CA3098367C

CA3098367C - Methods and systems for improved acoustic environment characterization

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Publication number: CA3098367C
Application number: CA3098367A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Glenn Knickrehm; Alban Bassuet; George Ellerington; Andrew Neill Woodger
Original assignee: Constellation Productions Inc
Current assignee: Constellation Productions Inc
Priority date: 2007-05-07
Filing date: 2009-06-30
Publication date: 2021-10-05
Anticipated expiration: 2029-06-30
Also published as: CA3030124A1; CA3030124C; CA3128118A1; CA3128118C; CA3098367A1; CA3098359C; CA3098359A1

Abstract

ABSTRACT A computer-based method for reproducing an acoustic environment, the method comprising: accessing, by an acoustic processing facility, a computer stored multi- dimensional sound profile of a first space, wherein the multi-dimensional sound profile of the first space includes at least one multi-dimensional sound signature, the at least one multi-dimensional sound signature comprising a time-based sound reflection sequence within the first space for at least two sound parameters; and modifying, by said acoustic processing facility, a characteristic of an array of speakers in a second space to change the multi-dimensional sound profile in the second space to resemble at least one characteristic of the computer stored multi-dimensional sound profile of the first space. Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05

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2 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT
CHARACTERIZATION
BACKGROUND
[0002] The invention described herein generally refers to acoustics, and more specifically to the production of improved acoustics in performance centers and electronically simulated performance experiences. Aspects of the invention also relate to stage machinery systems.
Description of the Related Art:

(0003] Designing performance centers and audio or audiovisual reproduction equipment is presently governed by the application of acoustic and physical measurements, parameters, and ratios. However, these methods have only been partially effective in creating a satisfactory subjective experience in many modern performance centers. This is because the parameters and measurements currently used do not distinguish certain significant features of a performance venue that contribute to effective performances and yield a satisfying audience experience.
This has led to the creation of many modern concert halls that meet the accepted standards, but whose acoustics fail to produce highly satisfactory audience or performer experiences. Therefore there exists a need for improved methods used in the design, Modification, and simulation of acoustic spaces.
[00041 Further, the design of performance centers also uses stage machinery, the complexity and expense, of which has increased dramatically over time. Stage changes for live theatre often require substantial expensive equipment, as well as significant manpower, often requiring a team of people to engage in highly coordinated tasks, sometimes aided by machines, in order to effect a scene change.
Such stage change systems are often beyond the reach of small theatres, both in cost and manpower. Even in larger, better financed performance venues, modern Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 techniques for providing scenery and scenery changes are often deployed in fly spaces above the stage, resulting in degraded acoustic characteristics. Therefore a need exists for improved methods for effecting rapid, complex scene changes, at lower cost and with less manpower. A need also exists to provide scenery and scenery changing methods that contribute to improved acoustics in performance centers.
SUMMARY
[0005] Methods and systems disclosed herein include improved methods and systems for design, modification, optimization, re-creation, simulation, and the like, of venues having highly desirable qualities for listeners, including concert halls and theatres, as well as smaller venues such as practice rooms.
[0006i Methods and systems disclosed herein include commercial applications including re-creation of acoustics environments in a rehearsal space, performance space, entertainment space, simulated space, hypothetical space, and the like; in a media content, during media use, and the like; in venue ticketing, venue sound sampling in venue ticketing, and the like; in software interfaces associated with the viewing, analyzing, modifying, modeled acoustic spaces; and the like.
100071 Methods and systems disclosed herein include methods and systems for enabling rapid, automatic scene changes, optionally using electromechanical systems and optionally operating under computer control.
[0008] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signature in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a , multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within a space by measuring the multi-dimensional sound signature and storing the multi-dimensional sound signature using a storage medium. The measuring of the multi-dimensional sound signature may include initiating a sound at a first location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space to form the multi-dimensional sound signature for such second location.
100091 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions, In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions, [0010j In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[0011] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like. In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00121 In embodiments, the parameters of the initiated sound may be varied over time. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated using a speaker, a subwoofer, a speaker and a subwoofer, a tetrahedron speaker, a tetrahedron speaker and a subwoofer, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, as well as a subwoofer, a dodecahedral speaker, a dodecahedral speaker and a subwoofer, a microphone, a directional microphone, and the like.
[00131 In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[0014] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
10015] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[0016] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signature in accordance with another embodiment of the present

4 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 invention may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within a space, and storing the multi-dimensional sound signature using a storage medium, The multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions, by measuring the multi-dimensional sound signature. The measuring of the multi-dimensional sound signature may include initiating a sound at a first location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space to form the multi-dimensional sound signature for such second location [00171 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00181 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00191 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like. In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[0020] In embodiments, the parameters of the initiated sound may be varied over time. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated using a speaker, a subwoofer, a speaker and a subwoofer, a tetrahedron speaker, a tetrahedron speaker and a subwoofer, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, as well as a subwoofer, a dodecahedral speaker, a dodecahedral speaker and a subwoofer, a microphone, a directional microphone, and the like.
[00211 In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[0022] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location, in embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[0023] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound, The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
100241 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurement to form a multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided. The methods and systems may include initiating a sound at a first location in a space, measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature for the second location in the space.
[0025] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0026] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction ELF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions, 100271 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like. In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[0028] In embodiments, the parameters of the initiated sound may be varied over time. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated using a speaker, a subwoofer, a speaker and a subwoofer, a tetrahedron speaker, a tetrahedron speaker and a subwoofer, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, as well as a subwoofer, a.
dodecahedral speaker, a dodecahedral speaker and a subwoofer, a microphone, a directional microphone, and the like, [0029] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
100301 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
100311 In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
100321 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided. The methods and systems may include initiating a sound at a first location in a space, measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature for the second location in the space The multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00331 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0034] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[0035] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like. In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[0036] In embodiments, the parameters of the initiated sound may be varied over time. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated using a speaker, a subwoofer, a speaker and a subwoofer, a tetrahedron speaker, a tetrahedron speaker to Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 and a subwoofcr, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, a speaker system with at least as many sides as a tetrahedron, as well as a subwoofer, a dodecahedral speaker, a dodecahedral speaker and a subwoofer, a microphone, a directional microphone, and the like.
[0037] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[0038] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[0039] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[0040] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space by determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 locations in the space, and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at a constant location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the space.
[0041] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[0042] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0043] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation; path length, amplitude, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
10044] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[0045] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [0046] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[0047] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[0048] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[0049] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space by determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the space, and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at a constant location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the space.
10050] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
10051] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0052] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00531 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00541 In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[0055] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience, In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 100561 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[0057] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
10058] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations within the space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the space may be provided. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space.
100591 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[0060] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0061] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions [0062] in embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
10063] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[0064] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[0065] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like, [0066i In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
10067] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations within the space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the space may be provided. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0068] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[0069] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0070] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RI), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[0071] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[0072] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency, 100731 In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[0074] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location, In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[0075] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00761 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements for each other location to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include initiating a sound at a first location in a space, measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements for each other location in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
100771 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[0078] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0079] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (TY), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[0080] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[0081] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
10082] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
[0083] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[0084] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [0085] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements for each other location to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided The methods and systems may include initiating a sound at a first location in a space, measuring more than one dimension of =the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements for each other location in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
[00861 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00871 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the space, and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at one of a plurality of other locations in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at the location in the space.
[0088] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[0089] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[0090] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[0091] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[0092] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[0093] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
[0094] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[0095] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[0096] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[0097] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space, and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions, by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at one of a plurality of other locations in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at the location in the space.
[0098] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[0099] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00100] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RI), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00101] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00102] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00103] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
[00104] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00105] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00106] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00107] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the space may be provided.
The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space.
100108] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00109] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[001101 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
1001111 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[001121 In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00113] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience in embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
1001141 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like, [00115] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00116] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00117] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the space may be provided.
