Patent ID: 7663047

Claim:
System for generating musical sounds comprising: structure adapted for mounting within a vehicle to one of: a steering wheel and a car seat, the mounting structure including a plurality of spatially separated, touch-sensitive sensors for activation by an occupant of the vehicle; a memory module, in the mounting structure, storing one or more musical sounds; a microcontroller, in the mounting structure, interfacing with the plurality of touch-sensitive sensors and the memory module to generate a signal representing one or more of the stored musical sounds; a user interface, in the mounting structure and in communication with the microcontroller, configured for downloading the one or more stored musical sounds from an available selection of musical sounds, the one or more stored musical sounds customizable by the microcontroller to relate a different musical sound to each of the plurality of touch sensitive sensors; and a transmitter, in the mounting structure, interconnected with the microcontroller for transmitting the generated signal to the vehicle's sound system.