Devices, Systems and Methods for Improving and Adjusting Communication

• US 20110082698A1
• Filed: 10/01/2010
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zev Rosenthal
• Original Assignee: Zev Rosenthal
• Inventors: Rosenthal, Zev
• Application Number:
  US12/896,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20110082698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/221 Ergometry, e.g. by using bicycle type apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/068 Input by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2025/783 based on threshold decision

Abstract

Devices, methods and systems for improving and adjusting voice volume and body movements during a performance are disclosed. Device embodiments may be configured with a processor, microphone, one or more movement sensors and at least a display or a speaker. The processor may include instructions configured to receive at least one of sound input from the microphone and movement data from the one or more accelerometers, generate one or more input levels corresponding to at least one of the sound input and movement data, compare the one or more generated input levels to one or more predefined input levels, associate the one or more predefined input levels with at least one of a color, text, graphic or audio file and present at least one of the color, text, graphic or audio file to a user of the device.

Claims

1. A device configured to operate a software application program for improving a performance or adjusting communication during a performance, the device comprising:

a processor;

a microphone;

one or more movement sensors; and

at least one of a display and a speaker, wherein;

the processor includes instructions operating thereon configured to;

receive at least one of sound input from the microphone and movement data from the one or more movement sensors;

generate one or more input levels corresponding to at least one of the sound input and movement data;

compare the one or more generated input levels to one or more predefined input levels;

associate the one or more predefined input levels with at least one of a color, text, graphic or audio file; and

present at least one of the color, text, graphic or audio file to a user of the device.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the sound input comprises the vocal energy of the user and the movement data comprises measurements of physical movement of the body of the user.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise providing feedback to the user that indicates too much vocal energy when the input level corresponding to the sound input from the microphone is greater than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file that indicates too much vocal energy.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the instructions further comprise providing feedback that indicates too little vocal energy when the input level corresponding to the sound input from the microphone is less than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file indicating too little vocal energy.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise providing feedback that indicates too much physical movement energy when the input level corresponding to the movement data from the one or more movement sensors is greater than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file indicating too much physical movement energy.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further comprise providing feedback that indicates too little physical movement energy when the input level corresponding to the movement data from the one or more movement sensors is less than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file indicating too little physical movement energy.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is a smartphone.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise presenting the at least one of the color, text, graphic or audio file to a user of the device in real-time.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein data resulting from the compare and associate steps is saved in memory for later review by the user.

10. A computer-implemented method for improving a performance or adjusting communication during a performance, the method comprising:

providing a device having a processor, a microphone, one or more movement sensors and at least one of a display and a speaker;

receiving at least one of sound input from the microphone and movement data from the one or more movement sensors;

generating one or more input levels corresponding to at least one of the sound input and movement data;

comparing the one or more generated input levels to one or more predefined input levels;

associating the one or more predefined input levels with at least one of a color, text, graphic or audio file; and

presenting at least one of the color, text, graphic or audio file to a user of the device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the sound input is the voice of the user and the movement data is the physical movement of the body of the user.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the presenting further comprises providing feedback to the user that indicates too much vocal energy when the input level corresponding to the sound input from the microphone is greater than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file that indicates too much vocal energy.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the presenting further comprises providing feedback that indicates too little vocal energy when the input level corresponding to the sound input from the microphone is less than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file indicating too little vocal energy.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the presenting further comprises providing feedback that indicates too much physical movement energy when the input level corresponding to the movement data from the one or more movement sensors is greater than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file indicating too much physical movement energy.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the presenting further comprises providing feedback that indicates too little physical movement energy when the input level corresponding to the movement data from the one or more movement sensors is less than a predefined level associated with a color, text, graphic or audio file indicating too little physical movement energy.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the device is a smartphone.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the presenting further comprises presenting the at least one of the color, text, graphic or audio file to a user of the device in real-time.

18. The method according to claim 10, wherein data resulting from the comparing and associating is saved in memory for later review by the user.

19. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable medium, the computer program product containing instructions to configure a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving at least one of sound input from the microphone and movement data from the one or more movement sensors;

generating one or more input levels corresponding to at least one of the sound input and movement data;

comparing the one or more generated input levels to one or more predefined input levels;

associating the one or more predefined input levels with at least one of a color, text, graphic or audio file; and

presenting at least one of the color, text, graphic or audio file to a user of the device.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer software product is downloaded onto a smartphone and provides feedback to a user about voice volume and body movement.