The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00118] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[001191 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location, In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00120] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00121] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00122] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. in embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00123] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
[00124] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00125] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
100126j In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00127] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in a space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
1001281 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
1001291 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors, Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00130] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00131] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[001321 In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sbund may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[001331 In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience. In embodiments, the space may be a great hall, a jewel box, and the like.
[00134] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00135] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
1001361 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00137] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in a space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in the space and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[001381 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space The multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space may be created by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the space, and determining a multi-Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the space.
Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at one of a plurality of other locations in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at the location in the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at a constant location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the space.
[00139] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored, in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00140] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00141] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00142] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00143] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00144] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[001451 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00146] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00147] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00148] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space and storing the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the space and determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at one of a plurality of other locations in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at the location in the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at a constant location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the space.
[00149] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [001501 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created, In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[001511 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00152] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00153] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00154] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00155] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00156] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00157] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00158] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the space may be provided.
The multi-dimensional sound signatures for the location may be stored in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, methods and systems for storing multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations within the space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the space may be provided. The multi-dimensional sound signatures for the plurality of locations may be stored in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00159] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [001601 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions, Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions, In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00161] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00162] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00163] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00164] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00165] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like, 1001661 In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
1001671 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
1001681 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the space may be provided.
The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions In embodiments, methods and system for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations within the space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the space may be provided.
[001691 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00170] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00171] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a. direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[001721 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi -frequency sound, and the like.
1001731 In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
100174] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00175] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00176] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00177] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00178] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in a space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in the space, initiating a sound at a first location in a space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
[00179] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00180] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00181] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LP), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 1001821 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
1001831 In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[001841 In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[001851 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. in embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[001861 In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[001871 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00188] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
The methods and systems may include measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in a space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in the space, initiating a sound at a first location in a space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00189] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signature in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention may be provided_ The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within a hypothetical space by computing and storing the multi-dimensional sound signature in a storage medium.
The computing of the multi-dimensional sound signature may include simulating the initiation of a sound at a first location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the hypothetical space. Such simulation may be performed using a computer processor.
[00190] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database_ In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions, The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[001911 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude_ In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00192] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[001931 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi frequency sound, and the like.
100194] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
1001951 In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00196] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00197] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00198] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00199] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided. The methods and systems may include simulating the initiation of a sound at a first location in a hypothetical space, simulating the measurement of more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the hypothetical space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature for the second location in the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the simulation may be performed by a computer processor.
[00200] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction_ In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
100201] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00202] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00203] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00204] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00205] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00206] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00207] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
1002081 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[002091 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space by determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the hypothetical space and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space.
Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by simulating the initiation of a sound at a constant location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the hypothetical space.
Simulation may be performed using a computer processor.
[002101 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound -- signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00211] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
1002121 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[002131 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00214] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00215] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00216] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00217] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location, [00218] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00219] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations within the space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the space may be provided. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be generated using a computer processor.
[00220] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
100221] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may he the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection, In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00222] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00223] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like, [00224] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00225] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00226] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [002271 In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a - vector diagram.¨ The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
1002281 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00229] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements for each other location to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include simulating the initiation of a sound at a first location in a hypothetical space, simulating the measurement of more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the hypothetical space, and storing the measurements for each other location in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space. The simulation may be performed using a computer processor.
1002301 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[002311 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00232] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00233] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00234] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00235] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00236] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00237] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00238] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00239] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the hypothetical space and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space. Each mu]ti-dimensional sound signature determined by simulating the initiation of a sound at one of a plurality of other locations in the hypothetical space and measuring of more than one dimension of the resulting sound at the location in the hypothetical space. The simulation may be performed using a computer processor.
[00240] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00241] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions, Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00242] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00243] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
100244] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
100245] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00246] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00247] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00248] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
100249] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the hypothetical space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the hypothetical space may be provided. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be generated using a computer processor.
[00250] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00251] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[002521 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
1002531 In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
1002541 In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00255] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
1002561 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location, hi embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera houseõ a cathedral, an Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00257] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00258] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00259] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in a hypothetical space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in the hypothetical space and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space. The measurement and initiation may , be simulated through the use of a computer processor.
[002601 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00261j In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00262] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00263] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like, [00264] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00265] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00266] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall, In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[002671 In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00268] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[002691 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the hypothetical space and determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the hypothetical space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at one of a plurality of other locations in the hypothetical space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at the location in the hypothetical space. Such measurement and initiation may be simulated through the use of a computer processor. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at a constant location in the hypothetical space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the hypothetical space. Such measurement and initiation may be simulated through the use of a computer processor.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00270] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. in embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
1002711 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00272] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00273] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00274] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00275] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00276] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location_ In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00277] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00278] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00279] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the hypothetical space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the hypothetical space may be provided. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space. In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 within the hypothetical space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the hypothetical space may be provided.
[002801 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00281] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions, In = embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00282] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by. three spatial dimensions.
[00283] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00284] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [002851 In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00286] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00287] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00288] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
1002891 In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include simulating the measurement of more than one dimension of the sound at a location in Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 a hypothetical space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in - - the hypothetical space, simulating the initiation of a sound at= a first location in a hypothetical space, simulating the measurement of more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the hypothetical space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the hypothetical space. The stated simulation may be done using a computer processor.
100290] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
1002911 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions, In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[002921 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path ]ength, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00293] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi frequency sound, and the like.
100294] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be a sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may not be initiated but may be generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space. In embodiments, the sound may be initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space.
[00295] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00296] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00297] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00298] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00299] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signature in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within a space by measuring the multi-dimensional sound signature and storing the multi-dimensional sound signature using a storage medium The measurement of multi-dimensional sound signature and may include measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in the space resulting from the inherent ambient sound of the space to form for such location the multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00300] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air [00301] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. in embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
100302] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction ELF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00303] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00304] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00305] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00306] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hail. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00307] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00308] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00309] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature for the location in the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 space may be provided. The methods and systems may include preserving the inherent ambient sound of a space, measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature for the location in the space.
[00310] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like_ In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions, In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00311] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may 'associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00312] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00313] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00314] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00315] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [003161 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
100317] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00318] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00319] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space by determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the space and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature composite for the space , Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by measuring more than one dimension of the sound at each of the plurality of locations in the space resulting from the inherent ambient sound of the space.
[00320] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00321] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[003221 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00323j In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
(003241 In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
100325j In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may he occupied by material approximating an audience.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00326] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
100327] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
1003281 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00329] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations within the space in respect of the inherent ambient sound of the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include preserving the inherent ambient sound of a space, measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of locations in the space, and storing the measurements for each location in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00330] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00331] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors, Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at too Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00332] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00333] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00334] In embodiments, the= sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00335] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00336] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space tot Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
100337] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
1003381 In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00339] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the space and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined measuring more than one dimension of the sound at the location in the space resulting from the inherent ambient sound of the space.
[003401 In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00341] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[003421 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00343] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00344] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00345] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[003461 In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00347] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions, In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00348] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00349] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the space in respect of the inherent ambient sound of the space. The multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space.
[00350] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00351] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00352] In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00353] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00354] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00355] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00356] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00357] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00358] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00359] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the measurements to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include measuring more than one dimension of the sound at a location in a space resulting from the inherent ambient sound of the space and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
[00360] In embodiments, methods and systems for storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space and storing the multi-dimensional sound signatures using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the space and determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by measuring more than one dimension of the sound at the location in the space resulting from the inherent ambient sound of the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by measuring more than one dimension of the sound at each of the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 plurality of locations in the space resulting from the inherent ambient sound of the space.
[00361] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored in a database. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from multiple incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the multiple locations from a multiple incidence directions. The tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that may be greater than the masking effect of air.
[00362] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of multiple sound vectors. Each sound vector may represent the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions. Each sound vector may include the time lag and loudness from the direction. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag and amplitude. In embodiments, more than one dimension may include Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. In embodiments, the dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
1003631 In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction, intensity, amplitude, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation, path length, reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), early to late sound index, early lateral energy fraction (LF), total relative sound level (G), integrated energy, sound pressure, early to late arriving sound energy ratio, definition, early to total sound energy ratio, and the like. In embodiments, the dimension may be a direction defined by three spatial dimensions.
