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CareManager Population Health Management Platform Received Highest Grades in the Analyst's Report Based upon Product Capabilities, Product Vision, Market Execution and Market Vision
Feb 26, 2016, 08:00 ET from Enli Health Intelligence
BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Enli Health Intelligence, the market leader in population health management technology, announced today that CareManager, its enterprise-class care coordination platform, has been recognized as the top rated solution by Chilmark Research. Chilmark is a global research and advisory firm that focuses solely on the market for health IT solutions.
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Chapter 6 - Allies in the Earth
Shinn walked across the desert alone. His clothes were still torn from his battle with Xu and he was unarmed, having lost his sword during the fight. The desert was hotter than usual but Shinn was unfazed.
It had been mere hours since his fight that left him half-dead. But thanks to his mysterious power, Shinn was already fighting-fit. He had decided against returning to the town as Xu would have left by now. Instead he was heading to a nearby city, the capital of culture in the Earth Kingdom, called Isu.
Shinn knew he would have to master his power before charging in again. This new-found patience was unnerving to him but it was mostly due to the voice that had kept him alive thus far.
As he walked alone, the sandstorm picked up. Shinn was still unfazed but stopped. He listened before turning away to catch a knife that was about to hit him. He glanced forward to see a group of people in front of him.
"This is our territory you take a great risk coming here," said their Leader.
"Do you think I care?" replied Shinn in a cold voice.
"This is your last warning or we'll attack you!" shouted the Leader.
"Try me," taunted Shinn.The men disappeared in a gust of sand and Shinn smiled before blocking all three of their attacks. Two with his arms and one with his knee. He sent a shockwave of fire knocking the men back. They clambered to their feet before unleashing a flurry of sand at Shinn's face. Although blinded, Shinn could still sense their movement and successfully predicted all of their attacks, astounding the men.
As Shinn regained his eyesight, a new foe stood in front of him. A man wearing a headdress adorned with gold. He wore light body armour yet carried an impressive spear. He looked up and Shinn knew he was examining his fighting capabilities. He dismounted his horse and stood before Shinn.
"You have...skill young warrior," he said.
"Thanks for the compliment," replied Shinn.
Shinn blinked and to his surprise the man was already charging towards him, unexpectedly he jumped over Shinn before striking. To his shock, Shinn had stopped his spear in between his hands. The man reclaimed his spear and attacked again but all of his attacks were blocked by Shinn who was using Firebending as a Shield.
The Man recoiled and smiled. He relaxed his fighting posture and put his spear into the sand.
"What is your name warrior?" he asked.
"My name is Shinn, Shinn Fey," Shinn replied.
"I am Ren Xu, The Spear of Justice," Ren Xu said proudly
"You're fond of yourself..." muttered Shinn.
"Humph, what of you?"
"I'm the Avatar."
The men broke out laughing while Ren maintained a more serious face. Shinn raised a finger causing a small pillar of earth to rise and hit one of the men in the face.
"Indeed you are Shinn," said Ren.
"Good, now goodbye," said Shinn walking away.
"What's the rush?"
"I have 'business' to attend to."
"Where are you headed?"
"To Isu."
"Come with us we have a spare horse," said Ren pointing out an unoccupied horse.
"Sure..." replied Shinn climbing on.
The group began to ride as the sandstorm settled down.
"I have never seen someone so eager to trust people."
"Let's just say I have few friends."
"Or you know I won't attack you."
"Indeed, I just bested you and your men I highly doubt you'd attack again."
"Who attacked you?" asked Ren looking at Shinn's half destroyed clothing.
"Xu Ki, a Fire Nation General."
"I know him."
"From Where!?"
"The Fire Lord is coming to Isu in two weeks and your friend Xu will be there."
"You can get me to him?" asked Shinn in anticipation.
"Possibly, if you help me."
"How do you mean?"
"If you just show up, it will look suspicious. Join my unit and fight with me."
"Fine, just get me into that meeting," shouted Shinn.
Ren nodded as Shinn thought over this opportunity with this. He could kill Xu within two weeks. A few fights before that would be an easy price to pay and would help him practice for his showdown with Xu. In the distance they could see the lights of Isu. Shinn looked at his new partner Ren and smiled.
Isu, 10 minutes Later...
The group arrived at a small barrack surrounded by trees. The base was not in the city but on its borders, as Ren tossed a uniform at Shinn. "Put it on," he ordered.
A commander arrived and inspected Ren's unit and was surprised to see Shinn emerging now fully dressed.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Sh-Lee Chu," Shinn quickly replied.
"Another Lee ey?"
The Commander looked over Shinn and took notes of his appearance before drawing his weapon and attacking. Shinn quickly drew his sword and countered before knocking the commander down with his sword pressed against his neck.
"So what do you think?" asked Shinn smiling.
