Patents by Inventor Yuval Kaminka
Yuval Kaminka 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: 11972693Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a system configured to provide a music learning session to a user. The system comprises a memory for storing data and executable instructions; and a processor that is configured to execute the executable instructions to result in performing the following steps: presenting the user with a representation of a musical piece to be played by the user with a music instrument; receiving an audio signal relating to an instrument output provided by the music instrument played by the user; and determining a level of correspondence between the received audio signal and the representation of the musical piece presented to the user. The steps may further comprises identifying an audio signal portion for which a determined level of correspondence does not meet a correspondence criterion; and determining an error characteristic for the identified audio signal portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Joytunes Ltd.Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Oded Zewi, Amitay Dobo
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Publication number: 20240054911Abstract: Aspects of embodiments pertain to a method for determining an Input/Output (I/O) device configuration for a music teaching system. The method may comprise receiving a plurality of I/O device configurations of a music teaching system; receiving, for a given I/O device of the music teaching system, an initial I/O device configuration; and determining an updated I/O device configuration for the given I/O Device, based on the initial I/O device configuration of the given I/O Device and at least one of the plurality of received I/O device configurations. The determining is performed such that the updated I/O device configuration has improved device performance compared to the initial I/O device configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Oded Zewi, Yoav Biderman, Yariv Bandiel, Yuval Kaminka, Saggi Messer, Or Gafni, Anatoli Tsinovoy
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Patent number: 11900825Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods pertain to providing a session of music learning to a user, comprising: setting a sound capturing configuration relating to at least one microphone of a computerized device; providing the user with musical notations to be executed through the user for generating user-generated sound; capturing, through the at least one microphone, sound which includes user-generated sound produced by the user to produce user-generated sound data; processing the user-generated sound data; and determining, based on the processing of the user-generated sound data, whether a sound capturing configuration is to be adapted or not.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Joytunes Ltd.Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Saggi David Messer, Or Yotvat Gafni, Anatoli Tsinovoy
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Patent number: 11893898Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a method for use with a musical piece, or part thereof, comprising: presenting, by at least one client device to a plurality of users, a corresponding plurality of sequences of musical symbols to be cooperatively played by the plurality of users using a plurality of instruments; capturing instrument outputs produced by the plurality of instruments to generate audio data descriptive of the captured instrument outputs; analyzing the audio data for determining a level of correspondence between the captured instrument outputs and the plurality of musical symbols presented to the plurality of users; and presenting, based on the level of correspondence, an adapted or non-adapted sequence of music symbols to at least one of the plurality of players.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Joytunes Ltd.Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Oded Zewi, Amitay Dobo
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Publication number: 20230386155Abstract: Aspects of embodiments pertain to systems and methods for providing a user with information relating to the playing of a musical instrument. The systems and methods comprise presenting the user with instrument playing instructions to be executed by at least one user; identifying, of the at least one user, at least one object expected to operably engage with the musical instrument for executing the instrument playing instructions; tracking movement of the identified at least one object; and displaying to the user at least one assistive symbol at least partly in correspondence with the presented instrument playing instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Maayan Malka, Oren Agami, Omer Wodnizki, Gil Jacob Peled, Oded Zewi, Yuval Kaminka, Nathaniel Yankelevich, Maxim Sorin, Yotam Samuel
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Publication number: 20230274658Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods pertain to providing a session of music learning to a user, comprising: setting a sound capturing configuration relating to at least one microphone of a computerized device; providing the user with musical notations to be executed through the user for generating user-generated sound; capturing, through the at least one microphone, sound which includes user-generated sound produced by the user to produce user-generated sound data; processing the user-generated sound data; and determining, based on the processing of the user-generated sound data, whether a sound capturing configuration is to be adapted or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Saggi Messer, Or Gafni, Anatoli Tsinovoy
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Publication number: 20230252908Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a method for use with a musical piece, or part thereof, comprising: presenting, by at least one client device to a plurality of users, a corresponding plurality of sequences of musical symbols to be cooperatively played by the plurality of users using a plurality of instruments; capturing instrument outputs produced by the plurality of instruments to generate audio data descriptive of the captured instrument outputs; analyzing the audio data for determining a level of correspondence between the captured instrument outputs and the plurality of musical symbols presented to the plurality of users; and presenting, based on the level of correspondence, an adapted or non-adapted sequence of music symbols to at least one of the plurality of players.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Oded Zewi, Amitay Dobo
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Patent number: 11670188Abstract: A method for online music learning of playing a musical instrument, that may be a string instrument, a woodwind instrument, a brass instrument, a percussion instrument, or vocal (singing) is described. A client device, such as a smartphone or a tablet notifies a person, such as visually by a display or audibly by a sounder, of a sequence of musical symbols that may be part of a musical piece to be played on the musical instrument. The pace or tempo of the notified sequence is adapted according to a stored skill level value of the person and the pace or tempo associated with the musical piece. The client device, monitors, using a microphone(s) in the client device, the errors in the playing of the sequence, and using a predefined accordingly updates the stored skill level value, and accordingly changes the arrangement, pace and/or tempo of the next sequence of musical symbols.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: JoyTunes Ltd.Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Oded Zewi, Amitay Dobo
