Hand held electronic music encyclopedia with text and note structure search
US5739451A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2240/141
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A hand held electronic music reference machine includes a platform having a keyboard and a display for displaying text. A database removably or permanently mounted to the platform has a first memory portion storing, for each of a multiplicity of songs, selected lyrics and identification information including a title. The database has a second memory portion storing a segment from each of the songs. A user actuated selection component is operatively connected to the first memory portion of the database and to the display for permitting operator selection of a song from a list of song titles shown on the display and inducing display of the lyrics stored in the first memory portion for the selected song. In addition, a user actuated audio production element provided on the platform is operatively coupled to selection component and the database for enabling an audible reproduction of the segment stored in the second memory portion for the selected song. Search filters are provided for enabling a user to determine a song title from bits of ancillary information, including a series of relative note or pitch values, i.e., a melody line which is rising, falling or remaining the same in pit…
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