Multi-Operational Music Hardware Controller

• US 20160378428A1
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Published: 12/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Giordano P. Jacuzzi
• Original Assignee: Giordano P. Jacuzzi
• Inventors: Jacuzzi, Giordano P.
• Granted Patent: US 10,281,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/025 actuated by sliding movement
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/105 comprising arrangements for illumination
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 9/02 the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 9/04 in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously

Abstract

Disclosed is a hardware controller that may interact with audio, lighting, or other computer componentry to control various digital parameters of the same. The presently disclosed controller allows for button presses, knob twisting, and slider engagement, but does so in a manner that remains intuitive without the need for partitioning a mixer into separate sections for independent devices. In this manner, the present invention avoids the need for a large physical footprint that would otherwise require a large amount of space and the use of multiple hands over a period of time by the user.

Claims

1. A multi-operational controller having combination rotary encoding and force sensing slide potentiometer switching with visual RGB LED feedback.

2. The multi-operational controller of claim 1, wherein the controller is modular.

3. The multi-operational of claim 2, wherein the modular configuration includes 4 controllers.

4. The multi-operational controller of claim 1, wherein the LEDs are an RGB implementation.