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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Pure Imagination Llc, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Wallace, Vancouver, WA (US);
Philp Trevor Odom, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Pure Imagination, LLC, Vancouver, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Touch sensitive musical instruments are described herein including embodiments having: one-sided capacitive touch sensors with conductive ground planes, one-sided capacitive touch sensors with air gaps, one-sided capacitive touch sensors with separating material, and/or one-sided capacitive touch sensors including a combination of conductive ground planes, air gaps, and/or separating material. Embodiments of touch sensitive musical instruments simulating string instruments such as guitars are described.