"You're in, kid..." replied the Commander, stumbling to his feet embarrassed.
The shamed Commander soon left red-faced. Shinn holstered his weapon to hear Ren laughing. He remarked how no one had ever countered that attack and congratulated 'Lee' on his first impression.
Fire Nation Throne Room, 2 days later...
"He is dead my lord," said Xu Ki bowing.
"Excellent work, I didn't think you could do something right Xu..." remarked Fire Lord Zuang.
"I aim to serve you best I can," said Xu proudly, "No chance of him surviving."
"I don't know why you bothered coming back."
"But I did as you ordered!" said a shocked Xu.
"I know, but you're coming with me on a visit in the 2 weeks."
"Sorry my lord I did-"
"That is enough of that for now Xu," said Zuang, "Enjoy yourself! You just killed an Avatar isn't that worthy of celebration?!"
"I guess it is lord," replied Xu who was blown away by the comment.
"Well then go!" said Zuang ordering him to leave.
Xu bowed again before leaving the throne room. He was unnerved by Zuang's mysterious comments but ignored them. Shinn was finally dead and he could put this all behind him. Despite this, Xu still had a feeling of doubt in his mind.
Sorry If I've disappointed everyone as this is mainly just a filler chapter. I promise 'The Assassin' is action packed and reviews are welcome as always. Carloso 00:24, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
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Book 1: Beginnings
A New Land - Tensions - The Prince - Revelations - A Dark Past - Allies in the Earth - The Assassin - Duel on the Plains - The Unleashing - Decisions
Book 2: Disturbance
Ambush at Patola - The Airbender - Trouble is Never Far Away


text: Here is a link to a music video I did aerial work for. A good example of reality. My video comprises about 10 seconds on this video (Inspire X3) and the rest was shot on Red Epics. I spent hours flying and recording. On the other hand, I got to work with a very cool band and production crew.


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I don't always play the Xbox 360, but when I do, I prefer Gears of War or Halo. Enough Dos Equis references, so its getting a little late from talking about E3, but that won't stop me from reviewing the conferences. So about Microsoft, there have been complaints that they focused too much on casual gaming, and or how it just wasn't good. Now that I have watched it, I can understand why people had these opinions. For now, let's see how it turned out bit by bit, heres the conference to refresh your memory.
Halo 4
I honestly have never been the biggest fan of Halo, but I really enjoy the game don't get me wrong. So when the conference begins, they show what seems to be a trailer about a large organized group going onto an expensive research ship, for peaceful advances of mankind, not war, the ship ends up being disabled by an unknown force and crashes onto the planet it was orbiting. The whole time I was wondering, what game is this? Then I see Master Chief watch the ship crash as another sphere like ship follows it. Then the Halo 4 demo begins, not that we didn't see this coming this year, but it was still just as exiting for anyone who has been waiting. But the gameplay demo was not impressive but looks fun. The enemies were these kind we have never seen before. The demo was just Chief fighting these enemies until the Chief got caught between a rock and a hard place then the demo ended. One really annoying part, was how Cortana had to comment on EVERYTHING that happens. If they want to show us a trailer, then gameplay, then save the talking for the trailer.
But overall, it was a positive and good way to begin the conference, and nice to see what Halo 4 will be like.
How Awesome The Xbox 360 Is, and Splinter Cell Blacklist
Don Mattrick comes on stage and basically starts talking about how the 360 is the best selling console in North America and now, the world apparently, and how your going to see the best line up of games this year. So they started out with the demo for Blacklist but didn't say what game it was until they showed this interesting gameplay/cutscene part of the demo where you take advantage of their wounded soldier and end up getting the leader right where you want him too. But as interesting as it was, I want to know more, and gladly they explained. They continued the demo and showed how you can take out multiple enemies at once in many different ways that were demonstrated, it looked really fun and easy, while it all depends on your approach.
The rest of the demo showed us more of it interesting gameplay mechanics, it looks like a really fun stealth action experience, and I look forward to getting it now.
EA Sports
So EA decides to show us some Kinect being used with Fifa and Madden. I don't want to explain every bit of this part, because there isn't too much to explain, bascially they introduced voice control, which allows you to control other players and if you curse, you will get a penalty for foul language, since the Kinect does hear you. Now thats funny. Other than that, theres not much more.
Your average Fifa and Madden with Kinect control.
Fable The Journey
All they revealed was a trailer overly emphasizing the Kinect controls. They constantly were showing us a kid in the trailer doing all the moves causing the attacks in the game to occur, as if we didn't already understand they're using Kinect. So there were monsters and explosions and fights and then the release date holiday 2012. EA sports already ate up quite a bit of time with their demo, so I think a trailer was enough for Fable, or the other way around, a trailer and demo for Fable, which is what we are more interested in and EA Sports can give us a trailer and leave.
