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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Charles P. Schultz, North Miami Beach, FL (US);
Charles P. Schultz, North Miami Beach, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile device () and method () for generating wind instrument sounds is provided. The mobile device can include a microphone () for capturing an air turbulence in response to a blowing action, a keypad () for selecting a virtual valve to associate with the air turbulence, a synthesis engine () for synthesizing a musical note in response to the blowing and the virtual valve, and an audio speaker () for playing the musical note. One or more keys of the keypad can be depressed during the blowing action on the microphone for synthesizing a musical note of a wind instrument. A display () can present a musical notation () and a fingering chart () for musical notes.