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Oh, they sound innovative, they just don't sound patent-worthy. At the core of his idea he's just plugging some OCR algorithms into a midi player, but the way h
by sprout 16y ago
Oh, they sound innovative, they just don't sound patent-worthy. At the core of his idea he's just plugging some OCR algorithms into a midi player, but the way he's described it I wouldn't be surprised if some of those patents essentially amount to a patent on a specific yet unremarkable implementation of OCR with a midi player attached.
The implementation may be innovative, but not patent worthy since it's a fairly straightforward application of existing tools.
- KevinMS 16y agoI came here to post about the same quote from the article, it just made me a little sick. Even if his patents are ridiculous, they are there to either deter competition or destroy it.
- skybrian 16y ago"Just plugging some OCR algorithms into a midi player" is severely downplaying a difficult task. OCR algorithms designed for text aren't likely to be immediately applicable to musical notation, which is pretty complicated, not all that standardized, and often ambiguous. This is the sort of area where deep knowledge really pays off - it's not just throwing together a website. Assuming any software can be patented, I don't doubt there are some algorithms to be discovered in this area that qualify. Hopefully the patents aren't so broad that others can't work around them.