Patents Assigned to Audio Optics, Inc.
  • Optoelectric transducer system for stringed instruments
    Patent number: 5237126
    Abstract: A pick-up apparatus for a string instrument comprising an array of supports for positioning an array of detectors, each of which monitors strings' vibrations and generates electrical signals, each of the supports straddling a string of the stringed instrument. The detectors include a sensor mount, a divergent light source, and first and second optical sensors which receive light simultaneously when the light source is illuminated and generates an electrical analog output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Audio Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley W. Curtis, Bruce L. Kennedy, Christopher R. Willcox