Patents by Inventor Gabriel Weinreich

Gabriel Weinreich 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).

  • Apparatus And Method To Transform Stringed Musical Instrument Vibrations
    Publication number: 20130112069
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to accept signals from an electrical stringed musical instrument (ESMI) and transform them into corresponding sounds as they would be created by an acoustic stringed musical instrument (ASMI). The apparatus and method comprise an ESMI, a method of capturing the tonal characteristics of an ASMI, a method of recreating the ASMI's tonal characteristics from the ESMI, and a means of emulating directional tone color (DTC) with various amplification systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Gabriel Weinreich, Walter Joseph Curtin, John Langdon Bell, Alexander Sobolev
  • Directional tone color loudspeaker
    Patent number: 6263083
    Abstract: The present invention simulates complex radiation patterns or directivity patterns of musical instruments, resulting in a surprising realism. The invention employs a plurality of sound sources disposed in close proximity to one another. The individual sound sources each provide a different signal delay resulting in constructive and destructive interference of the sound waves generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventor: Gabriel Weinreich