CA2372014A1 - Internally integrated digitally amplified electronic guitar - Google Patents
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- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- G10D1/085—Mechanical design of electric guitars
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- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
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- G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
- G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
- G10H3/14—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
- G10H3/18—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
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- G10H2230/045—Special instrument [spint], i.e. mimicking the ergonomy, shape, sound or other characteristic of a specific acoustic musical instrument category
- G10H2230/075—Spint stringed, i.e. mimicking stringed instrument features, electrophonic aspects of acoustic stringed musical instruments without keyboard; MIDI-like control therefor
- G10H2230/135—Spint guitar, i.e. guitar-like instruments in which the sound is not generated by vibrating strings, e.g. guitar-shaped game interfaces
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- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
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Abstract
The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR adds new minuature digial technology to standard electric guitars by utilizing various integrated circuits inside the body of the invention to replace the standard external devices standard electric guitars require in order to operate. The external devices the standard electric guitar requires to operate are: (1)-interface cable, (2)-audio amplifier, (3)-speakers) and (4)-speaker cabinet. With standard electric guitars a magnetic coil pickup (or pickups) captures the magnetic flux created by the guitar strings vibrating and carries that signal through a series of tone controls through an I/O connector or out-put jack on the external side of the body of the guitar. An interface cable is then required to be inserted into the guitar at one end and the other end of the interface cable is then inserted into the I/O connector or input jack of an external audio amplifier (powered by AC or DC current) where the signal is boosted and routed to output speakers (which may require or not another separated I/O connection ) between the amplifier and the speaker.
With the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR all components required for operation are contained within the guitar. The signal passes from the vibration of the strings to a Hex Magnetic or piezo electric MIDI Pickup and is converted from a anlogue signal to digital information. The digital information is then manipulated by internal tone controls via a MIDI (music instrument digital interface) synthesizer and sent to the internal Digital Amplifier which boosts the signal and creates either a mono or stereo output path which connects directly to the systems internal set of Digital Speakers. Due the extreme minuaturization of the IC components the entire system can operate on DC current provided by on-board rechargable batteries. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED
DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC GUITAR offers significant advantages over the standard electric guitar. It is portable and requires non of the external devices that a standard electric guitar does in order to operate.
The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR can operate anywhere without the need for an external AC power source. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR DC power cells can be conveniently recharged with it's on-board charging system and the Digital Amplifier and Digital Speaker system draws less electrical power and delivers superior sound quality over conventional solid state or IC
analogue amplifier/speaker combinations.
With the on-board MP3 player/recorder; the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive.
With the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR all components required for operation are contained within the guitar. The signal passes from the vibration of the strings to a Hex Magnetic or piezo electric MIDI Pickup and is converted from a anlogue signal to digital information. The digital information is then manipulated by internal tone controls via a MIDI (music instrument digital interface) synthesizer and sent to the internal Digital Amplifier which boosts the signal and creates either a mono or stereo output path which connects directly to the systems internal set of Digital Speakers. Due the extreme minuaturization of the IC components the entire system can operate on DC current provided by on-board rechargable batteries. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED
DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC GUITAR offers significant advantages over the standard electric guitar. It is portable and requires non of the external devices that a standard electric guitar does in order to operate.
The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR can operate anywhere without the need for an external AC power source. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR DC power cells can be conveniently recharged with it's on-board charging system and the Digital Amplifier and Digital Speaker system draws less electrical power and delivers superior sound quality over conventional solid state or IC
analogue amplifier/speaker combinations.
With the on-board MP3 player/recorder; the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive.
Description
DISCLOSURE
INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
An improved Electric Guitar comprising:
a set of tuning keys for adjusting the tension of the instrument strings constructed from either:
wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials. (2a) informal drawing #1 a neck or finger board with frets for sellecting the notes to be played on the guitar constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials. (2b) informal drawing #1 a set of specialized metal strings designed for guitars used to create variable pitch analoge signals encoded by the guitars Hex Magnetic or piezo electric pickup.
