Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System

• US 20110132181A1
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neven Kockovic
• Original Assignee: Neven Kockovic
• Inventors: Kockovic, Neven
• Granted Patent: US 8,362,350 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/723
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/34 Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/326 Control glove or other hand or palm-attached control device
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/371 Vital parameter control, i.e. musical instrument control based on body signals, e.g. brainwaves, pulsation, temperature or perspiration; Biometric information
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/525 Piezoelectric transducers for vibration sensing or vibration excitation in the audio range; Piezoelectric strain sensing, e.g. as key velocity sensor; Piezoelectric actuators, e.g. key actuation in response to a control voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/275 Spint drum

Abstract

A Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System that can be adopted for simulating any kind of music, anywhere, any time. As for example one can create all the benefits of the percussion instrument such as a drum kit but without the cost and burden of a drum kit. Same also applies to string, wind and other types of instruments of any nation, any culture, any motif, any era any age etc. The system includes all its constituent components including sensors, transducers, electronics, music module, pre-amps and amplifiers, wired or wireless to connections for intra and inter modules including final enjoyment by wired or wireless headphones or speakers. Also delineated is the process of creating music for the DIY enthusiast.

Claims

1. A ‘

Do-It-Yourself’

process of creating live music in real time without the use of musical instruments comprising the steps of;

a) mounting at least one sensor on at least one limb of a musician by at least one mounting means to create music of at least one musical instrument;

b) interfacing said sensor(s) with an electronics and music module;

c) storing the sounds of said musical instrument(s) in said music module;

d) interfacing the output of said electronics and music module to an audio output device; and

e) creating music by actuating said sensor(s) on said limb(s) of said musician against any hard planar surface.

2. The Do-It-Yourself’

process of creating live music in real time of claim 1 wherein;

a) said at least one sensor(s) is selected from a group consisting of tactile, piezo pressure, pressure sensitive film, force sensor resistor, accelerometer, micro-arduino and micro-gyro;

b) said limb(s) is selected from a group consisting of finger, palm, thumb, toe, foot, elbow, ankle, heel, head and back;

c) said mounting means selected from a group consisting of loop means, strap means, band means, cap means, film means, glove means, mitten means, elbow means, ankle means and heel means;

d) said musical instrument is selected from a group consisting of percussion, key, wind and string instruments.

3. The Do-It-Yourself’

process of creating live music in real time of claim 2 wherein said percussion instrument is selected from a group consisting of bass drum(s), snare drum(s), tom tom(s), rototom(s), cow bell(s), gong(s), cymbal(s), Hi-Hat control(s), Conga(s) Bongo(s) and Tabla(s).

4. The Do-It-Yourself’

process of creating live music in real time of claim 3 wherein cymbal choke effect is created by use of a pressure sensor mounted on the outside of the thumb and a tactile sensor is mounted on the underside of said thumb.

5. The Do-It-Yourself’

process of creating live music in real time of claim 4 where in the cymbal choke effect is created by actuating the pressure sensor with momentary impact of the outside of the thumb against any planar hard surface and the sound is choked and snubbed by making a fist such that the tactile sensor is actuated as it is pushed against the index finger of said fist.

21. The ‘

Do-It-Yourself’

process of creating live music in real time without the use of musical instruments of claim 1 wherein at least one said musical instrument is under Hi-Hat Control with a first sensor on a finger of a hand for simulating a percussion instrument and a second sensor in the arch of a foot to emulate foot control pedal of said Hi-Hat control.

6. A Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System comprising:

a) at least one sensor(s) mounted on at least one limb(s) of a musician;

b) mounting means connected to said sensor(s)

c) a sound module connected to said sensor(s)

d) storing the sounds of at least one musical instrument in said sound module; and

e) an output device connected to said music module.

7. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 6 wherein said at least one sensor(s) is selected from a group consisting of tactile, piezo pressure, pressure sensitive film, force sensor resistor, accelerometer, micro-arduino and micro-gyro.

8. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 6 wherein said limb(s) is selected from a group consisting of finger, palm, thumb, toe, foot, elbow, ankle, heel, head and back.

9. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 6 wherein said sensor(s) is mounted on said limb(s) means selected from a group consisting of loop means, strap means, band means, cap means, film means, glove means, mitten means, elbow means, ankle means and heel means.

10. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 6 wherein said musical instrument is selected from a group consisting of percussion, key, wind and string instrument.

11. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 10 wherein said percussion instrument is selected from a group consisting of bass drum, snare drum, tom toms, cymbals, Hi-Hat control, Conga(s), Bongo(s) and Tabla(s).

12. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 11 wherein cymbal choke effect is created by use of a pressure sensor mounted on the outside of the thumb and a tactile sensor is mounted on the underside of said thumb.

13. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 12 wherein the cymbal choke effect is initiated by actuating the pressure sensor with momentary impact of the outside of the thumb against any planar hard surface and the sound is choked and snubbed by making a fist such that the tactile sensor is actuated as it is pushed against the index finger of said fist.

14. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 6 wherein interface between said sensor(s), said sound module and said output device comprises a wireless interface.

22. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Music System of claim 6 wherein a second tactile sensor in the arch of left foot is employed to emulate foot control pedal of a Hi-Hat control.

15. A Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System comprising:

a) means for electronically generating musical sounds including the sounds of hand percussion instruments;

b) the apparatus being adapted to be worn a hand of a musician;

c) plurality of pressure sensors individually mountable on adjacent the end of fingers on the palm side of the finger so that the pressure sensors will be separately activated by striking a surface with an open, flat hand held in a position for striking a hand percussion instrument;

d) a percussion sensor mountable on a palm above which the fingers of the hand extend, the percussion sensor generating a signal separate from the signals generated by the pressure sensors on the hand, when a surface is struck by an open, flat hand held in a position for striking a hand percussion instrument; and

e) a communications interface for separately transmitting electric signals generated when the pressure sensors and the percussion sensor strike a surface to an electronic processor.

16. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System of claim 15 wherein the percussion sensor is connectable to the electronic processor by the communications interface to generate a bass signal when the electronic processor comprises an electronic music processor.

17. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System of claim 15 wherein the pressure sensor(s) mountable on the fingers and the percussion sensor comprise identical sensors.

18. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System of claim 15 wherein 5 sensors are mounted in a glove one corresponding to each finger.

19. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System of claim 15 wherein the pressure sensors are positioned on rings for mounting on fingers, and the percussion sensor is mountable on a band adapted to encircle the palm.

20. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System of claim 15 wherein the communications interface comprises a wireless interface.

23. The Wearable Trigger Electronic Percussion Music System of claim 15 wherein a Hi-Hat Control is emulated by a second tactile sensor in the arch of a foot which is opened by lifting said foot and closed by returning said foot to normal floor position to emulate the pedal of said Hi-Hat control.