Method and device for increasing musical sensitivity
AssigneeFeelbelt GmbH
InventorJens Hansen
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Abstract
A method and a device for increasing the perception of acoustic events, particularly for increasing musical sensitivity. As high a correlation as possible between heard and felt perceptions can be achieved by the conversion of the musical signal into vibrations on the skin, the local impact distribution of the filtered musical signals, the emphasis of the dominant musical signals by expanding the extent of the impact, the transfer of the signal portions in the non-feelable range into the feelable range, and the variable base spectrum adapting to the current musical spectrum.
Claims23
A method for increasing perception of acoustic events, in particular for increasing musical sensitivity, wherein vibrations derived from an acoustic event and correlating with the acoustic event are transmitted onto the skin of a person by means of vibration transmitters, wherein the vibration transmitters are spatially distributed on the skin at positions in a predetermined arrangement,
- wherein, by means of a controller, to which an input signal reproducing the acoustic event is fed, control voltages are determined and the vibration transmitters are each actuated with one of the determined control voltages in order to generate a vibration that is sensible on the skin,
- wherein a base spectrum is determined from the frequency spectrum of the acoustic event, wherein the base spectrum is divided into partial spectra which each comprise a frequency range of the base spectrum,
- wherein the control voltages are each derived from the frequency range of at least one assigned partial spectrum, and
- wherein there is an assignment between the frequency positions of the control voltages and the positions of the vibration transmitters and/or between the partial spectra and the positions of the vibration transmitters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.