(2c) informal drawing #1 an AC to DC on board Battery Charger for re-charging the enclosed Nicad Batteries (2d) informal drawing #1 a series of DC rechargable Nicad Batteries (2e) informal drawing #1 a HEX Magnetic or Piezo Electric MIDI Pickup (2f) informal drawing #1 a MIDI Synthesizer IC Board (2g) informal drawing #1 a Tone control for adjusting Treble and Bass (2h) informal drawing #1 a Volume ON/OFF control for adjusting the output volume of the instrument and for turning it on and off (2i) informal drawing #1 an adjustable BRIDGE for anchoring the ball end of the guitar strings and controlling the height and intonation of each individual string constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials.
(2j) informal drawing #1 a body or chassis to enclose and integrate all the components of the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR including the tuning keys, the guitar neck, the fret board, the strings, the bridge and all the electronc components including the internal MIDI
Synthesizer, Digital Amplifier, Digital Speakers, MP3 player/recorder Rechargable Batteries and the AC/DC battery charger constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials.
(2k) informal drawing #1 Ll~I;LV 1 UK1.
a Digital Amplifier and Circuit Board with a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifer functions and power amplification. The device supports both coaxial and optical S/PDIF interfaces, digital volume and balance controls and local power regulation to operate from a signal supply voltage. The amplifier can be configured in both mono or stereo versions. The power device is dual channel H-bridge that can deliver over 35 watts per channel of audio power. The amplifer design includes; a logic interface, integrated bridge drivers, high effiency MOSFET outputs and protection circuitry. Two logic level signals per channel are used to control high speed MOSFET swirches to connect the speaker load to the input supply or ground in a bridge configuration. The amplifier also includes over-current, thermal, and over-voltage protection and under voltage lock-out with automatic recovery. A thermal warning status is also provided.
(21) informal drawing #1 a set of 2 or more digital speakers which feature home theatre sound quality utilizing linear magnetic drive technology to deliver hi-fi quality sound.
(2m) informal drawing #1 an on-board MP3 player/recorder with a 6GB hard drive, which gives you real-time, on-the-fly recording of up to 6000 minutes of top-quality music in MP3 format. It can record directly from any audio source, including the digitally amplified signal coming from the INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED
DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR strings via the stereo, line-in jack.
This on-board MP3 Player/Recorder features a capacity of 6GB low voltage hard drive (6,000 minutes MP3 at 128Kbps) an Internal Buffer of 2MB and Interfaces with USB (compatible with PC
and Mac). The Transfer Rate is up to 1MB/sec. It supports MP3 (30 to 320Kbps) Variable Bit Rate and VBR MP3 (selectable 30 to 160Kbps) The devise Audio Specifications are: Stereo Digital/ Ana log Line In, Stereo Line Out, and Earphone Jack Signal to noise ratio > 90dB
Max. Its Output Power is100mW freq. Response 20Hz - 20kHz Harmonic Distortion: < 0.1%. The INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR is compatible with a Pentium 233MHz or higher, Win 98 SE/2000/Me, 32MB RAM (64MB recommended), CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, iMac/G3/ or higher.
(2n) informal drawing #1 an Electrical wiring harness with integrates all the electronic components in the INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
(not shown in informal drawing #1 With the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
all components required for operation are contained within the guitar. The signal is initially generated by turning the devise on and strumming the strings (usually done by a qualified musician ) The analog vibrations of the strings are converted into electrical signals by the hex or piezeo electric pick-up. The analogue circuitry buffers the signals and filters out the harmonics for pitch analysis. After filtering, the microprocessor determines the pitch played by measuring the time of one sinus vibration (half of one cycle) which is the shortest part of the note. This alows the pickup to make a positive analysis in only one cycle under optimum conditions. As soon as the pitch is confirmed, the microprocessor instantly sends the information as a standard MIDI message (note number and velocity) to the onboard midi synthesizer processor.
