PARAMETER CONTROL DEVICE, PARAMETER CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PARAMETER CONTROL METHOD

• US 20180074689A1
• Filed: 11/20/2017
• Published: 03/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: SUYAMA, Akihiko, MUSHIKABE, Kazuya, TSUKADA, Keisuke
• Granted Patent: US 10,656,815 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2400/00 Loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2430/01 Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 27/00 Public address systems circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007; amplifiers H03F

Abstract

A parameter control device includes a parameter updating unit, and an operational screen displaying unit. In a case where any one of the individually operated portions is operated, the parameter updating unit changes the parameter of the controlled device, which is associated with the relevant individually operated portion, by following an operation amount of the individually operated portion. In a case where a cooperative operated portion is operated, the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices are changed by following an operation amount of the cooperative operated portion. The operational screen displaying unit displays the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices, displays the plurality of operated portions in positions corresponding to displays of the parameters of the respectively associated controlled devices, and displays the cooperative operated portion in a position corresponding to a display of a parameter of the master device.

Claims

1. A parameter control device comprising:

a processing unit;

a display that displays a plurality of individually operated portions that are respectively associated with a plurality of controlled devices which includes a master device, and a cooperative operated portion that is further associated with the master device; and

a memory storing instructions to cause the processing unit to;

update parameters of the plurality of controlled devices according to operations of the plurality of individually operated portions and the cooperative operated portion,

change the parameter of the controlled device, which is associated with the relevant individually operated portion, by following an operation amount of the individually operated portion in a case where any one of the individually operated portions is operated,

change the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices by following an operation amount of the cooperative operated portion in a case where the cooperative operated portion is operated,

displays, on the display, the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices,

displays, on the display, the plurality of operated portions in positions corresponding to displays of the parameters of the respectively associated controlled devices, and

displays, on the display, the cooperative operated portion in a position corresponding to a display of a parameter of the master device.

2. The parameter control device according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions of the memory causes the processing unit to:

display, on the display, the parameters of the respective controlled devices as bar graph-shaped images that include fixed first ends and second ends which move according to values of the parameters and that extend and contract according to the values of the parameters,

display, on the display, the individually operated portions in positions that are matched with the respective second ends of the bar graphs which display the parameters of the respective controlled devices,

display, on the display, a bar graph which displays a parameter of the master device, and

display, on the display, the cooperative operated portion in a position, which is matched with the second end of the further displayed bar graph of the master device.

7. The parameter control device according to claim 1,

wherein the operational screen displaying unit

displays the parameters of the respective controlled devices as bar graph-shaped images that include fixed first ends and second ends which move according to values of the parameters and that extend and contract according to the values of the parameters,

displays the individually operated portions in positions that are matched with the respective second ends of the bar graphs which display the parameters of the respective controlled devices,

further displays a bar graph which displays a parameter of the master device, and

displays the cooperative operated portion in a position, which is matched with the second end of the further displayed bar graph of the master device.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a parameter control program causing a control unit of a mobile terminal device, which includes a plurality of individually operated portions that are respectively associated with a plurality of controlled devices which includes a master device, and a cooperative operated portion that is further associated with the master device, to function of:

parameter updating means for updating parameters of the plurality of controlled devices according to operations of the plurality of individually operated portions and the cooperative operated portion; and

an operational screen display means,

wherein the parameter updating means

changes the parameter of the controlled device, which is associated with the relevant individually operated portion, by following an operation amount of the individually operated portion in a case where any one of the individually operated portions is operated, and

changes the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices by following an operation amount of the cooperative operated portion in a case where the cooperative operated portion is operated, and

wherein the operational screen display means

displays the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices,

displays the plurality of operated portions in positions corresponding to displays of the parameters of the respectively associated controlled devices, and

displays the cooperative operated portion in a position corresponding to a display of a parameter of the master device.

4. The storage medium according to claim 3,

wherein the operational screen display means

displays the parameters of the respective controlled devices as bar graph-shaped images that include fixed first ends and second ends which move according to values of the parameters and that extend and contract according to the values of the parameters,

displays the individually operated portions in positions that are matched with the respective second ends of bar graphs which display the parameters of the respective controlled devices,

further displays a bar graph which displays a parameter of the master device, and

displays the cooperative operated portion in a position, which is matched with the second end of the further displayed bar graph of the master device.

5. A parameter control method of a mobile terminal device, which includes a plurality of individually operated portions that are respectively associated with a plurality of controlled devices which includes a master device, and a cooperative operated portion that is further associated with the master device, the method comprising:

changing the parameter of the controlled device, which is associated with the relevant individually operated portion, by following an operation amount of the individually operated portion in a case where any one of the individually operated portions is operated;

changing the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices by following an operation amount of the cooperative operated portion in a case where the cooperative operated portion is operated;

displaying the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices;

displaying the plurality of operated portions in positions corresponding to displays of the parameters of the respectively associated controlled devices; and

displaying the cooperative operated portion in a position corresponding to a display of a parameter of the master device.

6. A parameter control device comprising:

a plurality of individually operated portions that are respectively associated with a plurality of controlled devices which includes a master device;

a cooperative operated portion that is further associated with the master device;

a parameter updating unit that updates parameters of the plurality of controlled devices according to operations of the plurality of individually operated portions and the cooperative operated portion; and

an operational screen displaying unit,

wherein the parameter updating unit

changes the parameter of the controlled device, which is associated with the relevant individually operated portion, by following an operation amount of the individually operated portion in a case where any one of the individually operated portions is operated, and

changes the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices by following an operation amount of the cooperative operated portion in a case where the cooperative operated portion is operated, and

wherein the operational screen displaying unit

displays the respective parameters of the plurality of controlled devices,

displays the plurality of operated portions in positions corresponding to displays of the parameters of the respectively associated controlled devices, and

displays the cooperative operated portion in a position corresponding to a display of a parameter of the master device.