Dynamic pedal and display
AssigneeProphet Productions, LLC
InventorsBobby Elijah Aviv, Amy L Pearson
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Abstract
A small (smartphone-sized or tablet-sized), foot-enabled, flat, tiltable, rotatable, dynamic touch screen pedal and controller that uses a tilt mechanism to toggle between and select different audio (or other) functions and effects that are displayed on the attached display. The tilt of the device as well as optional tapping sequences activate different functions in predetermined function locations. Specific audio effects, audio effect presets, loops, songs, and controller functions can each be assigned to different touch screen locations, pedal buttons, and/or tilt directions.
Claims26
A foot pedal, the foot pedal comprising:
- a base, the base configured to receive a smartphone or a tablet;
- a cover, the cover configured to protect a display of the smartphone or tablet while the smartphone or the tablet is inserted into the base, the cover configured to receive input from a foot;
- wherein the display is configured to display a graphical user interface of an application on the smartphone or the tablet, the graphical user interface comprising a plurality of function locations, the plurality of function locations comprising a first function location, the first function location associated with a first function, the first function controlling one or more of an audio effect, a loop, and a song;
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- a tilt mechanism, the tilt mechanism configured to allow physical tilting of the smartphone or tablet within the base, wherein a tilting of the smartphone or tablet enables a selection, in the application on the display of the smartphone or the tablet, of the first function when the smartphone or the tablet is tilted by the foot towards the first function location.
A musical effect controller comprising:
- a display on a smartphone or tablet, the display configured to display a graphical user interface of an application on the smartphone or the tablet, the graphical user interface comprising a plurality of function locations, the plurality of function locations comprising a first function location, the first function location associated with a first function, the first function controlling one or more of an audio effect, a loop, and a song;
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- a tilt mechanism, the tilt mechanism configured to allow tilting of the display when touched by a foot, the tilt mechanism further configured to enable the selection of the first function in the application on the display of the smartphone or the tablet when the smartphone or the tablet is tilted by the foot towards the first function location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.