JPH0777977A - Data processor with score generating function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate a score according to specially, simple constitution. CONSTITUTION:The data processor with the score generating function which generates the score by assigning score symbols to music paper while displaying the music paper on a display screen is equipped with a display control means 16 which displays a list of score symbols on the display screen, a cursor movement control means 17 which controls the movement of a cursor for score symbol selection moving on the score symbols displayed by the display control means 16, and an allocating means 18 which allocates a score symbol indicated with the cursor for spore symbol selection to the cursor position of a main cursor when the cursor position of the cursor for score symbol selection controlled by the cursor movement control means 17 is specified.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus having a score creating function for electronically creating a score, and more particularly to a data processing apparatus having a score creating function for making a score according to a simple structure. .

There is a need to be able to create musical scores electronically. In response to such a demand, it is necessary to create a musical score without developing a complicated program and without using a high-performance coordinate pointing device such as a mouse.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to create a musical score electronically, a dedicated musical score creating program is developed and the musical score creating program is developed on a data processing device such as a personal computer. ing. Then, the user adopted a method of electronically creating a musical score by interacting with the musical score creating program.

[0004]

However, although this special musical score creating program enables the beautiful creation of musical scores, the user purchases an expensive musical score creating program that executes complicated program processing. There is a problem that it must be.

In the case where the dedicated musical score creating program uses a mouse, there is a problem that the user has to purchase an expensive personal computer equipped with the mouse.

Moreover, since this dedicated musical score creating program has only the musical score creating function but not the document creating function, there is a problem that a document such as a comment cannot be input to the musical score.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and aims to solve the problems of the prior art by constructing a data processing device capable of electronically creating a musical score according to a simple configuration. The purpose is to

[0008]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a data processing device such as a document creation device provided with the present invention.

The data processing apparatus 1 includes a display means 10, a keyboard means 11, and an input / output control means 12.
, Main cursor movement control means 13, word processor function execution means 14, score development means 15, and display control means 1
6, cursor movement control means 17, allocation means 18,
The determination means 19 is provided. Here, it is not necessary to provide a high-performance coordinate pointing device such as a mouse.

The display means 10 displays the musical score being created. The keyboard means 11 executes an input process for creating a score. The input / output control means 12 executes input / output control processing between the display means 10 and the keyboard means 11. The main cursor movement control means 13 controls the movement of the character input cursor which becomes the main cursor. The word processing function executing means 14 executes a document creating process and various auxiliary function processes such as a line drawing process and a copying process necessary for creating the document.

The score expanding means 15 expands the created score data. The display control means 16 displays on the display means 10 a list of musical score symbols (which may be in a partially omitted form instead of the complete form). At this time, for some or all of the score symbols, the score symbols assigned to the lines of the staff and the score symbols assigned between the lines of the staff may be separately prepared and displayed.

The cursor movement control means 17 controls the movement of the musical score symbol selection cursor that moves on the musical score symbol displayed by the display control means 16. The allocating means 18 creates a musical score and develops it in the musical score developing means 15. The judging means 19
For example, it is expanded to the allocating means 18 and it is determined whether or not the musical score symbol pointed by the musical score symbol selection cursor is of a specific type.

[0013]

The data processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes the display means 10 according to the processing of the word processor function executing means 14, for example.
In addition to displaying the staff notation, a list of musical score symbols is displayed on the display means 10 according to the processing of the display control means 16.

In response to these display processes, the user interacts with the main cursor movement control means 13 to set the main cursor at a desired position on the staff and interacts with the cursor movement control means 17. , Set the score symbol selection cursor to the desired score symbol position. Then, for example, the execution key of the keyboard means 11 is pressed to specify the cursor position of the musical score symbol selection cursor.

When the cursor position of the musical score symbol selection cursor is designated in this way, the allocating means 18 generates a musical score by allocating the musical score symbol pointed to by the musical score symbol selection cursor to the cursor position of the main cursor. And stores it in the musical score developing means 15. When the score symbol assigned by the assigning unit 18 does not have a perfect shape, the word processor function executing unit 14 interacts with the user to draw a line or the like on the score data developed in the score developing unit 15. By editing the shape to a perfect one, or by interacting with the user to perform editing processing such as moving and copying on the score data developed in the score developing means 15 to convert the score. To complete.

In this process, the display control means 16
When not using a configuration in which the score symbols assigned to the lines of the staff and the score symbols assigned between the lines of the staff are not separately prepared and displayed, such two types of score symbols that should be prepared are separately provided. By adopting a configuration that expands memory,
When the judging means 19 judges that, when the cursor position of the musical score symbol selecting cursor is designated, the musical score symbol pointed to by the musical score symbol selecting cursor is of such a property that two types should be prepared. The allocating means 18 selects one of the types according to the cursor position of the main cursor and allocates it.

