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1. FIG 5 FIG 5 U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 8 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 48 FIG 5b NEED 58 H7 54 Q gu 60 b d 56 og 48 46 ids m LFO 9 SE Y E 62 Y FIG 5c A EMPTY MODFILTER PARMS FREQ 0 0 Hz FREQ MOD 0 0 Hz q 1 0 MOD 0 0 MODFILTER LFO FIG 5e US 6 564 112 B1 1 METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS BASED ON USER SPECIFICATIONS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1 Field of the Invention The invention relates to methods and systems for designing ordering and customizing electronic systems In particular it relates to creating a customized electronic system based on a user specification created using a univer sally configurable system 2 Related Art Creation of customized electronic systems is common and wide ranging In one well known example military contrac tors are provided with detailed specifications by the Defense Department the systems are subsequently designed con structed and delivered to the customer i e the Defense Department in this example Other familiar examples include construction of semi customized computer systems such as those offered by Gateway Computers The customer can order a computer tailored to his or her needs selecting items such as processors drives and modems The company then builds the particular computer and ships it to the customer The customer however has a lim2. wherein the telecommunica tions connection is an internet connection 3 A method for manufacturing a particular system based on a universal system having a plurality of elements the method including the steps of a designing the particular system on the universal system b testing the particular system as implemented on the universal system C repeating steps a and b until the particular system as tested on the universal system is acceptable d sending the design of the particular system to a manufacturer to be built using the elements of the universal system used to implement the particular system and adapting adjustable parameters of the particular system to interface with manual control interfaces on one of one or more front panels having different configura tions of manual control interfaces 4 A method as in claim 3 wherein the step of sending the design of the particular system to a manufacturer to be built includes sending the adjustable parameters of the particular system with the manual control interfaces on the one of the one or more of the front panels 5 method as in claim 4 wherein the step of sending the design of the particular system to the manufacturer is performed by sending the design to the manufacturer in a software format 6 A method as in claim 4 wherein the step of sending the design of the particular system to a manufacturer to be built includes sending the design over a telecommunica
3. If analog components are utilized in the universal system then processor P may interface with a network of switching devices such as transistors relays etc which are configured by software in the appropriate manner If a preset chosen by the user requires external input s the programming of processor P selects one or more of the external inputs 16 and configures it to receive the external input s Processor P directs the output s of the preset chosen by the user to one or more of the external outputs 18 A computer 20 such as a personal computer PC may also be used by a user to design particular systems based on 10 15 20 25 30 50 55 60 65 6 the individual modules M1 Mn and or presets supported by the universal system 10 A data cable 22 connects the PC with the interface 14 of system 10 Software loaded into the computer 20 allows the user to design and construct a particular system by configuring individual modules and or presets of the universal system 10 Once the particular system is designed the software in the PC sends instructions to the processor P of the universal system 10 universal system 10 A data cable 22 connects the PC with the interface 14 of system 10 Software loaded into the computer 20 allows the user to design and construct a particular system by configuring individual modules and or presets of the universal system 10 Once the particular system is designed the software in the P
4. Jul 28 1999 pp 1 111 entire document EXTERNAL INPUTS 12 EXTERNAL OUTPUTS Presets V2 600 dated Aug 18 1999 1 8 and two page document entitled Read Me First dated Aug 18 1999 Eventide Inc Orville Programming Manual Eventide Inc part No 141035 Manual Release 1 1 Jul 28 1999 pp 1 97 entire document Orville Modules Manual Eventide Inc part No 141035a Manual Release 1 1 Jul 29 1999 pp 1 98 entire document VSIGFILE User Manual V1 0 Eventide Inc Jan 13 1997 pp 1 22 entire document cited by examiner Primary Examiner 1 eo Picard Assistant Examiner Paul Rodriguez 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Ostrolenk Faber Gerb amp Soffen LLP 57 ABSTRACT A method and system for manufacturing a particular system based on a universal system The method includes designing the particular system on the universal system The particular system as implemented on the universal system is then tested The system is re designed and re tested until the particular system as tested on the universal system is accept able The final design of the particular system is sent to a manufacturer to be built using the elements of the universal system used to implement the particular system After the manufacturer receives the design of the particular system as implemented on the universal system it identifies the ele ments of the universal
5. PC programming interface A PC having the appropriate programming software is used to send a particular design configuration to processor P for example a design comprised of a filter followed by an amp Processor P receives software for implementing the design and thus links one of the internal inputs an audio input to the input of the filter module MI links the output of filter module M1 to the input of amp module M2 and links the output of amp module M2 to one of the external outputs an audio output In addition processor P creates a control link between a knob on the user interface 42 and filter module M1 whereby the frequency band of the filter module may be adjusted by the user as well as a control link between a second knob on the user interface 42 and the amp module M2 whereby the percentage of amplification may be controlled by the user The design can either reside in a software program generated in the PC that may be directly loaded and utilized by the processor P Alternatively it may be a set of instruc tions utilized by processor P to generate its own software program of the design FIG 35 represents the particular system as designed An audio input is supplied to the filter 1 the filter output is supplied to amplifier M2 and the output of amplifier is supplied to an audio output Two knobs on user interface 42 labeled and are shown which are configured to control the frequency of the filter mo
6. high 56 of the modfilter module is connected to gt out2 The output out 58 of LFO module is connected to the modulation input fmod 52 of the modfilter module For the configuration shown in FIG 5c the modfilter module will filter a signal input signal applied to its input 50 via input inl gt of the Orville frequencies in the input signal that lie below a cutoff frequency of the modfilter module will be output at low output 54 of the modfilter module which is connected to out1 representing an output of the Orville All frequencies in the input signal that lie above the cutoff frequency will be output at high output 56 which is connected to gt out2 representing a second output of the Orville In addition the cutoff frequency of the modfilter module varies as a function of the signal applied to the modulation input 52 Thus the signal output at the LFO module s output 58 will modulate the cutoff frequency of the modfilter module As noted certain parameters of the modulating filter are adjustable in order to attain desired audio effects As also noted above in order to make the adjustable parameters for both the LFO and modfilter modules available in the PARAMETER area of the Orville when the program is downloaded the userobject outputs of the modules must be connected to the userobject inputs of the head module In order for the adjustable parameters of both the LFO module and the
