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Patent No.:

US 8471679 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2008
Applicant:

Arthur Leslie Stewart, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);

Inventor:

Arthur Leslie Stewart, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);

Assignee:

Authentec, Inc., Melbourne, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electronic device may include a finger biometric sensor and an audio output transducer. The electronic device may further include a controller cooperating with the finger biometric sensor for determining at least one biometric characteristic of a user's finger. The controller may also cooperate with the finger biometric sensor for causing the audio output transducer to generate at least one musical tone changing based upon movement of a user's finger relative to the finger biometric sensor.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Stewart, Arthur. (2013). Electronic device including finger movement based musical tone generation and related methods (U.S. Patent No. 8471679). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8471679

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