Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 10,777,181 Filed: 10 July 2017 In the name of: Dartmouth College Title: Modulated Electromagnetic Musical System And Associated Methods What’s claimed: “A modulated electromagnetic (EM) musical system, comprising: an acoustic carrier signal source for generating an acoustic carrier signal; an EM actuator configured to generate an acoustic modulator signal; a linkage element, driven by the EM actuator, that exhibits nonlinear behavior when physically mixing the acoustic carrier signal and the acoustic modulator signal; and an acoustic output coupled with the linkage element to generate acoustic modulation with the non-linear behavior.” Why this patent rocks: This appears to be […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 9,654,867 Filed: 17 September 2015 In the name of: Bose Corp Title: Acoustic Device  What’s claimed: ”An acoustic device, comprising: a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around at least a portion of a user’s neck; a retention member extending from the neck loop, the retention member being sized and configured to contact the neck or torso of the user and stabilize the acoustic device a first acoustic driver; a second acoustic driver; a first acoustic waveguide in the neck loop and having a first sound outlet opening; and a second acoustic […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 8,388,512 Filed: 12 March 2009 In the name of: Vera M Brandes Title: Systems And Methods For Music Therapy What’s claimed: “A method for therapeutically using music to treat a disorder comprising: evaluating an individual’s natural ultradian and circadian chronobiological rhythms to determine a first time representing a peak of chrono-biological activity and a second time representing a natural low of chrono-biological activity; selecting an audio program for playing to the individual including an activating composition and a de-activating composition; using an audio device to play the activating composition to the individual before the first […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 10,799,795 Filed: 26 March 2019 In the name of: Electronic Arts Inc Title: Real-time Audio Generation For Electronic Games Based On Personalized Music Preferences What’s claimed: “A computer-implemented method comprising: by a system of one or more computers, requesting listening history information from one or more music streaming platforms, the listening history information indicating, at least, music playlists to which a user created or is subscribed; determining, based on the listening history information, a style preference associated with the user; accessing a musical cue associated with an electronic game, the musical cue being associated with […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 644,695 Filed: 21 August 1899 In the name of: John M A Stroh Title: Violin Or Other Stringed Instrument What’s claimed: “A stringed musical instrument, comprising in its construction a bridge supporting the strings, a rocking lever connected with the said bridge and supporting the same, a diaphragm held and supported at the edges and adapted to oscillate in the center, a transmitting device situated between the extremity of the rocking lever and the diaphragm and adapted to transmit oscillations from the said lever to the diaphragm, a resonator situated in proximity to the diaphragm […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 5,659,666 Filed: 13 October 1994 In the name of: Stephen L Thaler Title: Device For The Autonomous Generation Of Useful Information What’s claimed: “An artificial neural network based discovery device comprising a first artificial neural network trained to produce an input-output mapping within a predetermined knowledge domain, the knowledge domain being incorporated within the first artificial neural network in a plurality of weights and biases established therein, means for subjecting the first artificial neural network to progressively increasing degrees of perturbation so that the knowledge domain of the first artificial neural network is progressively degraded […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 10,114,607 Filed: 31 March 2016 In the name of: Rock My World Inc Title: Physiological State-driven Playback Tempo Modification What’s claimed: “A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, using data generated by a sensor, a current value of a metric representative of a physiological state of a user of a digital content playback device, wherein the metric comprises a heart rate of the user; comparing the metric to a set of predefined target ranges; comparing a rate of change of the metric to the set of predefined target ranges; selecting a tempo increase factor based on the […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 9,786,201 Filed: 8 October 2015 In the name of: Not Impossible LLC Title: Wearable Sound  What’s claimed: “A system for transforming audio information to a haptic language, comprising: a signal processor (20) configured to receive an audio input (10) and simultaneously generate a plurality of electrical driving signals (30) according to a predefined mapping from audio signals comprising portions of said audio input to each of said plurality of electrical driving signals; a wearable article (40, S1-S6); and a network of a plurality of vibratory motors (M1-M4) incorporated into the wearable article, wherein the plurality […]

Rockin’ Patent Application: US Patent Application 2022/0229860 A1 Filed: 25 October 2021 In the name of: Creative Intell Inc Title: Method Of Guided Contract Drafting Using An Interactive Chatbot And Virtual Assistant What’s claimed: “A method of providing a virtual assistant in aiding collaborative digital contract drafting comprising: initiating, in response to an input at a client device, a collaborative digital contract drafting process aided by a virtual assistant, wherein a finalized digital contract comprises a plurality of clauses that is digitally executed by at least two user accounts; when the collaborative digital contract drafting process is in a drafting […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 7,902,450 Filed: 13 January 2007 In the name of: (inventors) Lippold Haken, Mark Smart and Edmund Eagan Title: Method And System For Providing Pressure-controlled Transitions What’s claimed: “A method for providing pressure-controlled transitions comprising: receiving a first set of data comprising a first pitch value and a first pressure values corresponding to a first location; receiving a second set of data comprising a second pitch value and a second pressure values corresponding to a second location; calculating an output pitch value using the first pitch and first pressure values in the first set of data […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 10,199,023 Filed: 28 May 2016 In the name of: Aodyo Title: Electronic Woodwind Instrument What’s claimed: “An electronic wind instrument comprising a mouthpiece into which the musician blows, a body provided with keys and a channel connected to the mouthpiece and leading to the outside of the instrument, at least one pressure sensor configured to deform under the action of breath, and an electronic processing system connected to the keys and the pressure sensor and configured to produce musical notes according to the manipulating of the keys and the measurement of a breath, wherein the […]