7. in manufacturing the particular system The particular system will include a processor but includes less software than the universal system since it will only have to support the particular system shown in FIG 35 It will therefore not have to be programmable and will not have to support the other aspects of the universal DSP shown in FIG 3a such as the phase shifter module M3 multiple inputs and outputs US 6 564 112 B1 11 multiple controls etc other hardware components of the universal DSP such as chips switching external interface connections control knobs and buttons etc that are not needed in implementing the particular system shown in FIG 3b are excluded As noted above for this example FIG 35 depicts the particular system designed as implemented on the DSP of FIG 3a As also noted directly above the particular system built by the manufacturer will use only the modules soft ware and hardware from the DSP needed to support the particular system Thus the particular system as built by the manufacturer will likewise be represented as shown in FIG 3b However the particular system as manufactured will not include the other components of the DSP The manufacturer also builds a front panel as selected and configured by the user such as one of the panels shown in FIGS 3d and 3e for example Using the front panel selected by the user the manufacturer interfaces the adjustable parameters of the particular
8. is based on a low frequency oscillator module and modfilter module The modules are accessed by clicking Edit on the menu bar and then Add Module which gives a menu of modules The LFO module is in the Oscillator group and the modfilter module is in the Filter group These files are selected by clicking on them in the menu After adding the LFO and modfilter modules one module will likely overlap and obscure the other on the PC s screen see FIG 5a where the LFO module is partly covered by the modfilter module The modfilter module may be moved by clicking and dragging to the right as shown in FIG 5b for example Ini is connected to input 50 of the modfilter module as shown in FIG 5c The in input is identified by positioning the mouse over input 50 whereupon the word in appears on the screen The other inputs and outputs of the modules are identified in like fashion The functions of the various inputs and outputs are described in the Orville Modules Manual The connection between In1 gt and input 50 is made screen by clicking on in1 gt and dragging it to the input 50 of the modfilter module The connections described immedi 10 15 20 25 30 35 45 50 55 60 65 14 ately below are made in similar fashion As also shown in FIG 5c lowpass output low 54 of the modfilter module is connected to out1 and highpass output
9. modfilter module to be available two userobject inputs of the head module are needed The head module s first userobject input 48 is clicked on Then the Edit menu is clicked followed by the Add Repeating Field option A second userobject input 48a will appear as shown in FIG 54 As also shown in FIG 5d userobject output 62 of modfilter module is connected to the first userobject output 48 of the head module As noted above the con nection is made by clicking and dragging Also userobject output 60 of the LFO is connected to the second userobject output 48a of the head module as shown in FIG 54 With the Orville set to an area other than the Patch Editor area the program is sent from the PC to the Orville by clicking on Send in the Midi menu After the software program is downloaded the designed modulating filter is built within the Orville An audio input is plugged into the Orville input 1 corresponding to inl gt on the PC screen thus supplying the audio input 50 to modfilter module The first and second outputs of the Orville corresponding to gt outl and gt out2 on the PC screen are each attached to an amplifier and a speaker thus supplying lowpass output 54 of modfilter module to one speaker and highpass output 56 to another speaker Once the software program is downloaded the front panel of the Orville displays the PARAMETER area in particular it displays parameters that may be adjus
10. module program including the configuration of the modules for the modulating filter and the customized parameters is saved from the user s PC onto a diskette The diskette containing the design is sent to a manufacturer for construction as explained further below The manufacturer may offer a number of standard front panels For example one of the front panels that the manufacturer offers may have three knobs an LCD display and a fourth knob for selecting what is shown on the LCD The user selects one knob to control the oscillation frequency another knob to control the cutoff frequency of the filter and the third knob to control the amount the cutoff frequency may be modulated The user also specifies that the fourth knob selects between the three parameters for display on the LCD In addition the user supplies the design for the front panel for example by using a computer graphic file sup plied by the manufacturer for the chosen panel The design includes the calibrations for the three knobs i e 0 to 50 Hz for the knob controlling the oscillation frequency 500 to 10 000 Hz for the knob controlling the cutoff frequency and 10 to 25 for the knob controlling the amount the cutoff frequency may be modulated It also includes labels for the knob selecting the parameters shown on the LCD display and other artwork for the front panel The specifications for the customized modulating filter and the design for the front panel are
11. the Orville as described in the Orville Programmers Manual The General Prin ciples Chapter of the Orville Programming Manual also includes general material on programming and pages 24 26 of the Programming Manual describes how to create a modulating filter in the Orville With the VSIGFILE loaded the New Blank Document icon is clicked giving the initial screen shown in FIG 4 Boxes 1 1 gt and in2 gt in FIG 4 represent first and second inputs of the Orville which will be configured to provide the inputs to the modulating filter program Similarly boxes soutl and gt out2 represent first and second outputs of the Orville which will be configured to provide the outputs of the modulating filter program The boxes 1 2 3 and 4 in a column on the lower left of FIG 4 representing global inputs are not used in this example Box 1 on the lower right of FIG 4 labeled with reference no 48 represents the first userobject input on the head module The head module provides an interface between the modules that are used and the area of the Orville that allows the parameters of the modules to be adjusted Thus the userobject outputs of modules used are connected to the head module so that the menu pages of the module parameters appear in the PARAMETER area of the Orville as will become clear from the description below A modulating filter program
12. the user to change the frequency parameters of the filter Depending on the particular DSP function invoked external inputs may or may not be needed An example of such a DSP is the Orville Audio Effects Processor by Eventide Inc the assignee of the present invention The Orville is a programmable multi channel digital signal processor The Orville has two processors and also includes numerous electronic modules each pro viding digital signal processing capabilities general control and or mathematical functions The Orville includes hun dreds of presets alternatively referred to as programs configured in various ways to provide a menued array of reverbs pitch shifters distortion dynamics equalization phasing flanging and other music and production effects The user can thus invoke the presets of the Orville via a menu to exploit their intended effect For effects that operate on external inputs as opposed to for example effects that are entirely generated internally the Orville has a number of input interfaces Using a menu on the face of the Orville the user can adjust the parameters or variables of the preset For example if the preset is a low pass filter the user can adjust the frequency cutoff The user can also store the preset with the adjusted parameters as a separate customized program Digital signal processing units may also be programmable thus allowing the user to create his o
13. C sends instructions to the processor P of the universal system 10 processor P executes the instructions received from the PC to configure the designed system Processor P may either directly use the software from the PC or may generate its own software based bn that received from the PC Where processor P for example interfaces with the inputs and outputs of analog electronic components or elements of the universal system processor P may interface with switching hardware for example to arrange the necessary connections between the elements or devices also incorporating the processor P itself in implementation of the particular system if necessary Where the universal system 10 includes mod ules and or presets that are supported via hardware logic and software processor P may use the program from the PC to invoke the particular programming for the module and or presets at the appropriate time also directing data generated by one module to another when necessary Processor P may also direct any necessary data supplied at the external inputs 16 to the appropriate module s when necessary As noted above processor P may alternatively generate its own soft ware corresponding to the design based on the design received from the PC If necessary the programming executed by processor P also configures user interfaces 12 with the system designed by the user The user interfaces 12 are a set of knobs and switches that can be configu
