System and method for generating an identification signal for electronic devices
AssigneeNellymoser, Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Puterbaugh, Eric J. Puterbaugh, Peter Velikonja, Robert A. Baxter
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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.
Claims70
A method for generating an identification signal, comprising the steps of:
- accepting as input a monophonic audio signal of limited duration;
- translating said monophonic audio signal to a representation of a series of discrete tones;
- and
- producing a control signal from said representation of discrete tones, control signal suitable for causing a transponder to generate a signal,
- where said generated signal is human-recognizable as a translation of said monophonic audio signal.
A method for generating an identification signal, comprising the steps of:
- accepting as input a voice signal of limited duration;
- translating said voice signal to a representation of a series of discrete tones;
- and
- producing a control signal from said representation of discrete tones, said control signal suitable for causing a transponder to generate a signal,
- where said generated signal is human-recognizable as a translation of said voice signal.
Apparatus for generating an identification signal comprising:
- a voice signal receiver;
- a translator having as its input a voice signal received by said voice signal receiver and having as its output a representation of discrete tones where an audio presentation of said discrete tones would be human-recognizable as a translation of said voice signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.