Rockin’ Patent Application: US 2022/0095049 A1 Filed: 22 July 2021 In the name of: Apple Inc Title: Wearable Device With Directional Audio What’s claimed: “A wearable device comprising: a support structure; an audio module rotatably coupled to the support structure, the audio module comprising a parametric array of speakers configured to direct audio waves in a direction corresponding to a rotational orientation of the audio module relative to the support structure.” Why this patent application rocks: This patent application appears to relate to a wearable device with an audio module that is operable to provide audio output from a distance […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 1,243,645 Filed: 15 February 1915 In the name of: Harold A Van Valkenburg Title: Sound Producing Device What’s claimed: “A device for producing the effect of hoof beats, comprising a. valve chest having a vacuum chamber throughout its length, a plurality of bellows, the movable side of each of which carries a member adapted to strike a coacting member when said bellows is collapsed, valves adapted to place said bellows in communication with said vacuum chamber, and other valves operated by the movable sides of said bellows and govern ing the operation of the next […]

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®: US Patent No. 3,246,082 Filed: 26 March 1962 In the name of: Alfred Levy Title: Telephone Hold Program System What’s claimed: “A telephone hold program system for use with a telephone circuit having an incoming line, a holding circuit normally operatively disconnected from the incoming line and a hold instrumentality which upon actuation operatively connects the holding circuit to the incoming line and disconnects a telephone receiver from the incoming line: said system comprising a program line normally operatively disconnected from the incoming line and means operatively connecting said program line to said incoming line upon actuation of […]

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 […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 3,272,926 Filed: 24 April 1963 In the name of: Gustave F Falkenberg Title: Headphone Assembly What’s claimed: “In a headphone for a headset, the combination of: an outer shell forming a housing that has a peripheral rim defining an open end, said rim having apertures at two oppositely disposed points; an earcup extending over the open end of said outer shell and including a peripheral wall nesting with in the peripheral rim of said outer shell and having apertures at two points each in alignment with an aperture in the outer shell, a depressed panel […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 9,117,423 Filed: 8 January 2014 In the name of: Ernie Ball Inc Title: Aluminum Copper Wrap Wire For Musical Instruments What’s claimed: “A string for a musical stringed instrument comprising: (a) a core wire; and (b) a wrap wire coiled tightly around the core wire, the wrap wire comprising an aluminum-copper alloy comprising between about 2 wt % and about 10 wt % aluminum.” Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to involve Ernie Ball Inc’s aluminum bronze wire tailored for Ernie Ball acoustic guitar strings. Brian Ball, vice president at Ernie Ball, claims that […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 7,674,224 Filed: 14 October 2005 In the name of: Brain.fm Inc Title: Method For Incorporating Brain Wave Entrainment Into Sound Production What’s claimed: “A method for altering an audio composition for use in achieving brainwave states and stimulating the brain, comprising the acts of: a) selecting an audio composition, the audio composition comprising a plurality of frequency components; b) selecting a brainwave protocol, the brainwave protocol comprising the desired brain wave frequencies across a timeline of the audio composition; c) separating the audio composition into a plurality of signals, wherein the act of separating further […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 11,109,075 Filed: 11 September 2018 In the name of: Futuri Media LLC Title: System And Method For Production, Distribution And Archival Of Content What’s claimed: “A production creation system for creating and providing a downloadable secondary production to a presentation device of a user comprising: a capture system that captures a live feed stream and including a microphone or audio source encoder having an on control and an off control that captures the live feed stream and records it in feed segments initiated by the on control and ended by the off control, a decoder […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 9,374,640 Filed: 8 December 2014 In the name of: Bradley M Starobin  Title: Method And System For Optimizing Center Channel Performance In A Single Enclosure Multi-element Loudspeaker Line Array What’s claimed: “A single enclosure multi-element loudspeaker line array audio reproduction system configured to provide enhanced Center Channel Performance, comprising: (a) an audio reproduction system comprising: a first audio input signal, a second audio input signal, a third audio input signal, a fourth audio input signal and a fifth (center channel) audio input signal; (b) a left main speaker and a right main speaker disposed respectively […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 512,340 Filed: 7 July 1893 In the name of: Nikola Tesla Title: Coil For Electro-magnets What’s claimed: “A coil for electric apparatus the adjacent convolutions of which form parts of the circuit between which there exists a potential difference sufficient to secure in the coil a capacity capable of neutralizing its self-induction, as hereinbefore described.” Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to be for the Tesla coil. The coil can be modified to become what is known as the “singing Tesla coil” or “Zuesaphone.” It can be altered so the electrical output can be […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 11,189,255 Filed: 18 September 2020 In the name of: D’Addario & Company Inc Title: Film Formed Snare and Reduced Volume Snare Drumhead What’s claimed: “A drumhead, comprising: a layer of a porous material defining a top surface and bottom surface; and a layer of a film material defining a surface in surface-to-surface contact with one of the top surface or bottom surface of the layer of porous material, wherein the layer of film material is configured and attached to the drumhead such that a portion of the film material vibrates against the porous material when the […]