US Patent No: 7,346,500
Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000
Method of translating a voice signal to a series of discrete tones
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Mar 18, 2008
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Dec 2, 2005
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a ring tone for an electronic device takes as input a phrase sung in a human voice and transforms it into a control signal controlling, for example, a ringer on a cellular telephone. Time-varying features of the input signal are analyzed to segment the signal into a set of discrete notes and assigning to each note a chromatic pitch value. The set of note start and stop times and pitches are then translated into a format suitable for controlling the device.
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