Simulated percussion instrument
US8729379B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2250/435
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An electronic instrument simulating a percussion instrument using capacitive touch sensitive sensors. The instrument has an art layer, a sensor layer, a shielding layer, an electronics package and a speaker. The art layer has depictions of one or more percussion instruments. The sensor layer is deposed under the art layer. The sensor layer has one or more instrument sensors, each with one or more capacitive touch sensors. Instrument sensors are positioned underneath one of the depicted percussion instruments in the art layer so that a finger tapping the depicted instrument will trigger the sensor. The capacitive touch sensors are electrically connected to the electronics package configured to detect changes in capacitance when a particular capacitive touch sensor is touched, causing the electronics package to play on the speaker a sound sample of an percussion instrument associated with that capacitive touch sensor.
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