Wireless Audio Cueing for Synchronized Choreography
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Solution Overview
Problem
Rehearsing choreographed movements is time-consuming, especially in learning the context and phrasing of movements, and existing cueing systems face challenges such as unwanted audio, missed instructions, and difficulties in directing multiple performers, especially those in remote or enclosed areas.
Innovation Solution
A system using wireless audio playback units to transmit body movement instruction signals, synchronized with music and visual effects, allowing choreographed movements to be performed efficiently without extensive rehearsals, and including a computer program to generate and transmit choreographed instructions to individuals, enabling real-time coordination and synchronization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If oral cueing is used to direct performers, then performers can receive movement instructions, but performers may miss instructions or hear unwanted audio
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wireless audio playback units as an intermediary device between the director and performers. These units receive digital cueing signals and play back pre-recorded movement instructions through headphones, eliminating the need for oral announcements over public address systems. This intermediary system ensures reliable instruction delivery without unwanted audio interference.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/acoustic system of oral cueing through public address systems with an electronic digital system. Digital cueing signals are transmitted wirelessly to individual playback units, substituting the analog acoustic transmission with digital signal processing and wireless communication, thereby eliminating audio interference and improving reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a choreographer directs multiple performers manually, then movement instructions can be given, but human error increases and coordination becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing each performer to receive and execute their own movement instructions independently through their personal audio playback unit. The computer automatically manages the distribution of cueing signals to multiple performers without requiring manual intervention from the choreographer for each individual, thereby maintaining coordination accuracy while scaling to multiple performers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the cueing system into individual channels for each performer or group of performers. Each wireless audio playback unit receives dedicated digital signals tailored to specific performers, allowing independent control and coordination of multiple individuals without the coordination errors that arise from manual directing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If performers are located in remote or enclosed areas, then flexibility in performance location is improved, but audible directions cannot be heard
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces acoustic wave transmission through air (public address systems) with electromagnetic wireless signal transmission to individual receivers. This substitution allows performers in remote or enclosed locations to receive movement instructions directly in their ears through headphones, maintaining ease of operation regardless of physical location or environmental acoustic conditions.
4Reliability
If extensive rehearsals are conducted to learn choreography context and phrasing, then movement coordination is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-recording movement instructions and contextual phrasing in the audio playback units before the performance. Performers receive these pre-prepared cues with complete contextual information, eliminating the need for extensive rehearsals to learn timing and phrasing. The coordination quality is maintained because the pre-recorded cues provide exact timing and contextual guidance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates accurate copies of the choreographer's intended movements and phrasing by recording the instructions digitally. These digital copies are then distributed to all performers through wireless audio playback units, ensuring everyone receives identical, precise guidance without requiring repeated rehearsal to achieve coordination.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatus for choreographing and synchronizing movement of individuals for an event are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes providing each individual of a group with a wireless audio playback unit, and transmitting body movement instruction signals to the audio playback units of each individual of the group. The audio playback units are configured to receive the signals and to play audio directions for each individual that correspond to choreographed and coordinated body movements to carry out the event.