Device and Method for Generating and Processing Sound Effects in Spatial Sound-Reproduction Systems by Means of a Graphic User Interface
First Claim
1. A graphic user interface for a sound-reproduction system, which is formed so as to generate in a reproduction environment a spatial sound impression, comprising:
- a display for graphically displaying an impulse response, which is associated with a spatial direction of the reproduction environment, the impulse response, relative to the reproduction environment, being represented in the spatial direction it is allocated to;
an input device for allowing changing the graphical display of the impulse response by the user, a change of the graphical display of the impulse response being enabled at predetermined points;
a receiver for receiving a user input of a change, in order to graphically represent a changed impulse response by the display; and
a detector for detecting the changed impulse response.
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Abstract
The present invention is based on the finding that a sound-reproduction system, which can generate a spatial sound impression in a reproduction environment, can be efficiently and intuitively controlled by means of a graphic user interface when an impulse response associated with a spatial direction with respect to the reproduction environment is graphically represented, and when the possibility is created for a user to change the impulse response graphically so that, based on the user input of a change, the changed impulse response can be graphically represented and the changed graphical representation can be detected, in order to control the sound-reproduction system. Since it is system-theoretically possible to describe all known linear signal processing operations by impulse responses, it is possible, with the inventive graphic user interface, to provide a sound mixer, through a graphical representation, with an intuitive access to sound effects depending on the direction.
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20 Claims
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1. A graphic user interface for a sound-reproduction system, which is formed so as to generate in a reproduction environment a spatial sound impression, comprising:
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a display for graphically displaying an impulse response, which is associated with a spatial direction of the reproduction environment, the impulse response, relative to the reproduction environment, being represented in the spatial direction it is allocated to;
an input device for allowing changing the graphical display of the impulse response by the user, a change of the graphical display of the impulse response being enabled at predetermined points;
a receiver for receiving a user input of a change, in order to graphically represent a changed impulse response by the display; and
a detector for detecting the changed impulse response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A controlling apparatus for a sound-reproduction system, which is formed so as to generate a spatial sound impression in a reproduction environment, comprising:
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a graphic user interface for a sound-reproduction system, which is formed so as to generate in a reproduction environment a spatial sound impression, comprising;
a display for graphically displaying an impulse response, which is associated with a spatial direction of the reproduction environment, the impulse response, relative to the reproduction environment, being represented in the spatial direction it is allocated to;
an input device for allowing changing the graphical display of the impulse response by the user, a change of the graphical display of the impulse response being enabled at predetermined points;
a receiver for receiving a user input of a change, in order to graphically represent a changed impulse response by the display; and
a detector for detecting the changed impulse response; and
a signal generator for providing loudspeaker signals for loudspeakers of a plurality of loudspeakers that can be placed at different spatial positions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for using a sound-reproduction system, which is formed so as to generate a spatial sound impression in a reproduction environment, comprising:
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graphically displaying an impulse response associated with a spatial direction of the reproduction environment, the impulse response, relative to the reproduction environment, being represented in the spatial direction it is allocated to;
allowing changing the graphical display of the impulse response by the user, a change of the graphical display of the impulse response being enabled at predetermined points;
receiving a user input of a change, in order to represent a changed impulse response; and
detecting the changed impulse response.
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19. A method for controlling a sound-reproduction system, comprising the method for using a sound-reproduction system, which is formed so as to generate a spatial sound impression in a reproduction environment, comprising:
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graphically displaying an impulse response associated with a spatial direction of the reproduction environment, the impulse response, relative to the reproduction environment, being represented in the spatial direction it is allocated to;
allowing changing the graphical display of the impulse response by the user, a change of the graphical display of the impulse response being enabled at predetermined points;
receiving a user input of a change, in order to represent a changed impulse response; and
detecting the changed impulse response; and
additionally comprising;
providing loudspeaker signals for a plurality of loudspeakers, which can be placed at different spatial positions based on the changed impulse response.
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20. A computer program with a program code for performing, when the computer program is executed on a computer, the method for using a sound-reproduction system, which is formed so as to generate a spatial sound impression in a reproduction environment, the method comprising:
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graphically displaying an impulse response associated with a spatial direction of the reproduction environment, the impulse response, relative to the reproduction environment, being represented in the spatial direction it is allocated to;
allowing changing the graphical display of the impulse response by the user, a change of the graphical display of the impulse response being enabled at predetermined points;
receiving a user input of a change, in order to represent a changed impulse response; and
detecting the changed impulse response.
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