Generating music from image pixels

摘要

Musical compositions are generated from image pixels. To do so, pixel values are mapped to musical elements together for creating the musical compositions. Additionally, images are formed from pixels generated from musical compositions. More generally, a computer system creatively generates media using captured media as a source. The system also generates collage images in which individual images are pixels for the collage image. Collages are further generated from text.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for generating music from image pixels, the method comprising the steps of:
assigning a range of potential pixel values to a range of musical elements, wherein each musical element comprises at least one chord from at least one musical instrument; generating a musical composition corresponding to a source image, comprising:
determining a sequential order for reading individual pixel values from the source image comprising a plurality of pixels;receiving individual pixel values from the source image in the sequential order;matching a musical element to each of the individual pixel values based on assignments; andstoring a musical composition including an indication of each musical element of the source image according to the sequential order; and playing the musical composition corresponding to the source image.