DISCLOSURE
The digital information is then manipulated by internal tone controls via a MIDI (music instrument digital interface) synthesizer and sent to the internal Digital Amplifier which features a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifer functions and power amplification. The device supports both coaxial and optical S/PDIF interfaces, digital volume and balance controls and local power regulation to operate from a signal supply voltage. The amplifier can be configured in both mono or stereo versions. The power device is dual channel H-bridge that can deliver over 35 watts per channel of audio power. The amplifer design includes; a logic interface, integrated bridge drivers, high effiency MOSFET outputs and protection circuitry. Two logic level signals per channel are used to control high speed MOSFET swirches to connect the speaker load to the input supply or ground in a bridge configuration. The amplifier also includes over-current, thermal, and over-voltage protection and under voltage lock-out with automatic recovery. A thermal warning status is also provided. The digital amplifier boosts the signal and creates either a mono or stereo output path which connects directly to the systems internal set of Digital Speakers which feature home theatre sound quality utilizing linear magnetic drive technology to deliver hi-fi quality sound.
Due the extreme minuaturization of the IC components the entire system can operate on DC current provided by on-board rechargable batteries. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC
GUITAR offers significant advantages over the standard electric guitar. It is portable and requires non of the external devices that a standard electric guitar does in order to operate. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR can operate anywhere without the need for an external AC power source.
The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR DC power cells can be conveniently recharged with it's on-board charging system and the Digital Amplifier and Digital Speaker system draws less electrical power and delivers superior sound quality over conventional solid state or IC analogue amplifier/
speaker combinations. With the on-board MP3 player/recorder the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive.
SPECIFICATION
Including 5 Claims THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE
IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR adds new minuature digial technology to standard electric guitars by utilizing various integrated circuits inside the body of the invention to replace the standard external devices standard electric guitars require in order to operate. The external devices the standard electric guitar requires to operate are: (1 )-interface cable, (2)-audio amplifier, (3)-speaker(s) and (4)-speaker cabinet. With standard electric guitars a magnetic coil pickup (or pickups) captures the magnetic flux created by the guitar strings vibrating and carries that signal through a series of tone controls through an I/O connector or out-put jack on the external side of the body of the guitar. An interface cable is then required to be inserted into the guitar at one end and the other end of the interface cable is then inserted into the I/O connector or input jack of an external audio amplifier (powered by AC or DC current) where the signal is boosted and routed to output speakers (which may require or not another separated I/O connection ) between the amplifier and the speaker.
With the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
all components required for operation are contained within the guitar. The signal is initially generated by turning the devise on and strumming the strings (usually done by a qualified musician ). The analog vibrations of the strings are converted into electrical signals by the hex or piezeo electric pick-up. The analogue circuitry buffers the signals and filters out the harmonics for pitch analysis. After filtering, the microprocessor determines the pitch played by measuring the time of one sinus vibration (half of one cycle) which is the shortest part of the note. This alows the pickup to make a positive analysis in only one cycle under optimum conditions. As soon as the pitch is confirmed, the microprocessor instantly sends the information as a standard MIDI message (note number and velocity) to the onboard midi synthesizer processor.
The digital information is then manipulated by internal tone controls via a MIDI (music instrument digital interface) synthesizer and sent to the internal Digital Amplifier which features a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifer functions and power amplification. The device supports both coaxial and optical S/PDIF interfaces, digital volume and balance controls and local power regulation to operate from a signal supply voltage. The amplifier can be configured in both mono or stereo versions. The power device is dual channel H-bridge that can deliver over 35 watts per channel of audio power. The amplifer design includes;
a logic interface, integrated bridge drivers, high effiency MOSFET outputs and protection circuitry. Two logic level signals per channel are used to control high speed MOSFET swirches to connect the speaker load to the input supply or ground in a bridge configuration. The amplifier also includes over-current, thermal, and over-voltage protection and under voltage lock-out with automatic recovery. A
thermal warning status is also provided.
The digital amplifier boosts the signal and creates either a mono or stereo output path which connects directly to the systems internal set of Digital Speakers which feature home theatre sound quality utilizing linear magnetic drive technology to deliver hi-fi quality sound.
Due the extreme minuaturization of the IC components the entire system can operate on DC current provided by on-board rechargable batteries. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC GUITAR offers significant advantages over the standard electric guitar. It is portable and requires non of the external devices that a standard electric guitar does in order to operate. The INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR can operate anywhere without the need for an external AC power source. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC GUITAR DC power cells can be conveniently recharged with it's on-board charging system and the Digital Amplifier and Digital Speaker system draws less electrical power and delivers superior sound quality over conventional solid state or IC analogue amplifier/speaker combinations. With the on-board MP3 recorder/ player, the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive.
INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
An improved Electric Guitar comprising:
a set of tuning keys for adjusting the tension of the instrument strings constructed from either:
wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials. (2a) informal drawing #1 a neck or finger board with frets for sellecting the notes to be played on the guitar constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials. (2b) informal drawing #1 a set of specialized metal strings designed for guitars used to create variable pitch analoge signals encoded by the guitars Hex Magnetic or piezo electric pickup.
(2c) informal drawing #1 an AC to DC on board Battery Charger for re-charging the enclosed Nicad Batteries (2d) informal drawing #1 a series of DC rechargable Nicad Batteries (2e) informal drawing #1 a HEX Magnetic or Piezo Electric MIDI Pickup (2f) informal drawing #1 a MIDI Synthesizer IC Board (2g) informal drawing #1 a Tone control for adjusting Treble and Bass (2h) informal drawing #1 a Volume ON/OFF control for adjusting the output volume of the instrument and for turning it on and off (2i) informal drawing #1 an adjustable BRIDGE for anchoring the ball end of the guitar strings and controlling the height and intonation of each individual string constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials.
(2j) informal drawing #1 a body or chassis to enclose and integrate all the components of the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR including the tuning keys, the guitar neck, the fret board, the strings, the bridge and all the electronc components including the internal MIDI
Synthesizer, Digital Amplifier, Digital Speakers, MP3 player/recorder Rechargable Batteries and the AC/DC battery charger constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials.
(2k) informal drawing #1 Ll~I;LV 1 UK1.
a Digital Amplifier and Circuit Board with a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifer functions and power amplification. The device supports both coaxial and optical S/PDIF interfaces, digital volume and balance controls and local power regulation to operate from a signal supply voltage. The amplifier can be configured in both mono or stereo versions. The power device is dual channel H-bridge that can deliver over 35 watts per channel of audio power. The amplifer design includes; a logic interface, integrated bridge drivers, high effiency MOSFET outputs and protection circuitry. Two logic level signals per channel are used to control high speed MOSFET swirches to connect the speaker load to the input supply or ground in a bridge configuration. The amplifier also includes over-current, thermal, and over-voltage protection and under voltage lock-out with automatic recovery. A thermal warning status is also provided.
(21) informal drawing #1 a set of 2 or more digital speakers which feature home theatre sound quality utilizing linear magnetic drive technology to deliver hi-fi quality sound.
(2m) informal drawing #1 an on-board MP3 player/recorder with a 6GB hard drive, which gives you real-time, on-the-fly recording of up to 6000 minutes of top-quality music in MP3 format. It can record directly from any audio source, including the digitally amplified signal coming from the INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED
DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR strings via the stereo, line-in jack.
This on-board MP3 Player/Recorder features a capacity of 6GB low voltage hard drive (6,000 minutes MP3 at 128Kbps) an Internal Buffer of 2MB and Interfaces with USB (compatible with PC
and Mac). The Transfer Rate is up to 1MB/sec. It supports MP3 (30 to 320Kbps) Variable Bit Rate and VBR MP3 (selectable 30 to 160Kbps) The devise Audio Specifications are: Stereo Digital/ Ana log Line In, Stereo Line Out, and Earphone Jack Signal to noise ratio > 90dB
Max. Its Output Power is100mW freq. Response 20Hz - 20kHz Harmonic Distortion: < 0.1%. The INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR is compatible with a Pentium 233MHz or higher, Win 98 SE/2000/Me, 32MB RAM (64MB recommended), CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, iMac/G3/ or higher.
(2n) informal drawing #1 an Electrical wiring harness with integrates all the electronic components in the INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
(not shown in informal drawing #1 With the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
all components required for operation are contained within the guitar. The signal is initially generated by turning the devise on and strumming the strings (usually done by a qualified musician ) The analog vibrations of the strings are converted into electrical signals by the hex or piezeo electric pick-up. The analogue circuitry buffers the signals and filters out the harmonics for pitch analysis. After filtering, the microprocessor determines the pitch played by measuring the time of one sinus vibration (half of one cycle) which is the shortest part of the note. This alows the pickup to make a positive analysis in only one cycle under optimum conditions. As soon as the pitch is confirmed, the microprocessor instantly sends the information as a standard MIDI message (note number and velocity) to the onboard midi synthesizer processor.
