Piano Glove

1. Piano Glove Team 3 Patent Analysis

2. Introduction • Allow the user to play on a virtual keyboard on any flat surface • The Piano Glove will consist of two parts • the glove itself, • external processing unit. • translate finger presses and location of the glove relative to the processing unit into piano notes.

3. Patent Analysis

4. Patent Title: Musical teaching device and method using gloves and virtual keyboard Patent No. 7378585 B2 Date of Patent: May 27th 2008

5. Abstract • Pair of gloves • Each glove contains many finger sleeves adapted to receive the fingers of a users hands • Display means for providing a virtual representation of the users hands in relation to said virtual keyboard and a control means in communication with the finger sleeves to provide control signals that cause the finger sleeves to strike the proper keys on virtual piano to a programmed sequence of movements which corresponds to a selected piece of music.

6. Overall Design

10. Forehand view

11. Backhand View

12. Commercial product packaging

13. Electronic Piano Glove Main Parts Pair of gloves Speaker Function similar: Only Pressure Sensors on each glove hence simple design

14. Piano Hands Main Parts Pair of gloves Speaker Function: Only Pressure Sensors on each glove hence simple design

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