Competition judging system

• US 6,968,243 B1
• Filed: 06/17/2003
• Issued: 11/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Je Seon Oh
• Original Assignee: Je Seon Oh
• Inventors: Oh, Je Seon
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIM T
• Application Number:
  US10/462,537
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 463 40- 42, 463/35, 700 91- 92
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• 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 2220/145 Multiplayer musical games, e.g. karaoke-like multiplayer videogames

Abstract

A method for judging a musical performance is disclosed by the present invention. The method includes entering competitors on a match play board based upon seeding to determine individual matches for competitors. Each competitor in a match performs an individual act. The act of each performer is then judged based upon a plurality of individual performance criteria to determine criteria scores for each competitor. The total scores for each competitor are then determined based upon the determined criteria scores. A winner of each match based upon which competitor received a highest score and the winner of each match is entered on the match play board into a next round of competition. Preferably the performance for the competition is in the musical field of Hip-Hop music. The plurality of individual performance criteria preferably includes at least one of judging by individual judges, noise level of an audience viewing the performances, call in votes and internet votes.

Claims

1. A method for judging a competition of musical performers comprising the steps of:

a) determining a competition seeding for competitors within the competition;

b) entering the competitors on a match play board based upon the seeding to determine individual matches for the competitors;

c) having a pair of competitors in the match each perform an individual act before a live audience and broadcast live;

d) using a panel of judges to judge the performance of each performer based upon a plurality of individual performance criteria to determine criteria scores for each competitor;

e) obtaining scores from noise levels measured in decibels of the live audience, and responses over the internet and call-ins;

f) computing total scores for each competitor based upon the determined criteria scores of the panel of judges and the scores obtained from noise levels of the live audience, and votes received over the internet and from call-ins;

g) determining a winner of the match based upon which competitor received a highest total score;

h) entering the winner of the match into a next round of the competition; and

i) repeating steps a)–

h) until only one competitor remains in the competition.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of individual performance criteria is given a weighted value of importance in determining the score for each competitor.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the musical performance are Hip-Hop.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the judging by individual judges includes scores based upon at least one of originality of the performance, quality of the performance, energy of the performer and overall performance quality.

5. The method system as recited in claim 4, wherein the noise level of the audience is measured by at least one decimeter positioned within an area surrounding the audience viewing the performance.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the at least one decimeter measures the noise level of the audience in decibels.

7. The method system as recited in claim 6, wherein the decibels measurable by the decimeter are separated into ranges, each range of decibels being equated with a numerical score.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein a score produced by said panel of judges is given greater weight than scores obtained from the noise level of the live audience, the internet, and call-ins in computing a total score for each competitor the scores obtained from the noise level of the audience, the internet and call-ins being given equal weight.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein the score produced by said panel judges is given double the weight of scores obtained from noise level of the live audience, the internet, and call-ins.

10. The method system as recited in claim 9, wherein each criteria score is adjusted to a scale between 0–

10.