Multi-channel audio vibratory entertainment system
First Claim
1. An entertainment system for presenting enhanced entertainment content to a user, the system comprising:
- a plurality of actuator modules positioned at various locations on a user'"'"'s body, each actuator module configured to vibrate based on a respective one of a plurality of vibratory output signals to provide tactile sensations in synchrony with a selected portion of the entertainment content, wherein each vibratory output signal represents at least one of a plurality of individual audio tracks, and each individual audio track comprises sound effect content associated with the entertainment content, andwherein each actuator module includes;
a microprocessor configured to provide the corresponding vibratory output signal;
a module wireless receiver configured to receive wireless signals and provide the wireless signals to the microprocessor;
an amplifier connected to the microprocessor and configured to amplify the vibratory output signal;
an actuator connected to the amplifier and configured to vibrate based on the amplified vibratory output signal; and
a power source configured to provide power to the microprocessor, amplifier, and module wireless receiver.
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Abstract
An entertainment system is provided, the system comprising a portable media device configured to simultaneously produce an audible output signal and a plurality of vibratory output signals, the audible output signal representing a multi-track recording comprising a plurality of individual recorded tracks, each vibratory output signal based on at least one individual recorded track; and a plurality of actuators positioned at various locations on a user'"'"'s body, each actuator configured to receive a respective one of the vibratory signals and to vibrate based on the received signal. A method of mixing a multi-track vibratory recording is also provided, the method comprising utilizing an entertainment system to feel vibrations representing individual recorded tracks on different locations of a user'"'"'s body; and for each actuator, selecting at least one of the tracks based on suitability for driving the actuator, and providing, to the actuator, a vibratory signal derived from the selected track.
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24 Claims
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1. An entertainment system for presenting enhanced entertainment content to a user, the system comprising:
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a plurality of actuator modules positioned at various locations on a user'"'"'s body, each actuator module configured to vibrate based on a respective one of a plurality of vibratory output signals to provide tactile sensations in synchrony with a selected portion of the entertainment content, wherein each vibratory output signal represents at least one of a plurality of individual audio tracks, and each individual audio track comprises sound effect content associated with the entertainment content, and wherein each actuator module includes; a microprocessor configured to provide the corresponding vibratory output signal; a module wireless receiver configured to receive wireless signals and provide the wireless signals to the microprocessor; an amplifier connected to the microprocessor and configured to amplify the vibratory output signal; an actuator connected to the amplifier and configured to vibrate based on the amplified vibratory output signal; and a power source configured to provide power to the microprocessor, amplifier, and module wireless receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing tactile sensations to enhance entertainment content using a plurality of actuator modules positioned at various locations on a user'"'"'s body, the method comprising:
in each actuator module, which includes a microprocessor, an amplifier, an actuator, a wireless receiver, and a power source for providing power to each of the microprocessor, the amplifier, and the wireless receiver; providing, using the microprocessor, a respective one of a plurality of vibratory output signals, wherein each vibratory output signal represents at least one of a plurality of individual audio tracks, and each individual audio track comprises sound effect content associated with the entertainment content; providing one or more wireless signals, received via the wireless receiver, to the microprocessor; amplifying the respective one of the plurality of vibratory output signals using the amplifier; and causing the actuator to vibrate based on the amplified vibratory output signal so as to provide the tactile sensations in synchrony with a selected portion of the entertainment content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An entertainment system for presenting entertainment content to a user, the system comprising:
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an electronic device configured to provide a plurality of vibratory output signals, each vibratory output signal representing at least one of a plurality of individual audio tracks, and each individual audio track comprising sound effect content associated with the entertainment content; and a plurality of actuators positioned at various locations on a user'"'"'s body, each actuator configured to receive a respective one of the plurality of vibratory output signals from the electronic device and vibrate based on the received signal to provide tactile sensations in synchrony with a selected portion of the entertainment content. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing tactile sensations to enhance entertainment content, the method comprising:
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providing, using an electronic device, a plurality of vibratory output signals to select actuators positioned at various locations on a user'"'"'s body, wherein each vibratory output signal represents at least one of a plurality of individual audio tracks, and each individual audio track comprises sound effect content associated with the entertainment content; and causing each actuator to vibrate based on the received vibratory output signal so as to provide the tactile sensations in synchrony with a selected portion of the entertainment content. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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