Apparatus For And A Method Of Processing Reproducible Data

• US 20080098027A1
• Filed: 12/21/2005
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Aarts, Ronaldus
• Application Number:
  US11/722,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098027A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0091 Means for obtaining special acoustic effects combined with modulation G10H1/043
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/281 Reverberation or echo
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/211 Random number generators, pseudorandom generators, classes of functions therefor musical processes using white noise or nonwhite noise generators G10H2250/295; noise formant generator G10H2250/495; magnetic or electromagnetic noise shielding G10H2220/565

Abstract

An apparatus (100) for processing reproducible data comprises a receiving unit (103) adapted to receive reproducible data in a given order, and a processing unit (104) adapted to generate altered reproducible data by altering at least one property of received reproducible data in an at least partially random manner, wherein the alteration of at least one property is perceivable by a human sense when the altered reproducible data are reproduced in the given order.

Claims

1. An apparatus (100) for processing reproducible data,

the apparatus (100) comprising:

a receiving unit (103) adapted to receive reproducible data in a given order; and

a processing unit (104) adapted to generate altered reproducible data by altering at least one property of received reproducible data in an at least partially random manner, wherein the alteration of at least one property is perceivable by a human sense when the altered reproducible data are reproduced in the given order.

2. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

further comprising a reproduction unit (105) adapted to reproduce the altered reproducible data.

3. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit (104) is adapted to process the reproducible data in a completely random manner.

4. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit (104) is adapted to process the reproducible data in a pseudo-random manner.

5. The apparatus (100) according to claim 4,

wherein the processing unit (104) is adapted to process the reproducible data while considering at least one of the criteria of the group consisting of:

a user-defined processing criterion,

a criterion depending on stored history data of a previous processing operation,

a content type of reproducible data, and

a criterion reflecting a condition of reproduction.

6. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit (104) is adapted to process the reproducible data by filtering them.

7. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit (104) is adapted to process the reproducible data by equalizing them.

8. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit (104) is adapted to process the reproducible data by adding reverberation to them.

9. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit (104) is adapted to process at least one of the group consisting of audio data, image data, video data, and computer game data as reproducible data.

10. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

realized as an integrated circuit.

11. The apparatus (100) according to claim 1,

realized as one of the group consisting of an audio player, a video player, a CD player, a DVD player, an MP3 player, a virtualizer, an internet radio device, and a computer game apparatus.

12. A method of processing reproducible data,

the method comprising the steps of:

receiving reproducible data in a given order; and

generating altered reproducible data by altering at least one property of received reproducible data in an at least partially random manner, wherein the alteration of at least one property is perceivable by a human sense when the altered reproducible data are reproduced in the given order.

13. A program element, which, when being executed by a processor (104), is adapted to carry out a method of processing reproducible data, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving reproducible data in a given order; and

generating altered reproducible data by altering at least one property of received reproducible data in an at least partially random manner, wherein the alteration of at least one property is perceivable by a human sense when the altered reproducible data are reproduced in the given order.

14. A computer-readable medium, in which a computer program is stored which,

when being executed by a processor (104), is adapted to carry out a method of processing reproducible data, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving reproducible data in a given order; and

generating altered reproducible data by altering at least one property of received reproducible data in an at least partially random manner, wherein the alteration of at least one property is perceivable by a human sense when the altered reproducible data are reproduced in the given order.