Control device, control method and control system
AssigneeRoland Corporation
InventorAkihiro Takeda
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Abstract
Provided are a control device, a control method and a control system. In a control system, a headphone and a pedal device are in communication with each other through first communication, and the pedal device and a portable terminal are in communication with each other through second communication. Accordingly, even when the headphone can be connected to only one control device, a control instruction from the pedal device can be transmitted to the headphone through the first communication, and a control instruction from the portable terminal can be transmitted to the headphone through the second communication and the first communication.
Claims20
A pedal device with a pedal switch configured to control an electronic musical instrument in response to an operation of the pedal switch by a user and relay control from a control device to the electronic musical instrument, comprising:
- an input unit configured to generate a control instruction in response to the operation of the pedal switch by the user;
- a first communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the electronic musical instrument;
- a second communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the control device;
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- an instruction transmission unit configured to transmit the control instruction generated by the input unit and a second control instruction received from the control device via the second communication unit to the electronic musical instrument via the first communication unit as different instructions.
A control method executed by a pedal device with a pedal switch configured to control an electronic musical instrument in response to an operation of the pedal switch by a user and relay control from a control device to the electronic musical instrument, and the pedal device is connected to the electronic musical instrument and the control device through wireless communication, the method comprising:
- an input step of generating a control instruction in response to an operation of the pedal switch by a user;
- a first communication step of wirelessly communicating with the electronic musical instrument;
- a second communication step of wirelessly communicating with the control device;
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- an instruction transmission step of transmitting the control instruction generated in the input step and a second control instruction received from the control device in the second communication step to the electronic musical instrument in the first communication step as different instructions.
A control system comprising an electronic musical instrument, a control device, and a pedal device with a pedal switch configured to control the electronic musical instrument in response to an operation of the pedal switch by a user and relay control from the control device to the electronic musical instrument, and the pedal device is connected to the electronic musical instrument and the control device through wireless communication,
- wherein the control device comprises a transmission unit configured to transmit a second control instruction to the pedal device, and
- the pedal device comprises:
- an input unit configured to generate a control instruction in response to the operation of the pedal switch by the user;
- a first communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the electronic musical instrument;
- a second communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the control device;
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- an instruction transmission unit configured to transmit the control instruction generated by the input unit and the second control instruction received from the control device via the second communication unit to the electronic musical instrument via the first communication unit as different instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.