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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Denise A. Bell, Austin, TX (US);
Karthik Pallapothu, Evanston, IL (US);
Minh Q. Pham, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald J. Theriault, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computing device is provided. The computing device includes a touchscreen, a speaker configured to output sounds corresponding to the musical notes and a processor. The processor defines an area of the touchscreen as a note timing entry region and a remainder of the touchscreen as an interface region. The processor also records a timing of user taps in the note timing entry region and controls the speaker to output the sounds corresponding to the musical notes in the sequence in accordance with the timing of the user taps.