14. MENTS OF THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM MANUFACTURER TESTS THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM AND TROUBLE SHOOTS SYSTEM IF NECESSARY MANUFACTURER CONSTRUCTS THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM USING THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM AS IMPLEMENTED IN THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEM MANUFACTURER CREATES LABELS AND OTHER ARTWORK FOR THE FRONT PANEL SELECTED BY THE CUSTOMER MANUFACTURER INTERFACES THE ADJUSTABLE VARIABLES OF THE DESIGNED SYSTEM WITH THE CONTROL INTERFACES OF THE PANEL SELECTED BY THE CUSTOMER e FIG 2b U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 4 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 MANUFACTURER TESTS THE COMPLETED SYSTEM MANUFACTURE TROUBLESHOOTS AND CORRECTS PROBLEMS IN THE COMPLETED SYSTEM IF NECESSARY MANUFACTURER DELIVERS THE COMPLETED SYSTEM TO THE CUSTOMER FIG 2c U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 5 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 PC PROGRAMMING INTERFACE EXTERNAL INPUT INTERFACE FIG 3a EXTERNAL OUTPUT INTERFACE INPUT OUTPUT FIG 3b 42 M3 AUDIO AUDIO INPUT OUTPUT PESE Ua E m ue SHIFI o MS pesas 42 A f degree G 2 40 7 FIG 3f U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 6 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 DISPLAY FIG 3c KNOB 1 KNOB 2 KNOB 3 ACME f Hz FIG 3e lt f Hz DISPLAY U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 7 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 FIG 4 A 48
15. When the user is satisfied with the particular system designed and tested the particular system is defined by the particular configurations between the modules and or presets the fixed parameter settings the adjustable parameters the external inputs etc These specifications are contained in the program designed by the user on the computer 20 which may be downloaded onto a diskette 22 The user also knows what external inputs are required what parameters of the system may be adjusted by the user and what external outputs are generated by the system As described below the user will send all the design specifi cations to a manufacturer for construction The manufac turer may offer one or a number of configurations for front panels Each configuration offered may have for example different numbers and types of control knobs and or levers and or meters and or displays etc It may also include different layouts of the knobs levers meters displays etc If the manufacturer offers a number of configurations of front panels the user chooses one and adapts the designed system so that the adjustable parameters of the system correspond to particular knobs levers etc offered The displays or meters may also be adapted to display system parameters If the manufacturer offers only one such layout then the customer adapts his system to that one panel The customer also supplies the calibrations for the front panel knobs meters etc as we
16. a United States Patent Factor US006564112B1 US 6 564 112 B1 May 13 2003 10 Patent No 45 Date of Patent 54 METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS BASED ON USER SPECIFICATIONS 75 Inventor Richard Factor Kinnelon NJ US 73 Assignee Eventide Inc Little Ferry NJ US Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 0 days 21 Appl No 09 437 771 22 Filed Nov 8 1999 51 iInt 12 enh eus pd GO06F 19 00 52 U S Cl 700 97 700 95 703 13 716 58 Field of Search 700 94 95 97 700 103 104 105 703 1 13 705 26 716 1 5 16 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 5 068 823 11 1991 Robinson 716 16 5 812 414 A 9 1998 Butts et al 703 13 5 966 310 10 1999 Maeda et al 345 866 6 006 195 12 1999 Marchak et al 700 95 6 167 383 12 2000 Henson 703 13 6 202 197 3 2001 Robinson et al 703 4 6 236 901 5 2001 Goss 361 692 6 249 714 6 2001 Hocaoglu et al 700 28 6 393 591 5 2002 Jenkins et al 714 725 6 438 435 8 2002 Wada etal 700 97 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Orville Operating Manual Eventide Inc part No 141032 Manual Release 1 1
17. accessed twice by the processor which would also be programmed to supply the appropriate inputs The connections between modules for this particular system are again shown in dashed lines representing that they are made via the processor P also shown in ghost The specifications for this particular system once designed and tested by the user would be sent to the manufacturer and built to speci fication as described above In this system of course additional hardware and software of the universal system would be included in the implementation The particular system has additional user controls and the customer would also chose a front panel offered by the manufacturer and adapt the system so that the controls for the particular system corresponded to the knobs levers etc as configured on the panel selected The customer would also supply the artwork calibrations and labels for the front panel selected As described above the Orville DSP available from Eventide Inc Little Ferry N J is a universal system having numerous modules and hundreds of presets In 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 12 addition the Orville is programmable thus allowing the user to design custom effects by uniquely configuring the modules and presets The time required by the Orville to execute such a custom effect is negligible thereby allowing the user to immediately experience the designed effect and th
18. and other artwork for the front panel selected The user sends the front panel specifications to the manufacturer along with the design for the effect Alternatively the manufacturer may offer to build a completely customized front panel where the front face of the cabinet is laid out entirely by the user The manufacturer then builds a customized unit for the designed effect The unit contains those modules presets hardware and software of the Orville necessary to support US 6 564 112 B1 13 the designed effect and preferably no more and is con figured specifically to implement the designed effect The particular unit is tested by the manufacturer and then returned to the user The particular unit is implemented using the modules presets and other hardware and software ele ments as used in the Orville to generate the same effect The front panel whether selected from a number of standard layouts or completely designed by the user is constructed to the user s specification so that the knobs buttons etc interface with the control adjustable parameters of the system It also includes the artwork as designed by the user Thus the user receives a customized unit that operates identically to the one previously tested to the user s satis faction on the Orville EXAMPLE 3 A modulating filter may be created on the Orville using the VSIGFILE software The VSIGFILE is loaded into the user s PC and interfaced with
19. ay also include external outputs from the modules or presets used in the design supplied to external output interface 18 US 6 564 112 B1 7 Once a particular system has been designed by the user and implemented within the universal system 10 the par ticular system is tested by the user This may be done for example through a menu on the user interface 12 The user may provide required inputs to the particular system through the external input interface 16 and may control certain adjustable parameters of the particular system via the knobs buttons etc on the user interface 12 configured as part of the particular system Output from the particular system is via external output interface 18 If the user is not satisfied with the results output and or controls of the particular system designed the particular system may be re designed using the computer 20 and software supported therein as described above The re designed system may then be sent to processor P and implemented in the universal system also as described above The re designed system may be tested and if not to the user s satisfaction re designed in the same manner until it is The re design may include reconfiguration of the inter connections between modules inclusion of additional modules adjustments to the external inputs fixing certain parameters at different fixed levels redesigning and or reca librating parameters that may be controlled by the user etc
