Method, apparatus and computer-readable storage means for adjusting at least two parameters

• US 9,753,616 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2014
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Native Instruments GmbH (Soundwide GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Native Instruments GmbH (Soundwide GmbH)
• Inventors: Hlatky, Michael, Vallianatos, Dinos, Wachsmuth, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): MARINELLI, PATRICK
• Application Number:
  US14/339,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20150029145A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0091 Means for obtaining special acoustic effects combined with modulation G10H1/043
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0551 using variable capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/46 Volume control
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/096 using a touch screen touch screen note input, e.g. using a displayed keyboard G10H2220/241; personal digital assistant [PDA] G10H2230/015
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/015 PDA [personal digital assistant] or palmtop computing devices used for musical purposes, e.g. portable music players, tablet computers, e-readers or smart phones in which mobile telephony functions need not be used touch-screen interfaces G10H2220/096
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/962 Capacitive touch switches
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method, an apparatus and a computer-readable storage means for adjusting at least one parameter, which can be used for enhancing the user experience of adjusting parameters, especially of adjusting parameters in common audio software through a system of assignable rotary encoders with capacitive-sensing knob caps and a parameter type aware software. The invention especially enables a quick adjustment of several parameters by use of rotary encoders.

For this purpose, a method is proposed, where at least two touch sensitive input elements are provided for adjusting the at least two parameters, at least one of the at least two touch sensitive input elements is selected by contacting it with at least a first part of the human body, and the at least one parameter, which is assigned to the contacted touch sensitive input elements, is adjusted by operating, with at least a second part of the human body, at least one input element different from the contacted touch sensitive input elements.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting at least two parameters, the method comprising:

providing at least two touch sensitive input elements for adjusting the at least two parameters;

selecting the at least two touch sensitive input elements by contacting the at least two touch sensitive input elements with at least a first part of the human body; and

simultaneously adjusting the at least two parameters, which are assigned to the selected at least two touch sensitive input elements, by using at least a second part of the human body to manipulate at least one input element different from the selected at least two touch sensitive input elements;

wherein at least a part of the at least one input element also has assigned a parameter thereto; and

wherein the parameter assigned to the at least one input element is also adjusted when the at least one input element is manipulated during the simultaneous adjusting of the at least two parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two touch sensitive input elements comprise at least one mechanically operatable input element.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one mechanically operatable input element comprise at least one of a rotatable, a shiftable, a pressable input element and a pedal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one input element operated by the second part of the human body is a non-touch-sensitive input element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input element operated by the second part of the human body is a touch sensitive input element.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the at least two touch sensitive input elements is realized as capacity sensing input element.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein it is determined whether an input element is selected by evaluating capacity values sensed by the input element.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the at least two parameters is adjusted proportional to a rate of change of a value set by the input element operated by the second part of the human body.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the at least two parameters is adjusted by setting it to a pre-defined value.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the pre-defined value is a default value.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the at least two parameters is adjusted by setting it to a previous value.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two touch sensitive input elements is usable as an operated input element for adjusting the at least two parameters.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the at least two touch sensitive inputs is selected as long as the one of the at least two touch sensitive input elements is contacted by the first part of the human body.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the at least two touch sensitive inputs is selected by a first contact with the first part of the human body and is de-selected by a second contact with the first part of the human body.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second parts of the human body is a part of a hand.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first part of the human body is a part of the left hand and the second part of the human body is a part of the right hand, or reversely.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second parts of the human body is a part of a foot.

18. An apparatus, comprising at least two touch sensitive input elements and a data processing unit, the apparatus being configured for executing a method according to claim 1.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, on which a program is stored, which enables a data processing system, after the program is loaded into a memory of the data processing system, to execute a method according to claim 1.

20. A computer-implemented method for adjusting a first parameter and a second parameter, the method comprising:

providing a first touch sensitive input element for adjusting the first parameter;

providing a second touch sensitive input element for adjusting the second parameter;

providing a third touch sensitive input element for adjusting a third parameter;

recognizing a first touch gesture made with at least one first part of a human body;

selecting the first touch sensitive input element and the second touch sensitive input element based at least in part on the first touch gesture;

recognizing a second touch gesture made with at least one second part of the human body, the at least one second part of the human body being different than the at least one first part of the human body; and

operating the third touch sensitive input element based in least at part on the second touch gesture to simultaneously adjust the first, second, and third parameters.