Category: Patents Rock

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 10,199,023 Filed: 28 May 2016 In the name of: Aodyo Title: Electronic Woodwind Instrument What’s claimed: “An electronic wind instrument comprising a mouthpiece into which the musician blows, a body provided with keys and a channel connected to the mouthpiece and leading to the outside of the instrument, at least one pressure sensor configured to deform under the action of breath, and an electronic processing system connected to the keys and the pressure sensor and configured to produce musical notes according to the manipulating of the keys and the measurement of a breath, wherein the […]

Rockin’ Patent Application: US 2022/0095049 A1 Filed: 22 July 2021 In the name of: Apple Inc Title: Wearable Device With Directional Audio What’s claimed: “A wearable device comprising: a support structure; an audio module rotatably coupled to the support structure, the audio module comprising a parametric array of speakers configured to direct audio waves in a direction corresponding to a rotational orientation of the audio module relative to the support structure.” Why this patent application rocks: This patent application appears to relate to a wearable device with an audio module that is operable to provide audio output from a distance […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 1,243,645 Filed: 15 February 1915 In the name of: Harold A Van Valkenburg Title: Sound Producing Device What’s claimed: “A device for producing the effect of hoof beats, comprising a. valve chest having a vacuum chamber throughout its length, a plurality of bellows, the movable side of each of which carries a member adapted to strike a coacting member when said bellows is collapsed, valves adapted to place said bellows in communication with said vacuum chamber, and other valves operated by the movable sides of said bellows and govern ing the operation of the next […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 10,770,046 Filed: 13 June 2019 In the name of: Oddball Studios Limited Title: Interactive Percussive Device For Acoustic Applications What’s claimed: “A percussive interactive device, comprising: an external polyhedric or spherical case of deformable material; and an internal case within the external case and housing an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured to detect a set of external forces from at least a rebound effect applied to the electronic apparatus as a result of the external case impacting and deflecting off of a surface external to the external case, to collect electronic data […]

Rockin’ Design Patent: US Design Patent No. 687,016 Filed: 9 January 2012 In the name of: Apple Inc Title: Audio Speaker System What’s claimed: ”The ornamental design for an audio speaker system, as shown and described.” Why this design patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to the Beats Pill speaker, which appeared in music videos of pop artists such as Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj. In a 2014 article, Dazed wrote on the popularity of the design, describing how the product has “…become a status accessory and a pop culture phenomenon in and of itself.” For more information, […]

Rockin’ Patent: French Patent No. 569,294 Filed: 1 August 1923 In the name of: Couesnon Et Cie Title: Toy Saxophone What’s claimed: (please note this is a machine translation from French into English) “The arrangement of notes which reproduces the keyboard of a piano in its part which corresponds to the fundamental octave and overflowing more or less towards the upper and lower octaves.” Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to the ‘Couesnophone’, a free-reed musical instrument resembling a saxophone harmonicor, created by the French manufacturer Couesnon. It is also known as the ‘queenophone’ or more commonly […]

Rockin’ Patent: South Korea Patent No. 10-2388233 Filed: 2 September 2021 In the name of: Kim Han Jo (inventor) Title: Service Providing Method Performing Server Of Music Platform Using NFT Based On Blockchain What’s claimed: (please note this is a machine translation from Korean into English) “A method of providing a service provided by a server of a sound source platform using a blockchain-based NFT, In a blockchain-based network, by matching copyright information and ownership information of sound source information for a sound source that is a target for registration as the sound source platform; Issuing a blockchain-based NFT that means […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 7,848,564 Filed: 16 March 2006 In the name of: Lucasfilm Entertainment Co Ltd Title: Three-dimensional Motion Capture What’s claimed: “An apparatus comprising: a support structure including a band having a substantially cylindrical shape, the band having a plurality of motion capture marks each of which is positioned in a respective region of the band that visually contrasts with a corresponding motion capture mark, the support structure configured to be affixed to an object whose motion is to be tracked using one or more cameras, and the band being of sufficient rigidity such that, in response […]