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Authoring and use systems for sound synchronized animation

  • US 5,111,409 A
  • Filed: 07/21/1989
  • Issued: 05/05/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for generating and displaying user created animated objects having synchronized visual and audio characteristics, said apparatus comprising:

  • a program-controlled microprocessor;

    first means coupled to said microprocessor and responsive to user input signals for generation a first set of signals defining visual characteristics of a desired animated object;

    second means coupled to said microprocessor and to said first means and responsive to user input signals for generating a second set of signals defining audio characteristics of said desired animated object; and

    controller means coupled to said first and second means and to said microprocessor for generating a set of instructions collating and synchronizing said visual characteristics with said audio characteristics thereby defining said animated object having synchronized visual and audio characteristics.

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