IP Library Granted Patent US 9,398,372
Granted Patent B2
US 9,398,372 · App. 13/995,060 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Operation device, reproduction system, operation method of operation device and program

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Patent No.
US 9,398,372
App. No.
13/995,060
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The DJ controller 10 has a load operation member 82 that loads audio signals to each channel, a synchronization button 84 that realizes a beat synchronization function, and a channel fader 85 that reproduces the loaded audio signals by the fader start function corresponding to each channel.

Claims (18)

1. An operation device comprising:

one or more deck areas or being connected to the one or more deck areas;

a reproduction control system in which a number of channels is more than a number of the deck areas;

a play operation member that instructs the reproduction control system to reproduce a loaded reproduction signal corresponding to each channel for a number of channels; and

a cue point select operation member that instructs the reproduction control system to select a cue point as a reproduction start position out of cue point candidates corresponding to each channel for the number of channels.

2. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the play operation member is a fader operation member that realizes a fader start function.

3. The operation device according to claim 2 further comprising a fader start switching operation member that switches validation/invalidation of the fader start function corresponding to each channel or all channels.

4. The operation device according to claim 1 further comprising a fader operation member for plural operation that realizes a fader start function simultaneously to a plurality of channels.

5. The operation device according to claim 4 further comprising a fader start switching operation member for plural operation that switches validation/invalidation of the fader start function by the fader operation member for plural operation corresponding to each channel or all channels.

6. The operation device according to claim 5 , wherein the fader start switching operation member for plural operation is arranged adjacent to the fader operation member for plural operation.

7. The operation device according to claim 1 further comprising a cross fader operation member that adjusts a mixing rate of the reproduction signal loaded in each channel, and an assignment switching operation member that switches whether to assign each channel to either a first end or a second end of the cross fader operation member.

8. The operation device according to claim 7 , wherein the assignment switching operation member has an assignment switching operation member for a first end that switches whether to assign to the first end of the cross fader operation member and an assignment switching operation member for a second end that switches whether to assign to the second end of the cross fader operation member, and the assignment switching operation member for a first end and the assignment switching operation member for a second end are provided corresponding to each channel.

9. The operation device according to claim 8 , wherein the assignment switching operation member for a first end of the number of channels corresponding to each channel is arranged adjacent to the first end of the cross fader operation member, and the assignment switching operation member for a second end of the number of channels corresponding to each channel is arranged adjacent to the second end of the cross fader operation member.

10. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation device includes the one or more deck areas where the deck is operated and a mixer area where a mixing operation is performed, and the cue point select operation member and the play operation member are arranged in the mixer area.

11. The operation device according to claim 10 , wherein the mixer area includes an operation member area by channel in which an operation member group corresponding to each channel for the number of channels is arranged in line, and the cue point select operation member and the play operation member are arranged in the operation member area by channel of a corresponding channel.

12. The operation device according to claim 11 , wherein a plurality of the deck areas are installed, each deck area is preliminary assigned to two or more channels, and the deck area includes a deck switching operation member that switches to designate a channel on which the deck area serves as the deck among the two or more channels.

13. A reproduction system comprising the operation device set forth in claim 1 , and a computer having a multi-channel audio/video application on a non-transitory storage medium that functions as the reproduction control system.

14. The operation device according to claim 1 , including a program recorded on a non-transitory computer readable medium instructing a computer to function as the play operation member or the cue point select operation member.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
To: ALPHATHETA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052849/0913 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2015
From: PDJ HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037197/0829 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2015
From: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
To: PDJ HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037176/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: PIONEER CORPORATION
To: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035148/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2013
From: MASHITA, TAKASHI; WATANABE, ATSUSHI; HARADA, TAKANORI
To: PIONEER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030650/0221 →