Patent ID: 9418637
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G10G

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method of transcribing music played on a musical keyboard instrument comprising keys, the method comprising using a processor for: (a) receiving an image input of the musical keyboard instrument being played, comprising at least a played portion of the musical keyboard instrument, wherein the image input is captured from a position showing changes in position of the keys; (b) locating a keyboard section of a background image of the image input; (c) assigning a musical note to each of the keys located in the keyboard section; (d) locating pressed keys in an image subsequent to the background image by comparing at least a portion of the keyboard section of the background image to a keyboard section of the subsequent image; (e) determining a musical note for each of the pressed keys based on the musical note assigned to a corresponding one of the keys in the keyboard section of the background image; and (f) outputting an output wherein the output is a musical notation transcribed from the musical notes determined for the pressed keys.