The Journey looks interesting especially with Kinect controls, and by interesting, I mean most likly not to be half as fun and accurate as the controls look.
Gears of War Judgment
The trailer looks promising as a prequel, we have new characters, new story before Marcus', and we got to see a few flashes of gameplay.
Nothing else much, can't wait for it in 2013.
Forza Horizon
Time for the highest rated racing franchise of this generation. Forza Horizon looks really nice in graphics, and gameplay. The variety of where you race looks promising.
This looks like another good exclusive for the Xbox 360, coming out October 2012.
So this guy comes up and explains how its about movies music and other forms of entertainment besides games, as if that was their strongpoint. Then he demonstrates how to find things in the Live store with Kinect voice control. They do the same with internet search in different languages too, which was cool. Also MLB TV and ESPN Watch Now were shown.
But they went on and on and even made a video trailer on all these features, was this necessary? We got it after the first minute he started talking.
Nike comes up out of the blue, and tells us about fitness, and Nike fuel, allowing you to compete and interact when doing any activity, as well as feedback on how your work outs are. I thought, ok Mr, what does this have to do with Kinect? They will redefine personal training at home with the Kinect, the first thing I thought was an extreme Wii Fit.
Even though technology seems more accurate, a real life trainer has always been best for me.
Smart Glass
This man, introduces us to the Xbox Smart Glass. Say if you want to finish the movie you were watching on your Windows tablet, on your TV, simply one touch will do that. The tablet sort of acts like a Wii U Gamepad if you think of it. And the next thing you know, they're showing us how it works in gameplay, JUST like the Wii U, yet here they used Madden as a demonstration, as if we didn't see it enough. Then they demonstrate Smart Glass with, Halo 4? Yup, but not really in the core gameplay but when discovering new locations and getting info on your tablet, you can also get notifications when a friends invites you in multiplayer, it would save your data and immediately put you in the multiplayer game. But please, tell me why its such a problem if we can do these things on our TV? I guess for advertising, they showed us a trailer from the movie, Prometheus by using the Kinect.
This part of the conference wasn't even THAT interesting, but it took way too long and I'd call it the Wonderbook of Microsofts Conference.
Tomb Raider
I'm so glad to get back to game after all that Smart Glass talk. So the demo looks rather like Uncharted to be honest, and those were my own personal thoughts upon seeing the gameplay. Lara speaks with a friend in great distress implying that she is not in the best situation in this game. We see Lara killing many people with her bow, as well as guns later on. But she uses her environment in various places to kill enemies, like lighting them on fire, running them over with barrels, and much more. But near the end of the demo was when it started to get interesting, she is stuck in the up side down cockpit of a plane and attempts to reach a parachute above her without breaking the glass barely holding her weight. I was on the edge of my seat at this moment, of course we know she won't die, but Lara, like Nathan Drake, always seems to find a way out of anything.
This game looks very promising for those into linear and beautiful action adventure shooters, I can't wait.
Ascend New Gods
Looks like a bloody fun action game, but I'm going to need to see a lot more first, besides this trailer.
But from what we saw, it looks pretty good.
Resident Evil 6
The moment we have all been waiting for. So as the demo begins, Leon wakes up and has to escape a helicopter killing everything in sight, so he goes through a few buildings and demonstrates some great new ways to kill the infected. But what really got my attention was the gameplay seems to resemble Operation Raccoon City rather than Resident Evil 4 or 5. I hope this doesnt mean the game will be a let down, but I'm sure Capcom knows what they're doing. The gameplay looks fun though, don't get me wrong, very fun, could be the best Resident Evil yet, who knows. After Leon gets in the chopper, the pilot in unconscious, something always happens to the pilot, how cliche. Theres a lot of interaction in cutscenes like controlling the chopper while shooting a zombie in the back seat. This is something where I'm not sure if it would be great or just dumb. The cutscenes are beautiful though, and it ends with Leon being stuck in a room completely filled with zombies.
Not entirely sure what to expect of the game after the demo, but I'm hoping for the best.
This is a Kinect game for download on Xbox Live. You basically wreck castles with the Kinect controls to control the moving boulder in the air to where you want it to. This game looks decent, but the way you destroy the castle looks bad, when you hit a part of each castle, that whole section immediately is destroyed, not the part that you hit. They then showed how you can fly a boulder into a castle triggering explosives destroying the entire castle.
Looks like a Kinect version of Destroy The Castle, which can have some potential.
South Park The Stick of Truth
Everyone wake up from all that Kinect crap, its time for the South Park video game. From the trailer we saw, we have got to see humor, story, and focus on the player. So the creators of the show came up on stage and asked "How many times have you been watching an episode of South Park and thought, I wanna be able to watch this on my television, while hooked into my mobile device, which is being controlled by my tablet device, which is hooked into my oven, all while sitting in the refrigerator." We all just laughed. Anyway they explained how the game will be as if your in the show, which is good. You play as the new kid trying to be the 5th kid in the main four South Park characters we know and have laughed at all this time.
