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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jyri Huopaniemi, Helsinki, FI;

Timo Sorsa, Helsinki, FI;

Peter Boda, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/26 ; G10H 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/26 ; G10H 1/40 ;
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for recognizing a melody from a set of stored melodies. In the method, an audio sample representing the melody to be recognized is produced to form a first search criterion. In the method, an audio sample is produced of at least one word related to the melody to be recognized to form a second search criterion, wherein in the recognition, a first search set is formed of the stored melodies on the basis of one said search criterion. Another said search criterion is used for recognizing the melody from said first search set.


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