As described above, according to the present invention, a musical score can be electronically created by simply adding a simple function to the data processing device 1. At this time, the data processing device 1 does not need to have a highly functional coordinate position designating means such as a mouse. From now on, it becomes possible to electronically create a score using the document creation device.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment applied to a document creating apparatus. FIG. 2 illustrates a system configuration of the document creation device 20 including the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a display device included in the document creating apparatus 20 for displaying the score being created, and 22 a keyboard included in the document creating apparatus 20 for inputting a document and a score. Numeral 23 is a program for executing processing, 23 is a score symbol allocation program included in the document creating apparatus 20, which creates a score by interacting with a user, and 24 is a score data expansion memory included in the document creating apparatus 20, A program for storing the score created by the score symbol allocation program 23, and 25 is a word processor function execution program included in the document creating apparatus 20 for editing the score stored in the score data expansion memory 24 by interacting with the user. The document creation process is executed by executing the process and interacting with the user.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the keyboard 22 is provided with four cursor movement keys 30 for instructing movement of the cursor and extended function keys 31 for instructing extended functions. The existing word processor function execution program 25 can be used as it is.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of a processing flow executed by the musical score symbol allocation program 23. Next, the musical score creation processing executed by the present invention will be described in detail according to this processing flow.

When there is a request from the user to create a musical score, the musical score symbol allocation program 23 first of all displays the display device 2 in step 1 as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
A template showing a list of musical score symbols is displayed on the display screen No. 1, and a cursor for musical score symbol selection is displayed in order to execute the symbol selection process on this template. FIG. 5 illustrates an example of the template 40 displayed by this display processing. Here, in the figure, reference numeral 50 is a score symbol selection cursor newly provided in the present invention.
Reference numeral 0 is a conventional character input cursor. Further, in this embodiment, a part of the musical score symbols is not displayed in a perfect form but is in a partially omitted form (for example, only a quarter note head portion), and a part of the musical score symbols ( For example, regarding the sharp symbol), the one assigned to the line of the staff and the one assigned to the space between the lines of the staff are displayed separately.

When the template 40 is displayed, the user interacts with the word processor function execution program 25 to create one or a plurality of staffs and store them in the score data expansion memory 24, as shown in FIG. To do. As will be described later, this creation processing is executed by passing control to the word processor function execution program 25 in accordance with the processing of step 11 of the processing flow of FIG. 4, and specifically, the word processor function execution program is executed. Although it is executed by using the line drawing function of 25, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the musical score symbol allocation program 23 automatically displays.

When the template 40 and the musical notation are displayed on the display screen of the display device 21 in this way, the musical score symbol allocation program 23 next accepts a key input from the user in step 2, and continues to the next step. In 3, it is determined whether or not the received key input is the end key, and when it is determined that it is the end key, the process proceeds to step 4, the template 40 is erased, and the process ends.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 3 that the received key input is not the end key, step 5
If it is determined that the received key input is the execution key and it is determined that the execution key is the execution key, the process proceeds to step 6 to select the score symbol selection cursor 50.
The musical score symbol pointed to by is assigned to the cursor position of the character input cursor 60 and stored in the musical score data expansion memory 24, and then the process returns to step 2.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 5 that the accepted key input is not the execution key, step 7
Then, it is determined whether the received key input is a key input for instructing the movement of the musical score symbol selection cursor 50. In the case of this embodiment, the musical score symbol selection cursor 50
When instructing to move the cursor, the user presses the cursor movement key 30 and the extended function key 31 at the same time.
It is determined whether or not the received key input is for this simultaneous keying.

When it is determined in step 7 that the received key input is a key input for instructing the movement of the musical score symbol selection cursor 50, the process proceeds to step 8.
According to the received key input, the musical score symbol selection cursor 50 is moved and the process returns to step 2.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 7 that the received key input is not the key input for instructing the movement of the musical score symbol selection cursor 60, the process proceeds to step 9 and the received key input is the character input cursor 60. It is determined whether or not the key input is an instruction to move. In the case of this embodiment, when instructing the movement of the character input cursor 60, the user taps only the cursor movement key 30, so it is determined whether or not the received key input is the key input. Of.

When it is determined in step 9 that the received key input is the key input for instructing the movement of the character input cursor 60, the process proceeds to step 10 and, according to the received key input, the character input cursor 60 is input. To move to step 2.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 9 that the received key input is not the key input for instructing the movement of the character input cursor 60, the process proceeds to step 11,
The control is passed to the word processor function execution program 25 to execute the key processing of the inputted key input, thereby executing the editing processing of the musical score stored in the musical score data expansion memory 24 and returning to step 2. .

