Method and apparatus for storing/searching for music
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1. An apparatus for searching music, the apparatus comprising:
- a melody storage unit to divide melodies based on phrase breaks and storing the melodies; and
a melody detection unit to detect which are similar to a user'"'"'s request, from the stored melodies.
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Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus for generating and storing a database that may be searched for music upon a user'"'"'s request, and a method and apparatus for searching for music corresponding to the user'"'"'s request. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of melodies are divided based on phrase breaks and are stored, and a number of melodies which are similar to the user'"'"'s request are detected from the stored melodies.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus for searching music, the apparatus comprising:
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a melody storage unit to divide melodies based on phrase breaks and storing the melodies; and a melody detection unit to detect which are similar to a user'"'"'s request, from the stored melodies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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3. The apparatus of claim i, wherein the melody storage unit divides the melodies based on bars.
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12. An apparatus for storing music, the apparatus comprising:
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a division unit for dividing melodies based on phrase breaks; and a melody storage unit for storing the melodies. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of searching music, the method comprising:
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receiving a user'"'"'s request; and detecting a number of melodies which are similar to the user'"'"'s request, from a plurality of melodies which are divided based on phrase breaks and are stored.
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25. A method of storing music, the method comprising:
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dividing melodies based on phrase breaks; and storing the melodies.
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