Patents by Inventor Filippo Sugar

Filippo Sugar 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).

  • Auto-generated accompaniment from singing a melody
    Patent number: 11087727
    Abstract: A method for processing a voice signal by an electronic system to create a song is disclosed. The method comprises the steps in the electronic system of acquiring an input singing voice recording (11); estimating a musical key (15b) and a Tempo (15a) from the singing voice recording (11); defining a tuning control (16) and a timing control (17) able to align the singing voice recording (11) with the estimated musical key (15b) and Tempo (15a); applying the tuning control (16) and the timing control (17) to the singing voice recording (11) so that an aligned voice recording (20) is obtained. Next, the method comprises the step of generating an music accompaniment (23) as function of the estimated musical key (15b) and Tempo (15a) and an arrangement database (22) and mixing the aligned voice recording (20) and the music accompaniment (23) to obtain the song (12). A system a server and a device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SUGARMUSIC S.P.A.
    Inventors: Filippo Sugar, Jordi Janer, Roberto Vernetti, Oscar Mayor
  • AUTO-GENERATED ACCOMPANIMENT FROM SINGING A MELODY
    Publication number: 20200074966
    Abstract: A method for processing a voice signal by an electronic system to create a song is disclosed. The method comprises the steps in the electronic system of acquiring an input singing voice recording (11); estimating a musical key (15b) and a Tempo (15a) from the singing voice recording (11); defining a tuning control (16) and a timing control (17) able to align the singing voice recording (11) with the estimated musical key (15b) and Tempo (15a); applying the tuning control (16) and the timing control (17) to the singing voice recording (11) so that an aligned voice recording (20) is obtained. Next, the method comprises the step of generating an music accompaniment (23) as function of the estimated musical key (15b) and Tempo (15a) and an arrangement database (22) and mixing the aligned voice recording (20) and the music accompaniment (23) to obtain the song (12). A system a server and a device are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Filippo Sugar, Jordi Janer, Roberto Vernetti, Oscar Mayor