SONG BEAT/EXERCISE TEMPO SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS

• US 20160246565A1
• Filed: 02/24/2016
• Published: 08/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James S. Potter, Philip J. Shaheen
• Original Assignee: James S. Potter, Philip J. Shaheen
• Inventors: Shaheen, Philip J., Potter, James S.
• Application Number:
  US15/052,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20160246565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/40 Rhythm
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/076 for extraction of timing, tempo; Beat detection tempo display G10H2220/081; tempo control G10H2210/375
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/381 Manual tempo setting or adjustment tempo setting by interpretation of conducting movements G10H2220/206
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/385 Speed change, i.e. variations from preestablished tempo, tempo change, e.g. faster or slower, accelerando or ritardando, without change in pitch with repetitive changes in pitch, e.g. scratch DJ effects G10H2210/241
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/395 Acceleration sensing or accelerometer use, e.g. 3D movement computation by integration of accelerometer data, angle sensing with respect to the vertical, i.e. gravity sensing. conductor baton movement sensing G10H2220/206, angle sensing without reference to gravity G10H2220/391; player body joint angle sensing G10H2220/321
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/325 Synchronizing two or more audio tracks or files according to musical features or musical timings synchronised lyrics, e.g. for karaoke G10H2220/011
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H

Abstract

An apparatus for synchronizing an audio stream beat with a movement tempo enclosed audio device generating an audio stream. The detectors determine the beat per unit time of the audio stream and the tempo of movement of a user. Control input carried on a user'"'"'s finger control the play of the audio device and the synchronization operation. In one aspect, the audio device and the control input are carried in a sleeve worn on a user'"'"'s finger and wirelessly transmit the synchronized audio stream to headphones worn by a user. In another aspect, the audio device and an accelerometer for detecting user tempo are mounted in the headphone and wirelessly receive control input from the finger mounted control input.

Claims

1. An audio beat/user tempo synchronization apparatus, comprising:

an audio player generating an audio stream;

user inputs, carried on a mount, adapted to be mounted on a user'"'"'s finger;

an accelerometer detector determining a user'"'"'s tempo in beats per unit time of movement of the user;

a control coupled to the audio player and detecting the beats per unit time of the audio stream; and

the control synchs the beats per unit time of the audio stream to the beats per unit time of the user'"'"'s tempo.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mount comprises:

a sleeve adapted for removable attachment to a user'"'"'s finger.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user inputs comprise:

at least one button carried by the mount for generating input signals to control at least one of the audio player and the synch frequency of the audio stream.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user inputs further comprise:

a first button carried by the mount for operating the audio device generating the audio stream; and

at least one second button carried by the mount for implementing synchronization of the beats per unit time of the audio stream to the beats per unit time of the user'"'"'s tempo.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

the at least one second button providing manual changes of the synced beats per unit time of the audio stream.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the control transmitting the synced beats per unit time of the audio stream to a audio broadcast device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

The audio broadcast device is at least one speaker carried in headphones. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising;

the accelerometer, the user inputs the audio player and the control are carried in the mount, the control wirelessly coupled to the audio broadcast device and to the audio device in the remote audio player.

11. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

the audio player and the accelerator mountable on a user and coupled to the audio broadcast device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a wireless Bluetooth transmitter coupled to the user input for transmitting user input signal to a Bluetooth receiver coupled to the control.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

headphones removably mountable on a user head and carrying the audio broadcast device in the form of audio output speakers;

the audio player, the accelerator and the Bluetooth receiver mountable in the headphones.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the mount comprises:

a sleeve adapted for removable attachment to a user'"'"'s finger.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the user input comprises:

at least one button carried by the mount for generating input signals to control at least one of the audio player and the synch frequency of the audio stream.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the user input further comprises:

a first button carried by the mount for operating the audio device generating the audio stream; and

at least one second button carried by the mount for implementing synchronization of the beats per unit time of the audio stream to the beats per unit time of the user'"'"'s tempo.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

the at least one second button providing manual changes of the synced beats per unit time of the audio stream.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the audio player is an MP3 player coupled to audio output speakers carried in headphones removably mountable on a user'"'"'s head.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

the Bluetooth transmitter coupled to the control to transmitting the synch audio stream to a Bluetooth transmitter coupled to the audio broadcast device.

14. An audio beat/user tempo synchronization apparatus, comprising:

an audio player generating an audio stream;

user input, carried on a mount, adapted to be mounted on a user'"'"'s finger;

a wireless transmitter coupled to the user input for wirelessly transmitting user input signal;

a control coupled to a wireless receiver for receiving the user input signal;

an accelerometer determining a user'"'"'s tempo in beats per unit time of movement of the user;

the accelerometer, the control and the audio player carried by headphones removably mountable on a user'"'"'s head, the headphones carrying an audio broadcast device in the form of one audio output speaker;

the control synchs the beats per unit time of the audio stream to the beats per unit time of the user'"'"'s tempo.