Text Music Merging System for Personalized Learning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current educational methods lack an on-demand system for merging user-selected text with user-selected music, limiting personalized learning experiences across all ages and environments.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that allows for the merging of user-selected text with user-provided music, enabling digital audio and visual playback on computing devices, using optical character recognition for non-digital formats and machine learning for synchronization, to create a lyrical song facilitating learning and memorization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If predetermined musical compositions are used for merging with text, then learning engagement is improved, but adaptability to different users and content is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelearning engagementVSAvoidpersonalization capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically selects and merges text with musical compositions based on user preferences, content characteristics, and learning objectives. The merging process adapts in real-time to create personalized educational experiences rather than using fixed predetermined pairings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes multiple parameters including music selection, text segmentation, merging timing, and playback configuration to accommodate different users, ages, and learning environments. This allows the same educational content to be effectively delivered to diverse audiences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Device complexity

If traditional text-only educational methods are used, then simplicity is maintained, but learning comprehension and memorization are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeducational method simplicityVSAvoidlearning comprehension
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges text with musical compositions to create a multi-sensory learning experience. By combining auditory music with visual/reading text, the system enhances comprehension and memorization while maintaining ease of use through automated processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system serves multiple educational functions within a unified platform: it can merge text with music, provide audio playback, support different age groups, and accommodate various learning environments, all while maintaining a simple user interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If on-demand text-to-music merging is implemented, then personalized learning is enabled, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized learning capabilityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary processing by pre-segmenting text into lyric-like units and pre-identifying suitable musical compositions. This preparation work is done before the actual merging request, reducing the time needed for real-time processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses template-based merging approaches where common text structures are matched with proven musical patterns. This allows rapid generation of merged content by copying successful pairings rather than creating everything from scratch.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20240194086A1Devices and methods for facilitating learning by merging text with music
Publication Date: 2024.06.13 PARMENTER BEAU
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AI summary

Described herein are computer implemented methods and computer systems for merging a selected text with a selected musical composition. The method or the steps performed by the computer system may include: receiving a selected text and a selected musical composition; dividing the selected musical composition into components and generating a blueprint of the selected musical composition; transforming the selected text into phoneme representations; merging the blueprint and the transformed text; and outputting a merged song.