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US 10,818,277 B1Granted
Enhanced electronic musical wind instrument
AssigneeArtinoise S.R.L.
InventorDavide Mancini
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Abstract
A musical instrument includes a hollow body with an air inlet to blow air into the body, and an air outlet to allow the air to exit the body. A number of holes are provided which are suitable to be closed by a player. A sensor group includes proximity sensors located near the holes to detect if the holes are closed or open. One control unit is electrically connected to the sensor group, and power supply unit is connected to the sensor group and the control unit to power up the sensor group and the control unit.
Claims21
A musical instrument comprising:
- a hollow body having an air inlet and an air outlet and a number of holes, the air inlet adapted to allow a player to blow air into said hollow body, the air outlet adapted to allow air to at least partially exit said hollow body, the number of holes adapted to be closed by the player;
- a group of sensors comprising a proximity sensor positioned adjacent to the number of holes so as to detect when a hole of the number of holes is open or closed, said group of sensors further comprising a barometric pressure sensor positioned on or in said hollow body adjacent the air inlet so as to measure a pressure of the air that is blown into the air inlet;
- a control unit electrically connected to said group of sensors to receive information from said group of sensors;
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- a power supply unit connected to said group of sensors and to said control unit so as to supply power to said group of sensors and to said control unit.
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A musical instrument comprising:
- a hollow body having an air inlet and an air outlet and a number of holes, the air inlet adapted to allow a player to blow air into said hollow body, the air outlet adapted to allow air to at least partially exit said hollow body, the number of holes adapted to be closed by the player;
- a group of sensors comprising a proximity sensor positioned adjacent to the number of holes so as to detect whenever when a hole of the number of holes is open or closed;
- a control unit electrically connected to said group of sensors to receive information from said group of sensors;
- a power supply unit connected to said group of sensors and to said control unit so as to supply power to said group of sensors and to said control unit;
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- a muting plug device mounted adjacent to the air outlet of said hollow body so as to at least partially close the air outlet, said muting plug device having a detection sensor that detects an opening of a closing of the air outlet, the detection sensor being electrically connected to said control unit so as to transmit information as to an open status or a closed status of the air outlet to said control unit.
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A musical instrument comprising:
- a hollow body having an air inlet and an air outlet and a number of holes, the air inlet adapted to allow a player to blow air into said hollow body, the air outlet adapted to allow air to at least partially exit said hollow body, the number of holes adapted to be closed by the player;
- a group of sensors comprising a proximity sensor positioned adjacent to the number of holes so as to detect whenever when a hole of the number of holes is open or closed;
- a control unit electrically connected to said group of sensors to receive information from said group of sensors;
- a power supply unit connected to said group of sensors and to said control unit so as to supply power to said group of sensors and to said control unit;
- a plurality of buttons that can be pressed by the player;
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- a commutator driven by said plurality of buttons, said commutator being electrically connected to said control unit so as to transmit information relative to a mode of use of the musical instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.