Abstract: The present invention provides a method for automatically tuning a stringed instrument including the steps of inducing a signal on a string under tension to generate a resonance signal having an amplitude from the string and adjusting tension of the string in response to the amplitude of the resonance signal. The present invention also provides a system for automatically tuning a stringed instrument including a string, tensioning means operably attached to one end of the string for tensioning the string, and a processor for driving the tensioning means to induce a signal on the string and generate a resonance signal having an amplitude from the string and for adjusting tension of the string in response to the amplitude of the resonance signal.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2001
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2002
Assignee:
Viking Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Oudshoorn, Jeff Moler, R. Glenn Akhavein