Indicator device, electronic musical instrument, light emission control method and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023419928-A1
Application number	US-202318207200-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 8, 2023
Priority date	Jun 22, 2022
Publication date	Dec 28, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An indicator device includes a plurality of light emitters and at least one processor. The processor obtains, at intervals of a first period, a first period maximum value representing a maximum volume among a plurality of pieces of volume information based on an input signal. The processor obtains, for each second period including a plurality of first periods each being the first period, a minimum value among first period maximum values each being the first period maximum value as a second period minimum value and a maximum value among the first period maximum values as a second period maximum value. The processor controls light emission of the light emitters based on a relative ratio of a predetermined first period maximum value among the first period maximum values. The relative ratio is based on the second period minimum value and the second period maximum value.

First claim

1 . An indicator device comprising:
a plurality of light emitters; and at least one processor that
obtains, at intervals of a first period, a first period maximum value representing a maximum volume among a plurality of pieces of volume information based on an input signal,
obtains, for each second period including a plurality of first periods each being the first period, a minimum value among first period maximum values each being the first period maximum value as a second period minimum value and a maximum value among the first period maximum values as a second period maximum value, and
controls light emission of the light emitters based on a relative ratio of a predetermined first period maximum value among the first period maximum values, the relative ratio being based on the second period minimum value and the second period maximum value.

2 . The indicator device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor calculates the relative ratio1 based on the predetermined first period maximum value, the second period minimum value and the second period maximum value.

3 . The indicator device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor
calculates a moving average value of a latest predetermined number of relative ratios each being the relative ratio each time the processor obtains the latest predetermined number of relative ratios, and controls the light emission of the light emitters according to the moving average value.

4 . The indicator device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor determines the number of lighting emitters to emit light among the light emitters based on a comparison of the moving average value with a threshold value.

5 . The indicator device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the light emitters are each capable of switching between no-lighting, half-lighting and lighting, and wherein the processor controls the light emission based on the comparison of the moving average value with the threshold value such that the light emitters are each in the no-lighting, the half-lighting or the lighting.

6 . The indicator device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the input signal includes a first input signal and a second input signal, wherein the light emitters include a first group of light emitters for the first input signal disposed side by side and a second group of light emitters for the second input signal disposed side by side, and wherein the processor controls the light emission such that (i) the number of lighting emitters to emit light in the first group increases in a first direction as the moving average value based on the first input signal increases and (ii) the number of lighting emitters to emit light in the second group increases in a second direction different from the first direction as the moving average value based on the second input signal increases.

7 . The indicator device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the input signal includes a first input signal and a second input signal, wherein the light emitters include a light emitter for the first input signal and a light emitter for the second input signal, and wherein the processor
obtains (i) an averaged second period minimum value of the second period minimum value based on the volume information of the first input signal and the second period minimum value based on the volume information of the second input signal and (ii) an averaged second period maximum value of the second period maximum value based on the volume information of the first input signal and the second period maximum value based on the volume information of the second input signal,
calculates (i) the moving average value regarding the first input signal based on the averaged second period minimum value, the averaged second period maximum value, and the predetermined first period maximum value regarding the first input signal and (ii) the moving average value regarding the second input signal based on the averaged second period minimum value, the averaged second period maximum value, and the predetermined first period maximum value regarding the second input signal, and
controls the light emission of (i) the light emitter for the first input signal according to the moving average value regarding the first input signal and (ii) the light emission of the light emitter for the second input signal according to the moving average value regarding the second input signal.

8 . The indicator device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input signal is sound source data, and wherein the light emitters are capable of receiving an operation as an operation receiver while the sound source data is not played.

9 . The indicator device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitters are disposed so as to correspond to respective light emission areas that are discontinuous with one another.

10 . An electronic musical instrument comprising the indicator device according to claim 1 .

11 . A light emission control method that is performed by a computer, comprising:
obtaining, at intervals of a first period, a first period maximum value representing a maximum volume among a plurality of pieces of volume information based on an input signal, obtaining, for each second period including a plurality of first periods each being the first period, a minimum value among first period maximum values each being the first period maximum value as a second period minimum value and a maximum value among the first period maximum values as a second period maximum value, and controlling light emission of a plurality of light emitters based on a relative ratio of a predetermined first period maximum value among the first period maximum values, the relative ratio being based on the second period minimum value and the second period maximum value.

12 . The light emission control method according to claim 11 , further comprising calculating the relative ratio based on the predetermined first period maximum value, the second period minimum value and the second period maximum value.

13 . The light emission control method according to claim 12 , further comprising calculating a moving average value of a latest predetermined number of relative ratios each being the relative ratio in response to obtaining, each time, the latest predetermined number of relative ratios,
wherein the controlling includes controlling the light emission of the light emitters according to the moving average value.

14 . The light emission control method according to claim 13 , further comprising determining the number of lighting emitters to emit light among the light emitters based on a comparison of the moving average value with a threshold value.

15 . The light emission control method according to claim 14 ,
wherein the light emitters are each capable of switching between no-lighting, half-lighting and lighting, and wherein the controlling includes controlling the light emission based on the comparison of the moving average value with the threshold value such that the light emitters are each in the no-lighting, the half-lighting or the lighting.

16 . The light emission control method according to claim 13 ,
wherein the input signal includes a first input signal and a second input signal, wherein the light emitters include a first group of light emitters for the first input signal disposed side by side and a second group of light emitters for the second input signal disposed side by side, and wherein the controlling includes controlling the light emission such that (i) the number of lighting emitters to emit light in the first group increases in a first direction as the mov

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kajikawa Tomoya
• Okano Shingo
• Moriyama Osamu
• Terao Ken

Classifications

• G10H2230/065

  Spint piano, i.e. mimicking acoustic musical instruments with piano, cembalo or spinet features, e.g. with piano-like keyboard; Electrophonic aspects of piano-like acoustic keyboard instruments; MIDI-like control therefor · CPC title

• G10H2220/061

  LED, i.e. using a light-emitting diode as indicator · CPC title

• G10H1/34

  Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments · CPC title

• G10H1/0008 Primary

  Associated control or indicating means · CPC title

• G10H1/0551

  using variable capacitors · CPC title