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US 9,542,920 B2Granted
Modular wireless sensor network for musical instruments and user interfaces for use therewith
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorChester James Udell, III
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Abstract
A wireless sensor network for musical instruments is provided that will allow a musician to communicate natural performance gestures (orientation, pressure, tilt, etc) to a computer. User interfaces and computing modules are also provided that enable a user to utilize the data communicated by the wireless sensor network to supplement and/or augment the artistic expression.
Claims10
A wireless sensor network for musical instruments, comprising:
- at least one sensor node, each sensor node comprising a sensor and a transmitter for transmitting messages comprising data corresponding to an output of the sensor, the data including a sensor type, a unique identifier, and actual sensor data, each sensor node being configured to releasably attach to a musical instrument;
- a receiver hub comprising a receiver and a processor, the processor being configured to parse the messages from the at least one sensor node received by the receiver and output the parsed messages to a computer implemented processing module;
- and
- the processing module, wherein the processing module receives the parsed messages, determines from the parsed messages a type and instance of the at least one sensor node;
- provides data processing of data from the parsed messages;
- provides data mapping of data streams from the parsed messages to particular outputs;
- and outputs the data streams from the parsed messages to the particular outputs according to the data mapping.
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A musical instrument wireless sensor network kit comprising:
- at least one wireless sensor node configured for attachment to a musical instrument and for transmitting messages including a sensor type, a unique identifier, and actual sensor data;
- a receiver hub for receiving data from the at least one wireless sensor node, parsing the data, and providing the parsed data as a parsed data message to a computing system;
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- a computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for:
- creating a new instance of the wireless sensor node available in a user interface when the wireless sensor node is detected from a received parsed data message;
- providing a raw data stream for the new instance from the received parsed data message in the user interface;
- updating the raw data stream in the user interface upon receipt of a subsequent parsed data message corresponding to the wireless sensor node;
- performing data processing for the raw data stream;
- and
- mapping the raw data stream and/or a data processed raw data stream to one or more particular outputs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.