Electronic musical instrument with device
OwnerHarvey Starrinventor
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Abstract
The invention pertains to devices utilized by artists that produce musical sounds and aesthetic lights, including lights that correspond to the sounds. More specifically, the invention pertains to a modular system comprising modules of a play device, such as a smart phone, a fingerboard comprising a keyboard and lights corresponding to the keys and a docking station for mounting and joining the play device and fingerboard together. Using music and light control application software loaded on the play device and the keys of the fingerboard, the play device and fingerboard exchange and communicate sound and light information and instructions with each other. The play device plays sounds and the fingerboard displays lights.
Claims29
A system for playing sounds and lights, the system comprising:
- a play device comprising a display and touch screen, processor and communication hardware and software that receives, transmits and processes sound and light information and communicates with other processors and communication hardware and software;
- a dock comprising a body removably attached to said play device, a power source, power connectors and data connectors;
- a fingerboard comprising a body removably attached to said dock via a joinder mechanism, a keyboard with keys, lights and a processor and communication hardware and software that receives, transmits and processes sound and light information and communicates with other processors and communication hardware and software;
- the play device and fingerboard are in communication with each other via their respective processor and communication hardware;
- wherein the play device exchanges sound and light information partially in response to engagement of said keys of the fingerboard and directs the display of said lights of the fingerboard and play of sounds,
- wherein mounts are included on the back of the fingerboard for attachment of external devices.
A system for playing sounds and lights, the system comprising:
- a play device comprising a display and touch screen, processor and communication hardware and software that receives, transmits and processes sound and light information and communicates with other processors and communication hardware and software;
- a dock comprising a body removably attached to said play device, a power source, power connectors and data connectors;
- a fingerboard comprising a body having a keyboard with keys, lights and a processor and communication hardware and software that receives, transmits and processes sound and light information and communicates with other processors and communication hardware and software;
- the play device and fingerboard are in communication with each other via their respective processor and communication hardware;
- wherein the play device exchanges sound and light information partially in response to engagement of said keys of the fingerboard and directs the display of said lights of the fingerboard and play of sounds,
- wherein the attachment of the play device to the dock is accomplished with deepened recesses in the dock and magnets on a plate which are received in the recesses.
A system for playing sounds and lights, the system comprising:
- a playing device comprising a display and touch screen, processor and communication hardware and software that receives, transmits and processes sound and light information and communicates with other processors and communication hardware and software;
- a dock comprising a body removably attached to said play device, a power source, power connectors and data connectors wherein a plurality of magnets are included in openings in the body of the dock and a magnetic plate removably attached to the play device physically couple the dock and the play device;
- a fingerboard comprising a body removably attached to said dock via a joinder mechanism, a keyboard with keys, lights and a processor and communication hardware and software that receives, transmits and processes sound and light information hardware and software;
- the play device and fingerboard are in communication with each other via their respective processor and communication hardware;
- wherein the play device exchanges sound and light information with the fingerboard based upon engagement of said keys of the fingerboard, directs the light displayed on said lights of the fingerboard and plays resulting sounds while the fingerboard displays resulting lights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.