ELECTRONIC MUSIC ON HAND PORTABLE AND COMMUNICATION ENABLED DEVICES

• US 20100218664A1
• Filed: 03/08/2010
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Linder, Natan, Toledano, Eyal, Ben-Tsvi, Ytai
• Granted Patent: US 8,044,289 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/615
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/34 Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/091 for performance evaluation, i.e. judging, grading or scoring the musical qualities or faithfulness of a performance, e.g. with respect to pitch, tempo or other timings of a reference performance
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/101 Music Composition or musical creation; Tools or processes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/565 Manual designation or selection of a tonality
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/005 Non-interactive screen display of musical or status data graphical user interfaces specifically adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H2220/091; fingering displays G10H2220/041
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/261 Numeric keypad used for musical purposes, e.g. musical input via a telephone or calculator-like keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/395 Acceleration sensing or accelerometer use, e.g. 3D movement computation by integration of accelerometer data, angle sensing with respect to the vertical, i.e. gravity sensing. conductor baton movement sensing G10H2220/206, angle sensing without reference to gravity G10H2220/391; player body joint angle sensing G10H2220/321
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/455 Camera input, e.g. analyzing pictures from a video camera and using the analysis results as control data
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/015 PDA [personal digital assistant] or palmtop computing devices used for musical purposes, e.g. portable music players, tablet computers, e-readers or smart phones in which mobile telephony functions need not be used touch-screen interfaces G10H2220/096
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/021 Mobile ringtone, i.e. generation, transmission, conversion or downloading of ringing tones or other sounds for mobile telephony; Special musical data formats or protocols herefor mobile telephone transmission specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments G10H2240/251
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/091 Info, i.e. juxtaposition of unrelated auxiliary information or commercial messages with or between music files metadata G10H2240/075
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/175 for jam sessions or musical collaboration through a network, e.g. for composition, ensemble playing or repeating; Compensation of network or internet delays therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/251 Mobile telephone transmission, i.e. transmitting, accessing or controlling music data wirelessly via a wireless or mobile telephone receiver, analog or digital, e.g. DECT GSM, UMTS smartphone, PDA or palmtop used for musical purposes G10H2230/015; mobile ringtone G10H2230/021
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/615 Waveform editing, i.e. setting or modifying parameters for waveform synthesis. graphical sound editing G10H2220/116

Abstract

A portable electronic device having a screen and a numeric keypad, comprises: a sound card for processing sound signals to produce musical tones; a musical synthesizer, associated with said sound card, for electronically synthesizing musical instruments; and a user interface for interfacing said musical synthesizer to a user via said screen and said numeric keypad. The device can be a cellular telephone and may be able to interact with other devices.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

music playing capability for playing music from electronic storage or from a communication channel or from user input;

a grouping capability for allowing said device to synchronize itself with at least one other device; and

group playing capability, associated with said grouping capability and said music playing capability, for allowing said device to play music from said communication channel together with music from said user input in synchronized manner.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein said group playing capability comprises adding a delay of at least one cycle to overcome latency of said communication channel.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1, configured such that said user input is transmitted over said communication channel to be available at said at least one other device for a subsequent time period.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 3, wherein said subsequent time period is an immediately following time period.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein said grouping capability comprises group mastering capability for forming said group and controlling said synchronizing.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein said grouping capability is configurable to operate as a slave to a remotely located master device to synchronize therewith.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1, comprising a display screen and comprising a representation capability for providing indications of other devices of said group as icons on said screen.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein said icons are animated icons.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 1, comprising a feedback unit for analyzing said user input to provide a respective user with feedback on his musical playing.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein said feedback unit is configured to analyze said user input as an event stream.