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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin H Hines, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Michael R Glasscock, Tullahoma, TN (US);
D Bruce Johnson, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Assignee:
Quantime, Inc., Tullahoma, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84-118 ; 84-128 ; 84478 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for playing a portion of a melody so that users of the apparatus can competitively attempt to identify the melody includes a device for encoding the portion of the melody to be played and a device for reproducing the portion of the melody by decoding the encoding device. The reproducing device includes a decoder for generating electrical signals corresponding to the portion of the melody and a converter for converting the generated electrical signals to musical notes.