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.
Claims24
A foot pedal, the foot pedal comprising:
- a display, the display configured to display a graphical user interface of an application on a computing device, 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;
- a cover, the cover configured to protect a display, the cover configured to receive input from a foot;
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- a tilt mechanism, the tilt mechanism configured to allow physical tilting of one or more of the display and the foot pedal, wherein a tilting of one or more of the display and the foot pedal enables a selection, in the application on the display of the computing device, of the first function when one or more of the display and the foot pedal is tilted by the foot towards the first function location.
A musical effect controller comprising:
- a display, the display configured to display a graphical user interface of an application on a computing device, 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 one or more of the display and the foot pedal when a cover of the display is touched by a foot, the cover configured to protect a display, the cover configured to receive input from the foot, the tilt mechanism further configured to enable the selection of the first function in the application on the display of the computing device when one or more of the display and the foot pedal is tilted by the foot towards the first function location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.