Environment sensor for acoustic instrument

摘要

A system and method for enabling measurement of desired environmental criteria of an instrument during storage, including in some situations storage within a closely conforming instrument case. A humireader includes a planar body forming a “T” with a support face. The support face enables a user to suspend and support the body between a pair of adjacent strings allowing the body to extend through a sound hole. An environment sensing system disposed within the body collects environment data of the instrument and presents it to the user using an output system (e.g., a display) that is part of the support face.

主权项

1. An instrument environmental sensor for a musical instrument including a housing having one or more walls defining an internal cavity accessed through a sound hole having a set of size dimensions, comprising:
a body including a powered sensor, said body configured to extend into the sound hole so as to position said powered sensor proximate the internal cavity; and a mount, coupled to the musical instrument, configured to support said body with said sensor proximate to the internal cavity; wherein the musical instrument includes a set of strings supported over the sound hole a height distance and outside of the internal cavity, wherein a pair of adjacent strings of the set of strings have a spacing distance between them, wherein said body includes an elongate portion with a proximal end and a distal end opposite of said proximal end and having a body distance between said ends that is greater than said height distance, wherein said mount is coupled to said proximal end, wherein said sensor is disposed proximate said distal end, and wherein said mount engages said pair of adjacent strings; wherein said mount includes a support coupled at about a right angle to said body, said support generally planar and having a support width greater than said spacing distance wherein said support suspends said body portion from said set of strings; and wherein said support includes a topmost exterior surface facing away from the musical instrument and wherein said topmost exterior surface includes a user interface with a set of input/output elements coupled to said sensor for presenting a set of environmental conditions of said internal cavity.