[00364] In embodiments, the sound may be audible, inaudible, a multi-frequency sound, and the like.
[00365] In embodiments, the sound may be characterized by a single frequency.
[00366] In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00367) In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and tto Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, an opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00368] In embodiments, the measured values may be represented by a vector diagram. The length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness. The direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound. The color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[00369] In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at 15 degree increments. In embodiments, the above stated methods may be repeated at increments of 15 degrees approximately. In embodiments, the angular separation granulation for vector representation may be 15 degrees.
[00370] In embodiments, methods and systems for combining multi-dimensional sound signature composites into a single multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating a creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a first space, creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a second space, and combining multi-dimensional sound signature composites for a the first and second space into a single multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The range of values Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 for each dimension may include values of such dimensions derived from each of the first and second space.
[00371] In embodiments, the first space multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like.
[00372] In embodiments, the second space multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like. In embodiments, the first and second spaces may share similar acoustic properties and may be used for the performance of the same genre of music. In embodiments, the sounds initiated in the first and second spaces may be similar.
[00373] In embodiments, the range of values for each dimension may include the values for each of the first and second space. In embodiments, the acoustic properties represented by the single combined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be superior to those of any of the individual spaces.
In embodiments, for a given purpose, the acoustic properties represented by the single combined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be superior to those of any of the individual spaces. In embodiments, the first and second spaces may share similar geometric properties.
1003741 In embodiments, methods and systems for combining multi-dimensional sound signature composites into a single multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided. The methods and systems may include creating multi-dimensional sound signature composites for a plurality of spaces and combining the multi-dimensional sound signature composites into a single multi-dimensional sound signature composite representing the range of values for each dimension included in the multi-dimensional sound signature composites for the plurality of spaces.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00375] In embodiments, the first space multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like.
[003761 In embodiments, the second space multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple = source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like. In embodiments, the first and second spaces may share similar acoustic properties and may be used for the performance of the same genre of music. In embodiments, the sounds initiated in the first and second spaces may be similar.
[00377] In embodiments, the range of values for each dimension may include the values for each of the first and second space. In embodiments, the acoustic properties represented by the single combined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be superior to those of any of the individual spaces.
In embodiments, for a given purpose, the acoustic properties represented by the single combined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be superior to those of any of the individual spaces. In embodiments, the first and second spaces may share similar geometric properties.
[00378] In embodiments, methods and systems for decomposing the multi-dimensional sound signature composites may be provided The methods and systems may include creating a multi-dimensional sound signature composite containing multi-dimensional sound data corresponding to a plurality of locations and decomposing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite into two or more multi-dimensional sound signature sub-composites. Each sub-composite corresponding to at least one selected location in the plurality of locations.
[00379] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a space; a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like.
[00380] In embodiments, each sub-composite may correspond to at least one selected location in the number of locations. In embodiments, the at least one selected location may correspond to a space, a physical space, a zone of a space, a region of a space, a range of seats in a space, a stage contained in a space, an auditorium contained in a space, and the like.
[00381] In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within a space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature to a known multi-dimensional sound signature, and modifying the space such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature for the location within the modified space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased.
[00382] In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature, at least one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature, and the like. In embodiments, the space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the range may be defined based on a preferred, multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like.
[00383] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature for a location in another space, an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature, and the like Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 1003841 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in a hypothetical space.
1003851 In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the space such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the modified space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased.
1003861 In embodiments, the space may correspond to the Great Hall and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may correspond to the Great Hall multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the space may correspond to the Jewel Box and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may correspond to the Jewel Box multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for one or more dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for one location in the space. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for at least one location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction.
In embodiments, the space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction.
In embodiments, the range may be defined based on a preferred, multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like.
[00387] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00388] In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within a hypothetical space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature to a known multi-dimensional sound signature, and modifying the hypothetical space such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature for the location within the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 modified hypothetical space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature is increased.
[00389] In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for at least one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature.
In embodiments, the modification may include altering the design of the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the range may be defined based on a preferred, multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like.
[00390] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature for a location in another space.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location in a hypothetical space.
[00391] In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the hypothetical space such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 modified hypothetical space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature is increased.
[00392] In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for at least one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for one location in the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the similarity may be increased for at least one location in the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the modification may include altering the design of the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction.
In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the range may be defined based on a preferred, multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like.
1003931 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[003941 In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the space to increase the number of locations within the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the space to increase the number of locations within the space that fall within the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
1003951 In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for a dimension. In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for more than one dimension. In embodiments, the space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the range may be defined based on a preferred, multi-dimensional sound signature.
1003961 In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may he an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
1003971 In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the space to increase the number of locations within the space may be provided. The methods and Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the space such that the number of locations within the space that fall within the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be maximized.
[00398] In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for a dimension. In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for more than one dimension. In embodiments, the space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the range may be defined based on a preferred, multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00399] In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00400] In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, computing the quotient of the number of locations within the space that fall within the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite divided by the number of locations common to both the space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the space such that the quotient may be increased.
[00401] In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for a dimension. In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for more than one dimension. In embodiments, the space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the range may be defined based on a preferred, multi-dimensional sound signature.
100402] In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
1004031 In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the hypothetical space to increase the number of locations within the hypothetical space that fall within the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00404] In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for a dimension. In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for more than one dimension. In embodiments, the modification may include altering the design of the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction.
[00405] In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite results from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00406] In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the hypothetical space such that the number of locations within the hypothetical space that fall within the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be maximized.
[00407] In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for a dimension. In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for more than one dimension. In embodiments, the modification may include altering the design of the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction.
100408] In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite results from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite, In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite, [00409] In embodiments, methods and systems for modifying the hypothetical space may be provided. The methods and space may include Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, computing the quotient of the number of locations within the hypothetical space that fall within the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite divided by the number of locations common to both the hypothetical space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the hypothetical space such that the quotient may be increased, [00410] In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for a dimension. In embodiments, the number of locations falling within the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased for more than one dimension. In embodiments, the modification may include altering the design of the hypothetical space. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by the construction of fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by adding fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by removing fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction. In embodiments, the hypothetical space may be modified by moving fixtures designed to create reflections of sound within a defined range of time, amplitude and direction.
[00411] In embodiments, the space may be modified by adding fabric, removing fabric, moving fabric, adding concrete, removing concrete, moving concrete, adding wood, removing wood, moving wood, adding scenery located on a stage, removing scenery located on a stage, moving scenery located on a stage, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an actual multi-dimensional sound signature composite for another space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite results from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite, In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the determined multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite, In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[004121 In embodiments, methods and systems for re-creating a known acoustic environment in a rehearsal space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic characteristics of the known environment, storing a multi-dimensional sound signature, determining the acoustic environment of the rehearsal space, comparing the determined acoustic environment of the rehearsal space with the stored multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space, and modifying the sound characteristics of the rehearsal space such as to reduce the differences between the acoustic environment of the rehearsal space and the multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space when a sound may be produced in the rehearsal space. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of sound reflections of the known acoustic environment.
j004131 .. In embodiments, the determination of the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, determining of the acoustic environment of the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 rehearsal space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature for the rehearsal space. In embodiments, the above stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the rehearsal space with the multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space.
[00414] In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying a reflective characteristic of the rehearsal space. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying an absorption characteristic of the rehearsal space. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include adjusting a sound system of the rehearsal space.
[00415] In embodiments, adjusting a sound system may include adjusting at least one of timing, location, direction and volume of at least one speaker in the space.
