Patents by Inventor Francois Pachet
Francois Pachet 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).
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Patent number: 11145285Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of editing an audio stream (S) having at least one tone (T1) extending over time in said stream. The method comprises cutting the stream at a first time point of the stream, producing a first cut (A) having a left cutting end (AL) and a right cutting end (AR); allocating a respective memory cell to each of the cutting ends; in each of the memory cells, storing information about the tone; and, for one of the cutting ends, concatenating the cutting end with a further stream cutting end which also has an allocated memory cell with information stored therein about any tones extending to said further cutting end. The concatenating comprises using the information stored in the memory cells for adjusting any of the tones extending to the cutting ends.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Pierre Roy, François Pachet
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Publication number: 20210312941Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for determining acoustic feature vectors of query and target items in a first vector space, and mapping the acoustic feature vectors to a second vector space having a lower dimension. The distribution of vectors in the second vector space can then be used to identify items from the same songs, and/or items that are complementary. A mapping function is trained using a machine learning algorithm, such that complementary audio items are closer in the second vector space than the first, according to a given distance metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Juan José Bosch Vicente, François Pachet, Pierre Roy, Mathieu Ramona, Tristan Jehan
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Publication number: 20210158791Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of automatically preparing a MIDI file based on a target MIDI file comprising respective note information about each of a plurality of target notes and a source MIDI file comprising respective note information about each of a plurality of source notes. Each note information comprises pitch information defining a pitch of the note. The method comprises ranking the plurality of target notes based on the pitch of each target note. The method also comprises, for each of the ranked target notes, removing the pitch information from the note information of the target note. The method also comprises, for each of the ranked target notes, replacing the removed pitch information with pitch information of a corresponding source note, whereby the target note has the same pitch as the corresponding source note, forming a plurality of new notes of a new MIDI file.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: François PACHET, Pierre ROY
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Patent number: 10997986Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for determining acoustic feature vectors of query and target items in a first vector space, and mapping the acoustic feature vectors to a second vector space having a lower dimension. The distribution of vectors in the second vector space can then be used to identify items from the same songs, and/or items that are complementary. A mapping function is trained using a machine learning algorithm, such that complementary audio items are closer in the second vector space than the first, according to a given distance metric.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Juan José Bosch Vicente, François Pachet, Pierre Roy, Mathieu Ramona, Tristan Jehan
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Publication number: 20210125593Abstract: An electronic device segments a first and second MIDI files into pluralities of source segments and target segments. For each of a plurality of consecutive pairs of first and second target segments, the electronic device identifies a first source segment corresponding to the first target segment of the consecutive pair and identifies a second source segment corresponding to the second target segment of the consecutive pair, where the first and second source segments are identified by determining that the first and second source segments are harmonically conformant to the corresponding first and second target segments, and determining that a transition between the first and second source segments is graphically conformant to a transition between a consecutive pair of source segments. The electronic device generates a third MIDI file using the identified first and second source segments for each of the plurality of consecutive pairs of first and second target segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: François PACHET, Pierre ROY, Benoit Jean CARRÉ
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Publication number: 20210090590Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for determining acoustic feature vectors of query and target items in a first vector space, and mapping the acoustic feature vectors to a second vector space having a lower dimension. The distribution of vectors in the second vector space can then be used to identify items from the same songs, and/or items that are complementary. A mapping function is trained using a machine learning algorithm, such that complementary audio items are closer in the second vector space than the first, according to a given distance metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Juan José Bosch Vicente, François Pachet, Pierre Roy, Mathieu Ramona, Tristan Jehan
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Publication number: 20210090536Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for identifying an audio stem. Audio stems (t1, . . . , tN) are stored on a stem database and songs (S1, . . . , SP) made with at least a subset of the plurality of the audio stems (t1, . . . , tN) are stored on a song database. At least partially composed song (S*) having a predetermined number of pre-selected stems (k) are received. In turn, a probability vector (or relevance value or ranking) is produced for each stem (t1, . . . , tN) to be complementary to the at least partially composed song (S*).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: François Pachet, Pierre Roy, Mathieu Ramona, Tristan Jehan, Juan José Bosch Vicente
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Publication number: 20200372882Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for testing a lead sheet for plagiarism. A test lead sheet receiving having a plurality of passages is received at receiving a plagiarism detector. A set of annotations describing a level of plagiarism of a plurality of elements (e.g., chord sequence, subsequences, melodic fragments (i.e., notes), rhythm, harmony, etc.) of the test lead sheet in relation to the preexisting lead sheets are generated and output via an output device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: François Pachet, Pierre Roy
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Publication number: 20200286455Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of editing an audio stream (S) having at least one tone (T1) extending over time in said stream. The method comprises cutting the stream at a first time point of the stream, producing a first cut (A) having a left cutting end (AL) and a right cutting end (AR); allocating a respective memory cell to each of the cutting ends; in each of the memory cells, storing information about the tone; and, for one of the cutting ends, concatenating the cutting end with a further stream cutting end which also has an allocated memory cell with information stored therein about any tones extending to said further cutting end. The concatenating comprises using the information stored in the memory cells for adjusting any of the tones extending to the cutting ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Pierre ROY, François PACHET
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Publication number: 20200272659Abstract: A computing device comprising a display screen, the computing device being configured to decompose a media recording into a plurality of media recording salient events, apply each of the media recording salient events to a reinforcement model, display on the display screen (i) a mapping of the plurality of media recording salient events and (ii) for at least one of the plurality of media recording salient events, at least one selectable next best action, the computing device further configured to replace at least one of the plurality of media recording salient events with at least one selectable next best action to create a derivative media recording including at least one replacement media recording action.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: François Pachet, Pierre Roy