20. d are available from Eventide Inc As noted the VSIGFILE software referred to above is one vehicle for programming custom effects in the Orville VSIGFILE including a Help file is available from Even tide and may be downloaded from Eventide s website The VSIGFILE software presently used for the Orville is the V1 52 Beta version The VSIGFILE User Manual V1 0 Jan 13 1997 is hereby incorporated by reference It is noted that the VSIGFILE User Manual V1 0 is labeled Draft and also states it is the Graphical Editor for the 4000 Series Ultra Harmonizer Nonetheless this manual is the cur rent edition of the manual for the VSIGFILE V1 52 Beta version Particular effects designed and tested on the Orville to the user s satisfaction may be implemented in a customized unit The user sends the design for the effect to a manufac turer knowledgeable of the Orville and having the capa bility to build a unit for the designed effect using the standard hardware and software in the Orville The manufacturer may offer a number of front panels having different layouts of knobs switches meters etc The user selects one of the panels and a dapts the particular system designed so that particular knobs buttons etc inter face with the adjustable parameters of the system as well as display particular parameters on meters or displays on the panel selected The user also designs the labels for the controls the calibration
21. dule M1 and the percent amplification of the amplification module M2 respectively In the depiction of the particular designed system shown in FIG 35 a dashed line is used to show the connection between the filter M1 and the amp M2 In addition a dashed line is shown to connect the audio input of the particular system to the filter M1 and a dashed line is shown to connect the amp M2 to the audio output Finally a dashed line is shown to connect control knob f with filter M1 and another dashed line is shown to connect control knob 46 to amp M2 As noted the particular system of FIG 35 is implemented in the DSP 40 of FIG 3a The dashed lines used in the depiction of FIG 35 thus represent that the connections for the particular system are implemented on the DSP 40 as described above and in particular via the processor P of the DSP 40 Thus the processor P is also shown in ghost in FIG 3b In addition although the components used in the par 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 10 ticular system are the only ones shown in FIG 35 the other components of the DSP i e the phase shifter module M3 other external inputs and outputs control knobs on the user interface etc exist but are dormant The user tests the particular system shown in FIG 3b as implemented in the DSP of FIG 3a Presuming that the user is satisfied with the particular system designed the specifi cations for the particular
22. e customer with the option to design the placement of these interfaces 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 18 Although the present invention has been described in relation to particular embodiments thereof many other variations and modifications and other uses will become apparent to those skilled in the art Thus the present invention is not limited by the specific disclosure herein What is claimed is 1 A method for manufacturing a particular system based on a universal system having a plurality of elements the method including the steps of a designing the particular system on the universal system b testing the particular system as implemented on the universal system C repeating steps a and b until the particular system as tested on the universal system is acceptable and d sending the design of the particular system to a manufacturer to be built using the elements of the universal system used to implement the particular system wherein the universal system is at a remote location and the step of designing the particular system includes sending the design of the particular system for imple mentation in the universal system over a telecommu nications connection and wherein the step of testing the particular system includes transmitting an output of the particular system as implemented in the universal system over the telecom munications connection 2 A method as in claim 1
23. esired purpose If not it can be reconfigured by re programming the system until accept able If the specifications change over time or become unnecessary the system may be reconfigured to the new specifications or reimplemented in a completely different configuration A prominent example of an electronic system described immediately above are programmable digital signal proces sors DSP including digital effects processors Early effects processors used analog circuitry and devices along with knobs and other switches for adjusting parameters For example shift registers were used for delay and circuitry was used for frequency adjustment With today s DSPs a microprocessor interfaces with DSP chips and are programmed to create the desired effects and 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 outputs from the chips At a fundamental level the DSP may be programmed with a large set of modules which each contain a digital processing capability general control func tion and or a mathematical function In addition DSP manu facturers may create and store a set of DSP processing program segments each of which provides a certain sound effect or other function for the user These segments or presets are generally comprised of one or several mod ules The user typically has the ability to alter the parameters or variables that are used in the presets For example for a filter preset the DSP allows
24. ffect This is at best time consuming and tedious It can delay production or when more simultaneous effects are needed than available Orvilles limit the desired produc tion Generally a small studio will not have or be willing to expend the resources to purchase a separate Orville to implement each effect Finally use of the Orville to implement effects can hinder the work of those developing new effects SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention includes a commercial method of custom izing a particular system from a universal system having numerous constituent capabilities that are configurable The user designs a particular system and implements the par ticular system by accessing and configuring the universal system The user then tests the particular system as config ured If the test results indicate that the particular system is acceptable then the configuration is not changed If the test results are not acceptable then the universal system is re configured and the particular system as re configured is tested until the resulting particular system is acceptable Once a design configuration of a particular system is found acceptable by the user as described further below the design specification is then sent by the user to a manufac turer for construction of an individual unit based on the design The user is thus also the customer of the manu facturer and the terms user and customer will be used in
25. front panel 24 configuration shown in FIG 2 Also the customer supplies the calibrations for the controls the function labels and the artwork for the panel Thus the manufacturer 26 connects the controls on the panel selected with the system so as to provide the adjustments to the adjustable parameters of the system as designed by the customer The manufacturer 26 also creates the labels calibration and other artwork on the front panel as designed by the customer Where the manufacturer can supply a completely custom ized front panel it constructs a front face having the control knobs buttons etc in the positions designed by the cus tomer The controls are configured together with the system to provide the adjustments to the adjustable parameters of the system in the manner designed by the customer The manufacturer also creates the labels artwork etc on the front panel as designed by the customer A completely customized panel of course is more expensive than having the customer chose one of a number of standard configura tions offered by the manufacturner system designed by the customer may also include external inputs and or outputs such as audio inputs or outputs In general these interfaces will be standard elec tronic jacks placed by the manufacturer on the rear of the unit The manufacturer may offer to customize the place ment and labeling of these interfaces When completed the device built by the manufac
