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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Taff Optical, Llc, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kyle Hughes, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

David M. Kramer, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

David E. Ball, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Assignee:

TAFF OPTICAL, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/181 (2013.01); G10H 2210/031 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical head assembly for use with a stringed musical instrument, the vibrations of the strings causing a light beam to be modulated in accordance with the frequency of the vibrating strings. The modulated light output, produced by the relative motion between two adjacent grates, is coupled to a device with converts the modulated light beam to a corresponding modulated electrical signal which, in turn, is coupled to an amplifier associated with the instrument.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hughes, Kyle. (2021). Acoustical optical pickup for use in stringed musical instruments (U.S. Patent No. 10916232). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10916232

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