Patent Application
20210358459
The present application relates to a machine that hooks to a piano and plays music on it.
Many people buy pianos but they cannot skillfully play the music on it themselves. However, they will still purchase one to either embellish their home or so their children can play or learn to play. They may spend large sums of money on it but never get to enjoy a skillfully played song whenever they please. An electric keyboard can play preloaded songs or a piano song can be played on a radio but neither can emulate the natural sounds made by an actual piano.
A machine that fits over top of the keys on a piano and pushes keys down in the order of any song and gives a person the opportunity, to hear their favorite piano songs whenever they desire to hear them. During any social affair they can also just set the machine to play and would not have to hire someone to play it for them.
In one embodiment the machine has a small plastic pole shaped key presser for each key on the piano. The key pressers are to be placed over the keyboard on any piano and press down in the order that notes are played to a song.
In another embodiment, there is a touch screen on the machine that would present multiple options for playing songs and various settings to control it.
Further objects, features, advantages and properties of the device according to the present application will become apparent from the detailed description.
In the following detailed portion of the present description, the teachings of the present application will be explained in more detail with references to the example embodiments shown in the drawings, in which:
In the following detailed description, the piano playing machine according to the teachings of the application in the form of a piano playing machine will be described by the embodiments. It should be noted that although the machine is displayed to fit eighty eight key piano, it can be made to fit any piano with less or more keys. It can also be made to adjust to any size key piano.
A first embodiment of the piano playing machine 200, is illustrated in
At the bottom of the main frame 203 there is a clamp 207 that goes under the main frame 203 to hold it in place on a piano. The clamp 207 is described by five parts. The first part of the clamp 207 is a straight bar 211 which is attached to the main frame 203. The bar 211 makes a ninety degrees downward turn with bar 205 which is connected to bar 211. Bar 205 is inserted into bar 206 which is slightly wider so bar 205 fits inside of it. Connected to the bottom bar 206, there is another inward ninety degrees turn on bar 212 which turns directly under the main frame 203. On top of bar 212 there is a wide flat rectangular clamp 207. The bottom clamp 207 pushes against the bottom roof of under a piano's keys. Inside of bar 205 and bar 206 it is hollow and there is an elastic spring inside that causes the bottom clamp 207 to be able to be pulled down and maintain a sturdy upward elastic force to hold the main frame 203 over the top of a piano's keys.
To hold the main frame 203 more securely on a piano there are also a tiny flat plastic insert 208 on the left and a tiny flat plastic insert 209 on the right side of the frame which are both made to stick inside the crack underneath a piano's keys and its frame to prevent the main frame 203 from sliding off the piano.
On the right side of the main frame 203 there is a USB outlet to plug the machine into a computer. The machine 200 has a software program that enables a user to program songs into the database for the machine 200 to play. The software will read the programmed music by its notes and transfer it to the machine 200.
At the bottom of the right side frame 202 there is a cord 210 that connects the electrical components inside the main frame 203 to the electrical components inside of the second functional part of the machine 200 which controls a piano's foot pedals, which is later describe in
A second embodiment of the machine 200 is illustrated in
A third embodiment of the second part of the machine 200 is a piano pedal controller 218 shown in
There are three holes 219, 220, and 221 that are lined in a row which the piano's foot pedals fit into. Inside of the three holes 219, 220, and 221, there is a rubber material which allows any size foot pedal to squeeze into tightly, and each hole pulls down individually to pull the pedals as the song requires. There is a cord 210 which connects to the main frame 203 to receive its instructions, and there is the power cord 222 that provides electricity to the machine 200.
A fourth embodiment of the third functional part of the machine 200 is an sensor device 223 shown in
The sensor device has a long frame 224 which is the length of the piano's keys. The sensor device's left end 225 is made of rubber and its right end 226 is made of rubber so it sits firmly on the piano. There is a bar 227 on the left side of the sensor device 223 and a bar 228 on the right side of the sensor device 223 which pulls in and out so it can adjust to the correct size of the piano's width.
There are six sensors 229 located under the sensor device's frame 224. The sensors 229 are shown with six but are not limited to six and they examine and record the sequence that the keys are pressed while a song is being played and they examine and record the timing that the keys are being pressed. There is a button 230 on the sensor's frame 224 which is pressed when a person is ready to begin a song and informs the sensors 229 to begin examining and recording. There is a cord 231 that transfers the data examined and recorded to the machine's database 200.
Although the teachings of the present application are described in detail for the purpose of illustration, it is to be understood that such detail is solely for that purpose and variations can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the teaching.
The teachings of the present application are presented to be used in connection with an eighty eight key piano but it is to be understood that it can be made to fit a larger or smaller piano. It should also be noted that although the present application displays a particular clamp to attach it to a piano the way it is attached to the piano may be altered in any way to fit any particular piano. It should be understood that the machine's software program can be used in connection with an electric keyboard to record music played manually to be transferred to the machine's database.
Features described in the proceeding description may be used in combinations other than the combinations described explicitly herein.
Whilst endeavoring in the foregoing specification to draw attention to these features of the invention believed to be of particular importance, it should be understood that the Applicant claims protection in respect to any patentable feature or combination of features herein before referred to and/or shown in the drawings whether or not it be particular emphasis placed thereon.
The term “comprising” as used in the details and claims does not exclude other elements or steps. The term “a” or “an” used in the details or claims does not exclude a plurality. A unit or other means may fulfill the functions of several units or means recited in the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63204447 | Oct 2020 | US |
