Patents by Inventor Bjorn Staavi

Bjorn Staavi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MIDI control device combining translatory and rotatory movements
    Patent number: 10446301
    Abstract: A manual operating device (100) for providing a first and a second control signal in accordance with a user's operation, e.g. for controlling electronic musical instruments, stage/theatre equipment and/or audio/video studio equipment. The manual operating device (100) comprises a linear position sensor device (110), providing the first control signal (120), representing a linear position of a longitudinally slidable element (130), and a rotary position sensor device (140), having a body attached to the longitudinally slidable element (130) and providing the second control signal (150) representing the rotary position of a rotatable shaft (160) to be manually operated by the user. A MIDI controller device (210) may include at least one such manual operating device (100). Converting the positions parameters to advanced studio equipment MIDI control signals and/or to legacy MIDI synthesizer tone control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: RELË AS
    Inventor: Bjorn Staavi
  • MIDI CONTROL DEVICE COMBINING TRANSLATORY AND ROTATORY MOVEMENTS
    Publication number: 20190198201
    Abstract: A manual operating device (100) for providing a first and a second control signal in accordance with a user's operation, e.g. for controlling electronic musical instruments, stage/theatre equipment and/or audio/video studio equipment. The manual operating device (100) comprises a linear position sensor device (110), providing the first control signal (120), representing a linear position of a longitudinally slidable element (130), and a rotary position sensor device (140), having a body attached to the longitudinally slidable element (130) and providing the second control signal (150) representing the rotary position of a rotatable shaft (160) to be manually operated by the user. A MIDI controller device (210) may include at least one such manual operating device (100). Converting the positions parameters to advanced studio equipment MIDI control signals and/or to legacy MIDI synthesizer tone control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: RELÉ Musikk AS
    Inventor: Bjorn Staavi