ECE 110/120 Honors Lab Section : Glove Instrument Thingy

Julianna Gecsey(jgecsey2)    Gene Lee(genel2)  (Phoebe Chen(phoebec2)   Eric Dong(ericd3)) => Glove Instrument Thingy Receiving End

Main Objective: Gesture Gloves

• Introduction

• Statement of Purpose

In the bustling streets of the 21st century, it would be the dream of any music enthusiast to be able to enjoy the thrill of playing instruments without the need to physically carry around a bulky, heavy instrument. Whether it be on the bus, walking on the streets, or even doing homework, we want to create a gadget that will allow us to jam out anywhere with a myriad of instruments at our disposal.

Thus, the main goal of our project is to create a pair of gloves that would be able to sense different instrument-playing motions and gestures, as well as transmit the data to a speaker, which would then output the different frequencies simulating the instrument sound. This way, the glove would basically act as a portable, lightweight device that could mimic several instruments.

• Background Research

At the moment, we’ve looked at different sensors that we might use for our project itself and how we might possibly implement them for different instruments. For instance, we would need an accelerometer if we want to detect movements of the right hand when strumming the guitar. If we want our gloves to simulate string instruments like the guitar or even a smaller one like the violin, then we would need a flex sensor to receive input for the different finger placements. Additionally, we would need a microcontroller in order to read all these different values, and then process them for transmission, which we have also looked into. Some reliable methods for signal transmission include Bluetooth,

We started to research on reliable methods for signal transmission (via Bluetooth, radio waves, etc.) and also will need to look into ways to process the signal after transmission, whether it be Fourier Transform or even just reading the values directly.

• Design Details
  

• Block Diagram / Flow Chart
  
  

• System Overview
  First, through the use of different sensors integrated onto a pair of gloves, we get input from the user. What will immediately happen is that the user will receive some sort of haptic feedback from the gloves for each corresponding instrument (each instrument will have its own configuration of feedback).  After that, through microcontrollers, we relay the signal to our output device which will then process the signal and output the corresponding instrument sound (audio) accompanied by an LED array output of some sort.
  
  

• Parts
  General:

• Glove

Sensors:

• Flex Sensor

• Gyroscope/Accelerometer

• etc.

            Microcontroller

Logic Gates: Logic gates will be implemented in order to differentiate between different instruments.

                     Ex: Trumpet: If both the electret microphone AND the flex sensors are triggered, then we'll know that it's a trumpet

Signal Transmitters (Bluetooth, WiFi, etc.)

• Possible Challenges
  
  

• Differentiating the gestures for different notes/instruments

• Transmitting the signals

• Making sure the glove won’t be too bulky (main purpose)