US 12,033,604 B2
Electronic musical instruments, systems, and methods
Paul Piscoi, Dumbrăviţa (RO); Mark Moralez, Newhall, CA (US); Rich Sikra, Moorpark, CA (US); Connor Lombardi, Camarillo, CA (US); Marcus Ryle, Santa Rosa Valley, CA (US); and Dave Coons, Moorpark, CA (US)
Assigned to DRUM WORKSHOP, INC., Oxnard, CA (US)
Filed by DRUM WORKSHOP, INC., Oxnard, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/363,621.
Application 18/363,621 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/028353, filed on Jul. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/408,443, filed on Sep. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/391,253, filed on Jul. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0029693 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G10H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 1/0008 (2013.01) [G10H 1/0083 (2013.01); G10H 2240/211 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic musical instrument system, comprising:
an electronic musical instrument comprising an electronic for communicating with a hub, wherein said electronic musical instrument is configured to operate in a plurality of modes having different functionalities, wherein said plurality of modes comprises a sleep mode, a standby mode, and a run mode;
wherein said electronic musical instrument comprises one or more sensors, and said electronic is configured, when said electronic musical instrument is in said standby mode, to receive impulses from said one or more sensors caused by actuations of said electronic musical instrument;
wherein upon receipt of one of said impulses by said electronic, said electronic musical instrument is configured to change from said standby mode to said run mode and send an instrument signal to said hub, said instrument signal corresponding to a sound; and
wherein said instrument signal is 25 bytes or less and has a length of 250 μs or less, and wherein said electronic musical instrument is configured to return to standby mode after receiving an acknowledgment message from said hub.