Process for producing works of art on videocassette by computerized system of audiovisual correlation

Claim 1

A system for converting audio signals to a visual representation of the audio signals comprising; a source of audio sound waves, means for converting said audio sound waves into digitized sound waves or computer means being programmed to store a plurality of visual images corresponding to a plurality of digitized input signals representative of audio signals, means for storing in said computer means said digitized input signals and analyzing said digitized input signals into control components to generate visual output signals corresponding to said control components, said control components forming a communication channel between said digitized input signals and said visual output signals trigger the generation of related visual output signals broken down into control components including frequency and loudness or peak of pulse of the sound, said computer means includes programmable control means for selectively changing said visual output signals corresponding to said control component, so that while the responsive output signals remain synchronized with said digitized input signals said visual output signals generated from said control components are edited to change the content of the visual images produced by said output signals including a change of color, size, shape, or movement, said programmable control means including digitized signal processing means for breaking down said digitized input signal into components and generating performance events therefrom and graphics processor and animation generator means for tying the performance events to said visual output signals, means for editing said visual output signals in response to the visual images stored in said computer means and said digitized input signals to generate resultant video output signals corresponding to a range of different visual images from said computer means, said editing means including an event editor to allow selection of the performance events as expressed in graphics or animation, a graphic editor to allow manipulation of the graphics as a representation of the performance events, and an animation editor to allow fade-in and fade-out of a visual display, movement of a visual display and color changes of a visual display, means for receiving said video output signals from said computer means to convert said video output signals having a high scan rate to recordable video signals having a slower scan rate, display means for converting said recordable video signals to a visual display responsive to said digitized input signals, and means for transmitting said audio sound waves from said sound source to said display means for simultaneously broadcasting said audio sound waves with transmission of said visual display.

Claim 2

A system for converting audio signals to a visual representation of the audio signals comprising; a source of audio sound waves, means for converting said audio sound waves into digitized sound waves or computer means being programmed to store a plurality of visual images corresponding to a plurality of digitized input signals representative of audio signals, means for storing in said computer means said digitized input signals and analyzing said digitized input signals into control components to generate visual output signals corresponding to said control components, said control components forming a communication channel between said digitized input signals and said visual output signals trigger the generation of related visual output signals broken down into control components including frequency and loudness or peak of pulse of the sound, said computer means includes programmable control means for selectively changing said visual output signals corresponding to said control component, so that while the responsive output signals remain synchronized with said digitized input signals said visual output signals generated from said control components are edited to change the content of the visual images produced by said output signals including a change of color, size, shape, or movement, said programmable control means including digitized signal processing means for breaking down said digitized input signal into components and generating performance events therefrom and graphics processor and animation generator means for tying the performance events to said visual output signals, means for editing said visual output signals in response to the visual images stored in said computer means and said digitized input signals to generate resultant video output signals corresponding to a range of different visual images from said computer means, said editing means including an event editor to allow selection of the performance events as expressed in graphics or animation, a graphic editor to allow manipulation of the graphics as a representation of the performance events, and an animation editor to allow fade-in and fade-out of a visual display, movement of a visual display and color changes of a visual display, means for receiving said video output signals from said computer means to convert said video output signals having a high scan rate to recordable video signals having a slower scan rate, display means for converting said recordable video signals to a visual display responsive to said digitized input signals, and means for transmitting said audio sound waves from said sound source to said display means for simultaneously broadcasting said audio sound waves with transmission of said visual display.

Claim 11

A method for converting audio signals to a visual representation of the audio signals comprising the steps of: generating sound waves, converting the sound waves to digitized signals representative of the sound waves, storing in the memory of a computer a plurality of visual images corresponding to a plurality of digitized input signals, breaking down the digitized input signals into control components including frequency and loudness or peak of pulse of the sound, triggering the generation of selected visual output signals in response to the control components and forming a communication channel between the digitized input signals and the visual output signals, breaking down the digitized input signal into components and generating performance events therefrom and tying together the performance events to the visual output signals, editing the visual output signals in response to the visual images stored in the memory of the computer and the digitized input signals to generate resultant video output signals from the computer, selecting the performance events as expressed in graphics or animation and allowing manipulation of the graphics as a representation of the performance events, fading in and fading out of a visual display, moving the visual display, and changing color of a visual display, converting the video output signals having a high scan rate from the computer to recordable video signals having a slower scan rate, generating a video display based on the recordable video signals representative of the sound waves, and simultaneously broadcasting the sound waves with display of the video signals.

Claim 12

A method for converting audio signals to a visual representation of the audio signals comprising the steps of: generating sound waves, converting the sound waves to digitized signals representative of the sound waves, storing in the memory of a computer a plurality of visual images corresponding to a plurality of digitized input signals, breaking down the digitized input signals into control components including frequency and loudness or peak of pulse of the sound, triggering the generation of selected visual output signals in response to the control components and forming a communication channel between the digitized input signals and the visual output signals, breaking down the digitized input signal into components and generating performance events therefrom and tying together the performance events to the visual output signals, editing the visual output signals in response to the visual images stored in the memory of the computer and the digitized input signals to generate resultant video output signals from the computer, selecting the performance events as expressed in graphics or animation and allowing manipulation of the graphics as a representation of the performance events, fading in and fading out of a visual display, moving the visual display, and changing color of a visual display, converting the video output signals having a high scan rate from the computer to recordable video signals having a slower scan rate, generating a video display based on the recordable video signals representative of the sound waves, and simultaneously broadcasting the sound waves with display of the video signals.