Wireless Audio Units for Synchronized Performance Choreography
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Solution Overview
Problem
Rehearsing choreographed movements is time-consuming, especially in coordinating group performances, as traditional methods rely on oral cues that can be unreliable and inefficient, particularly for large groups or distant performers.
Innovation Solution
A system using wireless audio units and location indicators to transmit real-time body movement instructions, allowing performers to synchronize their movements without extensive rehearsal, utilizing coded voice commands and synchronized timing with music or visual effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If oral cueing systems are used to direct performers, then performers can receive real-time movement instructions, but the system becomes unreliable for large groups or distant performers and requires extensive rehearsal time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/acoustic system of oral cueing with an electronic wireless transmission system. Audio units receive coded movement instructions wirelessly and play them back to performers, eliminating the limitations of human voice transmission over distance and through noisy environments. This substitution makes the instruction system reliable for large groups without requiring extensive rehearsal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces audio units as intermediary devices between the director and performers. These units receive coded instructions and translate them into audible cues for individual performers, serving as a reliable mediation system that works consistently across large groups and distances without the variability of direct oral communication.
2Ease of operation
If oral directions are used to direct performers, then real-time movement instructions can be provided, but performers who are too far away or in enclosed areas cannot hear the directions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces acoustic wave transmission (oral directions) with electronic wireless signal transmission. The audio units receive coded instructions electronically and play them back with sufficient volume and clarity for performers anywhere in the performance space, including distant or enclosed areas where oral directions would be ineffective.
3Manufacturing precision
If traditional rehearsal methods are used to teach choreography, then performers can learn movements in context, but the process is extremely time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent prepares coded movement instructions in advance, organizing the complete choreography into pre-coded sequences. During performance, these pre-prepared codes are transmitted to audio units which play back the instructions in real-time, allowing performers to execute precise choreography without extensive rehearsal of the entire sequence in context.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the choreography into discrete coded movements that can be independently prepared and transmitted. Each movement or sequence is coded separately and can be played back to specific performers or groups, allowing for precise control and execution without requiring all performers to rehearse every element simultaneously.
4Productivity
If a choreographer directs multiple performers orally, then real-time coordination is possible, but human error increases and coordination becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces human oral communication with an electronic coded instruction system. The choreographer's directions are converted into coded signals that are transmitted wirelessly to audio units, eliminating human error in transmission and ensuring accurate, consistent delivery of movement instructions to all performers simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses coded instruction systems and audio units as intermediaries between the choreographer and performers. This intermediary system ensures that movement instructions are transmitted accurately without the errors, miscommunications, or omissions that can occur with direct oral communication to multiple performers.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatus for choreographing movement of individuals for a performance event are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a performance event configuration having a plurality of location indicators to assist in the placing or movement of individuals conducting a performance event. The method also includes implementing the real time application that implements a process executable on a wireless audio unit and that synchronously transmits body movement instruction signals to the audio units of an individual that is participating in the performance. The wireless audio unit is preferably a wireless, cellular, or mobile telephone that is configured with the appropriate software to receive the signals and to play audio directions for each individual that correspond to choreographed and coordinated body movements to direct the individuals at, towards or away from the location indicators to carry out the performance event.