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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381883 | System and methods for providing automatic classification of media entities according to tempo In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for au... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7335833 | Music performance system A method and apparatus for producing a musical output is disclosed. The method and apparatus permit the creation, storage and retrieval of a first data structure representing a musical piece. The first data structure includes digital music information that represent... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326848 | System and methods for providing automatic classification of media entities according to tempo properties In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for au... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312391 | System and methods for the automatic transmission of new, high affinity media using user profiles and musical properties A system and methods for the automatic transmission of new, high affinity media to a user are provided. In connection with a system that convergently merges perceptual and digital signal processing analysis of media entities for purposes of classifying the media ent... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304229 | Method and apparatus for karaoke scoring A karaoke scoring apparatus includes a memory element, a feature extraction element, a similarity measurement element, and a scoring element. The karaoke system includes a reference audio input to be compared with a target audio input for giving a score. The referen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295977 | Extracting classifying data in music from an audio bitstream The method of the present invention utilizes machine-learning techniques, particularly Support Vector Machines in combination with a neural network, to process a unique machine-learning enabled representation of the audio bitstream. Using this method, a classifying ... | 11/13/2007 |
| RE39811 | Musical information recording and reproducing technique for use with a recording medium having a UTOC area There is generated a rhythm corresponding to a designated tempo and meter of a music piece to be recorded. Performance of a musical instrument is started at specific timing according to the generated rhythm, and the musical information resulting from the performance... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254618 | System and methods for automatic DSP processing A system and methods for automated DSP processing of media entities to create a persistent data store having DSP processed media entities is provided. In connection with a system that convergently merges perceptual and digital signal processing analysis of media ent... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249022 | Singing voice-synthesizing method and apparatus and storage medium There are provided a singing voice-synthesizing method and apparatus capable of performing synthesis of natural singing voices close to human singing voices based on performance data being input in real time. Performance data is inputted for each phonetic unit const... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7227072 | System and method for determining the similarity of musical recordings A system and method for determining the similarity of music files based on a perceptual metric is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic components are generated for each of the music files. The dimensionality of t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7164076 | System and method for synchronizing a live musical performance with a reference performance In a music video game, a player's performance is digitally sampled while the player performs a musical composition. The player's performance is compared with a reference performance of the musical composition provided by the music video game. Performance feedback is... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7094965 | Waveform data analysis method and apparatus suitable for waveform expansion/compression control Filtering is performed on original waveform to remove components of a predetermined frequency band from the waveform, and dividing positions of the original waveform data are determined on the basis of envelope levels of the filtered waveform. The dividing positions... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085613 | System for monitoring audio content in a video broadcast A method is provided for monitoring audio content in a video broadcast. According to the method, an audio datastream from the video broadcast is received, and audio identifying information is generated for audio content from the audio datastream. It is determined wh... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065416 | System and methods for providing automatic classification of media entities according to melodic movement properties In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are provided for au... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043477 | Navigating media content via groups within a playlist Grouping and navigating media files within a playlist on a computer-readable medium. Invention software selects media files according to a grouping criterion to define a group from the media files. The invention software generates a group header associated with the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035742 | Apparatus and method for characterizing an information signal For characterizing an information signal having an amplitude-time waveform with local extreme values, at first the local extreme values of the information signal are determined, wherein a local extreme value is defined by a time instant and an amplitude. Furthermore... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035873 | System and methods for providing adaptive media property classification A system and methods are provided for automatically classifying data according to perceptual properties of the data to form a classification chain that is suited to the searching and sorting of large databases of media entities. During classification, experts assign... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031921 | System for monitoring audio content available over a network A method is provided for monitoring audio content available over a network. According to the method, the network is searched for audio files, and audio identifying information is generated for each audio file that is found. It is determined whether the audio identif... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7032178 | Tagging content for different activities The present invention is directed to a system and method for classification of media content based upon user-defined classifications. A compilation of media content in conformity with the user-defined classifications and desired criteria may be automatically produce... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012183 | Apparatus for analyzing an audio signal with regard to rhythm information of the audio signal by using an autocorrelation function An apparatus for analyzing an audio signal with regard to rhythm information of the audio signal by using an autocorrelation function comprises a filter bank for separating the audio signal into at least two sub-band signals. The sub-band signals are examined with r... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003515 | Consumer item matching method and system A method of determining at least one match item corresponding to a source item. A database of multiple items such as songs is created. Each song is also represented by an n-dimensional database vector in which each element corresponding to one of n musical character... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995309 | System and method for music identification A system and method that allows users to find a song name, artist and performance without having to proceed through many false results. In one aspect, the system and method use signal matching to produce reliable matches. In another aspect, the system and method use... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6933434 | Musical tone control system, control method for same, program for realizing the control method, musical tone control apparatus, and notifying device There is provided a musical tone control system which is capable of preventing control not intended by the user even when the user stops moving when controlling the generation of musical tones reflecting motion or physical posture of the user. A motion detecting dev... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6822152 | Audio signal processing apparatus An audio signal processing apparatus for changing a tempo of an input audio signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a magnification designator capable of designating a plurality of different magnifications. A device is capable of automatically detecting a beat(s... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6812394 | Method and device for determining rhythm units in a musical piece A method for determining rhythm units (beats per minute or BPM) in (digital) audio data forming a musical piece. The audio data is split among a plurality of determination paths wherein it is subdivided into predetermined frequency bands. The data is analyzed for tr... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6657117 | System and methods for providing automatic classification of media entities according to tempo properties In connection with a classification system for classifying media entities that merges perceptual classification techniques and digital signal processing classification techniques for improved classification of media entities, a system and methods are prov... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6541692 | Dynamically adjustable network enabled method for playing along with music Many non-musicians enjoy listening to music, and would like to be able to play along with it, but do not have the talent or the time to learn to play a musical instrument. The system described herein allows non-musicians to follow along with a display tha... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6538190 | Method of and apparatus for reproducing audio information, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave An audio information reproducing apparatus reproduces one audio information and reproduces another audio information after said one audio information. The apparatus is provided with: a detecting device for detecting one time period required for one beat o... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6518492 | System and method of BPM determination There is provided an improved system and method of determining the tempo of a digitized musical work that, optionally, allows a user to participate in the BPM determination. A first preferred aspect includes determination of estimates of the BPM of a musi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6376758 | Electronic score tracking musical instrument Embodiments of the present invention comprise an electronic system by which it is possible to have an accompaniment that automatically tracks the performance tempo of a performer. The system is equipped with a ROM in which a sequence of performance data t... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6323412 | Method and apparatus for real time tempo detection A method for real time tempo detection is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio input, downsampling the input, converting the input from time domain data to frequency domain data, dividing the frequency domain data into a plurality of frequenc... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6281424 | Information processing apparatus and method for reproducing an output audio signal from midi music playing information and audio information The MIDI reproducing block has such a sound source as a synthesizer and synthesizes and reproduces electronic sounds sequentially according to entered MIDI playing information, thereby generating MIDI sound signals of an accompaniment music. Generated MID... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6166316 | Automatic performance apparatus with variable arpeggio pattern An automatic performance apparatus that is responsive to a manual player of an input implement for producing either an arpeggio performance or a pattern performance in a modified form. Specifically, the present invention includes: a sequencer block that i... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6084169 | Automatically composing background music for an image by extracting a feature thereof An automatic music composing method automatically composes background music matching an atmosphere and a reproduction time of an input moving or changing image. A moving or changing image is inputted and divided into scenes, a feature of each scene is ext... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5760326 | Tone signal processing device capable of parallelly performing an automatic performance process and an effect imparting, tuning or like process An automatic performance section and an effect imparting section or (and) a pitch measuring section are provided in combination within a single device, and the operations of these sections are collectively controlled by a processor. To an external sound s... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5736665 | Holonic rhythm generator for generating a rhythmic vibration state described by a nonlinear vibration equation To present a holonic rhythm generator capable of generating rhythm following free changes by transmitting the intent of tempo change from the action of man to rhythm generator in real time, or, to the contrary, guiding the action rhythm of man gradually b... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5693903 | Apparatus and method for analyzing vocal audio data to provide accompaniment to a vocalist A system for interpreting the requests and performance of a vocal soloist, stated in the parlance of the musician and within the context of a specific published edition of music the soloist is using, to control the performance of a digitized musical accom... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5663514 | Apparatus and method for controlling performance dynamics and tempo in response to player's gesture A specific type of a human operator's gesture (such as a downward, upward or lateral swinging movement) and its movement amount (such as a speed or acceleration of the movement) is detected by a movement detector. The detected movement amount is compensat... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5602811 | Musical information recording and reproducing technique for use with a recording medium having a UTOC area There is generated a rhythm corresponding to a designated tempo and meter of a music piece to be recorded. Performance of a musical instrument is started at specific timing according to the generated rhythm, and the musical information resulting from the ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5585584 | Automatic performance control apparatus An automatic performance control apparatus provides a hand controller which contains gyro sensors in X, Y directions. The gyro sensors are employed to accurately detect hand-swing motion applied to the hand controller without being affected by gravity. Wh... | 12/17/1996 |
