Signal processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11212630-B2
Application number	US-201816617317-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	May 29, 2017
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

The present invention provides a signal processing device that allows a user, who adjusts a signal level to match a reference level, to adjust the signal level while checking a degree of difference between the signal level and the reference level.
A signal processing device according to the present invention comprises: an input part 20 to which an input signal is input; a storage 40 that stores therein one or more setting values of a parameter to be used for amplifying the input signal and a reference value of the setting value; an amplification part 30 that generates an output signal by amplifying a level of the input signal based on the setting value; an output part 70 that outputs the output signal; an adjustment part 50 that adjusts the setting value; and a display 60 that displays a display result determined based on the setting value adjusted by the adjustment part and the reference value. The display result displayed on the display 60 includes: a specific display result displayed when a relation between the setting value and the reference value is a specific relation; and a non-specific display result displayed when the relation between the setting value and the reference value is different from the specific relation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A signal mixer comprising:
an input part to which an input signal is input;
a storage that stores therein one or more setting values of a parameter to be used for amplifying the input signal, and a reference value of the setting value;
an amplification part that generates an output signal by amplifying a level of the input signal based on the setting value;
an output part that outputs the output signal;
an adjustment part that adjusts the setting value; and
a display that displays a display result determined based on the setting value adjusted by the adjustment part and the reference value, wherein
the display result includes:
a specific display result displayed when a relation between the setting value and the reference value is a specific relation, and
a non-specific display result displayed when the relation between the setting value and the reference value is different from the specific relation, wherein

the storage stores therein a plurality of the setting values of the parameter,
the display includes a plurality of the indicating lamps, and
a display mode of the respective indicating lamps differs depending on a difference between each of the setting values adjusted by the adjustment part and the reference value.

2. The signal mixer according to claim 1 , wherein the display mode includes lighted-up, flashing, and dimmer lighted-up.

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• KIKUHARA Yasuhito

Classifications

• H04R3/00

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• H04R2430/01

  Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems · CPC title

• H04R2420/01

  Input selection or mixing for amplifiers or loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R29/008 Primary

  Visual indication of individual signal levels (visual indication of stereophonic sound image H04S7/40) · CPC title

• H03F1/3264

  in audio amplifiers · CPC title