System for enhancing audio and/or visual presentation
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1. A system for enhancing the perception of an audio and/or visual presentation through stimulation of one or more persons experiencing said audio and/or visual presentation, said system comprising:
- means for generating data representing one or more events occurring during said audio and/or visual presentation;
means for encoding said data in a first signal in a form suitable for transmission;
means for transmitting said encoded signal in real time correspondence with said audio and/or visual presentation;
means for receiving said transmitted encoded signal and for producing a second signal modulated by said data; and
means responsive to said second signal and disposed in proximity to said one or more persons for stimulation of said one or more persons in response to each of said events represented by said data, said stimulation of said one or more persons occurring in real time correspondence with the occurrence of said events in said audio and/or visual presentation as experienced by said one or more persons for stimulation of said one or more persons as said events occur in said audio and/or visual presentation.
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Abstract
A system for enhancing the perception of an audio and/or visual presentation by stimulating one or more persons experiencing the audio and/or visual presentation in response to events occurring during the presentation, the stimulation occurring in real time correspondence with the occurrence of the events in the presentation as experienced by the participants for stimulating the participants as the events occur in the presentation.
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1. A system for enhancing the perception of an audio and/or visual presentation through stimulation of one or more persons experiencing said audio and/or visual presentation, said system comprising:
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means for generating data representing one or more events occurring during said audio and/or visual presentation; means for encoding said data in a first signal in a form suitable for transmission; means for transmitting said encoded signal in real time correspondence with said audio and/or visual presentation; means for receiving said transmitted encoded signal and for producing a second signal modulated by said data; and means responsive to said second signal and disposed in proximity to said one or more persons for stimulation of said one or more persons in response to each of said events represented by said data, said stimulation of said one or more persons occurring in real time correspondence with the occurrence of said events in said audio and/or visual presentation as experienced by said one or more persons for stimulation of said one or more persons as said events occur in said audio and/or visual presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for enhancing the perception of an audio and/or visual presentation through stimulation of one or more persons experiencing said audio and/or visual presentation comprising:
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a medium in which said audio and/or visual presentation is recorded in a form suitable for playback on a conventional playback device; data encoded in said medium representing one or more events occurring during said audio and/or visual presentation; means for transmitting a first signal representing said data to a location remote from said conventional playback device as said audio and/or visual presentation is viewed; means remote from said conventional playback device for receiving said first signal data and for producing a second signal modulated by said data; and means responsive to said second signal and disposed in the vicinity of said one or more persons for stimulating said one or more persons in response to each of said events represented by said data, said stimulation of said one or more persons occurring in real time correspondence with the occurrence of said events in said audio and/or visual presentation as experienced by said one or more persons for stimulation of said one or more persons as said events occur in said audio and/or visual presentation. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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- 68. In a medium of the type in which an audio and/or visual presentation is encoded in a form suitable for playback on a playback device, the improvement comprising data other than said audio and/or visual presentation encoded in said medium, said data representing one or more events occurring during said audio and/or visual presentation, said data being encoded in said medium in a form suitable for transmission in a first signal to a location remote from the playback device where means responsive to said data effects stimulation of one or more persons in response to the events represented by said data with said stimulation of said one or more persons occurring in real time correspondence with the occurrence of said events in said audio and/or visual presentation as experienced by said one or more persons for stimulation of said one or more persons as said events occur in said audio and/or visual presentation.
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