26. he effect The programmability of the Orville and like DSPs allows the user to experiment by implementing effects that may be more complex than the presets For example the user may combine modules to have a filter followed by a US 6 564 112 B1 3 delay followed by a phase shift The effect may be imme diately built and tested Adjustments may be made to the parameters of the effect or it can be re designed and immediately re tested While electronic systems that incorporate a wide range of features functions and capabilities including those that are configurable such as the Orville provide the advantage of allowing the user to design and or test particular functions and then to reconfigure the system as desired at a later time they have a number of disadvantages Such universal systems are often relatively expensive since they include software and or hardware that provide the user with so many options Implementation of particular effects using the uni versal system is thus a costly and inefficient use of the device because the true power of the universal system is its capacity to develop effects For example a small studio may have a number of particular effects that it wants to imple ment and regularly use over an extended period of time Implementing a number of effects using one or a few Orvilles requires at least re programming the Orville and integrating it in the particular setting for the desired e
27. ion the particular system is built in an economical manner by being implemented using only the standardized constituent com ponents such as hardware and or software of the universal system that are needed Thus only a short time is required to manufacture the particular system and the cost of manu facturing and delivering the particular system can be a fraction of the cost of the universal system In addition because the particular system delivered to the customer uses the same constituent components as the universal system and is configured in the manner designed by the customer it will perform identically to the one that was implemented and tested by the customer on the univer sal system This substantially reduces or eliminates cus tomer dissatisfaction and returns of the delivered system which also contributes to an overall reduction in manufac turing costs Also because the front panel is customized by the customer who uses his own artwork the delivered system also looks customized for the customer and or his or her business Customer satisfaction with this aspect of the delivered product will also be high again reducing the cost associated with customer dissatisfaction and returns BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1 is representative drawing of a universal system used in accordance with the present invention FIG 2 is a representative drawing of a configuration of a particular system and cabinet design sent by a c
28. ited number of stock compo nents to choose from and cannot test the final system prior to its construction and delivery Electronic systems such as audio systems also have longstanding practices of customization based on the user s needs Often an audiophile or a musician becomes familiar enough with a system or component to make the change him or herself often by trial and error Commercial establish ments have also offered customization services of existing systems or components based on the user s design or description of the end sound or result Commercial estab lishments have also provided construction of complete sys tems or components based on a customer s design or its own design based on a customer s description of these various schemes also suffer from the drawback that the first time the customer hears or otherwise evaluates the system or component is after it is constructed and delivered Electronic systems currently exist that incorporate a wide range of features functions and capabilities Some such systems allow a user to design a particular system by configuring and customizing programmed features within the system and then testing the configuration In addition some systems permit the user to program a particular system using more elemental features supported by the system and the programmed configuration may also be tested If the configuration is acceptable the system so configured may be implemented for its d
29. labeled f Hz will control the frequency of the filter M1 and another labeled will control the percentage of amplification of the amp 2 as shown in FIG 3d for example The third knob and the meter might be left inactive as shown in FIG 3d Alternatively the user might adapt the system so that the frequency of the filter M1 and percentage of the amplifica tion of the amp M2 can be displayed on the meter and adapt the third knob labeled Display and having positions and so that it selects which of the two parameters is displayed as shown in FIG 3e The display thus displays the parameter selected using the third knob In either case the user also provides the labels calibra tions and artwork for the front panel designed As shown in FIGS 3d and 3e this can also include the company name or logo Acme for example manufacturer uses the user s specification to build the particular system using the user s specifications and layout particular system is built using only those portions of the DSP 40 of FIG 3a needed to implement the particular system as shown in FIG 3b Thus only the software and hardware of the DSP 40 that is necessary to create the filter module M1 and the amp module M2 is used Only software necessary to provide the links between the modules M1 and 2 the controls and one audio input and one audio output depicted in FIG 35 are included by the manufacturer
30. le by the user when designing and customizing the modulating filter It thus operates identically to the modu lating filter as designed and implemented by the user in the Orville T However the unit includes far less hardware and software than the Orville By using the same hardware and software to construct the modulating filter while leaving out all other hardware and software found in the Orville the price of the unit delivered is much lower than the Orville Finally the front panel of the unit built and returned to the user has knobs that control the adjustable parameters over the ranges specified by the user and also includes the labels calibrations and other artwork specified by the user US 6 564 112 B1 17 The Orville DSP includes approximately 170 modules and 900 presets and also includes extensive software allow ing these modules and presets to be configured together as desired by the user Because of its universal nature the cost of an Orville is currently approximately 5700 On the other hand the particular system described in the example above only uses simpler hardware and would cost approxi mately 2000 to design using the Orville and then build using the method described above For example the Orville includes two processors whereas most particular systems designed by a customer and built would only need one For a customer that will use the particular system on a frequent basis it is clear
31. ll as the artwork for the panel The customer may also adapt the system so that the various external outputs and inputs for the system corre spond to a standard layout of jacks offered by the manufac turer These will normally be a bank of standard electronic jacks placed on the rear of the cabinet Alternatively if offered by the manufacturer that con structs the system the user may design an entirely custom cabinet having a front face with control knobs buttons meters menus etc that correspond to the adjustable param eters of the particular system FIG 2 shows a diskette 22 including the program for a particular system designed by the user and the user s design of the front panel of a cabinet for the particular system The artwork of the design of the front panel 24 shown may also be included in a software file on the diskette 22 As noted this information completely defines the particular system 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 designed If the front panel 24 shown in FIG 2 is one of a number of standard front panels offered by the manufacturer 26 then the customer is shown to have adapted the compensation parameter of the system to interface with the left knob the channel parameters to interface with the central buttons and the power parameter to interface with the right button The customer also designs and sends the labels for the controls the calibrations not show
