| US 7,589,727 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for generating visual images based on musical compositions | ||
| Eric P. Haeker, 6012 Drexel Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. 19131 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 18, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/334,029. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/644630, filed on Jan. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0156906 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06T 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 345—440 [84/609] | 33 Claims |
| 1. A method of producing a graphical representation of a musical work comprising a plurality of individual musical lines comprising
notes, said method comprising the steps of:
(1) obtaining an electronic version of said musical work;
(2) translating using a processor said notes of each individual musical line of said electronic version into a separate x,
y graph in which a y value of said notes is representative of a pitch of said note and an x value is representative of a relative
time of said note in said musical work and a duration of said note;
(3) importing using said processor each said graph into three-dimensional animation software;
(4) generating using said processor a visual object corresponding to each individual musical line of said musical work; and
(5) applying using said processor at least one three-dimensional animation technique to each said object, said animation technique
being a function of said corresponding graph.
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