IP Library Granted Patent US 9,781,511
Granted Patent B2
US 9,781,511 · App. 15/180,303 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Operation device operating a reproduction control system

Inventors: Takashi Mashita (Ota, JP); Atsushi Watanabe (Funabashi, JP); Takanori Harada (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
H04R3/04G06F3/162H04R3/00G10H2210/241
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,781,511
App. No.
15/180,303
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
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 (11)

1. An operation device having two or more deck areas or being connected to the two or more deck areas, and operating a reproduction control system, the operation device further comprising:

a plurality of operation member groups each corresponding to each of channels, a number of the plurality of operation member groups being larger than a number of the deck areas, the plurality of operation member groups each comprising:

a play operation member that is configured to instruct the reproduction control system to reproduce a reproduction signal loaded to each of the channels;

a track browsing member that is configured to move a cursor in a track list displayed on a screen of the reproduction control system; and

a load operation member that is configured to instruct the reproduction control system to load the reproduction signal of a track designated by the track browsing member to each of the 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 1 , wherein the operation device is a DJ controller that is connected to a DJ system comprising deck, a mixer, a personal computer installed with a DJ application, an amplifier, a speaker, and at least one external input device.

4. The operation device according to claim 3 , wherein a CD player or a microphone connects to the external input device.

5. The operation device according to claim 3 , wherein the personal computer can produce audio signals from a memory.

6. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein there are two deck areas with a mixer area therebetween.

7. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein there are four channels for each of the deck areas.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
To: ALPHATHETA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052849/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2016
From: MASHITA, TAKASHI; WATANABE, ATSUSHI; HARADA, TAKANORI
To: PIONEER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038896/0312 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2016
From: PIONEER CORPORATION
To: PIONEER DJ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038896/0594 →
Continuity (2)
Division 13995060
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