Integrated sound and video screen
OwnerJose J. Bertagniinventor
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Abstract
An array of sound transducers where sound producing groups made up of one or more of the sound transducers may be separately driven so as to spatially reproduce a live performance. Flat sound transducers having sound producing diaphragms with a reflective surface may be employed so that the collective flat sound transducers may provide an image projection surface. The sound producing groups in the array of sound transducers may also be controlled so that the audio tracks the video or the location of a live performer.
Claims25
A sound transducer comprising:
- a plurality of sound transducers arranged adjacent to one another so as to form a grid pattern wherein the sound transducers are flat sound transducers, each of said flat sound transducers having a substantially flat sound producing diaphragm with substantially omnidirectonal sound dispersion characteristics and wherein the flat diaphragms of the flat sound transducers have a reflective surface such that the sound transducer system may serve as a projection screen;
- the grid pattern being formed by the sound transducers being divided into a plurality of separately addressable sound producing regions where a sound producing region includes at least one sound transducer;
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- control means for controlling the separately addressable sound producing regions such that the sound produced by the sound transducers may be controlled in conjunction with a video image that is being projected on the projection screen.
An integrated sound and video system comprising:
- a plurality of sound transducers, each sound transducer having a sound producing flat diaphragm with a reflective surface and at least one driver for driving the diaphragm in response to an audio signal, the sound transducers being arranged adjacent to one another so as to form a grid pattern, the reflective surfaces of the flat diaphragms providing a collective reflective imaging surface, the sound transducers that form the grid pattern being divided into a plurality of separately addressable sound producing regions where a sound producing region includes at least one sound transducer;
- means for projecting an image onto the reflective imaging surface;
- means responsive to the location of the projected image for generating a location signal that represents the position of the image that is being projected onto the reflective imaging surface;
- means for providing the audio signal;
- means for directing the audio signal to a sound producing region in response to the location signal such that the plurality of sound producing regions may provide an audio output that moves in conjunction with the image that is being projected onto the reflective imaging surface.
An integrated sound and video system comprising a plurality of sound transducers, each sound transducer having a sound producing substantially flat diaphragm with a reflective surface and at least one driver for driving the diaphragm in response to an audio signal, the sound transducers being arranged adjacent to one another so as to form a grid pattern, the reflective surfaces of the flat diaphragms providing a collective reflective imaging surface.
A combination sound/image screen comprising:
- a plurality of sound transducers, each sound transducer having a flat diaphragm that is made of a reflective material and that will emanate sound when driven by a driver and a signal source;
- the sound transducers being arranged adjacent to one another so that the sound transducers and their respective flat diaphragms form a planar grid, the flat diaphragms of the sound transducers that make up the grid providing an integral source of sound and a reflective imaging surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.