The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Maya Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Ayumi Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Maya Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Ayumi Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Image data of sheet music formed from a plurality of pages is input, and the input image data is divided into bars. The complexity of performance of each divided bar is determined for each page. An easy-to-play portion is detected as a page feed position for each page in accordance with the determination result. The layout of the sheet music is changed based on the detected page feed position, and the layout-changed sheet music is output.