Patents by Inventor Paul T. Chi

Paul T. Chi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230335094
    Abstract: Visual effects schedules are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects applied in correspondence with differing elements of musical structure. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects schedules are mood-denominated and may be selected by a performer as a component of his or her visual expression or determined from an audiovisual performance using machine learning techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Perry R. Cook, Paul T. Chi, Wei Zhou, Jon Moldover, Anton Holmberg, Jingxi Li
  • Patent number: 11488569
    Abstract: Visual effects schedules are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects applied in correspondence with differing elements of musical structure. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects schedules are mood-denominated and may be selected by a performer as a component of his or her visual expression or determined from an audiovisual performance using machine learning techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Smule, Inc.
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Perry R. Cook, Paul T. Chi, Wei Zhou, Jon Moldover, Anton Holmberg, Jingxi Li
  • Publication number: 20220122573
    Abstract: Visual effects, including augmented reality-type visual effects, are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects and/or parameterizations thereof applied in correspondence with computationally determined audio features or elements of musical structure coded in temporally-synchronized tracks or computationally determined therefrom. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects are based on an audio feature computationally extracted from a captured audiovisual performance or from an audio track temporally-synchronized therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: David STEINWEDEL, Anton HOLMBERG, Javier VILLEGAS, Paul T. CHI, David YOUNG, Perry R. COOK
  • Publication number: 20220051448
    Abstract: Visual effects, including augmented reality-type visual effects, are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects and/or parameterizations thereof applied in correspondence with computationally determined audio features or elements of musical structure coded in temporally-synchronized tracks or computationally determined therefrom. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects are based on an audio feature computationally extracted from a captured audiovisual performance or from an audio track temporally-synchronized therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Anton Holmberg, Javier Villegas, Paul T. Chi, David Young, Perry R. Cook
  • Publication number: 20190354272
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to graphical user interfaces for display screens of a musical composition authoring system presented on a display of a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Andrea Slobodien, Paul T. Chi, Perry R. Cook
  • Publication number: 20180374462
    Abstract: Visual effects schedules are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects applied in correspondence with differing elements of musical structure. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects schedules are mood-denominated and may be selected by a performer as a component of his or her visual expression or determined from an audiovisual performance using machine learning techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Perry R. Cook, Paul T. Chi, Wei Zhou, Jon Moldover, Anton Holmberg, Jingxi Li