Electronic device, firmware update method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
AssigneeRoland Corporation
InventorsMarori Yoshioka, Ryo TAKASAKI
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Abstract
When an electronic musical instrument is attached to an external input/output device 13 of the sound source device 1, model information and a firmware version are received from the target electronic musical instrument, and the received version is compared with an incompatible version in a firmware table 11b. When the acquired version is an incompatible version or below, update data of the target electronic musical instrument in the firmware table 11b is acquired and transmitted to the target electronic musical instrument together with an instruction to update using the update data.
Claims20
An electronic device, to which an electronic musical instrument is connected, the electronic device comprising:
- a hardware processor configured to function as:
- a confirmation unit, configured to confirm whether firmware of the electronic musical instrument is compatible with the electronic device in a case where a connection of the electronic musical instrument is confirmed;
- a transmission unit, configured to transmit firmware compatible with the electronic device to the electronic musical instrument in a case where the confirmation unit has confirmed that the firmware of the electronic musical instrument is not compatible with the electronic device;
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- an instruction unit, configured to transmit, to the electronic musical instrument, an instruction of updating to the firmware transmitted by the transmission unit.
A firmware update method, executed by an electronic device to which an electronic musical instrument is connected, the firmware update method comprising:
- a confirmation step of confirming whether firmware of the electronic musical instrument is compatible with the electronic device in a case where a connection of the electronic musical instrument is confirmed;
- a transmission step of transmitting firmware compatible with the electronic device to the electronic musical instrument in a case where the confirmation step has confirmed that the firmware of the electronic musical instrument is not compatible with the electronic device;
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- an instruction step of transmitting, to the electronic musical instrument, an instruction of updating to the firmware transmitted in the transmission step.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing a firmware update program, the firmware update program causing a computer connected with an electronic musical instrument to execute a firmware update process of the electronic musical instrument, wherein the firmware update program causes the computer to execute:
- a confirmation step of confirming whether firmware of the electronic musical instrument is compatible in a case where a connection of the electronic musical instrument is confirmed;
- a transmission step of transmitting compatible firmware to the electronic musical instrument in a case where the confirmation step has confirmed that the firmware of the electronic musical instrument is not compatible;
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- an instruction step of transmitting, to the electronic musical instrument, an instruction of updating to the firmware transmitted in the transmission step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.