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Metronome with wireless transducer

  • US 7,390,955 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2005
  • Issued: 06/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tactile metronome for use by a musician comprising:

  • a signal generator that generates signals according to a desired timing scheme that includes a complex beat pattern;

    a short range wireless transmitter associated with the signal generator for wirelessly transmitting the signals generated by the signal generator to at least one receiving unit;

    a wireless receiver associated with the at least one receiving unit for receiving the wireless signals transmitted by the short range wireless transmitter;

    a tactile transducer, worn by the musician, associated with the at least one receiving unit, the tactile transducer imparting tactile stimulations to a musician in accordance with the complex beat pattern of the desired timing scheme wherein said tactile transducer includes;

    a rigid housing;

    an electric motor enclosed within said rigid housing, said electric motor having attached thereto an eccentric weight; and

    wherein said electric motor is supported within said rigid housing by a motor mount that enables the electric motor, when energized, to wobble within the rigid housing so that the eccentric weight orbits about an elliptical path.

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