System for generating musical sounds within a vehicle
OwnerGregor Z. Hanuschakinventor
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Abstract
System for generating musical sounds. Structure adapted for mounting within a vehicle includes a plurality of spatially separated, touch-sensitive sensors for activation by an occupant of the vehicle. A memory module stores a plurality of musical sounds and a microcontroller is interconnected with the plurality of touch-sensitive sensors and the memory module to generate a signal including one or more of the stored musical sounds. A transmitter interconnected with the microcontroller transmits the one or more musical sounds to the vehicle's sound system. In a preferred embodiment, the musical sounds are drum sounds.
Claims20
System for generating musical sounds comprising:
- structure adapted for mounting within a vehicle to one of:
- a steering wheel and a car seat, the mounting structure including a plurality of spatially separated, touch-sensitive sensors for activation by an occupant of the vehicle;
- a memory module, in the mounting structure, storing one or more musical sounds;
- a microcontroller, in the mounting structure, interfacing with the plurality of touch-sensitive sensors and the memory module to generate a signal representing one or more of the stored musical sounds;
- a user interface, in the mounting structure and in communication with the microcontroller, configured for downloading the one or more stored musical sounds from an available selection of musical sounds, the one or more stored musical sounds customizable by the microcontroller to relate a different musical sound to each of the plurality of touch sensitive sensors;
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- a transmitter, in the mounting structure, interconnected with the microcontroller for transmitting the generated signal to the vehicle's sound system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.