US 12,300,198 B2
Electronic musical instruments and systems
Paul Piscoi, Dumbråvita (RO); Mark Moralez, Oxnard, CA (US); Rich Sikra, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Connor Lombardi, Oxnard, CA (US); and Marcus Ryle, Oxnard, CA (US)
Assigned to Drum Workshop, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US)
Filed by Drum Workshop, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/153,819.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,882, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/963,504, filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0225338 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G10D 13/10 (2020.01); G10D 13/02 (2020.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/32 (2006.01); G10H 1/34 (2006.01); G10H 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC G10D 13/26 (2020.02) [G10D 13/02 (2013.01); G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); G10H 1/32 (2013.01); G10H 1/348 (2013.01); G10H 3/10 (2013.01); G10H 2220/461 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A drum, comprising:
a wooden drum shell comprising a wooden outer wall and a wooden inner wall;
a drumhead on said drum shell;
a plurality of brackets attached to said wooden inner wall;
a trigger platform connected to said wooden inner wall; and
an electronics module on said trigger platform, said electronics module comprising:
two or more sensors, said two or more sensors comprising:
a first sensor connected to an underside of said drumhead and configured to produce an impulse upon actuation of said drumhead; and
a second sensor in mechanical communication with said underside of said drumhead and configured to produce an impulse in response to pressure on said drumhead, wherein said second sensor is a force sensitive resistor (“FSR”) sensor configured to sense whether pressure is being applied to said drumhead when said drumhead is actuated; and
an electronic configured to accept impulses from said two or more sensors and further configured to wirelessly send instrument signals to an external device, said electronic comprising a circuit board and a transmitter;
wherein said electronics module is below said drumhead and said second sensor is below said first sensor;
wherein said instrument signals are based on the impulses accepted from said first and second sensors; and
wherein said trigger platform is removably attached to said plurality of brackets such that said trigger platform and said electronics module are removable from said drum.