In embodiments, adjusting a sound system may include adjusting a parameter of a sound mixing system. In embodiments, the parameter may include adjusting at least one of the timing, frequency, and volume of sound that will be played by at least one speaker. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying at least one reflection to mimic at least one of a secondary and a tertiary reflection in the space. In embodiments, the sound dimensions of the sound signature composite may be selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of reflections of sound associated with the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, reflections may include primary and secondary reflections from similar directions, In embodiments, reflections may include primary, secondary and tertiary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the determination of the acoustic environment of the rehearsal space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature for the rehearsal space. In embodiments, the above stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the rehearsal space with the multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space.
[00416] In embodiments, the plurality of locations may be a plurality of sound initiation locations, a plurality of sound measurement locations, and the like. In embodiments, the plurality of locations may be a plurality of sound initiation locations and a plurality of sound measurement locations.
[00417] In embodiments, the space may be a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, a sound recording studio, and the like. In embodiments, the sound recording studio may include a sound mixing Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 facility and a sound recording facility. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, a subwoofer, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, a monitor, a monitor located on a stage.
1004181 In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input. In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input from a musical instrument. In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be of live sound originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated at the location. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00419] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility. In embodiments, the sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
100420] In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space.
[00421] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated in the space of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00422] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generates, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00423] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor.
[00424] In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility, and the like. The sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00425] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, a location in the audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
[00426] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like, In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00427] In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with a microphone and at least one speaker adapted to play sound from the microphone may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within the space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature to a known multi-dimensional sound signature, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature for the location within the space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased.
[00428] In embodiments, the space may be a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, a sound recording studio, and the like. In embodiments, the sound recording studio may include a sound mixing facility and a sound recording facility. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, a subwoofer, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, a monitor, a monitor located on a stage.
[00429] In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input. In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input from a musical instrument. In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be of live sound originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. in embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated at the location. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00430] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility. In embodiments, the sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00431] In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space.
[00432] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated in the space of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00433] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generates, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00434] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor.
1004351 In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility, and the like. The sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00436] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, a location in the audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
100437] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00438] In embodiments, methods and system for handling sound in a space equipped with a microphone and at least one speaker may be provided. The methods and systems may include reproducing sound contemporaneously originating in the space, using at least in part the microphone and the at least one speaker, in accordance with a known multi-sound signature for a location, Such reproduction may apply the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 known multi-dimensional sound signature to the reproduced sound. In embodiments, applying the known multi-dimensional sound signature may include adjusting at least one of the timing and volume of sound emitted by a speaker at a specified location within the space. In embodiments, timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to timing of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature.
In embodiments, the timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at side locations may be adjusted to mimic primary and secondary side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the volume of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to amplitude of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature.
1004391 In embodiments, the space may be a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, a sound recording studio, and the like. In embodiments, the sound recording studio may include a sound mixing facility and a sound recording facility. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, a subwoofer, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, a monitor, a monitor located on a stage.
[00440] In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input. In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input from a musical instrument. In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be of live sound originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated at the location. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00441] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility. In embodiments, the sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00442] In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space.
[00443] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated in the space of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00444] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generates, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00445] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00446] In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility, and the like. The sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00447] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, a location in the audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
[00448] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite, [00449] In embodiments, methods and systems for re-creating a known acoustic environment in a rehearsal space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic characteristics of the known environment, storing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, determining the acoustic environment of the rehearsal space, comparing the determined acoustic environment of the rehearsal space with the stored multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the known space and modifying the sound characteristics of the rehearsal space such as to reduce the differences between the acoustic environment of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the rehearsal space and the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the known space when a sound may be produced in the rehearsal space.
[004501 In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, determining may result in a multi-dimensional sound profile across a plurality of locations of the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of sound reflections of the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, the sound dimensions of the sound signature composite may be selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of reflections of sound associated with the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary and secondary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary, secondary and tertiary reflections from similar directions.
[004511 In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment of the rehearsal space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature for the rehearsal space. In embodiments, the stated comparing includes the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the rehearsal space with the multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space. In embodiments, the plurality of locations may be a plurality of sound initiation locations. In embodiments, the plurality of locations may be a plurality of sound measurement locations. In embodiments, the plurality of locations may be a plurality of sound initiation locations and a plurality of sound measurement locations, [004521 In embodiments, the space may be a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, a sound recording studio, and the like, In embodiments, the sound recording studio may include a sound mixing facility and a sound recording facility. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, a subwoofer, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, a monitor, a monitor located on a stage.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00453] In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input. In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input from a musical instrument. In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be of live sound originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated at the location. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[004541 In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility. In embodiments, the sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00455] In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00456] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated in the space of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00457] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generates, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00458] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor.
[00459] In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility, and the like. The sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00460] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, a location in the audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
[00461] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[004621 In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with a microphone and at least one speaker adapted to play sound from the microphone may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be increased.
[00463] In embodiments, the space may be a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, a sound recording studio, and the like. In embodiments, the sound recording studio may include a sound mixing facility and a sound recording facility. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, a subwoofer, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, a monitor, a monitor located on a stage.
[00464] In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input. In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input from a musical instrument. In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be of live sound originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener ma.y be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated at the location. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
1004651 In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility. In embodiments, the sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space, [00466] In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space.
[004671 In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated in the space of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00468] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite The listener may generates, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location, [00469] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00470] In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility, and the like. The sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00471] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, a location in the audience area of a space, a Location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
[00472] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00473j In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with a microphone and at least one speaker may be provided. The methods and systems may include reproducing sound contemporaneously originating in the space using at least in part the microphone and the at least one speaker, in accordance with a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, such reproduction may apply the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite to the reproduced sound. In embodiments, applying the known multi-dimensional sound signature may include adjusting at least one of the timing and volume of sound emitted by a speaker at a specified location within the space. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to timing of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at side locations may be adjusted to mimic primary and secondary side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the volume of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to amplitude of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00474] In embodiments, the space may be a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, a sound recording studio, and the like. In embodiments, the sound recording studio may include a sound mixing facility and a sound recording facility. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, a subwoofer, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, a monitor, a monitor located on a stage.
[00475] In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input. In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input from a musical instrument. In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be of live sound originating in the space. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at a location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated at the location. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00476] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility. In embodiments, the sound processing facility may include a plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[00477] In embodiments, the reproduction may be in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may be substantially in real-time. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite and the listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space.
[00478] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. The listener may generate, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be substantially as it would sound had the sound been generated in the space of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00479] In embodiments, the reproduction may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, The listener may generates, at least in part, the sound contemporaneously originating in the space, such that the reproduced version of the sound generated by the listener may be more similar to sound generated at the location.
[00480] In embodiments, the application of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be performed with a computer processor.
[00481] In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor, a sound mixing facility, a sound recording and playback facility, a sound processing facility, and the like. The sound processing facility may include a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 plurality of channels configured to adjust timing of sounds played from specified locations in the space.
[004821 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, a location in the audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
[00483] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00484] In embodiments, methods and systems for assisting a live performance in a performance space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for an audience location in the performance space, taking sound from the live performance, modifying the sound from the live performance to increase conformance to at least one dimension of the multi-dimensional sound signature determined at the audience location, and feeding the modified sound to at least one performer to facilitate adjustment of the live performance based on the sound experienced by an audience member.
[00485] In embodiments, methods and systems for re-creating a known acoustic environment in a performance space may be performed. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic characteristics of the known environment, including determining a multi-dimensional sound profile, storing the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound profile as a multi-dimensional sound signature, determining the acoustic environment of a performance space, comparing the acoustic environment of the performance space with the stored multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space, and modifying the sound characteristics of the performance space such as to reduce the differences as determined in the comparison between the acoustic environment of the performance space and the multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space when a sound may be produced through the sound system of the performance space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different sound parameters associated with sound reflections of the known acoustic environment.
[00486j In embodiments, the multiple dimensions of the sound signature may be selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of reflections of sound associated with the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary and secondary reflections from similar directions.
