Patents by Inventor Norman Schmielau

Norman Schmielau 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).

  • Music composition automation including song structure
    Patent number: 8710343
    Abstract: A music composition automation system includes logic to assign metadata to an audio recording to divide a melody in the recording into sections, and to identify song form section types for the sections. In addition, logic to associate audio accompaniment with the sections based on the identified section types can be based on a style library, that is arranged to provide data executable by a data processing system to generate musical phrases associated with respective styles. Musical phrases in the style library include metadata specifying characteristics of the phrase according to song form section type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ujam Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kellett, Peter Gorges, Axel Hensen, Norman Schmielau
  • MUSIC COMPOSITION AUTOMATION INCLUDING SONG STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20120312145
    Abstract: A music composition automation system includes logic to assign metadata to an audio recording to divide a melody in the recording into sections, and to identify song form section types for the sections. In addition, logic to associate audio accompaniment with the sections based on the identified section types can be based on a style library, that is arranged to provide data executable by a data processing system to generate musical phrases associated with respective styles. Musical phrases in the style library include metadata specifying characteristics of the phrase according to song form section type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: UJAM INC.
    Inventors: PAUL KELLETT, Peter Gorges, Axel Hensen, Norman Schmielau