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Publication number: 20200150918Abstract: A skip behavior analyzer is part of a media delivery system that allows for unbiased A/B testing of a plurality of versions of a song. The media delivery system stores a plurality of versions of a song and randomly selects, for each requesting device, a version of the song to associate with that device. Each time the device requests the song, thereafter, the media delivery system will provide the same version of the song for consistency. The media delivery system then gathers song play and skip information, calculates the differences in distribution of the skip behavior, and provides the skip information to allow a music composer to better determine which version of a song is more popular and why that is so.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: François PACHET, Pierre ROY
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Patent number: 10600398Abstract: A device for generating a real time music accompaniment includes a music input interface, a music mode classifier that classifies pieces of music received at the music input interface into one of different music modes including at least a solo mode, a bass mode, and a harmony mode, a music storage, and a music output interface. A music selector selects one or more recorded pieces of music as real time music accompaniment to an actually played piece of music received at the music input interface, wherein the one or more selected pieces of music are selected to be in a different music mode than the actually played piece of music. A music output interface outputs the selected pieces of music.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Francois Pachet, Pierre Roy
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Publication number: 20200074343Abstract: A training set for use during content generation is generated by applying a first machine learning process P1 to a first finite sequence s wherein s has a length Ls, to generate a first statistical model M(s). The first statistical model M(s) is sampled using a first sampling process G to generate a second finite sequence t wherein t has a length Lt. A second machine learning process P2 is applied to the second finite sequence t to generate a second statistical model M(t), wherein no substring of the second finite sequence t of length d is identical to a substring of the first finite sequence s, wherein d is a predetermined number of elements in a sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: François PACHET, Pierre ROY
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Patent number: 9936295Abstract: An electronic device comprising a processing unit arranged to determine an estimation signal (y(k)) based on an input signal (x(k)) and based on a non-stationary reference signal (s0(k)).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Sony CORPORATIONInventors: Stanislaw Gorlow, Mathieu Ramona, Francois Pachet
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Publication number: 20180046709Abstract: A device for automatically generating a real time accompaniment of input music data includes a music input that receives music data. A music analyzer analyzes received music data to obtain a music data description including one or more characteristics of the analyzed music data. A query generator generates a query to a music database including music patterns and associated metadata including one or more characteristics of the music patterns, the query being generated from the music data description and from an accompaniment description describing preferences of the real time accompaniment and/or music rules describing general rules of music. A query interface queries the music database using a generated query and receives a music pattern selected from the music database by use of the query. A music output outputs the received music pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Pierre ROY, Francois PACHET
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Patent number: 9798805Abstract: A device for automatically generating a real time accompaniment of input music data includes a music input that receives music data. A music analyzer analyzes received music data to obtain a music data description including one or more characteristics of the analyzed music data. A query generator generates a query to a music database including music patterns and associated metadata including one or more characteristics of the music patterns, the query being generated from the music data description and from an accompaniment description describing preferences of the real time accompaniment and/or music rules describing general rules of music. A query interface queries the music database using a generated query and receives a music pattern selected from the music database by use of the query. A music output outputs the received music pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Pierre Roy, Francois Pachet
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Publication number: 20170026748Abstract: An electronic device comprising a processing unit arranged to determine an estimation signal (y(k)) based on an input signal (x(k)) and based on a non-stationary reference signal (s0(k)).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Stanislaw GORLOW, Mathieu RAMONA, Francois PACHET
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Publication number: 20160247496Abstract: A device for generating a real time music accompaniment includes a music input interface, a music mode classifier that classifies pieces of music received at the music input interface into one of different music modes including at least a solo mode, a bass mode, and a harmony mode, a music storage, and a music output interface. A music selector selects one or more recorded pieces of music as real time music accompaniment to an actually played piece of music received at the music input interface, wherein the one or more selected pieces of music are selected to be in a different music mode than the actually played piece of music. A music output interface outputs the selected pieces of music.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Francois PACHET, Pierre ROY
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Patent number: 9110817Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for creating a Markov process that generates sequences. Each sequence has a finite length L, comprises items from a set of a specific number n of items, and satisfies one or more control constraints specifying one or more requirements on the sequence. The method comprises the steps of receiving data defining an initial Markov process of a specific order d and having an initial probability distribution and of receiving data defining one or more control constraints. The method further comprises the step of generating data defining intermediary matrices, each matrix being of dimension nd by n, by zeroing out transitions in the initial Markov process data that are forbidden by the one or more control constraints.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Francois Pachet, Pierre Roy, Gabriele Barbieri
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Publication number: 20150127669Abstract: A device for automatically generating a real time accompaniment of input music data includes a music input that receives music data. A music analyzer analyzes received music data to obtain a music data description including one or more characteristics of the analyzed music data. A query generator generates a query to a music database including music patterns and associated metadata including one or more characteristics of the music patterns, the query being generated from the music data description and from an accompaniment description describing preferences of the real time accompaniment and/or music rules describing general rules of music. A query interface queries the music database using a generated query and receives a music pattern selected from the music database by use of the query. A music output outputs the received music pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Pierre Roy, Francois Pachet