[004871 In embodiments, the reflections may include primary, secondary and tertiary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the determining of the acoustic environment of the performance space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature for the performance space. In embodiments, the stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the rehearsal space with the multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying a reflective characteristic of the rehearsal space. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying an absorption characteristic of the rehearsal space. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include adjusting a sound system of the rehearsal space.
In embodiments, adjusting a sound system may include adjusting at least one of timing, location, direction and volume of at least one speaker in the space. In embodiments, adjusting a sound system may include adjusting a parameter of a sound mixing system. In embodiments, the parameter may include adjusting at least one of the timing, frequency, and volume of sound that will be played by at least one speaker. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying at least one reflection to mimic at least one of a secondary and a tertiary reflection in the space.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[004881 In embodiments, the first location may be that of a performer. In embodiments, the first location may be on a stage located in the space. In embodiments, the second location may be that of an audience member. In embodiments, the second location may be in an auditorium of the space. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00489] In embodiments, the space may be a performance space. In embodiments, the space may include a stage, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00490] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, a opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[004911 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage. In embodiments, at least one speaker may be a headphone speaker. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00492] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00493] In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input such as for a musical instrument.
[00494] In embodiments, methods and system of handling sound in a space equipped with a microphone and at least one speaker adapted to play sound from the microphone may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the multi-dimensional sound signature for the first location within the space, determining the multi-dimensional sound signature for a second location within the space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature for the first and second locations, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that the multi-dimensional sound signature for the first location may be modified to increase its similarity with the multi-dimensional sound signature for the second location.
[00495] In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00496] In embodiments, the first location may be that of a performer. In embodiments, the first location may be on a stage located in the space. In embodiments, the second location may be that of an audience member. In embodiments, the second location may be in an auditorium of the space. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00497] In embodiments, the space may be a performance space. In embodiments, the space may include a stage, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00498] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Flail. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, ar ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, a opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
1004991 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage. In embodiments, at least one speaker may be a headphone speaker. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer.
[005001 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[005011 In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input such as for a musical instrument.
1005021 In embodiments, methods and systems for re-creating a known acoustic environment in a performance space may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of the known space, storing the measurements as a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, measuring the acoustic environment of the performance space, comparing the measured acoustic environment of the performance space with the stored multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the known space, and modifying the sound characteristics of at least one sound system component of the performance space such as to minimize the differences as determined in the comparison between the acoustic environment of the performance space and the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the known space when a sound may be produced through the sound system of the performance space. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different sound parameters associated with sound reflections of the known acoustic environment. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions. In embodiments, detel __________________________ mining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 deteiniining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, determining of the acoustic environment of the performance space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature for the performance space. In embodiments, the stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the performance space with the multi-dimensional sound signature of the known space.
[00503] In embodiments, the plurality of locations may be a plurality of sound initiation locations, a plurality of sound measurement locations, and the like. In embodiments, the plurality of locations may be a plurality of sound initiation locations and a plurality of sound measurement locations.
[00504] In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00505] In embodiments, the first location may be that of a performer. In embodiments, the first location may be on a stage located in the space. In embodiments, the second location may be that of an audience member. In embodiments, the second location may be in an auditorium of the space. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00506] In embodiments, the space may be a performance space. In embodiments, the space may include a stage, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
[00507] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Each organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, a opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like, [005081 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may be a headphone speaker. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer.
[00509] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00510] in embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input such as for a musical instrument.
[00511] In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with a microphone and at least one speaker adapted to play sound from the microphone may be provided. The methods and system may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space, selecting a second location in the space, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that the sound heard at the first location may be changed to increase its similarity with the sound heard at the second location with the use of the multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00512] In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00513] In embodiments, the first location may be that of a performer. In embodiments, the first location may be on a stage located in the space. In embodiments, the second location may be that of an audience member. In embodiments, the second location may be in an auditorium of the space. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[005141 In embodiments, the space may be a performance space. In embodiments, the space may include a stage, a substantially anechoic room, an Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the space may be occupied or unoccupied. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by an audience. In embodiments, the space may be occupied by material approximating an audience.
100515] In embodiments, the space may include both a stage and an auditorium. In embodiments, the space may include both a performance location and a performance observation location. In embodiments, the space may include a stage.
A first and second location may be located on the stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a stage. In embodiments, the space may include only a performance location. In embodiments, the space may be less than all the volume of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a subset of the structure housing the space. In embodiments, the space may be a Great Hall. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, a choir box, a ball court, an organ church, a Bach organ church, a basilica, a baroque opera house, a opera house, a cathedral, an amphitheater, a conference room, an office, a gymnasium, a movie theater, a vehicle interior, an automobile interior, an aircraft interior, a train interior, a marine interior, a public space, an airport, a train station, a subway station, a hospital, and the like.
[00516] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage. In embodiments, at least one speaker may be a headphone speaker. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer [00517] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space. In embodiments, the at least one microphone may include a direct input such as for a musical instrument.
[00518] In embodiments, methods and systems for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of a first space, including obtaining a multi-dimensional sound profile, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound profile as a multi-dimensional sound signature, determining the acoustic environment of a second space, comparing the determined acoustic environment of the second space Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 with the stored multi-dimensional sound signature of the first space, and modifying the sound characteristics of the second space such as to reduce the differences as determined in the comparison between the acoustic environment of the second space and the multi-dimensional sound signature of the first space. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different sound parameters. In embodiments, the multiple dimensions of the sound signature may be selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of reflections of sound associated with the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary and secondary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary, secondary and tertiary reflections from similar directions.
[00519] In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying a reflective characteristic of the rehearsal space. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying an absorption characteristic of the rehearsal space. In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include adjusting a sound system of the rehearsal space.
In embodiments, adjusting a sound system may include adjusting at least one of timing, location, direction and volume of at least one speaker in the space. In embodiments, adjusting a sound system may include adjusting a parameter of a sound mixing system. In embodiments, the parameter may include adjusting at least one of the timing, frequency, and volume of sound that will be played by at least one speaker.
[00520] In embodiments, modifying the sound characteristics may include modifying at least one reflection to mimic at least one of a secondary and a tertiary reflection in the space. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, measuring of the acoustic environment of the second space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature for the second space. In embodiments, the stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the second space with the multi-dimensional sound signature of the first space. In embodiments, the first space may be a known space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the sound system component may include a speaker system, a headphone, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00521] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like.
[00522] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00523] In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX
theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00524] IT1 embodiments, the one or more speakers may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the one or more speakers may include a subwoofer.
[00525] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature selected by the listener. The location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00526] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
The location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like.
1005271 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of one or more other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite, a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like.
[00528] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
1005291 In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with at least one speaker may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within the space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature to a known multi-dimensional sound signature, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature for the location within the space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased.
[00530] In embodiments, methods and systems for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of a first space, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound measurement as a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, determining the acoustic environment of a second space, comparing the determined acoustic environment of the second space with the stored multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the first space, and modifying the sound characteristics of at least one sound system component of the second space such as to minimize the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 differences as determined in the comparison between the acoustic environment of the second space and the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the first space when a sound may be produced through the sound system component of the second space. The stated determining may result in a multi-dimensional sound profile across a plurality of locations of the known acoustic environment. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions.
[00531] In embodiments, measuring of the acoustic environment of the second space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the second space. In embodiments, the stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the second space with the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the first space.
In embodiments, the first space may be a known space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the sound system component may include a speaker system.
In embodiments, the sound system component may include a headphone. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00532] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like.
[00533] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00534] In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX
theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00535] In embodiments, the one or more speakers may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the one or more speakers may include a subwoofer.
[00536] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature selected by the listener. The location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00537] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
The location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like, [00538] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of one or more other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [005391 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
[005401 In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with at least one speaker may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be increased.
[005411 In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like.
1005421 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00543] In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an [MAX
theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like [00544] In embodiments, the one or more speakers may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the one or more speakers may include a subwoofer.
[00545] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature selected by the listener. The Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00546] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
The location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like.
[00547] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of one or more other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like.