DISCLOSURE
The digital information is then manipulated by internal tone controls via a MIDI (music instrument digital interface) synthesizer and sent to the internal Digital Amplifier which features a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifer functions and power amplification. The device supports both coaxial and optical S/PDIF interfaces, digital volume and balance controls and local power regulation to operate from a signal supply voltage. The amplifier can be configured in both mono or stereo versions. The power device is dual channel H-bridge that can deliver over 35 watts per channel of audio power. The amplifer design includes; a logic interface, integrated bridge drivers, high effiency MOSFET outputs and protection circuitry. Two logic level signals per channel are used to control high speed MOSFET swirches to connect the speaker load to the input supply or ground in a bridge configuration. The amplifier also includes over-current, thermal, and over-voltage protection and under voltage lock-out with automatic recovery. A thermal warning status is also provided. The digital amplifier boosts the signal and creates either a mono or stereo output path which connects directly to the systems internal set of Digital Speakers which feature home theatre sound quality utilizing linear magnetic drive technology to deliver hi-fi quality sound.
Due the extreme minuaturization of the IC components the entire system can operate on DC current provided by on-board rechargable batteries. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC
GUITAR offers significant advantages over the standard electric guitar. It is portable and requires non of the external devices that a standard electric guitar does in order to operate. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR can operate anywhere without the need for an external AC power source.
The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR DC power cells can be conveniently recharged with it's on-board charging system and the Digital Amplifier and Digital Speaker system draws less electrical power and delivers superior sound quality over conventional solid state or IC analogue amplifier/
speaker combinations. With the on-board MP3 player/recorder the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive.
SPECIFICATION
Including 5 Claims THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE
IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR adds new minuature digial technology to standard electric guitars by utilizing various integrated circuits inside the body of the invention to replace the standard external devices standard electric guitars require in order to operate. The external devices the standard electric guitar requires to operate are: (1 )-interface cable, (2)-audio amplifier, (3)-speaker(s) and (4)-speaker cabinet. With standard electric guitars a magnetic coil pickup (or pickups) captures the magnetic flux created by the guitar strings vibrating and carries that signal through a series of tone controls through an I/O connector or out-put jack on the external side of the body of the guitar. An interface cable is then required to be inserted into the guitar at one end and the other end of the interface cable is then inserted into the I/O connector or input jack of an external audio amplifier (powered by AC or DC current) where the signal is boosted and routed to output speakers (which may require or not another separated I/O connection ) between the amplifier and the speaker.
With the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
all components required for operation are contained within the guitar. The signal is initially generated by turning the devise on and strumming the strings (usually done by a qualified musician ). The analog vibrations of the strings are converted into electrical signals by the hex or piezeo electric pick-up. The analogue circuitry buffers the signals and filters out the harmonics for pitch analysis. After filtering, the microprocessor determines the pitch played by measuring the time of one sinus vibration (half of one cycle) which is the shortest part of the note. This alows the pickup to make a positive analysis in only one cycle under optimum conditions. As soon as the pitch is confirmed, the microprocessor instantly sends the information as a standard MIDI message (note number and velocity) to the onboard midi synthesizer processor.
The digital information is then manipulated by internal tone controls via a MIDI (music instrument digital interface) synthesizer and sent to the internal Digital Amplifier which features a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifer functions and power amplification. The device supports both coaxial and optical S/PDIF interfaces, digital volume and balance controls and local power regulation to operate from a signal supply voltage. The amplifier can be configured in both mono or stereo versions. The power device is dual channel H-bridge that can deliver over 35 watts per channel of audio power. The amplifer design includes;
a logic interface, integrated bridge drivers, high effiency MOSFET outputs and protection circuitry. Two logic level signals per channel are used to control high speed MOSFET swirches to connect the speaker load to the input supply or ground in a bridge configuration. The amplifier also includes over-current, thermal, and over-voltage protection and under voltage lock-out with automatic recovery. A
thermal warning status is also provided.
