Instrument pickup
AssigneeLight4Sound
InventorWaleed Sami Haddad
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Abstract
A optoelectronic pickup for a musical instrument includes at least one light source which directs light to impinge a string of the musical instrument in at least one photoreceiver located to detect the reflected light, so as to generate an electrical signal that is responsive to string vibrations. A number of dissimilar filter approaches are included to control undesired effects of spurious light, the filter approaches may be structure-based, signal processing-based, and/or optics-based.
Claims22
A programmable pickup arrangement for a musical instrument, comprising:
- a pickup configured to transduce movement of a string of the musical instrument into an electrical signal;
- a microprocessor coupled to the pickup and configured to program the pickup and modify a characteristic of the pickup;
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- an interface coupled to the microprocessor and configured to facilitate communication between the microprocessor and an external electronic device.
A programmable pickup arrangement for a musical instrument, comprising:
- a pickup configured to transduce movement of strings of the musical instrument into electrical signals;
- a microprocessor coupled to the pickup and adapted to be supported by the musical instrument, the microprocessor configured to program the pickup and modify a characteristic of the pickup that affects a sound of the strings reproduced from the electrical signals;
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- an interface coupled to the microprocessor and adapted to be supported by the musical instrument, the interface configured to facilitate communication between the microprocessor and an external processor-based device.
A programmable pickup arrangement for a musical instrument, comprising:
- a pickup configured to transduce movement of strings of the musical instrument into electrical signals;
- a microprocessor coupled to the pickup and adapted to be supported by the musical instrument, the microprocessor configured to program the pickup and modify a characteristic of the pickup that affects a sound of the strings reproduced from the electrical signals;
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- an interface adapted to be supported by the musical instrument and configured to facilitate communication between the pickup arrangement and an external system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.