Category: Patents Rock

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 10,770,046 Filed: 13 June 2019 In the name of: Oddball Studios Limited Title: Interactive Percussive Device For Acoustic Applications What’s claimed: “A percussive interactive device, comprising: an external polyhedric or spherical case of deformable material; and an internal case within the external case and housing an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured to detect a set of external forces from at least a rebound effect applied to the electronic apparatus as a result of the external case impacting and deflecting off of a surface external to the external case, to collect electronic data […]

Rockin’ Design Patent: US Design Patent No. 687,016 Filed: 9 January 2012 In the name of: Apple Inc Title: Audio Speaker System What’s claimed: ”The ornamental design for an audio speaker system, as shown and described.” Why this design patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to the Beats Pill speaker, which appeared in music videos of pop artists such as Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj. In a 2014 article, Dazed wrote on the popularity of the design, describing how the product has “…become a status accessory and a pop culture phenomenon in and of itself.” For more information, […]

Rockin’ Patent: French Patent No. 569,294 Filed: 1 August 1923 In the name of: Couesnon Et Cie Title: Toy Saxophone What’s claimed: (please note this is a machine translation from French into English) “The arrangement of notes which reproduces the keyboard of a piano in its part which corresponds to the fundamental octave and overflowing more or less towards the upper and lower octaves.” Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to the ‘Couesnophone’, a free-reed musical instrument resembling a saxophone harmonicor, created by the French manufacturer Couesnon. It is also known as the ‘queenophone’ or more commonly […]

Rockin’ Patent: South Korea Patent No. 10-2388233 Filed: 2 September 2021 In the name of: Kim Han Jo (inventor) Title: Service Providing Method Performing Server Of Music Platform Using NFT Based On Blockchain What’s claimed: (please note this is a machine translation from Korean into English) “A method of providing a service provided by a server of a sound source platform using a blockchain-based NFT, In a blockchain-based network, by matching copyright information and ownership information of sound source information for a sound source that is a target for registration as the sound source platform; Issuing a blockchain-based NFT that means […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 7,848,564 Filed: 16 March 2006 In the name of: Lucasfilm Entertainment Co Ltd Title: Three-dimensional Motion Capture What’s claimed: “An apparatus comprising: a support structure including a band having a substantially cylindrical shape, the band having a plurality of motion capture marks each of which is positioned in a respective region of the band that visually contrasts with a corresponding motion capture mark, the support structure configured to be affixed to an object whose motion is to be tracked using one or more cameras, and the band being of sufficient rigidity such that, in response […]

Rockin’ Patent: WO 2020/102005 A1 Filed: 7 November 2019 In the name of: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC Title: Dynamic Music Creation In Gaming What’s claimed: “A method for dynamic music creation comprising; a) assigning an emotion to one or more musical motifs; b) associating a game vector with the emotion; c) mapping the one or more musical motifs to the game vector based on the emotion; d) generating a musical composition based on the game vector and desired emotions.” Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to an AI-powered system that adapts background music to game scenarios and […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 6,812,392 Filed: 25 July 2002 In the name of: Estate Of Marlon Brando C/O Dressler & Associates Title: Drumhead Tensioning Device And Method What’s claimed: “A drum, comprising: a shell having a first mouth at a first end and a second mouth at a second end, the second end being opposite the first end along a radial axis of the shell; a drumhead covering the first mouth, the drumhead having a rim about its outer edge, the rim being positioned outside the shell; a tuning ring positioned over the drumhead, the tuning ring having an […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 10,743,095 Filed: 21 March 2019 In the name of: Apple Inc Title: Contextual Audio System What’s claimed: “A contextual audio system, comprising: a wearable audio device, comprising: an audio output structure; a receiver; and a sensor configured to provide a signal indicating whether the wearable audio device is positioned at least partially in an ear of a user; and a sensing device, comprising: a transmitter in communication with the receiver; and a position sensor configured to receive positional data; wherein: at least one of the wearable audio device or the sensing device is configured to […]