ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FINGER MOVEMENT BASED MUSICAL TONE GENERATION AND RELATED METHODS
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a finger biometric sensor;
an audio output transducer; and
a controller cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user'"'"'s finger;
said controller also cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for causing said audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of the user'"'"'s finger relative to said finger biometric sensor.
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Abstract
An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor and an audio output transducer. The electronic device may further include a controller cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user'"'"'s finger. The controller may also cooperate with the finger biometric sensor for causing the audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of a user'"'"'s finger relative to the finger biometric sensor.
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22 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a finger biometric sensor; an audio output transducer; and a controller cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user'"'"'s finger; said controller also cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for causing said audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of the user'"'"'s finger relative to said finger biometric sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic device comprising:
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a finger biometric sensor; an audio output transducer; and a controller cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user'"'"'s finger; said controller also cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for causing said audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone having a pitch that changes based upon a velocity of the user'"'"'s finger relative to said finger biometric sensor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a housing; a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; a finger biometric sensor carried by said housing; an audio output transducer carried by said housing; and a controller cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user'"'"'s finger for authenticating the user and enabling operation of said wireless transceiver; said controller also cooperating with said finger biometric sensor for causing said audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of the user'"'"'s finger relative to said finger biometric sensor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of playing at least one musical tone using an electronic device comprising a finger biometric sensor, an audio output transducer, and a controller coupled to the finger biometric sensor and the audio output transducer, the method comprising:
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using the controller cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user'"'"'s finger; and further using the controller also cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for causing the audio output transducer to generate the at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of the user'"'"'s finger relative to the finger biometric sensor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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