When the control is passed in this way, the word processor function execution program 25 calls the line drawing function when, for example, two quarter note head parts are assigned to the staff, and according to this line drawing function,
From the heads of these two quarter notes, add the stems and
A sixteenth note like that shown in FIG. That is, according to this line drawing function, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. 8, first, by selecting a graphic type such as a straight line or a curved line by interacting with the user, then by interacting with the user, Select the line type such as thin line or thick line, then specify the start position of the line by interacting with the user, and then specify the end position of the line by interacting with the user. By drawing and repeating this drawing process, a sixteenth note as shown in FIG. 7 is generated.

Then, the word processor function execution program 25 also calls the line drawing function to display a score symbol not drawn on the template 20 such as a decrescendo (see FIG. 9 described later) or a tie (see FIG. 9 described later). You can execute the creation process or call the document creation function,
Documents such as comments are written in the score, and editing functions such as copying and moving are called to execute the editing process of the created score.

In this way, the musical score symbol allocation program 23 allocates the musical score symbol pointed by the musical score symbol selection cursor 50 to the cursor position of the character input cursor 60 while using the word processor function execution program 25. The music score illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10 is created.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the example,
Although it has been disclosed that the cursor movement keys 30 are used as one set and the movement of the musical score symbol selection cursor 50 / character input cursor 60 is controlled by turning on / off the extended function keys 31, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, the cursor movement keys may be prepared separately.

In the embodiment, the musical score symbols assigned to the lines of the staff and the musical score symbols assigned to the lines of the staff are separately prepared and displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this. Is not limited to such 2
When the cursor position of the musical score symbol selection cursor 50 is designated, the musical score symbol selection cursor 5 is selected so that the musical score symbols to be prepared are separately expanded in memory.
When it is determined whether or not the score symbol indicated by 0 has such a property that two types should be prepared, and when it is determined that the two types have the property to be prepared, the character input cursor 60 It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which any type is selected and assigned according to the cursor position.

Further, although the present invention has been disclosed according to the application example to the document creating apparatus in the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to other data processing apparatus such as a personal computer as it is. .

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It becomes possible to create a score electronically by simply adding a simple function to the data processing device. At this time, the data processing device does not need to have a highly functional coordinate position designating means such as a mouse. From now on, it becomes possible to electronically create a score using the document creation device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a document creation apparatus including the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a key configuration of a keyboard.

FIG. 4 is a processing flow executed by a musical score symbol allocation program.

FIG. 5 is an example of a musical score symbol template.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a staff notation drawing process.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of sixteenth notes.

FIG. 8 is a processing flow of a line drawing function.

FIG. 9 is an example of a musical score created.

FIG. 10 is an example of a musical score created.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Data Processing Device 10 Display Means 11 Keyboard Means 12 Input / Output Control Means 13 Main Cursor Movement Control Means 14 Word Processor Function Execution Means 15 Music Score Development Means 16 Display Control Means 17 Cursor Movement Control Means 18 Allocation Means 19 Judgment Means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A data having a score creating function for processing so as to electronically create a score by allocating a score symbol to the notation while displaying the notation on a display screen by adopting a structure for displaying a cursor. In the processing device, display control means (16) for displaying a list of musical score symbols on the display screen, and cursor movement for controlling the movement of the musical score symbol selection cursor moving on the musical score symbols displayed by the display control means (16). When the cursor position of the musical score symbol selection cursor controlled by the control means (17) and the cursor movement control means (17) is designated, the musical score symbol pointed to by the musical score symbol selection cursor is set to the cursor position of the cursor. A data processing device having a score creating function, characterized in that it is provided with an allocating means (18) for allocating. 2. A data processing apparatus having a music score creating function according to claim 1, comprising a word processor function having at least a line drawing function, and using the function as needed to create a music score. A data processing device with a musical score creation function characterized by being performed. 3. A data processing device having a score creating function according to claim 2, wherein the display control means (16) displays a part of the score symbol in a not complete form but in a partially omitted form. A data processing device that has a musical score creation function that is characterized by processing. 4. A data processing device having a music score creating function according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the display control means (16) defines a part or all of the score symbols as score symbols assigned to the lines of the staff. , A data processing device having a music score creating function, which is characterized by separately preparing and displaying the score symbols assigned to the lines of the staff. 5. The data processing apparatus having the score creating function according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein some or all of the score symbols are assigned between the score symbols assigned to the lines of the staff and the lines of the score. When two types of score symbols are prepared, and when the cursor position of the score symbol selection cursor controlled by the cursor movement control means (17) is designated, the score symbol pointed to by the score symbol selection cursor is A determining means (19) for determining whether or not the determining means (19) has two types, and the allocating means (18) determines that the determining means (19) is a score symbol having the two types. , A data processing device with a score creation function characterized by selecting and assigning one of the types according to the cursor position of the main cursor.