Mobile communication device with musical instrument functions

• US 9,135,905 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audiobrax Industria E Comercio De Produtos Electronicos Ltda.
• Original Assignee: Audiobrax Industria E Comercio De Produtos Electronicos Ltda.
• Inventors: Moraes, Aurelio Rotolo
• Primary Examiner(s): Donels, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US14/248,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20140221040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 847/23, 847/30, 847/37, 847/43, 846/15, 846/25
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/008 Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/32 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/365 the accompaniment information being stored on a host computer and transmitted to a reproducing terminal by means of a network, e.g. public telephone lines
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/091 for performance evaluation, i.e. judging, grading or scoring the musical qualities or faithfulness of a performance, e.g. with respect to pitch, tempo or other timings of a reference performance
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/091 Graphical user interface [GUI] specifically adapted for electrophonic musical instruments, e.g. interactive musical displays, musical instrument icons or menus; Details of user interactions therewith
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/321 Garment sensors, i.e. musical control means with trigger surfaces or joint angle sensors, worn as a garment by the player, e.g. bracelet, intelligent clothing
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/015 PDA [personal digital assistant] or palmtop computing devices used for musical purposes, e.g. portable music players, tablet computers, e-readers or smart phones in which mobile telephony functions need not be used
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/021 Mobile ringtone, i.e. generation, transmission, conversion or downloading of ringing tones or other sounds for mobile telephony; Special musical data formats or protocols therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/251 Mobile telephone transmission, i.e. transmitting, accessing or controlling music data wirelessly via a wireless or mobile telephone receiver, analogue or digital, e.g. DECT, GSM, UMTS
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/435 Gensound percussion, i.e. generating or synthesising the sound of a percussion instrument; Control of specific aspects of percussion sounds, e.g. harmonics, under the influence of hitting force, hitting position, settings or striking instruments such as mallet, drumstick, brush or hand
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/441 Gensound string, i.e. generating the sound of a string instrument, controlling specific features of said sound
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 7/00 Instruments in which the tones are synthesised from a data store, e.g. computer organs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724095 Worn on the wrist, hand or arm
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

Describes a mobile communication device (1, 20, 55, 111, 150, 200, 220, 335) having musical instrument (percussion, keyboards, string and blow) function, which “can be scrapped onto the user'"'"'s body through an adjustable elastic belt (151). It is also able to receive commands from a remote sensor (4, 70, 75, 160, 210, 257, 392,412), which has a musical instrument interface (percussion, keyboards, string and blow), preferably scrapped onto the user'"'"'s body by means of an adjustable elastic belt (151). A sound system (6) or an audio/video equipment might receive audio and/or video from the mobile communication device (1, 20, 55, 111, 150, 200, 220, 335) through an adapter (5, 56, 63, 68). The use of this device is intended to be an occupational therapy, satisfying, entertaining and relaxing for the user, which will provide user'"'"'s mental and physical health benefits. Its technical classification is under “electronics”.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic communication device that comprises a means of transferring data by cell phone network communication and at least one radio frequency module compatible with cellular network communication systems, that further comprises musical instrument functionalities, wherein the mobile communication device comprises:

a plurality of touch sensors distributed on a surface of the mobile communication device providing regions that are touch sensitive; and

a digital signal processor configured to receive responses of impulses applied to the touch sensors while a song is being played by the mobile electronic communication device and transforming the responses of impulses into musical instrument sounds, wherein the digital signal processor is further configured to accompany sounds from the song that is being played the mobile electronic communication device with the musical instrument sounds, and

wherein the mobile communication device is operable to evaluate the accompaniment by reference to parameters stored by storage means, such parameters being synchronism, rhythm, intensity, selected document and musical note.

2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the digital signal processor carries out voice signals, sounds, communication indicators, and songs, controls communication functions, and mixes two or more of such sounds.

3. The mobile communication device according to claim 2, wherein sound signals carried out by the digital signal processor are stored in Flash memory devices or in memory cards.

4. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein LEDs are distributed under a surface of the mobile communication device, the surface being a pad or a Jog disc to provide luminous indication to a user'"'"'s touch.

5. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the touch sensors comprise transducers of piezoelectric, capacitive, resistive, inductive, field effect, pressure, stretch, vibration, displacement, vibration or acceleration type.

6. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises at least a graphic display, a microphone, a phone and a keyboard.

7. The mobile communication device according to claim 6, wherein the microphone is configured to receive a user'"'"'s sound while a song is being played in the electronic device, wherein the digital signal processor is further configured to interpret the user'"'"'s sound received by the microphone and transform the user'"'"'s sound in the musical instruments sounds.

8. The mobile communication device according to claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s sound is created using whistles, finger cracks, clapped hands, vocal sounds emitted by the lips, or tap dance.

9. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the device further comprises an adaptor to deliver the musical instruments sounds to a sound system.

10. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a remote sensor associated to the mobile communication device, the remote sensor comprising regions that are touch sensitive.