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Portable electronic music score device for transporting, storing displaying, and annotating music scores

  • US 7,183,476 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2005
  • Issued: 02/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable electronic sheet music device for transporting, storing, displaying, and annotating music scores, comprising:

  • a housing having an interior and an exterior;

    a touch-sensitive display including a left screen and a right screen disposed to be visible from the exterior of the housing;

    a processor contained in the housing and operatively connected to the display, the processor being configured to generate a toolbar on the display, the toolbar being configured to facilitate user instruction to the processor by means of touching the display at locations defined on the toolbar;

    an internal memory contained in the housing and operatively connected to the processor; and

    an external memory medium interface accessible from the exterior and configured to bring an external memory medium into operative connection with the processor, the external memory medium being configured to store music scores such that the processor may cause the music scores to be displayed as a series of notes arrayed to resemble sheet music, the score being displayed as pages on the left screen and the right screen;

    wherein the toolbar is further configured to allow an operator to instruct the processor to highlight at least one note by touching the at least one note at a note location on the display.

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