US 10,946,288 B1Granted

Musical gaming device

OwnerCatherine Browninventor

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Abstract

A musical gaming device is disclosed. The musical gaming device serves to distract a user while they are under stressful situations or when they are idle. The gaming device engages a user in multiple ways in order to achieve a calming effect on a user. The musical gaming device may produce musical notes or sounds along with vibrations which a user is to replicate. The sounds and vibrations are replicated through buttons found on the musical gaming device. If a user is unable to replicate the specific sequence corresponding to one or more input musical notes then the game ends. The calming effect occurs both through the sounds heard and the vibrations produced. Thereby helping a user get through a stressful situation.

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Dependent claims

A musical gaming device, comprising:

a body that includes a first side and a second side, wherein each of said first side and said second side of said body comprises buttons further defined as a first set of buttons and a second set of buttons;
vibration motors mounted below each of buttons, wherein said vibration motors are configured to produce vibrations in said buttons in a specific sequence corresponding to one or more input musical notes;
a speaker configured to output one or more output musical notes in response to pressing said buttons in said specific sequence;
a processor configured to control said vibration motors based on the selected game mode in accordance with said one or more input musical notes;
a memory configured to store said one or more input musical notes corresponding to a musical song, rhyme, tune;
a battery configured to power said musical gaming device, wherein said battery receives power from one or more external power sources;
and
ports configured to provide interfaces to one or more external units connected with said musical gaming device.

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Facts

Application: 16/421,790Filed 24 May 2019
Granted: 16 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

A63F 13/814
Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode: musical performances, e.g. by evaluating the player's ability to follow a…
A63F 13/23
Input arrangements for video game devices: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
A63F 13/24
Input arrangements for video game devices: constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
A63F 13/285
Responding to control signals received from the game device for affecting ambient conditions, e.g. for vibrating players' seats, activating…

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