[00548] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.
[00549] In embodiments, methods and systems of handling sound in a space equipped with at least one speaker may be provided. The methods and systems may include reproducing sound not contemporaneously originating in the space, in Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 accordance with a known multi-sound signature composite. In embodiments, such reproduction may apply the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite to the reproduced sound. In embodiments, applying the known multi-dimensional sound signature may include adjusting at least one of the timing and volume of sound emitted by a speaker at a specified location within the space.
1005501 In embodiments, timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to timing of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature.
In embodiments, timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at side locations may be adjusted to mimic primary and secondary side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, volume of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to amplitude of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00551] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like, [00552] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be part of a surround sound system. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00553] In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX
theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like, [00554] In embodiments, the one or more speakers may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the one or more speakers may include a subwoofer.
[00555] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature selected by the listener. The location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like, In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00556] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
The location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like.
1005571 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of one or more other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite; and the like, [00558] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, audience area of a space, a location in the stage area of a space, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00559] In embodiments, methods and systems for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of a first space, including determining a multi-dimensional sound profile, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound profile as a multi-dimensional sound signature, determining the sound characteristics of an item of media content, and configuring the media content to increase similarity to the multi-dimensional sound signature when the media is played in an anticipated acoustic environment. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different sound parameters. The multiple dimensions of the sound signature may be selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of reflections of sound associated with the known acoustic environment.
[00560] In embodiments, the reflections may include primary and secondary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary, secondary and tertiary reflections from similar directions.
In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00561] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00562] In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IIVIA_X theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00563] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content, In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information.
In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
1005641 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the content. in embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
1005651 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00566] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.
[00567] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00568] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00569] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00570] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00571] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00572] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00573] In embodiments, methods and systems for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of a first space, including determining a multi-dimensional sound profile, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound profile as a multi-dimensional sound signature, determining the sound characteristics of an item of media content, and configuring a media playback system of a playback environment to increase similarity of the sounds in the playback environment to sounds occurring in the first space. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different sound parameters.
[00574] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment;
and Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00575] In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an MAX theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00576] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00577] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00578] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00579] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.
1005801 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like, [005811 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[005821 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00583] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00584] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00585] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00586] In embodiments, methods and system for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of a first space, including determining a multi-dimensional sound profile, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound profile as a multi-dimensional sound signature, determining the sound characteristics of an item of media content, and configuring the sound characteristics of the media content item and the media playback system of a playback environment to increase similarity of the sounds in the playback environment to sounds occurring in the first space. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different sound parameters.
1005871 In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment of the second space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature for the second space. In embodiments, the stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the second space with the multi-dimensional sound signature of the first space. In embodiments, the first space may be a known space, a hypothetical space, and the like.
[00588] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
1005891 In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00590] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content, In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information, In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. hi embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00591] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00592] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. in embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00593] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.
[00594] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00595] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [005961 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00597] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and the like.
[00598] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00599] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[006001 In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with at least one speaker may he provided The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a location within the space, selecting a known multi-dimensional sound signature, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature to the known multi-dimensional sound signature, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature for the location within the space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be increased.
[006011 In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[006021 In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an [MAX theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00603] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information.
In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00604] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
1006051 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[006061 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00607] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00608] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00609] in embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00610] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00611] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00612] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be deten-nined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[006131 In embodiments, methods and systems for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic characteristics of a first space, storing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, determining the sound characteristics of an item of media content, and configuring the media content to increase similarity to the multi-dimensional sound signature when the media may be played in an anticipated acoustic environment. In embodiments, the determining may results in a multi-dimensional sound profile across a plurality of locations of the known acoustic environment. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of sound reflections of the known acoustic environment.
[006141 In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00615] In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
1006161 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information.
In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00617] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 1006181 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[006191 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.
[00620] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like, [00621] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00622] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[006231 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00624] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
100625] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00626] In embodiments, methods and systems for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic characteristics of a first space, storing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, determining the sound characteristics of an item of media content, and configuring a media playback system of a playback environment to increase similarity of the sounds in the playback environment to sounds occurring in the first space. In embodiments, the stated determining may result in a multi-dimensional sound profile across a plurality of locations of the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of sound reflections of the known acoustic environment.
[00627] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[006281 In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
1006291 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information.
In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00630] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. in embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[006311 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
1006321 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00633] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00634] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00635] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00636] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00637] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00638] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed, [006391 In embodiments, methods and systems for simulating an acoustic environment may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic characteristics of a first space, storing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, determining the sound characteristics of an item of media content, and configuring the sound characteristics of the media content item and the media playback system of a playback environment to increase similarity of the sounds in the playback environment to sounds occurring in the first space. The stated determining may result in a multi-dimensional sound profile across a plurality of locations of the known acoustic environment. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of sound reflections of the known acoustic environment.
[00640] In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, determining of the acoustic environment of the second space may include the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the second space. In embodiments, the stated comparing may include the comparison of the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the second space with the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the first space.
In embodiments, the first space may be a known space, a hypothetical space, and the like.
[00641] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[00642] In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX theater, a living room, a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an ancchoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00643] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information.
In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00644] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00645] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[006461 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.
1006471 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00648] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00649] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
f006501 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space, a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00651] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[006521 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00653] In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with at least one speaker may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space, selecting a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, comparing the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and modifying the sound emitted by the speaker such that Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the similarity between the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be increased.
[00654] In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, [00655] In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an TMAX theater, a living room, a media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[00656] In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information.
In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00657] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[00658] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00659i In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.
[00660] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00661] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00662] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00663] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00664] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00665] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00666] In embodiments, methods and systems for handling sound in a space equipped with at least one speaker may be provided. The methods and systems may include selecting a known multi-dimensional sound signature composite and reproducing sound not contemporaneously originating in the space, in accordance with the known multi-sound signature composite. Such reproduction may apply the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite to the reproduced sound.
[00667] In embodiments, applying the known multi-dimensional sound signature may include adjusting at least one of the timing and volume of sound emitted by a speaker at a specified location within the space. In embodiments, the timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to timing of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, timing of sounds emitted from speakers placed at side locations may be adjusted to mimic primary and secondary side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature.
In embodiments, volume of sounds emitted from speakers placed at rear and side locations in the space may be adjusted to increase similarity to amplitude of rear and side reflections specified in the multi-dimensional sound signature, 1006681 In embodiments, the space may be a recording studio, a virtual reality environment, a simulation environment, a computer gaming environment, and the like. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a monitor, a monitor located on a stage, a headphone speaker, a surround sound system, and the like. in embodiments, the at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be a part of an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space.
[006691 In embodiments, the item of content may include sound, audio, audio and video, a movie, film, television, music, voice, a video game, and the like.
In embodiments, the space may be a movie theater, an IMAX theater, a living room, a Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 media room, a home media room, a conference room, a museum, a gallery, an arena, a restaurant, a sports venue, a vehicle interior, a substantially anechoic room, an anechoic room, a practice room, a rehearsal location, and the like.
[006701 In embodiments, the at least one speaker may be headphones, a surround sound system, an array of speakers arranged to produce multi-dimensional sound in the space, and the like. In embodiments, at least one speaker may include a subwoofer. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the content, In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content.
In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected based on the video information.
In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
[006711 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected automatically based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on location information provided with the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content. In embodiments, the identity of the known multi-Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 dimensional sound signature composite may be provided with the content, but the actual known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may not be provided with the content. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on the video information. In embodiments, the content may contain audio and video information and the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be selected by a processor based on a determination of the location shown in the video information.
1006721 In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect that a listener may be at the location of the known multi-dimensional sound signature and that location may be selected by the listener. In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like. In embodiments, the modification may be performed with a computer processor.
[00673] In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at each location in the space that a listener may be at a corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at the corresponding location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the modification may create the effect at a location in the space that a listener may be at a location of the space of the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite that may be selected by the user.
In embodiments, the location may be a seat in the space, a stage located in the space, and the like.