This looks like it will be great for anyone who wants a laugh or if your just a South Park fan.
Dance Central 3
Ugh, more Kinect. You know, I'm not a hater, I really am not, but more than half the conference was Kinect and now this? Come on now. Anyway they showed us a gameplay trailer, then had live music with Usher Raymond. Was this necessary at all? I'd rather learn more about the game than watch live music. I have nothing against the man and his music, but this is a video game convention, not a concert hall. At least they demonstrated the Kinect during the live music, to get a feel of what the game is about and you can do what he just did on stage.
I don't have anything against dancing games but, having an artist himself play the game can have different effects on viewers and I can respect that, in my view, it was unnecessary.
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
At least there isn't any Kinect in this demo. So this is a part of a Call of Duty campaign, where you go around and you shoot people with guns? Wrong! There are robots this time around, and fighting them seems to be not so different than fighting humans. Instead of describing the whole demo, which would take forever, I'll just say this looks like a good campaign, with all honesty, the story looks like it could be interesting.
The gameplay still is kinda going around and shooting people. But thats ok, because its fun, and this is a Treyarch campaign which means it should be better than Black Ops and Infinityward's.
Well I'm finally done with reviewing the big 3 at E3 this year, I sadly won't be reviewing Ubisoft and EA. So Microsoft didn't really do it for many this year, we say Halo and Blacklist which were pretty cool but everything else was Kinect and Sports. Its like watching the Wonderbook demo for more than half a conference. We get it you gotta support the Kinect but we don't want Kinect as much as we want regular games, also Smart Glass was over shown and took some time as well. The game line up was decent, wasn't great, but some were good.
Microsoft didn't impress me this year, instead of wasting their time with the silly Kinect games they should have shown us demos for the game at the show like Gears of War Judgment, and even Fable The Journey, with Kinect but focus more on new elements of gameplay.
On a scale of 1-10 I give Microsoft's E3 Press Conference a 6.0
That sums up my review for Microsoft at E3 2012. It's sad that their conference didn't live up to our expectations. My Who Won E3 Blog will come up soon!
Thanks for reading, and good night.


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RRS Boaty McBoatface is also beating RRS David Attenborough and RRS Henry Worsley, named after a famous British explorer and following in the tradition of naming the ships after iconic adventurers.
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|Aug 18, 1987
|Filing date
|Apr 18, 1984
|Priority date
|Apr 18, 1984
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|Steven J. Salani, Jeffrey C. Moffatt
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|Forte Music, Inc.
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (15), Referenced by (26), Classifications (12), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to keyboard operated musical instruments. More particularly, the present invention relates to interfacing an acoustic or electrically amplified piano to a digital computer, storage device, or music synthesizer.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Since before the turn of the century, efforts have been made to capture information from acoustic keyboard instruments as the instruments are played. Early devices of this type were predominantly player pianos wherein a performance could be captured in the form of holes on paper that controlled a pneumatic piano control system. The point of such devices was to make one recording on a paper roll of the performance. Thereafter, the performance could be replayed as desired on a player piano by use of a copy of the original paper roll.
One more recent approach to capturing keyboard information during a performance employs a switch matrix including a single matrix row coupled to a bus extending underneath a piano keyboard and having a number of matrix columns corresponding to the number of keys on the instrument. The switch matrix includes a contact on each key operable to contact the matrix bus when the key is operated and thus indicate a switch closure. Such device is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,604,299, issued to Englund, Sept. 14, 1971.
The installation of such device is time consuming and, therefore, expensive. Once installed, it is likely that the action of the piano may be affected. Additionally, the open contact and bus system is subject to performance degradation and lack of reliability as the result of oxidation and contact wear. A similar arrangement is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 4,023,456, issued to Groeschel on May 17, 1977.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,104,949, issued to Clark on Aug. 8, 1978, provides a series of keys located on the piano above the keyboard and including sensors responsive to keyboard operation. The location of such device above the keyboard eliminates some of the playing area on the keyboard available to the musician and, thus, interferes with normal keyboard operation.
The most recent approach to capturing keyboard information in a mechanical or electrical manner is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,307,648, issued to Stahnke on Dec. 29, 1971 and in U.S. Pat. No. 4,351,221, issued to Starnes et al. on Sept. 28, 1982. Both such devices use an optical switch including a light source and photo cell. Key operation results in movement of a key or hammer within the piano mechanism that produces a corresponding movement of a flag attached thereto. As a result, a beam of light between the light source and photo cell is broken by interposition of the flag, and information is produced corresponding to key operation.
