Electronic sound generator with enhanced sound
AssigneeSharper Image Corporation
InventorsShek Fai Lau, Richard J. Thalheimer, Edward C. McKinney, Jr., Tristan M. Christianson, Charles E. Taylor
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Abstract
A sound generator includes a memory bank storing user-selectable recorded sounds, a microprocessor that can quasi-randomly time-delay at least one of the recorded sounds, and a mixer that can combine a user-selected recorded sound and the time-delayed sound for output by speakers or earphones. The microprocessor can also cause the output sound to include a microprocessor-selected one of the recorded sounds for inclusion during playback of a user-recorded sound.
Claims2
An electronic system for generating sound on a first sound channel and on a second sound channel, comprising:
- a memory bank storing user-selectable recorded sounds;
- means for quasi-randomly time-delaying at least one of said recorded sounds;
- means for automatically selecting a second sound associated with a user-selected sound;
- means for combining at least one user-selected recorded sound, at least one time-delayed version of one of said recorded sounds, and at least one said second sound;
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- at least one audio output transducer for playing a combination of the user-selected recorded sound, the time-delayed version of one of said recorded sounds, and the second sound.
An electronic system for generating sound on a first sound channel and on a second sound channel, comprising:
- a memory bank storing user-selectable recorded sounds;
- means for quasi-randomly time-delaying at least one of said recorded sounds;
- a second sound associated with a user-selectable sound automatically selected by a microprocessor;
- means for combining at least one user-selected recorded sound, at least one time-delayed version of one of said recorded sounds, and at least one second sound;
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- at least one audio output transducer for playing a combination of the user-selected recorded sound, the time-delayed version of one of said recorded sounds, and at least one second sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.