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Publication number: 20220180767Abstract: Aspects of embodiments pertain to a method for determining an Input/Output (I/O) device configuration for a music teaching system. The method may comprise receiving a plurality of I/O device configurations of a music teaching system; receiving, for a given I/O device of the music teaching system, an initial I/O device configuration; and determining an updated I/O device configuration for the given I/O Device, based on the initial I/O device configuration of the given I/O Device and at least one of the plurality of received I/O device configurations. The determining is performed such that the updated I/O device configuration has improved device performance compared to the initial I/O device configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Oded Zewi, Yoav Biderman, Yariv Bandiel, Yuval Kaminka, Saggi David Messer, Or Yotvat Gafni, Anatoli Tsinovoy
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Publication number: 20220180766Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a method for use with a musical piece, or part thereof, comprising: presenting, by at least one client device to a plurality of users, a corresponding plurality of sequences of musical symbols to be cooperatively played by the plurality of users using a plurality of instruments; capturing instrument outputs produced by the plurality of instruments to generate audio data descriptive of the captured instrument outputs; analyzing the audio data for determining a level of correspondence between the captured instrument outputs and the plurality of musical symbols presented to the plurality of users; and presenting, based on the level of correspondence, an adapted or non-adapted sequence of music symbols to at least one of the plurality of players.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Oded Zewi, Amitay Dobo
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Publication number: 20220172638Abstract: A method for online music learning of playing a musical instrument, that may be a string instrument, a woodwind instrument, a brass instrument, a percussion instrument, or vocal (singing) is described. A client device, such as a smartphone or a tablet notifies a person, such as visually by a display or audibly by a sounder, of a sequence of musical symbols that may be part of a musical piece to be played on the musical instrument. The pace or tempo of the notified sequence is adapted according to a stored skill level value of the person and the pace or tempo associated with the musical piece. The client device, monitors, using a microphone(s) in the client device, the errors in the playing of the sequence, and using a predefined accordingly updates the stored skill level value, and accordingly changes the arrangement, pace and/or tempo of the next sequence of musical symbols.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Oded Zewi, Amitay Dobo
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Publication number: 20220172639Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods pertain to providing a session of music learning to a user, comprising: setting a sound capturing configuration relating to at least one microphone of a computerized device; providing the user with musical notations to be executed through the user for generating user-generated sound; capturing, through the at least one microphone, sound which includes user-generated sound produced by the user to produce user-generated sound data; processing the user-generated sound data; and determining, based on the processing of the user-generated sound data, whether a sound capturing configuration is to be adapted or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Saggi David Messer, Or Yotvat Gafni, Anatoli Tsinovoy
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Publication number: 20220172640Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a system configured to provide a music learning session to a user. The system comprises a memory for storing data and executable instructions; and a processor that is configured to execute the executable instructions to result in performing the following steps: presenting the user with a representation of a musical piece to be played by the user with a music instrument; receiving an audio signal relating to an instrument output provided by the music instrument played by the user; and determining a level of correspondence between the received audio signal and the representation of the musical piece presented to the user. The steps may further comprises identifying an audio signal portion for which a determined level of correspondence does not meet a correspondence criterion; and determining an error characteristic for the identified audio signal portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Eran Aharonson, Yuval Kaminka, Oded Zewi, Amitay Dobo
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Patent number: 9492756Abstract: A system and method for improving musical education through use of a game, is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving electrical signals associated with a musical piece provided by a user of the game; converting the electrical signals into digital samples; and analyzing the digital samples with use of auxiliary information, for purposes of improving signal analysis accuracy, resulting in determining various parameters of the musical piece provided by the user, wherein the auxiliary information is a-priori data related to at least one element selected from the group consisting of a musical instrument being played, a technical environment, the game, and information regarding the user of the game. Visual and/or audio feedback may also be provided to the user regarding the musical piece that they are providing.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Joytunes Ltd.Inventors: Roey Izkovsky, Yuval Kaminka, Yigal Kaminka
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Publication number: 20120295679Abstract: A system and method for improving musical education through use of a game, is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving electrical signals associated with a musical piece provided by a user of the game; converting the electrical signals into digital samples; and analyzing the digital samples with use of auxiliary information, for purposes of improving signal analysis accuracy, resulting in determining various parameters of the musical piece provided by the user, wherein the auxiliary information is a-priori data related to at least one element selected from the group consisting of a musical instrument being played, a technical environment, the game, and information regarding the user of the game. Visual and/or audio feedback may also be provided to the user regarding the musical piece that they are providing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Roey Izkovsky, Yuval Kaminka, Yigal Kaminka