Such devices are installed to the piano action during a time consuming and, therefore, expensive installation procedure. Because there is continual movement of the flag, there is a likelihood that the flag will become dislodged or slip out of alignment and not operate the optical switch properly. Thus, such systems generally require considerable maintenance. Furthermore, the addition of a flag to the piano action might, in some circumstances, affect the action of the piano and, thus, alter or degrade the feel and playing quality of the piano.
An additional problem in prior art keyboard interfaces is that of cabling. A standard piano keyboard has eighty-eight keys. Known keyboard interfaces, therefore, require a cable assembly including eighty-nine wires (eighty-eight key wires and one return or ground wire). Although there have been some attempts to reduce this number of wires through various decoding and latching schemes, generally, significant problems are introduced by the prior art devices when routing cables to transfer electronic signals in response to keyboard operation.
Electronic musical instruments include the well-known electronic music synthesizer, a device that is capable of imitating many known electronic and acoustic instruments, as well as producing its own unique sounds. Electronic music synthesizers are operated by keyboards, or slide controllers or both. One disadvantage of an electronic music synthesizer is that the keyboard generally provided is of a size (that is, number of keys), and has an action or feel unlike that of acoustic pianos. Many musicians have studied on acoustic pianos. A musician who has become accustomed to the feel of a particular keyboard tends to prefer that particular keyboard over other keyboards having a different feel.
Another disadvantage of synthesizers is that they introduce an additional keyboard into a playing configuration. For example, during a performance, a musician who plays both an acoustic keyboard instrument and an electronic music synthesizer has to physically shift between the two. Such additional keyboards take up space in the club or theater where the performance is to be held and provide extra equipment to be transported from location to location in accordance with the musician's itinerary.
The present invention is a digital interface for acoustic and electrically amplified pianos. The invention allows the operation of such pianos without interfering with the action or feel of the piano keyboard. The device, when installed to the piano, allows the piano to be operated as an acoustic instrument, as a controller for an electronic musical instrument or electronic storage device, and as both an acoustic and electronic musical instrument simultaneously.
The invention includes a plurality of polymer-type switches, one each associated with each keyboard key. The switches are mounted to a modular switch assembly that is fastened to the piano directly beneath the piano keys. The invention provides height and side-to-side switch alignment adjustments to permit accurate registration between the piano keys and the switch assembly switches without interfering with piano keyboard action or feel. Because modular assemblies are used, the present invention is readily installed within any acoustic piano in a relatively short period of time and with minimal effort and expense. The use of polymer switches insures reliability and ease of operation.
The invention may also include polymer switches of the type including two contact sets, each of which is operated at a different point during key travel. In this way, information relating to the intensity, attack, sustain, and decay of each played note may be captured and used to control an electronic instrument.
The invention may also provide pedal interface switches to control piano sustain, keyboard transposition, and keyboard range selection. Information collected via the present invention may be used to control an electronic instrument operating in the musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) standard. Such standard is commonly in use in the musical industry and, thus, allows the present invention to control any of the several commercially available electronic musical instruments, data storage devices, or digital computers.
The present invention provides a switch matrix for each switch assembly by which switch closure information is encoded. Several switch assemblies may be used, depending on keyboard length. All switch assemblies are identical in configuration, readily interconnected, and transparent one to the other within the interface.
A shift register is provided on each switch assembly that controls a series of switch matrix columns. Each switch matrix row corresponds to a bit position in a digital data byte stream. The present invention reduces the cabling requirement within the interface by sharing a data bus and by sequentially operating the shift registers in such manner that, at any given time during a sequence, only one column within all of the switch assemblies is actuated. This is accomplished by loading a logic "one" into an initial shift register and using a microprocessor generated clock signal to shift the logic "one" through the shift register. After an initial shift register has had the logic "one" shifted therethrough, the logic "one" is passed to subsequent shift registers and shifted across these and other switch assemblies until the entire keyboard is scanned. Thereafter, the process repeats.
The present invention provides a simple, reliable, and easy to install digital interface for acoustic and electric pianos. A digital output is provided in a known standard format by the invention which interferes only negligibly with keyboard operation, action, and dynamics.
FIG. 1 is a perspective cross-sectional view of a piano keyboard showing the keyboard in partial cutaway, including the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a piano keyboard showing the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational cross-sectional view of a keyboard, including the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional detail of polymer switch of the type used in the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing in detail a switch assembly according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a microprocessor control for the present invention; and
FIG. 7 is a flow diagram showing microprocessor operation of the present invention.
The present invention is a digital interface for acoustic and electrically amplified pianos. The device is intended for use with such pianos in a studio or during a live performance. The invention is readily installed to a piano keyboard without modification of the keyboard or the piano action. Thus, the invention is quickly installed without changing the feel or appearance of the keyboard--it is transparent to the player. A piano keyboard K is shown in a perspective cross-sectional view in FIG. 1 including a series of piano keys 10-12. The present invention consists of at least one switch assembly S mounted to a top surface 15 of a keyboard base 14. A series of switches 16a-16c are located directly underneath piano keys 10-12. When one of keys 10-12 is struck by a musician, corresponding key movement operates an associated one of switches 16a-16c to produce a switch closure.
