US 5,290,966 A · Control apparatus and electronic musical instrument using the same

Abstract

A control apparatus for an electronic musical instrument or other electronic apparatuses comprises a main body constituting an operation gripping section, a rotary member held in the main body to freely roll on an X-Y plane, a moving amount detector for detecting moving amounts of the rotary member in X- and Y-directions upon rolling of the rotary member, and a pressure detector for detecting a pressure effected on the main body. The control apparatus inputs control signals to a control object on the basis of detection values of the moving amount detector and pressure detector. An electronic musical instrument has the control apparatus as a performance operation member for controlling electronic tone generation parameters in correspondence with a performance function, and a sound source for generating an electronic tone on the basis of inputs from a keyboard and the performance operation member.

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Dependent claims

A control apparatus for controlling a control object comprising:

a main body constituting an operation gripping section;
a rotary member held in said main body to freely roll on an X-Y plane;
moving amount detection means for detecting moving amounts of said rotary member in X- and Y-directions upon rolling of said rotary member;
pressure detection means for detecting a pressure with respect to the X-Y plane;
and
control means for calculating a moving velocity based on either or both of the detected moving amounts of said rotary member in X- and Y-directions to control and the control object on the basis of the calculated moving velocity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Control apparatus and electronic musical instrument using the same

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Control apparatus and electronic musical instrument using the same

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Abstract

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