US3926087A
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Computerized organ registration affecting system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-10-04
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Granted: 1975-12-16
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Expires: 1994-10-04
Abstract
Abstract A registration affecting system for electronic or pipe organs which provides for monitoring, storage and output actuation of stop and coupler key combinations selected by the operator of the organ. The translated outputs of organ pistons are input and scanned along a common data buss by a central processing unit. The central processing unit determines which registration aid function is being requested by the organ operator and causes actuation of the specific stop combination stored in a memory module. Upon a determination of the proper states of the stop and coupler keys to be actuated, the central processing unit initiates output actuation of the appropriate stop and coupler keys to select the tonal quality required.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven W Griffis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 21:11
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10B; G10B3/00; G10B3/10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/18; G10H1/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
270 words
An organ registration affecting system for use with electronic and pipe organs having a plurality of pistons and a plurality of stop and coupler keys and a plurality of actuators for setting and resetting the stops and couplers, said system comprising: a. input interface means for translating and presenting signals responsive to a selected piston, the state of stop and coupler keys and engagement time of the organ actuators; b. output interface means for setting and resetting the states of selected stop and coupler keys and actuators; c. a central processing unit including a program counter, address register and arithmetic and logic unit and input and output means for transferring data to and from said central processing unit respectively, said input means being coupled to said input interface means and said output means being coupled to said output interface means; d. read-only memory means for program storage, said central processing unit input means being coupled to said read-only memory means; e. random-access memory means for storing data correlating the signal responsive to a selected piston and the selected actuator, the input and output means of said control processing unit being coupled to said random access memory means; and f. at least two pages of working registers, each page comprising eight registers of two bytes each, said working registers being coupled to said arithmetic and logic unit of said central processing unit whereby a selected organ piston causes said central processing unit to correlate said piston with signals responsive to selected stop and coupler actuators, said signals responsive to said actuators being output to the organ by said output interface means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
270 words
An organ registration affecting system for use with electronic and pipe organs having a plurality of pistons and a plurality of stop and coupler keys and a plurality of actuators for setting and resetting the stops and couplers, said system comprising: a. input interface means for translating and presenting signals responsive to a selected piston, the state of stop and coupler keys and engagement time of the organ actuators; b. output interface means for setting and resetting the states of selected stop and coupler keys and actuators; c. a central processing unit including a program counter, address register and arithmetic and logic unit and input and output means for transferring data to and from said central processing unit respectively, said input means being coupled to said input interface means and said output means being coupled to said output interface means; d. read-only memory means for program storage, said central processing unit input means being coupled to said read-only memory means; e. random-access memory means for storing data correlating the signal responsive to a selected piston and the selected actuator, the input and output means of said control processing unit being coupled to said random access memory means; and f. at least two pages of working registers, each page comprising eight registers of two bytes each, said working registers being coupled to said arithmetic and logic unit of said central processing unit whereby a selected organ piston causes said central processing unit to correlate said piston with signals responsive to selected stop and coupler actuators, said signals responsive to said actuators being output to the organ by said output interface means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
94 words
An organ registration affecting system as defined in claim 1 wherein said input interface means comprsies a plurality of voltage translation circuits coupled to each of the stop and coupler keys and pistons, decoding means for an input line to be strobed, said decoding means being coupled to said address register, the output of said decoder means selecting one of the plurality of voltage translating circuits, a data multiplexer coupled to said voltage translation circuit and the output of said decoding means, said multiplexer outputting a signal responsive to the addressed voltage translating circuit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
An organ registration affecting system as defined in claim 1 wherein said output interface means comprises a plurality of binary latches equal in number to the organ actuators, output decoder means for selecting one of said plurality of said binary latches, said output decoder means being connected to selectively enable each of said latches, and output driver means for transmitting the output signal of said binary latches to the organ actuators.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
An organ registration affecting system as defined in claim 1 wherein said central processing unit includes a shift register having a parallel, 16 bit capacity, the input of said shift register being connected to the arithmetic and logic unit, OR means coupled to the output of said shift register for outputting a signal responsive to a binary one in any one of the shift register bit locations, said signal being coupled to a zero indication register.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
An organ registration affecting system as defined in claim 4 wherein said central processing unit includes a carry-borrow register coupled to the output of said arithmetic and logic unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
70 words
An organ registration affecting system as defined in claim 5 wherein said central processing unit includes a most significant bit indication register coupled to the most significant bit of the output of said shift register, conditional branching means coupled to said zero indication register, said carry-borrow register and said most significant bit indication register, said conditional branching means for producing a signal responsive to the function (N r(2))v(Z r(1))v(C r(0)).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
An organ registration affecting system as defined in claim 4 wherein said program counter includes means for resetting said program counter to zero upon the initiation of power to said cEntral processing unit.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-12-15 | 1983-06-16 | 1983-12-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-12-15 | 1987-06-16 | 1987-12-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |