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Hi Xwing !
Thanks for the feedback, machinning has been my first target for the past 3 weeks, trying to learn more and more. Not so bad I would say considering I've started the lathe 1 month and a half ago 
Yep, you're right on the money, like I posted on TFN, this red-orange saber is currently used for the final testing of my wireless sound module I've made for some profesionnal stunt sworders. I will soon detail the functions and features ! About being available in the US, I'll start in July a modified version of my device to be able to export it ! (both in-the-hilt or wireless versions)
News soon !
Erv'
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Hi guys,
Hi guess I missed some parts of the forum, I'm not spending enough time reading the post.... [
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Anyway, quick answers :
- yes my sound module infringes Hyper's Patent. I'm actually pretty well aware of patent stuff, I even applied for one at work, but I was not sure at the beginning how it works exactly in the US, so I got some advice, talked with people in worldwide compagnies about legal issue etc.
- Even if I can't proove it, I built this module on my own, not using the patent of hyper, which I don't care about. I'm an electronic engineer, I work for live performance events and I design electronics for this purpose, I think that the first wireless sensor digitizer I built was achieved in 1997, for measuring the pressure of the cello player bow.
- the results talk by themselfves : videos hypers showed about 3 months ago (testing the hyperblade in the garage) displays some high latency especially about shock detection (average 300ms). He says that it is possible to change the setup, but basically, the system needs a long time to measure the shock or swing detection. Being a specialist about gesture analysis, I can tell you that the algorithm used in his patent is definitly not the right one for this purpose. I'm using a microcontroler, not a fast computer, and my systems reacts in 70ms, even faster I think with my new wireless version.
- the main point is the sensor/detector I use, but I'm working on something else so that my module can be compliant with the US. After all the modules from hasbro or MR does not seem to be a problem with this patent.
- forget the term 'high CPU power' for talking about the hum variation with the tilt, since it is only the direct output of the sensor lowpass filtered and applied to frequency shifter. I don't know if it is actually some freq shift or pitch shifter (totally different). Altetring the sound is as simple as changing the reading speed of an analog tape player, it can be done in realtime on a intel i486. It is actually a cool feature, I respect this, I just don't like the way it is presented. I'm probably going to add this as well in my in the hilt version, I will take me.... 1/2h (I take the bet)... using a 10 MHz 8 bit microcontroler which already does sound playback, that's not BIG cpu power, hu ?
- yes I'm respecting the rules, I'm too honnest, it's probably going to kill me one day, but this is the way I go []
So I wont' sell in the US except if I find a proper way to :
- not infringe the patent anymore
- keep some high quality features (I don't want to make an MRFX board, they exist, work well etc)
- technology melek taus is talking about is probably BTC, binary Time Constant, a way to produce sound with a single I/O and low memory storage space. Sound is a bit ugly, requieres some tricky filtering and cannot be "easily" reprogrammed without a chip programmer, except with a really good bootloader and a special software on the PC to make and export the soundfont. NOTE that it is neither a criticism nor a way to push my product, just an explanation, no offense.
- I'm still in the worry about mywebsite, I'm probably going to go full english, cause limbo is not in the way of proposing the multilanguage version of the site, and I don't want to go rebuilding all the stuff. I'll decide this in september. In the meanwhile, check the documents I've written, like do-clo said, they are in english too.
back to work ! Thanks to all for evocating all this, I hope I'm responding properly !
Best to all of you,
Erv'
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Thanks Erv!
Do me a favor and make the new module small!
Keep us posted.
MC
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small ??? the module is already 28x56x10 mm... not small enough ?
(or maybe this is 2nd degree humor?)
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I am DEFINITELY looking forward to seeing your product available Stateside. I can say without a doubt that as soon as it IS, whatever saber project I have current will be including your in-hilt setup.
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] Are these going to be available in the US? (*crossing fingers* I, and many others I'm sure, want your sound system so bad)
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