Electronic music stand unit

Abstract: The electronic music stand unit is made up by : 1) a control unit (8) 2) a mass memory (9) containing sequence - type and music notes shown on the pentagram and connected to the control unit input 3) a display unit (4) connected to the control unit output as to visualize on pentagrams the sequence of music notes on run Furthermore additional commands, as to have the scanning of pentagrams as well as the non stop display of the whole music score, are forecast .

Description: The electronic music stand unit is made up by : 1) a control unit 2) a mass memory containing sequence - type and music notes shown on the pentagram and connected to the control unit input 3) a display unit connected to the control unit output as to visualize on pentagrams the sequence of music notes on run Furthermore additional commands, as to have the scanning of pentagrams as well as the non stop display of the whole music score, are forecast . ELECTRONIC MUSIC STAND OBJECTIVES CURRENT SITUATION Every musician has the following problems : a) he must manually turn, time by time, the music papers thus interrupting his performance OR b) he needs the support of someone able to read the music score and turn its pages for him c) in the case of open air performances, music papers may be subjected to atmospherical precipitatios. An electronic music stand device of known type is disclosed in the US patent No. 4,366,741. Such a device includes a display screen and an electronic control unit connected to the display screen. However, in that document nothing is provided for allowing the musician to command the scrolling of the music score displayed on the screen. FUTURE SITUATION Under the electronic music stand usage the above mentioned restrictions are thus eliminated . The electronic music stand unit can be placed everywhere and easily used from the involved musician . ELECTRONIC MUSIC STAND FEATURES Its own characteristics and advantages are shown on the following pictures . Pict. 1 shows its prospectic body wiew Pict. 2 shows its control unit assembled into his frame as shown in Pict. 1 In addition, Pict 1 shows the whole device made up by the following components : a) a ground basement b) a supporting rod (installed into the basement) c) a video display assembled on the top of supporting rod ELECTRONIC MUSIC STAND - HARDWARE DESCRIPTION AND CABLING CONNECTION GROUND BASEMENT (Code n° 2) - Picture n° 1 . Its is a synthetic plastic box structure. Its contains an electronic control unit (Code n° 8) as well as a mass memory that includes a disk drive (Code n° 9) - a reader (Code n° 10) for magnetic disk (Code n° 11) . SUPPORTING ROD (Code n° 3) . This tube contains the cabling lines (Code n° 23) connecting the video (Code n° 4) with the basement (Code n° 2) VIDEO DISPLAY The video (Code n° 4) may be of a plasma type or a liquid crystal screen type both having reduced tickness, compactability and light weight . The video (Code n° 4) is assembled at the top of the rod (Code n° 3) in a loosen form as to permit the best usage position . GROUND BASEMENT (Code n° 2 - Picture n° 2 . Picture n° 2 shows a schematic wiew of the electronic cicuit board (Code n° 12) that includes a feeded microprocessors (Code n° 13) - ROM (Code n° 14) - RAM (Code n° 15) - Input interface (Code n° 16) and Output Interface (Code n° 17) . The microprocessor (Code n° 13) that is provvided of a clock (Code n° 24), is connected to the remaining components of the board (code n° 12) trougth electrical connections so called "bus" . In addition, picture 2 shows the data bus (Code n° 18) the logical address bus (Code n° 19) and the control bus (Code n° 20) . The mass memory (Code n° 9) and particularly the magnetic disk kneader (Code n° 10) are connected to the corresponding unit input (Code n° 8) by the input interface (Code n° 16), while the video (Code n° 4) is connected to the output unit (Code n° 8), by the output interface (Code n° 17) . In addition, a pedal command that includes a push button (Code n° 21) connected by a tenant (code n° 22) to the interface (Code n° 16) of the input unit (Code n° 8) is forecast . The push button (Code n° 21) can by easily used in accordance with the scanning needs . At last, the ground basement - the supporting rod and the video make up the whole unit in a well accepted shape profile . ELECTRONIC MUSIC STAND FUNCTIONING The mass memory (Code n° 9), and particulary the magnetic disk (Code n° 11) are both dedicated to contain all those data concerning the sequence type and pentagram position of the music score in run . The memory (Code n° 14) that reads only the unit (code n° 8) contains specifical software programmes dedicated to manage the unit (code n°8) as well as the disply (Code n° 4) in accordance with those data contained in the disk (Code n° 11) . Once the disk (Code n° 11) is put inside the reader (Code n° 10), the unit (Code n° 8) will load inside the memory (Code n° 15) all those data concerning the music score in run and display on the screen (Code n° 5) the pentagrams realized under a specifical graphic management program . Therefore, the musician will easily read and follow on the video (Code n° 5) the music score in run . In addition, by actioning with his feet the pedal push button (Code n° 21), the user will command the unit (Code n° 8) to generate an automatic refreshment of the memory (Code n° 15) as to obtain a video image scrolling action thus visualizing the other pentagrams . Obviously, by programming the memory (Code n° 14) an automated up dating of the video screen may be made. Then the video image scanning may be obtainedon the base of a timing action that is defined by the music rhythm in run and by the timing action of the clock (Code n° 24) that is inside the unit (code n° 8) . In addition, the electronic music stand device may includes optional standard tool permitting to select a music score among a menu that is displayed on the screen (Code n° 5) once a disk is put inside the reader (Code n° 10) . According ti his inventor, the electronic music stand unit has the great advantage to give the misician a non stop vision of the music score in run . At last, another big advantage of this invention is given by its well preciate outward appearance.

Claims: An electronic music stand device for displaying a musical score, of the type comprising a display screen (4), an electronic control unit (8) connected to the display screen (4) through a bus or cabling lines (23), characterized in that it comprises: a memory unit (14, 15) associated with the electronic control unit (8) for storing musical score information, in the form of sequence type and musical score position data, and a command (21) connected to the control unit (8) for allowing the scrolling of the musical score displayed on the screen (4). An electronic music stand device according to claim 1, characterized in that said screen (4) is a liquid crystal and/or plasma type screen. An electronic music stand device according to claim 1, characterized in that said command (21) is a push button pedal connected by an electrical cable (22) to the control unit (8). An electronic music stand device according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory unit includes a magnetic disk reader (10). An electronic music stand device according to claim 1, characterized in that it further includes, in the electronic control unit (8), a microprocessor (13), ROM and/or RAM memory, an input inteface (16) connected to said command (21) and an output interface (17) connected to the display screen (4). An electronic music stand device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a base (2) and a supporting rod (3) erected on the base (2), said display screen (4) being flexibly mounted on the top of the supporting rod (3) making up with the base (2) and the rod (3) the whole electronic music stand device. An electronic music stand device according to claim 6, characterized in that said base (2) contains the electronic control unit (8) and the memory unit.

Inventors: MITIDIERI ANTONIO, MITIDIERI, ANTONIO
Applicants: MITIDIERI ANTONIO, MITIDIERI, ANTONIO
Application year: 1989
Main classification: G05B15
IPC codes: G10G1, G09B15