Patents by Inventor Paul Van den Abbeel

Paul Van den Abbeel 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).

  • Patent number: 4779510
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a console having a screen for displaying a music score recorded on a score support. In addition to information representing the music score, the score support has position indicators at predetermined locations along the support, each position indicator corresponding to a reference signature in the score. The console includes means for reading and displaying the score information carried by the support, driving means responsive to a control signal to move forward the score support thereby to display successive portions of the score on the screen, electronic control means adapted to monitor the performance of a piece of music, recognize therein the predetermined reference signature and produce a page change command signal for moving forward the score support each time a reference signature is recognized in the musical performance such that successive portions of the score are displayed on the screen, and a keyboard for use by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Inventor: Paul Van den Abbeel