Patent Liability Analysis Team 14: Faris Issa Sean King David Record Prateek Singhal

Potential Infringements ▫Music Transcription  US 7,667,125 B2  Feb. 1, 2008 ▫ METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING AND DISPLAYING TABLATURE WITH A STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT  US 2006/ A1  May 25, 2006 ▫TRAINING APPARATUS FOR LEARNING TO PLAY THE GUITAR:  US 2008/ A1  Nov. 3, 2006

MUSIC TRANSCRIPTION : ▫Claim:  1. A system for generating score data from an audio signal, the system comprising:  an audio receiver operable to process the audio signal; and a note identification unit operable to receive the processed audio signal and generate a note onset event associated with a time location in the processed audio signal in response to at least one of: ▫Identifying a change in frequency exceeding a first threshold value ▫Identifying a change in amplitude exceeding a second threshold value

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING AND DISPLAYING TABLATURE WITH A STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ▫11. A data conversion method comprising:  receiving string data from a guitar pickup;  receiving motion data from a motion capture means;  Combining said motion and sound data; and  generating output in either standard notation from said combined data, wherein said output is a visual representation of music played.

TRAINING APPARATUS FOR LEARNING TO PLAY THE GUITAR: ▫2. The self teaching apparatus for training a user to play guitar of claim 1, further comprising computer executable code having features including:  Audio format conversion between audio formats including mp3, MIDI, and WAV;  File transfer between the apparatus and an external computer;  Recording of guitar practice sessions;  Composing and printing sheet music at computer

Distinguishing Features 1: Patent covers musical notes and scores not tabs. 2: Uses motion detection data in combination with audio processing to generate tabs 3: Focuses mainly on guitar mountable LCD display and uses MIDI instead of obtaining tabs from the audio signal directly

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