32. ly a more efficient and economical implementation than using the Orville itself The design of a particular system may be transmitted to the manufacturer in other manners such as over a telecom munications connection for example a fax modem or internet connection In addition the universal system may be at a location remote from the customer and which is accessed and used by the customer for designing the par ticular system The remote location may be the site of the manufacturer or other site Access to the universal system may be made available to the customer via an internet connection for example The connections may be other connections that provide two way digital communications such as a modem connection or a satellite connection The customer may transmit the particular design over the connection where it is implemented in the universal system as described above and a sound or other output file of the particular system is sent back to the customer The design may be reconfigured by the customer sent over the connec tion and implemented in the universal system The output is sent back through the connection to the customer In this manner the particular system may be designed and tested using a universal system at a remote location Once the customer is satisfied with the design the cus tomer may indicate through the connection that the last design is the desired one The particular system is then separately built by the
33. manufacturer based on the standard modules and other features of the universal system as described above The design specification for the system would also include selecting one of a number of front panel configura tions offered by the manufacturer The system as designed would include having various adjustable control parameters interface with the knobs buttons meters etc on the selected panel The customer would also transmit the labels calibra tions and other artwork for the front panel to the manufac turer This could also be accomplished by the manufacturer supplying a set of physical measurement templates in software form for the various panel options offered The customer would then use his own computer to add colors designs and text and then transmit the file back to the manufacturer The software could also be transmitted using a telecommunications connection for example fax modem or internet connection Alternatively as previously described the manufacturer could supply a blank template and the customer could design and transmit a completely customized front panel layout if the manufacturer offers such a service Finally the customer s design of the system may also include various external inputs and outputs for example audio inputs and or outputs These would usually be assigned to one or more standard electrical connections placed on the rear of the unit delivered although the manufacturer might also provide th
34. modfilter module and the LFO module via the PARAMETER area of the Orville to achieve a desired effect or range of effects As also described in the Orville TM Operating Manual once a parameter is selected from the menu of a module displayed in the PARAMETER area the parameter value is changed using the KNOB NUMERIC KEYPAD or the INC DEC keys The impact of each change on the audio signal is expe rienced by the user through the speakers instantaneously Thus the user may determine values for some of the parameters that will remain fixed and may determine a range of desirable operational values for other parameters For example by experimenting the user decides that all of the parameters for the LFO module other than the frequency of the oscillator may be set to certain specific values For example the waveshape wave may be set to be a square wave the modulation mod parameter is set to zero etc For the oscillation frequency freq of the LFO the user determines a desirable adjustment range is between 0 and 50 Hz Similarly the user decides to set most of the adjustable parameters of the modfilter module to certain specific val ues For example the q value of the filter may be set to 2 Since there is no modulation input for the q factor qmod the amount by which the qmod input modulates the filter is set to zero The user determines to have the cutoff frequency adjustable between 500 and 10 000 Hz Al
35. n and the other artwork for the panel such as the company logo and color diskette 22 and the front panel design 24 are sent by the user customer to a manufacturer 26 for construction as also represented in FIG 2 As noted above the front panel design 24 may also be included in a software file on the diskette 22 The manufacturer 26 is knowledgeable of the universal system 10 and in particular the modules and presets comprising the system The manufacturer 26 retrieves the customer s design specifications of the particu lar system from the diskette 22 Based on those design specifications the particular system is implemented in a separate cabinet using those modules presets and supporting hardware such as a processor required by the particular system The particular system as built includes at least those modules presets and supporting hardware required to sup port the particular system and preferably no more The modules presets and any supporting hardware and software are configured and or programmed as specified in the design In addition the manufacturer constructs a front panel for the cabinet according to the customer s front panel design 24 As noted above where the manufacturer 26 offers a select number of front panel configurations the customer has adapted the designed system so that the adjustable parameters of the system correspond to the particular knobs buttons etc of a selected panel such as the
36. nufacturer uses the design specifications sent by the user to implement the particular system in a stand alone device Only those constituent capabilities of the universal system needed to support the particular system are included in the implementation configured as specified by the user In particular hardware and or software from the universal system that is not needed to support the particular system is largely or completely excluded manufacturer also creates the front panel for the particular system based upon the design sent by the user As noted above this may be one of a number of particular panel configurations offered by the manufacturer that the user adapts to the designed system Alternatively it can be a completely customized panel designed by the user for the system The unit created by the manufacturer also has input and output connections that interface with the designed system as well as the labels calibrations and other artwork supplied by the user When complete the stand alone unit is tested and then delivered to the user The method is an extremely efficient and economical method and system for constructing highly customized end products The customer uses the comprehensive universal system as a design and testing tool but does not use it to actually implement particular systems The customer may use only a small fraction of the capabilities of the universal system in the design of the particular system In addit
37. r her own effects instead of being limited to the presets or programs chosen by the manufacturer For example the Orville is also programmable by the user By using programming accessed via the front panel of the Orville or by using software supplied by the manufacturer that is loaded onto a PC the user may construct a desired configu ration of the modules of the Orville by selecting the modules used creating the inputs and outputs between modules and adjusting the parameters of the modules The software also allows the user to assign parameters to the knobs and other manual controls on the front panel of the Orville thus giving the user the ability to manually adjust these selected adjustable parameters such as gain output channel etc for the designed effect Meters such as simulated meters including LCDs displaying certain parameters such as amplitude may also be programmed for display on the front panel of the Orville Once the effect is designed the design is downloaded to the microprocessor of the Orville which builds the designed effect from the modules The execution or build of each such effect is done by creating program ming that links the various modules together in the manner designed by the user The build takes only a few seconds thus giving the user a near simultaneous experience of the effect The user can experiment by making quick changes to the design and immediately experience t
