Patent ID: 9640151
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G09B,G10D,G10H

Claim:
1. A pick for an instrument, comprising: a pick body having a central portion configured to be held by a user and a tip configured to contact an instrument string; at least one sensor arranged on or embedded in the pick body and configured to sense information representative of a pluck of the string with the pick body; at least one pressure sensor arranged on or embedded in the pick body and configured to sense pressure between the pick body and the user's fingers or hand; and a wireless transmitter configured to obtain information from the at least one sensor configured to sense information representative of a pluck of the string and from the least one pressure sensor, the information from the at least one pressure sensor being representative of an amount of holding pressure between the pick body and the user's fingers or hand, and to transmit the obtained information to a remote device.