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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Henry Chang, San Diego, CA (US);
Erik Stauber, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Henry Chang, San Diego, CA (US);
Erik Stauber, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 7/00 (2006.01); G01H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the present invention, a lighting controller is provided to provide illumination based upon the playing of musical instruments. The lighting controller is programmed with lighting profiles which control the lights on a device. When musical instrument is played, a note (event) is detected by a transducer and based upon which event has been detected, a signal is sent to the lighting controller to determine which lighting profile to send to the device. Upon determining the proper lighting profile. a signal is sent from the lighting controller to the device causing the device to illuminate.