For the sake of brevity, only three keys (10-12) and three corresponding switches (16a-16c are shown. A standard keyboard to which the present invention is intended to be attached includes eighty-eight keys and, therefore, eighty-eight corresponding switches. Likewise, one switch assembly is shown in FIG. 1, although, for an eighty-eight key keyboard, three such assemblies are used in the preferred embodiment of the invention.
Switch assembly S includes a printed circuit board 17 to which switches 16a-16c are mounted. Printed circuit board 17 includes at least one slot 22a through which a fastener 21a extends for securing printed circuit board 17 to switch assembly base 18. Printed circuit board 17 is spaced from base 18 by a spacer 23. Slot 22a allows side-to-side movement of the printed circuit board relative to piano keyboard K. In this way, switches 16a-16c may be placed exactly under, and in proper registration with, corresponding keys 10-12.
Switch assembly base 18 includes several apertures through which a fastener, such as mounting screws 19a and 19b extend to secure switch assembly base 18 to keyboard base 14 at base surface 15. Spacers 24a and 24b are used to set the elevation of switches 16a-16c relative to keys 10-12 in such manner that key travel properly operates the switches. This adjustment can be critical in some embodiments of the invention where velocity information is also detected by the switches. In the preferred embodiment, commonly available piano shims are used to adjust the height of the switch assembly.
A top plan view of keyboard K showing switch assembly S is provided in FIG. 2. Slots 22a and 22b are shown along with corresponding fasteners 21a and 21b. A series of switches 16a-16j are shown arranged across and fastened to switch assembly S. The output of switch assembly S is routed through a cable 26 to a connector 27. Digital signals produced by the invention are thereafter processed and coupled to an electronic musical instrument or storage device according to the musical instrument digital interface standard (MIDI), or any other data standard.
A side elevational cross-sectional view of piano keyboard K is shown in FIG. 3. A profile of switch assembly S is shown including a switch 16a spaced from key 10. As stated above, vertical spacing of the switch from the keyboard key is accomplished by spacers 24a and 24b. The switch assembly is fastened to keyboard base 14 by fasteners 19a and 19b which may be threaded fasteners, such as screws having threaded fastening surfaces 28a and 28b.
A detailed side view of switch assembly S is shown in FIG. 4. Printed circuit board 17 includes a component portion 32, a threaded fastener 31 and a nut 30 for securing printed circuit board 17 to switch assembly base 18, and a switch 16a.
Switch 16a is of the type of polymer switch that is known in the art, such as is manufactured by the Panasonic Corporation, Division of Matsushita Corporation of Japan, and may be formed from such polymeric materials as silicone rubber. The switch includes a contact portion 34 and a flexure portion 37. The preferred embodiment of the invention provides two sets of switch contacts, a central switch contact set 35 and a circumferential outer switch contact set 36. Two such contact sets are provided to sense the dynamics of key motion. That is, the structure of switch flexure portion 37 is such that a greater amount of travel is required to close contact set 36. Thus, when an assooiated piano key is pressed, only contact set 35 is initially closed. Shortly thereafter (depending on the amount of force with which the piano key is struck), contact set 36 is closed. As long as such force is maintained on the piano key, contact sets 35 and 36 remain closed. When pressure is released from the piano key, contact set 36 is opened first. Shortly thereafter, contact set 35 is opened.
The various dynamics of striking a piano key are thus modeled by the closure of both switch contact sets, the interval between closure of the first switch contact set and the second switch contact set, the interval during which both contact sets remain closed, and interval between the opening of one contact set and the other contact set.
A schematic diagram showing in detail a switch assembly S is provided by FIG. 5. Switches 16a-16n are shown in a switch/diode matrix M, including columns C1-C8 and rows DATA0 -DATA7. For the sake of simplicity, only switches 16a, 16b, and 16n are designated in FIG. 5 The discussion herein applies equally to the other switches shown but undesignated in the schematic diagram. Likewise, only accompanying diodes D1, D2, and Dn are designated in FIG. 5.
All switches are located at an intersection of the rows and columns of matrix M, as shown. Additionally, all twelve signal and control lines--DATA0 --DATA7, DATA IN (or DATA OUT), CLOCK, +SUPPLY, and GROUND --are cascaded through all circuit boards used in the keyboard interface. Thus, lines 38 provide an input to switch assembly 17 and lines 39 provide an output therefrom. In like manner, lines 39 provide an input to switch assembly 40 and lines 41 provide an output therefrom.
