Patent ID: 8203066
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A pedal apparatus for outputting a control signal for use by an electronic keyboard apparatus to control a musical tone parameter, comprising: a pedal operable in forward and reverse directions by a depression manipulation and a depression-releasing manipulation; a detection unit configured to detect a detection value representing a position of said pedal in a depression depth direction; a conversion unit having a plurality of conversion patterns each for conversion of the detection value detected by said detection unit to an output value, said conversion unit being configured to change a conversion pattern to be used for the conversion on condition that the detection value passes a threshold value in a forward or reverse stroke of said pedal and convert the detection value to the output value in accordance with the conversion pattern after change; and an output unit configured to output, as the control signal, the output value converted by said conversion unit; wherein a hysteresis section, in which the output value converted by said conversion unit from the same detection value detected by said detection unit becomes smaller in the reverse stroke than in the forward stroke of said pedal, is present in a conversion characteristic exhibited by said conversion unit in a case where said pedal is reciprocated over an entire stroke between a non-depressed position and a depression end position of said pedal.