce the total number of controls on the panel surface, and the operation method is easy to understand, so it is easy to operate. You can get the advantage of being easy to use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing part of the operation panel of a conventional small electronic organ, Fig. 2 is a plan view of a small electronic organ according to the first embodiment of this invention, and Fig. 3 is a circuit configuration of the electronic organ. A block diagram showing
4 and 5 are block diagrams showing other configuration examples of the selection switch circuit 11 in FIG. 3, and FIG.
The figure is a front view of the selection switch SWc in the second embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the second embodiment. SW1 to SW10...Operator (push button switch), SWc...Selection means (selection switch), D...
...Display device (character display device).

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] An operator for function setting; a selection means for selecting the type of function to be set by the operator; and a selection means for selecting the type of function to be set by the operator; a display device for displaying a function of a type selected by the means in a color corresponding to the type; and a display device for displaying a function of the type selected by the selection means as a supply destination of operation information when the operator is operated. An operation panel device comprising switch means for switching in accordance with.