Haptic Feedback Device for Synchronized Music Cue Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals, including beginner dancers and those with hearing difficulties, face challenges in identifying features like the start of musical phrases and beats, making it difficult to dance in sync with the music, as existing systems are limited and inconvenient, especially for those who need personalized instructions.
Innovation Solution
A device that generates and delivers music-related cues through sensory means like vibrations, lights, or audio, allowing users to receive personalized instructions on their level of expertise, role, or disability, without disturbing others, and can be worn or attached to provide haptic, visual, or auditory feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If visual displays or audio instructions are used to provide music cues, then users can receive personalized instructions, but it may disturb others or require constant visual focus
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the music cue information from public audio-visual channels and delivers it through a personal haptic device worn by the user. This removes the disturbance to others and eliminates the need for visual focus on public displays, while still providing personalized instructions through tactile feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional visual and auditory instruction systems with a haptic feedback system. Instead of using light displays or audio cues that can disturb others or require visual attention, the system uses mechanical vibrations transmitted through the device worn by the user to convey music-related information.
2Loss of information
If traditional visual displays are used for music cues, then instructions can be provided, but users must constantly focus visually on the display which is inconvenient for dancing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces visual display systems with a haptic feedback system that uses tactile sensations to convey music information. This allows users to receive instructions without visual focus, maintaining information delivery while greatly improving convenience for dancing activities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a haptic device as an intermediary between the music source and the user. This intermediary translates music-related information into tactile feedback that the user can feel, eliminating the need for visual attention while maintaining effective communication of dance cues.
3Measurement precision
If hearing-based music analysis is used, then beat and phrase identification is accurate, but people with hearing difficulties cannot benefit from such systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces auditory-based music analysis and feedback with a haptic feedback system. The system can still accurately analyze music features through audio processing, but delivers the information through tactile vibrations that are accessible to all users regardless of hearing ability, thereby improving accessibility while maintaining analysis accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the sensory parameter for information delivery from auditory to tactile. By transforming music cue information into vibrational patterns that can be felt through the haptic device, the system makes the information accessible to users with hearing impairments while preserving the accurate detection of musical features.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to dance in sync with music by providing personalized cues that are not distracting, allowing individuals with hearing disabilities to participate and improving performance for all dancers, whether novice or advanced, without the need for constant visual focus on a display.
Implementation Method 1
a vibration generation component for generating vibrations in accordance with the music
Data Source
AI summary
A method, apparatus and product for providing instructions associated with music. The apparatus includes an instruction generating component for generating one or more instructions associated with one or more features within the music. The apparatus also includes an instruction delivery component attached to or worn by a user for delivering the instructions to the user.