Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research (IC&SR) , IIT Madras
Many-in-one wearable virtual musical instruments
Categories for this Invention
Technology: virtual musical instruments;
Industry & Application: Music, Entertainment, Virtual reality (VR);
Market: The global virtual musical instrument market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9% during 2024-2032.
Problem Statement
- Conventional bulky size of actual instruments (especially drums, tabla etc.) makes it difficult to transport them from one place to another.
- One main goals of this invention is to create virtual instruments which are easy to carry from place to place and still, not compromise on the music part of the instrument.
- Further, for any musical event, there are one or more issues to arrange all the expensive musical instruments which are costly and required high transportation cost.
- Hence, there is a need to address the issues.
Technology
- Present invention describes a system for converting hand movement to sound of a preferred musical instrument.
- Said system comprising of a set of wearable hand gloves, a plurality of motion sensors wired onto the gloves; a microcontroller to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors & transmit to a computing device, a computer readable programme on the computing device adapted to synthesis the sound of a preferred instrument.
- Further, the system includes flex sensors, 6 degrees of freedom imu sensor, 3–axis magnetometer & others.
- Facilitates to play tabla, drums, flute etc. using virtual reality.
Key Features / Value Proposition
Technical Perspective:
- Present invention facilitates wearable gloves which can be used to play multiple musical instruments (tabla, flute, bongo & drums).
- The computer shall be running a python script which generates keyboard events to play the sounds on a selected few music editing software.
- Instant invention is using a plurality of sensors on gloves wherein said sensors comprising IMU sensors, magnetometers, flexible sensors, pressure sensors, etc.
User Perspective:
- Main objective of the present invention is to provide an experience of playing actual musical instrument as much as possible in cost-effective manner.
- Facilitates an easily portable musical instrument without necessitating a specialized setup of light sources.
Questions about this Technology?
Contact For Licensing
sm-marketing@imail.iitm.ac.in
ipoffice2@iitm.ac.in
Research Lab
Sai Chandrahaas Vadali
Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
D.V.S.S.N. KARTEEKEYA SASTRY
Department of Electrical Engineering
Sahana Ramnath
L.Rufa
R.Jayamanideep
Department of Electrical Engineering
Y. JYOTESH CHOWDARY
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Intellectual Property
IITM IDF Ref. 1563
IN Patent No: 481647
Technology Readiness Level
TRL-4
Technology validated in Lab.