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US 12,106,739 B2Granted
Manual music generator
AssigneeParker J Wosner
InventorParker J. Wonser
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Abstract
A manual music generator designed to help musicians express and capture their musical inspiration while on the go. The quick two step music composition process empowers all levels of musicians to accurately record their musical inspiration before the idea exits their imagination. The apparatus breaks down the musical expression process into two steps by separating pitch and rhythm, enabling musicians to easily express and record the musical riffs in their head.
Claims20
A manual music generator apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured for a manual manipulation by a user's hand, the housing having a body;
- a microprocessor having one or more processors and a memory, the memory having one or more programs, and a plurality of prestored musical instrument sounds;
- an instrument switch in communication with the microprocessor, the microprocessor being configured to change musical instrument sounds within the plurality of prestored musical instrument sounds to a selected musical instrument sound when the instrument switch is pressed;
- an electrically conductive surface positioned along a portion of the housing and configured for access by a user's finger;
- an electrical sensor positioned in the housing and in communication with the electrically conductive surface and microprocessor, the electrical sensor configured to sense an intensity of current passing through the electrically conductive surface as a user's finger slides up and down the electrically conductive surface, the programs being programmed to cause adjustment of a pitch of the selected musical instrument sound to create a musical tone as the user's finger slides up and down the electrically conductive surface;
- a trigger switch in communication with the microprocessor and accessible from an external area of the housing, the trigger switch when pressed stores the musical tone, to permit multiple musical tones to be stored one after another;
- a pickup positioned in the housing and in communication with the electrically conductive surface and microprocessor, the pickup configured to sense a vibration of the electrically conductive surface when the electrically conductive surface is tapped by a user's finger, such that when the electrically conductive surface is tapped multiple times corresponding to the multiple musical tones and tapped in a rhythm, the microprocessor stores the rhythm with the multiple musical tones to create a sequence of musical notes;
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- an audio delivery device in communication with the microprocessor and configured to play sounds generated by the apparatus.
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A process of generating a sequence of music notes comprising:
- selecting a musical instrument sound from a plurality of musical instrument sounds prestored in a memory from a microprocessor also having one or more processors;
- providing an electrically conductive surface in communication with the microprocessor;
- selecting a musical tone of the musical instrument sound by adjusting a pitch of the selected musical instrument sound from sliding a user's finger up and down the electrically conductive surface;
- storing the musical tone on the memory;
- repeatedly selecting and storing musical tones to create a plurality of musical tones stored one after each other on the memory;
- replaying the multiple musical tones one at a time by actuating the electrically conductive surface;
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- sensing an intensity of vibration against the electrically conductive surface during the actuation of the electrically conductive surface as a rhythm and storing the rhythm with the multiple musical tones to create a sequence of musical notes.
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An apparatus configured to generate musical sequences based on tactile inputs, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be held by a user's hand;
- a microprocessor having one or more processors;
- a memory having a plurality of prestored musical instrument sounds;
- a first switch in communication with the microprocessor and when pressed configured to change musical instrument sounds, within the plurality of prestored musical instrument sounds;
- an electrically conductive surface positioned along a portion of the housing and configured for tactile manipulation by a user's finger;
- an electrical sensor positioned within the housing and in communication with the electrically conductive surface and microprocessor, the electrical sensor configured to sense an intensity of current passing through the electrically conductive surface when a user's finger moves in one or more directions across the electrically conductive surface, and the microprocessor being further configured to adjust a pitch of the selected musical instrument sound in response to the intensity of current sensed by the electrical sensor to create a musical tone;
- a second switch in communication with the microprocessor, the second switch when pressed stores the musical tone, to permit multiple musical tones to be stored in precession of each other;
- a pickup positioned in the housing and in communication with the electrically conductive surface and microprocessor, the pickup configured to sense a vibration of the electrically conductive surface when tapped by a user's finger, such that when the electrically conductive surface is tapped multiple times corresponding to the multiple musical tones and tapped in a rhythm, the microprocessor adds the rhythm to the multiple musical tones to create a sequence of musical notes;
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- an audio delivery device in communication with the microprocessor and configured to play sounds generated by the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.