1006741 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature is for a location in an actual space, a hypothetical space, an audience area of a space, a stage area of a space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[006751 In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multi-dimensional sound signature may be created during the creation of the content.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
[00676] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00677] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space; a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite; a multiple source, multiple locations, multi-dimensional sound signature composite, a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite; an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite;
and the like.
[00678] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for a battlefield, a church, a cave, a forest, an office, a house, a hospital, a train station, an airport, a park, an underwater space, and the like.
[00679] In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be determined during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created during the creation of the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in the content. In embodiments, the known multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be similar to that of the space in which the content would typically be performed.
1006801 In embodiments, methods and systems for ticket seating selection may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of the space, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound measurement as a multi-dimensional sound signature, and providing a ticket purchase selection option to the user that relates the location of a seat for selection to Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 a sound characteristic for the location of the seat as based upon the stored multi-dimensional sound signature. The measuring may be a multi-dimensional sound measurement, and the space may be associated with the ticket seating selection by a user. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions.
[006811 In embodiments, the multiple dimensions of the sound signature may be selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of reflections of sound associated with the known acoustic environment In embodiments, the reflections may include primary and secondary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary, secondary and tertiary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement.

In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[006821 In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a direct zone, a diamond zone, a middle zone, a deep envelopment zone, and the like. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with high-quality sound.
In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with medium-quality sound. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with low-quality sound. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by bass frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by mid-range frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by treble frequencies.
[006831 In embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, an entertainment venue, a movie theater, an IIVIAX
theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like.
1006841 In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00685] In embodiments, methods and tickets for making a ticket available for a location may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a selected location in a space and making available a ticket for the location. Such ticket may be categorized based on the multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00686] In embodiments, methods and systems for making a ticket available for a location may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature for an individual, determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a selected location in a space, and making available a ticket for the location_ The multi-dimensional sound signature for the location may correspond to the preferred multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00687] In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a direct zone, a diamond zone, a middle zone, a deep envelopment zone, and the like. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with high-quality sound.
In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with medium-quality sound. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with low-quality sound. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by bass frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by mid-range frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by treble frequencies.
1006881 In embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, an entertainment venue, a movie theater, an IMAX
theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like.
[00689] In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like, In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.
[00690] In embodiments, methods and systems for ticket seating selection may be provided. The methods and system may include determining the acoustic environment of the space, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound measurement as a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and providing a ticket purchase selection option to the user that may relate the location of a seat for selection to a sound characteristic for the location of the seat as based upon the stored multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature [00691] In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a direct zone, a diamond zone, a middle zone, a deep envelopment zone, and the like. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with high-quality sound.
In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with medium-quality sound. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with low-quality sound. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by bass frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by mid-range frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by treble frequencies.
[00692] In embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, an entertainment venue, a movie theater, an IIVIAX
theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like.
[00693] In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like, In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.
[006941 In embodiments, methods and systems for making a ticket available for a location may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space, selecting a location in the space, and making available a ticket for the location, Such ticket may be categorized based on the multi-dimensional sound signature.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00695] In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a direct zone, a diamond zone, a middle zone, a deep envelopment zone, and the like. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with high-quality sound.
In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with medium-quality sound. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with low-quality sound, In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by bass frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by mid-range frequencies. In embodiments, the ticket may be categorized as for a location with sound characterized by treble frequencies [00696] in embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, an entertainment venue, a movie theater, an IMAX
theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like.
[00697] In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.
[00698] In embodiments, methods and systems for providing a venue seating sound sample for ticket seating selection may be described. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of the space, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound measurement as a multi-dimensional sound signature, and providing a sound sample associated with the ticket purchase selection by the user that relates the location of a seat for selection to a sound characteristic for the location of the seat as based upon the stored multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00699] In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of a performance of a type typically performed in the space. In embodiments, the sound was created by an artist who will be performing in the venue. In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of an upcoming performance to be held in the venue. In embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, an Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 entertainment venue, a movie theater, an 111/LAX theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like.
[00700] In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. in embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.
[00701] In embodiments, the location may be a seat, an area of seating, a zone of the space, and the like. in embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with a representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space showing a stage in the performance space. In embodiments, the location may be selected using a graphical user interface that may be associated with the sound an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, methods and systems may allow a listener to purchase tickets for the location.
[00702] In embodiments, measuring acoustic environment may be a multi-dimensional sound measurement. The space may be associated with the ticket seating selection by a user. The multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions. In embodiments, the multiple dimensions of the sound signature may be selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of reflections of sound associated with the known acoustic environment. In embodiments, the reflections may include primary and secondary reflections from similar directions. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the reflections may include primary, secondary and tertiary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[007031 In embodiments, methods and systems for reproducing sound may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for a selected location in a space and reproducing sound in accordance with the multi-sound signature. Such reproduction may apply the multi-dimensional sound signature to the reproduced sound so that the sound may be heard as it would be heard at the location in the space.
[00704] In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of a performance of a type typically performed in the space. In embodiments, the sound was created by an artist who will be performing in the venue. In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of an upcoming performance to be held in the venue. In embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, an entertainment venue, a movie theater, an IIVIAX theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like.
[00705] In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.
[00706] In embodiments, the location may be a seat, an area of seating, a zone of the space, and the like. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with a representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space showing a stage in the performance space. In embodiments, the location may be selected using a graphical user interface that may be associated with the sound an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, methods and systems may allow a listener to purchase tickets for the location.
[00707] In embodiments, methods and systems for providing a venue seating sound sample for ticket seating selection may be described. The methods and systems may include determining the acoustic environment of the space, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound measurement as a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and providing a sound sample associated with the ticket purchase selection by the user that relates the location of a seat for selection to a sound characteristic for the location of the seat as based upon the stored multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00708] In embodiments, the measurement of the acoustic environment may include multi-dimensional sound measurements across a plurality of locations.
The space may be associated with the ticket seating selection by a user. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement, In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[00709] In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of a performance of a type typically performed in the space. In embodiments, the sound was created by an artist who will be performing in the venue. In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of an upcoming performance to be held in the venue. In embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, an entertainment venue, a movie theater, an IMAX theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like, [00710] In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the methods may be Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.
100711] In embodiments, the location may be a seat, an area of seating, a zone of the space, and the like. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with a representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space showing a stage in the performance space. In embodiments, the location may be selected using a graphical user interface that may be associated with the sound an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, methods and systems may allow a listener to purchase tickets for the location.
[00712] In embodiments, methods and systems for reproducing sound may be provided. The methods and systems may include determining a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space, selecting a location in the space, and reproducing sound in accordance with the multi-sound signature composite. Such reproduction may apply the multi-dimensional sound signature composite to the reproduced sound so that the sound may be heard as it would be heard at the location in the space.
[00713] In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of a performance of a type typically performed in the space. In embodiments, the sound was created by an artist who will be performing in the venue. In embodiments, the sound may be a sample of an upcoming performance to be held in the venue. In embodiments, the space may be a performance hall, a concert hall, a sports venue, an arena, art Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 entertainment venue, a movie theater, an IMAX theater, a museum, a vehicle interior, and the like.
1007141 In embodiments, the methods may be implemented in a software application executed on a computer. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented using a web interface, a processor, a computer, and the like. In embodiments, the methods may be implemented by providing a storage media containing a sound as it would be heard at multiple locations. In embodiments, the storage media may be a compact disc, a DVD, and the like.
[00715] In embodiments, the location may be a seat, an area of seating, a zone of the space, and the like. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with a representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive image of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, the space may be a performance space and the reproduced sound may be provided in connection with an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space showing a stage in the performance space. In embodiments, the location may be selected using a graphical user interface that may be associated with the sound an interactive representation of the view from the location in the space. In embodiments, methods and systems may allow a listener to purchase tickets for the location.
[00716] In embodiments, methods and systems for providing an acoustical environment graphical user interface may be described. The methods and systems may include determining an acoustic environment of a space, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound measurement as a multi-dimensional sound signature, and enabling a visual representation of the stored multi-dimensional sound signature through the acoustical environment graphical user interface.
