Monitoring of crowd response to performances
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1. Monitoring apparatus for monitoring the reaction of people to a performance, the apparatus comprising:
- two or more monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of at least a portion of those people reacting to the performance can be estimated, wherein the two or more monitoring devices comprise at least one device of a first type and at least one device of a second type, wherein devices of the first type monitor a different quality of user response to devices of the second type; and
a processor adapted to process the or each output signal provided by the two or more monitoring devices to produce at least one crowd reaction signal indicative of the reaction of those people to the performance.
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Abstract
Monitoring apparatus and methods for monitoring the reaction of people to a performance use two or more monitoring devices of different types. Output signals from the monitoring devices are combined to produce at least one crowd reaction signal indicative of the reaction of those people to the performance. Particularly appropriate types of monitoring device are described, as is automatic performance generating apparatus, such an automatic DJ, adapted to use crowd reaction signals to modify performances.
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55 Claims
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1. Monitoring apparatus for monitoring the reaction of people to a performance, the apparatus comprising:
two or more monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of at least a portion of those people reacting to the performance can be estimated, wherein the two or more monitoring devices comprise at least one device of a first type and at least one device of a second type, wherein devices of the first type monitor a different quality of user response to devices of the second type; and
a processor adapted to process the or each output signal provided by the two or more monitoring devices to produce at least one crowd reaction signal indicative of the reaction of those people to the performance.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of monitoring the reaction of people at a performance with two or more monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of at least a portion of those people reacting to the performance can be estimated, wherein the two or more monitoring devices comprise at least one device of a first type and at least one device of a second type, wherein devices of the first type monitor a different quality of user response to devices of the second type;
- the method comprising;
deriving first and second types of output signals from the monitoring devices of the first and second types, respectively; and
processing the first and second output signals to produce at least one crowd reaction signal indicative of the reaction of at least part of the crowd to the performance. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
- the method comprising;
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18. Monitoring apparatus for monitoring the reaction of people to a performance, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more first monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of an individual reacting to the performance can be estimated;
one or more second monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of a plurality of those people reacting to the performance can be estimated; and
a processor adapted to process the or each output signal provided by the two or more monitoring devices to produce at least one crowd reaction signal indicative of the reaction of those people to the performance. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of monitoring the reaction of people at a performance with one or more first monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of an individual reacting to the performance can be estimated and one or more second monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of a plurality of those people reacting to the performance can be estimated;
- the method comprising;
deriving output signals from the one or more first monitoring devices and the one or more second monitoring devices, and processing the output signals to produce at least one crowd reaction signal indicating of the reaction of at least part of the crowd to the performance. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
- the method comprising;
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32. A performance generator for automatically controlling one or more features of a performance, comprising:
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a memory for containing a plurality of performance elements;
a processor adapted to receive one or more crowd reaction signals indicative of a reaction of one or more people reacting to the performance, to select one or more performance elements from the plurality of performance elements in response to the one or more crowd reaction signals, and to perform the selected performance elements. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A performance generating system for automatically controlling one or more features of a performance in response to user feedback, comprising:
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one or more monitoring devices each adapted to provide at least one output signal from which the behaviour of one or more of those people reacting to the performance can be estimated;
a memory for containing a plurality of performance elements;
one or more processors together adapted to process the or each output signal provided by the two or more monitoring devices to produce at least one crowd reaction signal indicative of the reaction of those people to the performance and from the one or more crowd reaction signals to select one or more performance elements from the plurality of performance elements in response to the one or more crowd reaction signals, and to perform the selected performance elements. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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- 45. A monitoring device adapted to sense people on a dance floor, comprising a dance floor sensor and adapted to provide at least one output signal from which at least one aspect of the behaviour of at least a portion of those people present at an event can be estimated.
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53. A data carrier adapted to program the processor of a computing device to control one or more features of a performance in response to user feedback, the programmed processor being adapted to:
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receive one or more crowd reaction signals indicative of the reaction of people to a performance;
from the one or more crowd reaction signals, select one or more performance elements from a plurality of stored performance elements in response to the one or more crowd reaction signals; and
perform the selected performance elements.
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- 54. A data carrier having stored thereon an output of a performance, wherein said output comprises the performance of selected performance elements from a plurality of performance elements by a programmed processor in response to one or more crowd reaction signals indicative of the reaction of people to a performance.
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