The DATA IN and CLOCK signals are provided by a microprocessor (discussed below) and are used to drive the switch/diode matrix. The status of a particular switch is read back to the microprocessor via the data bus (DATA0 -DATA7).
Each of matrix columns C1-C8 is driven by one output of a serial in/parallel out shift register 42. On initial power-up, the DATA IN line is held low by the microprocessor and the CLOCK line is pulsed repeatedly. In this way, a logic "zero" is propagated to all outputs of the shift register. The last output of the shift register is sent on the DATA OUT line to the next switch assembly, where it is used as DATA IN signal for the shift register associated with that switch assembly. Eventually, all matrix columns in all of the switch assemblies are initialized to a logic "zero", and the device is ready to start reading switch data.
To read a first group of eight switches, such as column C1, a logic "one" is placed on the DATA IN line and the CLOCK line is pulsed once. The logic "one" appears on shift register 42 output QA. Any switches in the column C1 that are closed change the corresponding data lines to a logic "one." All other data lines are held at a logic "zero" by the microprocessor.
The eight lines of the data bus (DATA0 -DATA7) are then read by the microprocessor. Accordingly, switch associated keys are scanned in byte groups from which a keyboard data frame is assembled. To read the next (second) group of eight switches, the DATA IN line is held low and the CLOCK line is pulsed once. This Causes the logic "one" to shift from output QA of shift register 42 to output QB. The status of the second switch set can now be read by the microprocessor.
This process continues until all switch matrix columns in the switch assembly have been read. In the preferred embodiment, such process scans all keyboard keys once every 1 millisecond to provide sufficient resolution for capturing all keyboard information generated by the musician. To increase efficiency during the read process, the CLOCK pulses may be generated by the microprocessor simultaneously with the data read operation of the eight switch data lines (DATA0 -DATA7). After all of the matrix columns in the first switch assembly have been read, the process continues at the next switch assembly. That is, the logic "one" is coupled via the DATA OUT line from the first switch assembly as a DATA IN signal to the next switch assembly.
A block diagram of a microprocessor board is shown in FIG. 6. A conventional eight-bit computer 44 includes a CPU 45, read only memory 46, random access memory 47, and input/output elements 48. The microprocessor board receives power connections 51, information from the switch assemblies at connection 52, information from piano pedal switch assembly 54 at connection 53, and input and output information to and from the remote electronic musical instrument or storage device at connection 50.
Pedal switch assembly 54 includes switches S1, S2, and Sn. The preferred embodiment of the invention provides three pedal switches although any number of such pedal switches could be provided or the pedal switches may be dispensed with altogether. The pedal switches are conventional button or lever actuated switches that are mounted in contact with an appropriate section of the piano pedal linkage, or they may be separate foot-operated switch assemblies.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the pedal switches are operable to produce a piano sustain, a keyboard key transposition, and to effect keyboard range selection. Thus, note information sent to an external electronic music synthesizer can be instantaneously transposed by any interval to create harmony or octave transpositions. Keyboard range selection allows any range of keys on the piano to be defined as the active range, beyond which no note information is sent to the external synthesizer. In this way, the piano base line or lead line may be doubled to reinforce the acoustic piano line.
A flow diagram of a microprocessor control program is shown in FIG. 7. At power-on (100), the switch matrix is Cleared (101). After the matrix is cleared, a logic "one" is clocked into the first matrix column (102) and the data bus is read (103). Any changes in the data bus at that column location from a previous scan are processed by the microprocessor (104).
The microprocessor then checks to see if a last matrix column of a scan sequence has been read (105). If the last matrix column has not been read, then the microprocessor continues to clock a logic "zero" into the first matrix column (106). If the last column has been read, then the microprocessor stops the clock (107) and reads the pedal switches (108). If changes are present in the pedal switches from the last scan sequence, then these changes are processed by the microprocessor (109).
At the completion of a scan sequence, serial data corresponding to keyboard and pedal positions is transmitted to the external electronic music synthesizer or storage device (110). If the acoustic keyboard instrument is still in use (111), then the process repeats (102). If the musician is finished using the acoustic keyboard instrument, then the power is turned off (112).
The present invention is intended for installation in acoustic or electrically amplified pianos. The invention produces a serial data output stream that transmits all relevant details of the musician's performance in real time to drive an electronic musical instrument or an appropriate data storage device. In this manner, one performer may be effectively playing several instruments at once.
One important aspect of the present invention is the unique switch matrix discussed above. Such matrix reduces the cabling between the switch assemblies and the microprocessor, thus greatly simplifying the installation of the switch assemblies in the piano, and negligibly interfering with the piano action. Another advantage of the present invention is that no modification of the piano or attachment to the piano keys or moving components of the piano action of flags or switches is required. This greatly reduces installation time and avoids having to make adjustments to each key of the piano, either during installation or thereafter as part of a maintenance routine. Operation of the present invention is transparent to the performer-- there is no noticeable change in touch or appearance of the piano.
