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Electronic apparatus for displaying music
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-11-20
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Granted: 1988-10-25
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Expires: 2007-11-20
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus comprising a console having a screen for displaying a music score recorded on a score support. In addition to information representing the music score, the score support has position indicators at predetermined locations along the support, each position indicator corresponding to a reference signature in the score. The console includes means for reading and displaying the score information carried by the support, driving means responsive to a control signal to move forward the score support thereby to display successive portions of the score on the screen, electronic control means adapted to monitor the performance of a piece of music, recognize therein the predetermined reference signature and produce a page change command signal for moving forward the score support each time a reference signature is recognized in the musical performance such that successive portions of the score are displayed on the screen, and a keyboard for use by an operator.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul Van den Abbeel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:09
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10G; G10G1/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
An electronic apparatus for displaying a music score, said apparatus comprising a console including: a screen for displaying a music score; means for receiving and positioning a score support, said score support having information representing a score to be performed and position indicators at predetermined spaced locations along the score support, each of said position indicators corresponding to preselected bars forming reference staves in the score, said position indicators defining the forward steps of the score support; means for reading and displaying the score information carried by said support; driving means responsive to a control signal to move forward the score support thereby to display successive portions of the score on the screen; electronic control means adapted to monitor the performance of a piece of music, recognize therein said predetermined reference staves and produce a page change command signal for moving forward said score support each time a reference stave is recognized in the musical performance such that successive portions of the score are displayed on the screen; and a keyboard for use by an operator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
An electronic apparatus for displaying a music score, said apparatus comprising a console including: a screen for displaying a music score; means for receiving and positioning a score support, said score support having information representing a score to be performed and position indicators at predetermined spaced locations along the score support, each of said position indicators corresponding to preselected bars forming reference staves in the score, said position indicators defining the forward steps of the score support; means for reading and displaying the score information carried by said support; driving means responsive to a control signal to move forward the score support thereby to display successive portions of the score on the screen; electronic control means adapted to monitor the performance of a piece of music, recognize therein said predetermined reference staves and produce a page change command signal for moving forward said score support each time a reference stave is recognized in the musical performance such that successive portions of the score are displayed on the screen; and a keyboard for use by an operator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
149 words
The apparatus according to the claim 1 wherein the electronic control means comprise: a microphone to pick up the sounds emitted during the performance of a piece of music and produce electrical signals representing the successive music sounds; an analog/digital converter to translate the analog signals from the microphone into binary signal codes; memory means containing reference binary signals representing predetermined reference staves in the music score; stave recognition means connected to receive the binary signals from the converter and the reference signals read out from the memory, said stave recognition means being adapted to produce a page change command signal each time a typical sequence of binary signals from the converter is identical to a reference signal, said page change command signal serving to activate the score support driving means for moving forward the score support thereby to display a next portion of the score on the screen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, characterized by said memory means being arranged on the score support.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the score support carries score information in the form of visual pictures, and wherein said means for reading and displaying the score information comprise optical means arranged to project the visual information from the score support on the screen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the score support carries score information in the form of stored information, and wherein said means for reading and displaying the score information comprise reading means for reading the information stored on the score support and translating means to translate the information read out from the memory means into signals adapted for displaying the score on the display screen.
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