Patents by Inventor Craig A. Ohler

Craig A. Ohler 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).

  • Patent number: 5024132
    Abstract: An electronic tuner generates a pulse train signal from an analog signal transduced from vibrations on a selected one of several strings of a musical instrument. The pulse train signal has a plurality of successive pulses, each of the pulses having a pulse width which may vary between successive pulses. Two of the pulses have a longest pulse width of all pulses in the pulse string are identified. The tuner then computes a current fundamental frequency on the selected string as a function of a ratio between a numerical count of the pulses occurring between these two pulses, the count including one of these pulses, and a sum of the pulse width of each of the pulses included in the count. The two of the pulses have a longest pulse width of all pulses in the pulse string. A difference signal is developed as a function of a difference between the current fundamental frequency and a known in-tune frequency associated with the selected string being tuned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Michael Anthony
    Inventors: Michael Anthony, Craig A. Ohler, Arnold Christensen