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US 9,075,404 B2Granted
Foot-operated controller
AssigneeBeBop Sensors, Inc.
InventorsKeith McMillen, Conner Lacy
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Abstract
Highly expressive and flexibly programmable foot-operated controllers are described. Specific implementations are intended for musical applications and allow musicians an unprecedented degree of control of a wide variety of musical components and subsystems for recording and/or performance.
Claims14
A pressure-sensing control system, comprising:
- an array of sensors, each of the sensors including piezoresistive material and a plurality of conductive traces, each of the sensors being configured to generate a sensor signal via a connection between the conductive traces through the piezoresistive material, each sensor signal representing a continuous range of applied pressure for the corresponding sensor;
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- a processor configured to:
- receive the sensor signals;
- collectively process the sensor signals to generate control information representative of the applied pressure in three linear dimensions and one or more rotational dimensions;
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- map the control information to one or more control destinations representing operation of one or more processes or devices.
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