Computer-mirrored panel input device
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1. A system for accepting control input from one or more controls of a mixer and for providing visual simulated, realistic feedback to a user, comprising:
- (a) a user-operable input apparatus providing a digital signal relative to movement of the input apparatus;
(b) a video display screen positioned to be readily observed by a user manipulating the user-operable input;
(c) a CPU for managing operations of the system, including flexibly arranging and presenting a plurality of simulated, realistic images of the one or more controls of a mixer on the video display screen;
(d) a memory for storing and recalling data and control routines; and
(e) digital communication links connecting the one or more controls of a mixer, the video display screen, the CPU, and the memory;
wherein the CPU drives the video display screen to present a flexible, user-definable, simulated, realistic image of the one or more controls of a mixer, and updates the simulated, realistic image of the one or more controls of a mixer in response to movement of the one or more controls of a mixer.
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Abstract
A control panel for digital input having multiple rotary knobs without absolute minimum and maximum settings feeds knob position information back to an operator by providing a display of the knobs with position indicators. The display is updated according to real adjustment of the knobs. This arrangement allows the knobs to be assigned to different inputs and the apparent positions of the knobs to be changed without requiring moving the real knobs. In a preferred embodiment the control system is applied to an audio mixer panel.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for accepting control input from one or more controls of a mixer and for providing visual simulated, realistic feedback to a user, comprising:
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(a) a user-operable input apparatus providing a digital signal relative to movement of the input apparatus; (b) a video display screen positioned to be readily observed by a user manipulating the user-operable input; (c) a CPU for managing operations of the system, including flexibly arranging and presenting a plurality of simulated, realistic images of the one or more controls of a mixer on the video display screen; (d) a memory for storing and recalling data and control routines; and (e) digital communication links connecting the one or more controls of a mixer, the video display screen, the CPU, and the memory; wherein the CPU drives the video display screen to present a flexible, user-definable, simulated, realistic image of the one or more controls of a mixer, and updates the simulated, realistic image of the one or more controls of a mixer in response to movement of the one or more controls of a mixer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An audio mix controller, including one or more controls, comprising:
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(a) a user-operable control of the one or more controls of the audio mix controller which generates a digital signal relative to movement of a movable portion of the control; (b) a video display screen positioned to be readily observed by a user; (c) a CPU for managing operations of the system, including flexibly arranging and presenting images on the video display screen indicative of the one or more controls; (d) a memory for storing and recalling data and control routines; (e) digitally-controllable audio signal processing and mixing devices; and (f) digital communication links connecting the input apparatus, the video display screen, the CPU, the memory, and the audio signal processing and mixing devices; wherein the CPU drives the video display screen to present a user-definable, simulated, realistic image of the one or more controls, including an indicator of relative position of the moveable portion, and updates the position indication in response to movement of the input apparatus in a realistic manner which simulates the movement of the control realistically on the video display screen. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for flexibly defining and displaying realistic, simulated positional information to a user for one or more mixing controls having a movable portion for varying a signal in a control system, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing a digital value in an operating register, the digital value indicating magnitude of an input signal associated with the user-operable one or more mixing controls; (b) defining and displaying a simulated, realistic image of the one or more mixing controls on a video display screen, along with an indication of input magnitude, the video display screen positioned to be readily observed by an operator manipulating the one or more mixing controls; (c) amending the digital value according to movement of the movable portion of the one or more mixing controls; and (d) updating the simulated, realistic image of the one or more mixing controls to indicate the actual change of the one or more mixing controls on the image of the display screen according to the changed digital value in a realistic manner.
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