AUDIO MIXING CONSOLE

• US 20120023406A1
• Filed: 07/20/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Fujita, Hiroaki, Terada, Kotaro
• Granted Patent: US 9,564,981 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

Mixer includes first and second displays each capable of displaying a pop-up screen that simultaneously displays pieces of information of eight channels. Once a display instruction for displaying a pop-up screen is received, it is ascertained whether or not the pop-up screen currently instructed to be displayed can be displayed on both of the first and second displays. If the pop-up screen can be displayed on only one of the displays, the currently instructed pop-up screen and one-screen channel selection switch are displayed on the one display together with. If, on the other hand, the pop-up screen can be displayed on both of the displays, the instructed pop-up screen are displayed on in a two-screen format on individual ones of the displays, and a two-screen channel selection switch is displayed on each one of the pop-up screens.

Claims

1. An audio mixing console for performing operation pertaining to signal processing on audio signals of a plurality of channels, said audio mixing console comprising:

a plurality of display areas disposed on an operation panel of said audio mixing console, each one of the plurality of display areas being capable of displaying a pop-up screen that simultaneously displays pieces of information of a predetermined plurality of the channels;

a display instruction section which, for each of said display areas, receives a display instruction for displaying a pop-up screen;

an ascertainment section which, in response to receipt of the display instruction, ascertains whether or not the pop-up screen currently instructed to be displayed can be displayed on the plurality of display areas;

a pop-up screen display control section

     1) which, when the currently instructed pop-up screen can be displayed on only one of the plurality of display areas, not only displays the currently instructed pop-up screen in a one-screen format on the one of the plurality of display areas for which the display instruction has been received, but also displays, on said pop-up screen displayed on the one of the plurality of display areas, a one-screen channel selection switch for selecting a predetermined plurality of the channels that are to be displayed on said pop-up screen displayed on the one of the plurality of display areas, and

     2) which, when the currently instructed pop-up screen can be displayed on the plurality of display areas, not only displays the currently instructed pop-up screen in a plurality of-screen format on individual ones of the plurality of display areas, one pop-up screen on each of the display areas, but also displays, on each one of the pop-up screens displayed in the plurality of-screen format on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas, a plurality-of-screen channel selection switch for collectively selecting a predetermined plurality of the channels that are to be displayed on the pop-up screens displayed on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas; and

a channel selection section which, in response to operation of the one-screen channel selection switch, changes displayed content of said pop-up screen, displayed in the one-screen format on the one of the plurality of display areas, into pieces of information of the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the one-screen channel selection switch, and which, in response to operation of the plurality-of-screen channel selection switch, changes displayed content of the pop-up screens, displayed in the plurality-of screen format on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas, into pieces of information of the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the plurality-of-screen channel selection switch.

2. The audio mixing console as claimed in claim 1, wherein said one-screen channel selection switch is operable to display, on the pop-up screen displayed in the one-screen format on the one of the plurality of display areas, channel strip images representative of channel strips corresponding to the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the one-screen channel selection switch, and

said plurality-of-screen channel selection switch is operable to display, on each of the pop-up screens displayed on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas, channel strip images representative of channel strips corresponding to the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the plurality-of-screen channel selection switch.

3. The audio mixing console as claimed in claim 1, wherein said one-screen channel selection switch is operable to select the predetermined plurality of the channels of consecutive channel numbers, and

said plurality-of-screen channel selection switch is operable to select a group of channels of consecutive channel numbers as the predetermined plurality of the channels to be displayed on the pop-up screens displayed in the plurality-of-screen format on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas.

4. A computer-implemented method for controlling display on an audio mixing console, the audio mixing console being operable to perform operation pertaining to signal processing on audio signals of a plurality of channels, the audio mixing console including a plurality of display areas, each one of the plurality of display areas being capable of displaying a pop-up screen that simultaneously displays pieces of information of a predetermined plurality of the channels, said method comprising:

a display instruction step of, for each of said display areas, receiving a display instruction for displaying a pop-up screen;

an ascertainment step of, in response to receipt of the display instruction, ascertaining whether or not the pop-up screen currently instructed to be displayed can be displayed on the plurality of display areas;

a pop-up screen display step of

     1), when the currently instructed pop-up screen can be displayed on only one of the plurality of display areas, not only displaying the currently instructed pop-up screen in a one-screen format on the one of the plurality of display areas for which the display instruction has been received, but also displaying, on said pop-up screen displayed on the one of the plurality of display areas, a one-screen channel selection switch for selecting a predetermined plurality of the channels that are to be displayed on said pop-up screen displayed on the one of the plurality of display areas, and

     2) when the currently instructed pop-up screen can be displayed on the plurality of display areas, not only displaying the currently instructed pop-up screen in a plurality of-screen format on individual ones of the plurality of display areas, one pop-up screen on each of the display areas, but also displaying, on each one of the pop-up screens displayed in the plurality of-screen format on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas, a plurality-of-screen channel selection switch for collectively selecting a predetermined plurality of the channels that are to be displayed on the pop-up screens displayed on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas; and

a channel selection step of, in response to operation of the one-screen channel selection switch, changing displayed content of said pop-up screen, displayed in the one-screen format on the one of the plurality of display areas, into pieces of information of the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the one-screen channel selection switch, and, in response to operation of the plurality-of-screen channel selection switch, changing displayed content of the pop-up screens, displayed in the plurality-of screen format on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas, into pieces of information of the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the plurality-of-screen channel selection switch.

5. A computer-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions for causing a computer to perform a method for controlling display on an audio mixing console, the audio mixing console being operable to perform operation pertaining to signal processing on audio signals of a plurality of channels, the audio mixing console including a plurality of display areas, each one of the plurality of display areas being capable of displaying a pop-up screen that simultaneously displays pieces of information of a predetermined plurality of the channels, said method comprising:

a display instruction step of, for each of said display areas, receiving a display instruction for displaying a pop-up screen;

an ascertainment step of, in response to receipt of the display instruction, ascertaining whether or not the pop-up screen currently instructed to be displayed can be displayed on the plurality of display areas;

a pop-up screen display step of

     1), when the currently instructed pop-up screen can be displayed on only one of the plurality of display areas, not only displaying the currently instructed pop-up screen in a one-screen format on the one of the plurality of display areas for which the display instruction has been received, but also displaying, on said pop-up screen displayed on the one of the plurality of display areas, a one-screen channel selection switch for selecting a predetermined plurality of the channels that are to be displayed on said pop-up screen displayed on the one of the plurality of display areas, and

     2) when the currently instructed pop-up screen can be displayed on the plurality of display areas, not only displaying the currently instructed pop-up screen in a plurality of-screen format on individual ones of the plurality of display areas, one pop-up screen on each of the display areas, but also displaying, on each one of the pop-up screens displayed in the plurality of-screen format on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas, a plurality-of-screen channel selection switch for collectively selecting a predetermined plurality of the channels that are to be displayed on the pop-up screens displayed on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas; and

a channel selection section which, in response to operation of the one-screen channel selection switch, changes displayed content of said pop-up screen, displayed in the one-screen format on the one of the plurality of display areas, into pieces of information of the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the one-screen channel selection switch, and which, in response to operation of the plurality-of-screen channel selection switch, changes displayed content of the pop-up screens, displayed in the plurality-of screen format on the individual ones of the plurality of display areas, into pieces of information of the predetermined plurality of the channels selected through the operation of the plurality-of-screen channel selection switch.