The digital amplifier boosts the signal and creates either a mono or stereo output path which connects directly to the systems internal set of Digital Speakers which feature home theatre sound quality utilizing linear magnetic drive technology to deliver hi-fi quality sound.
Due the extreme minuaturization of the IC components the entire system can operate on DC current provided by on-board rechargable batteries. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC GUITAR offers significant advantages over the standard electric guitar. It is portable and requires non of the external devices that a standard electric guitar does in order to operate. The INTERNALLY
INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR can operate anywhere without the need for an external AC power source. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED
ELECTRONIC GUITAR DC power cells can be conveniently recharged with it's on-board charging system and the Digital Amplifier and Digital Speaker system draws less electrical power and delivers superior sound quality over conventional solid state or IC analogue amplifier/speaker combinations. With the on-board MP3 recorder/ player, the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive.
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1. The utilization of DC rechargeable nicad batteries to power all aspects of the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
2. The utilization a HEX Magnetic or Piezo Electric MIDI Pickup with circuitry that buffers the signals and filters out the harmonics for pitch analysis. After filtering, the microprocessor determines the pitch played by measuring the time of one sinus vibration (half of one cycle) which is the shortest part of the note. This alows the pickup to make a positive analysis in only one cycle under optimum conditions. As soon as the pitch is confirmed, the microprocessor instantly sends the information as a standard MIDI message (note number and velocity) to the onboard midi synthesizer processor.
3. The utilization of Digital Amplifer and Circuit Board with a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifer functions and power amplification. The device supports both coaxial and optical S/PDIF interfaces, digital volume and balance controls and local power regulation to operate from a signal supply voltage. The amplifier can be configured in both mono or stereo versions. The power device is dual channel H-bridge that can deliver over 35 watts per channel of audio power. The amplifer design includes; a logic interface, integrated bridge drivers, high effiency MOSFET outputs and protection circuitry. Two logic level signals per channel are used to control high speed MOSFET swirches to connect the speaker load to the input supply or ground in a bridge configuration. The amplifier also includes over-current, thermal, and over-voltage protection and under voltage lock-out with automatic recovery. A thermal warning status is also provided. This device is also capable of interfacing as with the analogue to digital converter data as well as with MP3, CD and DVD players and components.
4. The utilization of Digital Speakers with home theatre sound quality utilizing linear magnetic drive technology to deliver hi-fi quality sound which are also capable of interfacing as with the with MP3, CD and DVD players and components.
5. The utilization of a singular enclosure, body or chassis to enclose and integrate all the components of the INTERNALLY INTEGRATED DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR
including the tuning keys, the guitar neck, the fret board, the strings, the bridge and all the electronc components including the internal MIDI Synthesizer, Digital Amplifier, Digital Speakers, MP3 Player/Recorder, rechargable batteries and the AC/DC battery charger constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials.
including the tuning keys, the guitar neck, the fret board, the strings, the bridge and all the electronc components including the internal MIDI Synthesizer, Digital Amplifier, Digital Speakers, MP3 Player/Recorder, rechargable batteries and the AC/DC battery charger constructed from either: wood , metal alloy, gold, silver, brass, aluminum, titanium, fiberglass, carbon fibre or composite materials.
6. The utilization of an on-board MP3 player/recorder with a 6GB hard drive, which gives you real-time, on-the-fly recording of up to 6000 minutes of top-quality music in MP3 format.
It can record directly from any audio source, including the digitally amplified signal coming from the guitar strings via the stereo, line-in jack. With the on-board MP3 recorder/ player, the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED
DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR is compatible with a Pentium 233MHz or higher, Win 2000/Me, 32MB RAM (64MB recommended), CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, iMac/G3/ or higher.
It can record directly from any audio source, including the digitally amplified signal coming from the guitar strings via the stereo, line-in jack. With the on-board MP3 recorder/ player, the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive. The INTERNALLY INTEGRATED
DIGITALLY
AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC GUITAR is compatible with a Pentium 233MHz or higher, Win 2000/Me, 32MB RAM (64MB recommended), CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, iMac/G3/ or higher.
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