Puppetmaster Hands-Free Controlled Music System

• US 20140298975A1
• Filed: 04/04/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Point Motion Inc.
• Original Assignee: Golden Wish Llc
• Inventors: Clark, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 9,443,498 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/626
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/201 for movement interpretation, i.e. capturing and recognizing a gesture or a specific kind of movement, e.g. to control a musical instrument
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/455 Camera input, e.g. analyzing pictures from a video camera and using the analysis results as control data
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set

Abstract

A system for using body motion capture for musical performances. A motion detection camera captures a series of body movements which are assigned to begin one of more songs, to activate musical filters, and to active sound effects. Once the movements are captured and assignment, the user begins the performance.

Claims

1. A musical performance system, comprising:

a computing device comprising executable software;

a data storage device;

a first database of musical songs on the data storage device;

a second database of musical filters on the data storage device;

a third database of musical song elements on the data storage device;

a motion detection camera, wherein the motion detection camera detects a user, further wherein the motion detection camera captures a first bodily movement of the user, a second bodily movement of the user, a third plurality of bodily movements of the user, a fourth plurality of bodily movements of the user, wherein the first, second, third plurality and fourth plurality of bodily movements of the user are transmitted to a fourth database on the data storage device for storage, further wherein the user uses the executable software to assign the first bodily movement to begin performance of at least one song from the first database, assigns the second bodily movement to end performance of the at least one song from the first database, assigns each bodily movement from the third plurality of bodily movements to perform musical filters on the second database, assigns each bodily movement from the fourth plurality of bodily movements to perform musical song elements on the third database, wherein the user performs the first, second, third plurality and fourth plurality of bodily movements to produce a musical performance.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one song from the first database is selected from the group consisting of a pre-recorded song and portion of a song.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the musical filter from the second database is selected from the group consisting of adjustments to the pitch, speed, duration, intensity, timbre, and frequency of a musical tone.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the musical filter from the second database is selected from the group consisting of adjustments to the pitch, rhythm, tempo, timing, speed, duration, intensity, timbre, of the vocals, partial vocals, rhythms, baseline beats, drums, chords, choruses, refrains, verses, chorus, bridges, codas, musical hooks, musical riffs, rhythmic passages, instrumental parts, musical samples, and analogue sounds.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the song element from the third database is selected from the group consisting of vocals, partial vocals, rhythms, baseline beats, drums, chords, choruses, refrains, verses, chorus, bridges, codas, musical hooks, musical riffs, rhythmic passages, instrumental parts, musical samples, and analogue sounds.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein, the computing device database is selected from the group consisting of a game console, a laptop, a tablet, a smartphone, and a desktop computer.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a combined musical performance with bodily movements from at least one additional user, wherein the additional user at the same location.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a combined musical performance with bodily movements from at least one additional user at a separate location.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is incorporated for performance in sync with video game play.

6. In other embodiments of the subject invention, the plurality of musical sounds, effects, filters, performances, and/or bodily movements may be pre-installed from the Internet or computer-readable media.