US 9,430,997 B2 · Interactive instruments and other striking objects

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices for providing interactive striking objects (e.g., drumsticks) and performing actions in response to striking motions of the striking objects are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide an interactive drumstick, which includes a lighting display located at a tip portion of the interactive drumstick, a motion detector contained at least partially within the drumstick, a processor and memory contained at least partially within the drumstick, and an interactive system stored within the memory of the drumstick. The interactive system includes a striking motion module that determines striking motions of the drumstick with respect to a virtual percussion instrument based on accessing information measured by the motion detector, and a display module that causes the lighting display to present a certain type of illumination based on the striking motions determined by the striking motion module.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a drumstick state module that measures a state of motion of a drumstick relative to a virtual strike location for a virtual strike of a virtual drum to be performed by the drumstick;
a strike prediction module that determines a predicted time at which the drumstick arrives at the virtual strike location for the virtual strike of the virtual drum based on the measured state of motion of the drumstick;
and
an action module that performs an action associated with a drumstick striking a real drum upon commencement of the determined predicted time, and
a haptic feedback module synchronized with the strike prediction module to provide haptic feedback to a user at the predicted time at which the drumstick arrives at the virtual strike location.

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A method, comprising:

measuring a state of motion of a striking object relative to a virtual strike location for a virtual strike of a virtual percussion instrument to be performed by the striking object;
determining a predicted time at which the striking object arrives at the virtual strike location for the virtual strike of the virtual percussion instrument based on the measured state of motion of the striking object;
and
performing an action associated with the striking object striking a real percussion instrument upon commencement of the determined predicted time;
and
providing to a user, haptic feedback synchronized with the strike prediction module at the predicted time at which the drumstick arrives at the virtual strike location.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations for generating an audio sequence based on a monitored movement of drumsticks with respect to virtual drum locations, the operations comprising:

monitoring movement of the drumsticks relative to the virtual drum locations;
determining predicted times of virtual strikes performed by the drumsticks at the virtual drum locations;
and
generating an audio sequence that includes sounds to be played upon commencement of the determined predicted times of the virtual strikes at the virtual drum locations;
and
providing to a user, haptic feedback synchronized with the strike prediction module at the predicted time at which the drumstick arrives at the virtual strike location.

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A method, comprising:

measuring a state of motion of a wand relative to a virtual strike location for a virtual strike of a virtual object performed by the striking wand;
determining a predicted time at which the wand arrives at the virtual strike location for the virtual strike of the virtual object based on the measured state of motion of the wand;
and
performing an action associated with the wand striking a real object upon commencement of the determined predicted time:
and
providing to a user, haptic feedback synchronized with the strike prediction module at the predicted time at which the drumstick arrives at the virtual strike location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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