The present invention allows electronic music synthesizers from different manufacturers to be connected to a piano keyboard. In this way, the acoustic action, which is preferred by most musicians, is maintained. Yet, the keyboard may be used to drive several electronic music synthesizers, or may be used to blend the acoustic instrument sounds with electronic instrument sounds in real time. In a studio setting, the time cost of rerecording synthesizer portions of a performance are eliminated by use of the invention, and, therefore, the cost of studio time is reduced. During a live performance, the invention allows a performer to select between several keyboard devices operated concurrently or separately from a single keyboard controller. Thus, a bigger sound is provided by fewer performers.
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by Elizabeth Reninger, M.S. (Oriental Medicine)
Walking meditation is a practice that I was introduced to in 1992,
by the Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. It was offered as part
of a three-week retreat at Plum Village ~ Thich Nhat Hanhs monastery
in south-central France. Whats wonderful about this practice is that
it takes something that most of us do everyday (walking!), and transforms
in such a way that it becomes a tool for becoming more awake, more conscious,
more peaceful and clear more ALIVE in the present moment. There are
many variations of this practice. Ill offer a couple of them here,
and if youd like to learn more, a good starting-point is Thich Nhat
Hanhs beautiful little book, A Guide To Walking Meditation.
We can practice walking meditation either indoors or outside. Its
especially wonderful along the banks of a river, or on a forest path
but it can be done just about anywhere! So choose your location, and
then begin by simply standing, in a balanced way, with your arms hanging
down at your sides. Try to arrange your feet so that theyre parallel
(neither pigeon-toed nor duck-footed), and so that youre taking an
equal amount of body weight on your right foot and left foot; on the
heels and base of toes; on the inside and the outside of your feet.
Play with this for a few minutes, noticing your habitual patterns, and
~ with an attitude of kindness ~ trying to bring more balance into how
you stand.
Then, with your arms and shoulders still relaxed, hold one hand gently
in the other, either in front of your torso or behind. Now, with an
inhalation, take a slow, deliberate step forward. As you place that
first foot gently down, imagine that youre kissing the earth (with
the sole of your foot, either directly, in youre bare-foot, or through
the soles of your shoes). With the very next exhalation, step with your
other foot, again imagining it kissing the earth as it makes contact
with the ground. So were coordinating our steps with our breath with
our imagination: bringing body, mind & breath together as though we
were creating a beautiful braid, from three silken cords. Inhale~step,
exhale~step, inhale~step, exhale~step. This will most likely be quite
a bit slower than youre used to walking, and may feel quite awkward
at first. No problem! If youre patient, and stick with, little by little
it will become easier, more natural and more and more delightful!
You can also experiment with taking more than one step with each inhalation
and each exhalation, but its good to start in this slow way. (As a
way of unwinding our habit of rushing.)
Once youre comfortable with this much, you can add to the visualization,
in the following way: continue to imagine, when placing each foot, that
youre kissing the earth, and then imagine also that as you lift each
foot away from the earth (to begin its next step) that in the place
where that foot just was, a beautiful lotus flower blooms. So that as
you walk, you not only ~ with your gentle mindful stepping ~ kiss the
earth, but you also leave ~ in your wake ~ a long line of blossoming
flowers! After practicing like this for five or ten minutes, or a half
hour, notice how you feel And notice also how the world around you
now appears.
Another way of exploring this practice is to say internally, with each
inhale~step, the word yes and with each exhale~step the words thank
you. So as we inhale and place one foot down were saying yes to
life: to all its beauty as well as to the suffering that exists around
and within us, and were opening our hearts to receive all that life
has to offer. Then as we exhale and place the other foot down were
saying thank you, expressing our gratitude for this wonderful human
life, this human body, the trees and the grass, our friends and family;
gratitude for this opportunity we have to be here, practicing, and for
all the wonderful teachers & guides who have come before us. After practicing
like this ~ yes, thank you, yes, thank you ~ for five or ten minutes,
or a half hour, notice how you feel, and how the world around you is
now appearing.
And feel free to share this practice with others!


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From Los Ayala, the well-known city of Puerto Vallarta is approximately 30 miles (48 kilometers) to the south.
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Shadow and Subrosa continue their world tour, this time in Germany.
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Fit have started a Vlog series called "F-Log" featuring their team.
Above is episode 1 and episode 2 is also on their YouTube page.
BSD have uploaded the World Wide team bonus section from the Transmission DVD.
Craig Passero is busy filming for the S&M DVD but just squeezed this edit out for Primo.
Some of the BSD team visited Adelaide recently and just released the edit from the trip.
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Or more likely with a normal size skirt.
Or more likely with a normal size skirt.
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