Touch-Sensitive Audio-Visual Interface for Safe Real-Time Music Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional light-emitting devices for real-time music visualization are limited in user experience due to potential eye damage from laser light and pre-programmed displays that require specific songs to function, offering a restricted range of interactions.
Innovation Solution
A touch-sensitive audio-visual input/output device with a flexible, translucent casing, incorporating a controller, light emitters, audio output components, and actuators that allow real-time audio manipulation and visualization, along with wireless communication for synchronized interactions with remote devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If laser light is used for music visualization, then real-time visual feedback is achieved, but eye safety is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces expensive and dangerous laser light sources with inexpensive LED light emitters. LEDs provide sufficient illumination for music visualization without the eye safety hazards of lasers, effectively substituting a harmful component with a safe alternative that achieves the same functional goal.
2Device complexity
If pre-programmed displays are used, then device complexity is reduced, but user experience versatility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The device automatically analyzes incoming audio signals and generates corresponding visual light patterns without requiring pre-programming for each song. The system serves itself by real-time processing of audio input and dynamic adjustment of light emission, enabling unlimited versatility without increasing software complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from static pre-programmed sequences to dynamic real-time visualization that adapts to the music being played. The light emitters respond dynamically to audio frequency and amplitude changes, allowing the device to provide unique visual experiences for different songs without requiring pre-programmed displays for each track.
3Manufacturing precision
If fixed light display patterns are used, then manufacturing precision requirements are reduced, but adaptability to different music genres is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The light display patterns transition from fixed static configurations to dynamic adjustable patterns that adapt to different music genres in real-time. The system modifies light intensity, frequency, and timing based on audio signal characteristics, providing genre-specific visualization without requiring precise manufacturing of fixed patterns for each genre.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user experience by enabling dynamic audio manipulation and visualization, providing a safer and more versatile interface for music interaction through touch-sensitive controls and wireless communication, allowing real-time light and audio synchronization.
Implementation Method 1
at least one actuator provided relative to the housing and associated with the controller and configured to transmit touch inputs to the controller
Implementation Method 2
at least one light emitter associated with the controller
Implementation Method 3
at least one audio output component associated with the controller
Implementation Method 4
A flexible, translucent outer casing for at least partially enclosing the internal core
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AI summary
A touch sensitive audio-visual input/output device comprising an internal core comprising a controller, the controller associated with at least one processor and at least one memory store, at least one light emitter associated with the controller, at least one audio output component associated with the controller, at least one actuator provided relative to the housing and associated with the controller and configured to transmit touch inputs to the controller to control operation of the device, and a flexible, translucent outer casing for at least partially enclosing the internal core.