38. red as part of the particular system to provide manual control of parameters of the particular system provided by the user Processor P may configure a user interface to provide a direct input to a module or modules or a preset or the processor P may receive the input from the user interface and after processing if necessary provide an appropriate input to the appropriate module or preset Processor P thus utilizes the modules and or presets of the universal system in the manner designed by the user Con figuring the particular system can also incorporate the pro cessor P itself in implementation of the particular system software instructions generated and or compiled by processor P may be stored in memory of the universal system 10 for later applications Thus particular systems may be implemented by the user via the universal system in a number of ways In one case the user may simply invoke one of the presets of the universal system and customize the adjustable parameters for the preset In another case the user designs a particular system by configuring modules and or presets The particu lar system designed may also include user control over adjustable parameters of the modules or presets and also designate which knobs buttons etc on the user interface 12 will supply the control The particular system may also include external inputs to the modules or presets used in the design supplied at external input interface 16 It m
39. sent to a manufacturer knowledgeable in the construction and operation of the Orville The manufacturer builds the modulating filter designed by the user in a separate unit using only the hardware and software from the Orville needed to support the design Thus hardware and software needed to support the LFO modfilter and head modules are included Many of the parameters for the modules are set to specific values selected by the user as described above The hardware and software of the separate unit supports the adjustability of the oscillation frequency the cutoff frequency of the filter and the amount the cutoff frequency may be modulated for the ranges described above The manufacturer constructs the hardware and software of the separate unit to interface with the standard front panel selected so that one knob as selected by the user controls the oscillation frequency another knob controls the cutoff fre quency of the filter and the third knob controls the amount the cutoff frequency may be modulated The hardware and software also interfaces with the fourth knob and the LCD so that the fourth knob selects between the three parameters which is displayed on the LCD Finally the manufacturer labels the knobs including the calibrations and provides other artwork on the front panel as specified by the user The unit built and returned to the user by the manufacturer uses the same hardware and software as that invoked in the Orvil
40. so the LFO module output 56 modulates the cutoff frequency of the modfilter module by being the input to the fmod parameter of the modfilter The modfilter parameter freqmodamt adjusts how much the cutoff frequency may be modulated by the output 56 of the LFO The user determines by experimentation to have the frequency modu lation amount adjustable between 10 and 25 The modulating filter as designed and implemented in the Orville with the parameters so customized by the user comprises a particular system In the above example the user selects specific values for most of the parameters for the LFO and modfilter modules that can be adjusted Three parameters remain adjustable the oscillation frequency of the LFO used to modulate the cutoff frequency is variable between 0 and 50 Hz the cutoff frequency is variable between 500 and 10 000 Hz and the amount the cutoff frequency may be modulated is variable between 10 and 25 The selected parameter values and ranges which as described above are determined by the user by making adjustments via the PARAMETER area of the Orville are then entered by the user into the software file on the PC By clicking on one of the modules on the PC screen either LFO or modfilter a table of the parameters for the module 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 16 appears on the PC screen Thus the parameter values and ranges are entered for each
41. system are sent to a manufacturer to be built as a separate stand alone system The specification is comprised of how the various modules interfaces and controls of the DSP shown in FIG are configured to implement the system shown in FIG 3b These specifica tions may be sent to the manufacturer in hardcopy form or via software such as the software program developed by the user on the PC of FIG 3a when designing the particular system In addition a layout of the control panel for the control knobs of the filter and amp are designed by the user and sent to the manufacturer Where the manufacturer offers a num ber of front panels each having a established configuration of knobs buttons displays etc the user selects one The user adapts the design of the particular system so that the control knobs of the filter and amp correspond to the particular knobs etc of that particular configuration The user provides the function label calibration etc for each knob button display etc on the selected panel In this example only two knobs are shown as needed for the particular system on the user interface The two knobs from interface 42 are shown in FIG 3b as configured to provide control inputs to the filter M1 and amp M2 modules Thus if one of the panels offered by the manufacturer has three knobs and a display meter as shown in FIG 3c for example the user might adapt the particular system designed so that one of the knobs
42. system to the control knobs displays etc of the panel in accordance to the user s design manufacturer also creates the labels calibration and other artwork on the front panel as specified by the user Thus the unit returned to the user includes a customized internal system and a customized front panel The user will also supply external system inputs and outputs such as audio inputs and outputs to the manufacturer who will usually configure them to interface with standard electrical jacks on the back of the unit that is built Since the system as built has the identical modules and other software and hardware components to create the particular system as was used in the universal system by the customer to design implement and test the particular system the particular system built and returned to the customer will perform identically to the one tested by the customer It will also be quick and inexpensive to build since it relies on pre existing modular components that can be configured using standard software and will only use those portions of the universal system that are necessary to implement the particular system EXAMPLE 2 FIG 3f shows a second more complex particular system designed by a user using the universal system of FIG 3a In this system all three modules 1 3 are used the phase shifter module M3 being invoked twice Since the system is digital the software and hardware supporting module M3 may be
43. system used to implement the par ticular system The particular system is constructed using those elements of the universal system 9 Claims 8 Drawing Sheets U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 1 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 EXTERNAL INPUTS L 16 s e 9 DD OO Bs ed dT 18 12 EXTERNAL FIG 1 OUTPUTS CUSTOMER MANUFACTURER a 24 E31 PENSATION CHANNEL POWER FIG 2 U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 2 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 CUSTOMER DESIGNS PARTICULAR SYSTEM ON A UNIVERSAL SYSTEM CUSTOMER TESTS THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM AS IMPLEMENTED ON THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEM CUSTOMER CUSTOMER RE DESIGNS THE SATISFIED WITH PARTICULAR SYSTEM THE TEST RESULTS ON THE UNIVERSAL 2 5 CUSTOMER SELECTS ONE OF NUMBER OF FRONT PANELS OFFERED BY A MANUFACTURER HAVING A CONFIGURATION OF CONTROL INTERFACES KNOBS BUTTONS ETC AND ADAPTS THE DESIGN OF THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM SO THAT ITS ADJUSTABLE VARIABLES INTERFACE WITH THE CONTROL INTERFACES AND DESIGNS LABELS AND ART WORK FOR THE PANEL SELECTED SYSTEM CUSTOMER SENDS THE DESIGN OR SELECTION THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM AND THE DESIGN OF THE FRONT PANEL TO A MANUFACTURER FIG 2a U S Patent May 13 2003 Sheet 3 of 8 US 6 564 112 B1 MANUFACTURER RECEIVES DESIGN OF THE PARTICULAR SYSTEM AND THE FRONT PANEL NM MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIES THE ELE
