Tone generating apparatus and method for controlling tone generating apparatus
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaru Setoguchi, Hiroyuki Sasaki
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Abstract
A tone generating apparatus has an internal storage in which defining information (taking the form of table information, for instance) on relationship between operation conditions of the apparatus and applications of operation members, such as slider, switch and encoder, is stored in advance. CPU of the apparatus controls the apparatus in such a manner that applications of operation members in a current operation condition of the apparatus are effected according to the defining information. With this arrangement, the work for changing specifications of the apparatus is simplified since it is done primarily by changing contents of the defining information.
Claims5
An apparatus for generating tones, comprising:
- operation members which are externally operated to operate functions of the apparatus, each of said operation members being assigned applications which correspond to said functions;
- storage means for storing defining information, in the form of a table concerning a relationship between operation conditions of the apparatus and applications of said operation members;
- control program storing means for storing control programs to control the apparatus such that applications of said operation members are effected;
- readout means for reading out the defining information stored in said storage means based on the operation member and operation condition of the apparatus in response to operation of said operation members;
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- control means which includes a central processing unit which executes a control program read out from said control program storing means based on the defining information read out by said readout means, said control means controlling the apparatus such that applications of said operation members in operation conditions of the apparatus are effected in response to operation of the operation members according to said defining information.
A method for controlling a tone generating apparatus including operation members which are externally operated to operate functions of the apparatus, each of said operation members is assigned to applications which correspond to said functions, storage means for storing defining information, in the form of a table concerning a relationship between operation conditions of the apparatus and applications of said operation members, control program storing means for storing control programs to control the apparatus in such a manner that applications of said operation members are effected and a central processing unit which executes the control program, the method comprising the steps of:
- reading out the defining information stored in said storage means based on the operation member and operation condition of the apparatus in response to operation of the operation members;
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- controlling the apparatus in such a manner that applications of said operation members in operation conditions of the apparatus are effected in response to operation of the operation members according to said defining information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.