44. ted for LFO and modfilter modules as shown in FIG 5e adjustable parameters shown in FIG Se for the modfilter module are the cutoff frequency freq the frequency modulation freq mod the quality factor q of the filter and the q factor modulation q mod Other parameters are adjustable for the modfilter module includ ing the amount the cutoff frequency may be modulated freqmodamt may be changed for the modfilter module in the PARAMETER area The Orville Modules Manual describes the adjustable parameters for the modules includ US 6 564 112 B1 15 ing the modfilter and LFO modules The menu of param eters for the modfilter module displayed in the PARAM ETER area of the Orville may be scrolled using the cursor up and down buttons on the front face of the Orville The adjustable parameters for the LFO module are dis played in the PARAMETER area of the Orville when the box shown in FIG 5e is selected As described in the Orville Operating Manual modules are selected in the PARAMETER area using the left and right cursor keys on the front face of the Orville As described in the Orville TM Modules Manual for the LFO module parameters corre sponding to the shape of the wave the duty cycle the frequency of the oscillator etc may be changed To further customize the design of the modulating filter the user changes some or all of the adjustable parameters of both the
45. terchangeably and sometimes together in the description below The manufacturer includes any person s or entity that performs the services as described below In particular hardware and or software from the universal system that is not needed to support the particular system as designed by the user is excluded The manufacturer also offers one or a number of front panels which include buttons knobs displays etc arranged in one or more standard configurations These buttons knobs etc may be used to provide control of the adjustable parameters and inputs of the particular system designed The user customer adapts the designed system to work with one of the front panel arrangements thus pro viding external inputs and control signals to the system As part of the specifications sent to the manufacturer the user includes legends and calibrations for the knobs levers meters etc for the chosen panel The user also supplies artwork for the front panel so that it will look customized 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 Alternatively the user may design and supply the manu facturer with a completely custom design of the front panel including a completely custom layout of knobs buttons displays etc selected by the user for the front panel These knobs buttons etc likewise provide the control interface between the user and the adjustable parameters of the particular system ma
46. tions connection 7 A method for manufacturing a particular system based on a universal system having a plurality of elements the method including the steps of a receiving a design of the particular system as imple mented on the universal system US 6 564 112 B1 19 b identifying the elements of the universal system used to implement the particular system C constructing the particular system by including those identified elements of the universal system and d receiving specifications interfacing adjustable param eters of the particular system with manual control interfaces on one of one or more front panels having different configurations of manual control interfaces 20 8 Amethod as in claim 7 wherein the step of constructing the particular system includes constructing the front panel as specified 9 A method as in claim 8 wherein the step of receiving the design of the particular system includes receiving the specifications interfacing the adjustable parameters of the particular system with manual control interfaces
47. ts i e both analog and digital modules The system 10 also includes a processor P that interfaces with the modules as further explained below Processor P also interfaces with the set of user interfaces 12 as also explained below Processor P includes programming for invoking the indi vidual modules and or pre programmed arrangements of two or more modules Following the terminology introduced above such programming for invoking individual modules and or pre programmed arrangements of two or more mod ules are referred to as presets The presets may be selected through a menu on the user interface 12 which also allows the user to adjust parameters or variables for the presets through the menu itself and or knobs buttons etc on the user interface 12 A preset may include simply invoking a module by itself or may include more complicated pre programmed configurations of modules with one module s output supplying the input to another module or modules When the modules are supported by hardware logic supported for example on chips and software the pro cessor P interfaces with the hardware logic and runs a stored program corresponding to the preset The processor P directs data to and from the various hardware logic needed for executing the preset and also accesses input at the external inputs and the user interface if any for use in the process ing Processor P also directs output of the preset to the external outputs
48. turer uses substantially only the modules and supporting hardware and software of the universal system needed to implement the particular system designed by the customer Since the particular system is implemented using the standard modules etc used in the universal system the particular US 6 564 112 B1 9 system will be identical to the one the customer designed and tested In addition the front panel of the cabinet is designed and implemented for the particular system accord ing to the customer s design FIGS 2 2 depict a number of the features of the general method as described above in the form of a flow chart EXAMPLE 1 FIG 3a is a representation of a programmable digital signal processor DSP 40 which is a universal system DSP 40 has three modules M1 M2 M3 which are a filter amplifier and phase shifter respectively The filter 1 amplifier M2 and phase shifter M3 modules each interface with processor P as represented by the lines connecting the processor and modules M1 M3 The modules 1 3 all digital components created using chips and software residing in the memory of the processor Processor P also interfaces with user interface 42 which is a set of knobs buttons etc which can be configured to provide user control over the system s adjustable param eters Processor P also interfaces with external input inter face and external output interface Finally processor P interfaces with a
49. us to quickly re design and re test it Documentation included with the Orville describes how to operate the Orville to obtain and manipulate the adjustable parameters of its pre programmed effects 1 its presets The documentation also describes how to design and implement custom effects using the modules and presets of the Orville This may be done directly on the front panel of the Orville in the Patch Editor area Alternatively effects may be designed on a PC using soft ware VSIGFILE available from Eventide and then downloaded to the Orville for implementation More particular details of the Orville and its capabili ties are described in the Orville Operating Manual part no 141032 Manual Release 1 1 Jul 28 1999 which is hereby incorporated by reference The list of presets Orville Presets V2 600 dated Aug 18 1999 is hereby incorporated by reference A two page document included with the Orville Presets V2 600 entitled Read Me First and dated Aug 18 1999 is also hereby incorporated by reference Details on how to program the Orville are found in the Orville Programming Manual part no 141035 Manual Release 1 1 Jul 28 1999 which is hereby incorporated by reference and the Orville Modules Manual Part No 141035a Manual Release 1 1 Jul 29 1999 which is hereby incorporated by reference All of the above referenced documents are included with the Orville an
50. ustomer to a manufacturer for building FIGS Za 2c is a flowchart representing an embodiment of the present invention FIG 3a is a representative drawing of a programmable digital signal processor US 6 564 112 B1 5 FIGS 3 are representative drawings of the design and implementation of a particular system and front panel in accordance with the present invention FIG 3f is a representative drawing of the design and implementation of a particular system in accordance with the present invention FIG 4 is a view of an initial PC screen of software used to program a DSP FIGS 5 5 are subsequent views of a PC screen of software being used to design a particular system on a DSP and FIG 5e is a view of an area of a DSP where parameters of the particular system designed FIGS 54 54 are adjusted DETAILED DESCRIPTION FIG 1 shows a universal system 10 having external inputs 16 outputs 18 a set of user interfaces 12 and a computer interface 14 System 10 also includes a plurality of modules M2 Mn Modules MI Mn may include electronic devices or elements such as amplifiers transistors transformers gates etc or larger systems comprising such devices or elements configured together They may also include programmed features supported by hardware logic chips etc and software in the system 10 A universal system 10 may have modules comprised of each type of the above described exemplary elemen
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