In embodiments, the measurement of the acoustic environment may be a multi-Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions.
1007171 In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
100718] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
in embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00719] In embodiments, methods and systems for providing an acoustical environment graphical user interface may be described. The methods and systems may include determining an acoustic environment of a space, storing the multiple dimensions of the multi-dimensional sound measurement as a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and enabling a visual representation of the stored multi-dimensional sound signature composite through the acoustical environment graphical user interface.
[00720] In embodiments, the measuring of the acoustic environment may include multi-dimensional sound measurements across a plurality of locations.
In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a combination of a plurality of different measured sound dimensions. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include making a multi-dimensional sound measurement. In embodiments, determining the acoustic environment may include specifying a multi-dimensional sound signature.
[007211 In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[007221 In embodiments, a graphical user interface may be provided. The graphical user interface may include at least one field for representation of at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and an input means for manipulating the at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[007231 In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[007241 In embodiments, a software interface capable of visually representing at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided.
[00725] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 1007261 In embodiments, a graphical user interface may be provided. The graphical user interface may include at least one field for visually representation of at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and an input means for manipulating the at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[007271 In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00728) In embodiments, a software interface for manipulation of at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided.
[00729) In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like, In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In enabodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite, [00730] In embodiments, a graphical user interface may be provided. The graphical user interface may include at least one field for manipulation of at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, and an input means for manipulating the at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00731] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space, In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00732] In embodiments, a software interface for designing a space in consideration of at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided.
1007331 In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
1007341 In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for designing a space may be provided. The computer-implemented program may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature in the space, and an analytical acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature in the planned space. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature may be presented to the user upon modification of parameters of the space in the design module.
[00735i In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite, In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
1007361 In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for designing a space may be provided. The methods and systems may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the space, and an analytical acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the planned space. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature may be presented to the user upon modification of parameters of the space in the design module.
[00737] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00738] In embodiments, a software interface for designing a space including feedback based on comparison to preferred signatures may be provided.
[00739] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. in embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00740] In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for designing a space may be provided. The methods and systems may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature in the space, and an analytical Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature in the planned space. The sound signature representation module may be capable of accessing a representation of at least one multi-dimensional sound signature from at least one preferred acoustical environment. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature may be presented to the user. In embodiments, a feedback module for facilitating comparison of the predicted multi-dimensional sound signature of the planned space to the multi-dimensional sound signature of a preferred acoustical environment may be presented upon modification of parameters of the space in the design module.
[007411 In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00742] In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for designing a space may be provided. The methods and systems may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the space, the sound signature representation module capable of accessing a representation of at least one Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 multi-dimensional sound signature composite from at least one preferred acoustical environment, and an analytical acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the planned space. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be presented to the user upon modification of parameters of the space in the design module. In embodiments, a feedback module for facilitating comparison of the predicted multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the planned space to the multi-dimensional sound signature composite of a preferred acoustical environment may be presented to the user.
[00743] In embodiments, the feedback module may facilitate visual comparison. In embodiments, the feedback module may facilitate comparison of reflections from various directions. In embodiments, the comparison may include comparison of at least one of timing, amplitude, frequency and direction of reflections between the planned space and the preferred acoustical environment. In embodiments, the comparison may include comparison of primary and secondary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the feedback module may visually presents preferred ranges of parameters of the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the feedback module may indicate whether a specified parameter may be within a preferred range. In embodiments, the feedback module may suggest modifications that would reduce differences between the planned space and the preferred acoustical space.
[007441 In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite, [00745] In embodiments, a software interface for designing a space including feedback based on preferred ranges may be provided.
[00746] In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for designing a space may be provided. The computer implemented program may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature in the space, an analytical acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature in the planned space, and a feedback module for facilitating comparison of the predicted multi-dimensional sound signature of the planned space to a range of parameters for a known acoustical environment. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature may be presented to the user upon modification of parameters of the space in the design module.
[00747] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00748] In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for designing a space may be provided. The methods and systems may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the space, an analytical acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the planned space, and a feedback module for facilitating comparison of the predicted multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the planned space to a range of parameters for a known acoustical environment. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be presented to the user upon modification of parameters of the space in the design module.
[007491 In embodiments, the feedback module may facilitate visual comparison. In embodiments, the feedback module may facilitate comparison of reflections from various directions. In embodiments, the comparison may include comparison of at least one of timing, amplitude, frequency and direction of reflections between the planned space and a preferred set of ranges for such parameters.
In embodiments, the preferred set of ranges may be based on a ranges measured in at least one preferred acoustical environment. In embodiments, the comparison may include comparison of primary and secondary reflections from similar directions. In embodiments, the feedback module visually may present preferred ranges of parameters of the multi-dimensional sound signature. In embodiments, the feedback module may indicate whether a specified parameter may be within a preferred range.
In embodiments, the feedback module may suggest modifications that would reduce differences between the planned space and a preferred acoustical space_ [00750] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00751] In embodiments, a software interface for optimizing a space in consideration of at least one of a multi-dimensional sound signature and a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be provided.
[007521 In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00753] In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for optimizing a space may be provided. The methods and systems may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature in the space, and an analytical acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature in the planned space. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature may be presented to the user upon optimizations of parameters of the space in the design module.
[00754] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite_ [007551 In embodiments, a computer-implemented program for optimizing a space may be provided. The computer-implemented program may include a design module capable of visually representing parameters of a planned space as specified by a user of the design module, a sound signature representation module capable of visually representing a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the space, and an analytical acoustics module capable of determining the predicted impact of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 changes to parameters in the design module on a multi-dimensional sound signature composite in the planned space. In embodiments, a modified multi-dimensional sound signature may be presented to the user upon optimizations of parameters of the space in the design module.
[00756] In embodiments, the space may be a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the manipulation may be combination, decomposition, and the like.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be for an actual space, a hypothetical space, and the like. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may result from manipulation of at least one other multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an idealized multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a hypothetical space. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a single source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a multiple source, multiple location, multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a hypothetical multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be an ambient multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
[00757] In embodiments, the present invention may provide mounting of a flat to the tracking system by way of a tapered spade/socket system. The present invention may provide scenery changes in a performance space, such as providing a stage-level scenery flat tracking system, where the stage-level scenery flat tracking system may include at least one of a plurality of individual tracks and at least one of a plurality of bottom-only supported scenery flats, provide at least one tapered spade on the bottom edge of each bottom-only supported scenery flat, provide a wheeled carriage assembly mounted on at least each track to accept the tapered spade from at least one scenery flat, where the carriage assembly accepts the tapered spade into a tapered socket, and the like. In embodiments, the carriage assembly may include a latch mechanism to secure the tapered spade in the tapered socket. The plurality of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 individual tracks may be closely spaced. The carriage of the stage-level scenery flat tracking system may be driven by a motor drive system. The motor drive system may be a computer controlled motor drive system. The motor drive system may be a sound damped motor drive system. The drive system may include a plurality of sound dampened motor drives, where each of the plurality of sound dampened motor drives may control a single carriage, a plurality of carriages, a combination of carriages, and the like. The bottom-only supported scenery flats may be provided a rigid construction, where the rigid construction may enable scenery flat motion of the bottom-only supported scenery flats on adjacent tracks of the stage-level scenery flat tracking system without physical contact between bottom-only supported scenery flats on adjacent tracks while in motion. The tapered spade may be mounted into the tapered socket to enable rapid scenery changes, where the rapid scenery change may be in view of the audience.
[00758] In embodiments the present invention may provide for rapid scene changes through a stage-level scenery flat tracking system. The present invention may provide for rapid scenery changes in a performance space, such as by providing a stage-level scenery flat tracking system, where the stage-level scenery flat tracking system may include at least one of a plurality of individual tracks and at least one of a plurality of bottom-only supported scenery flats; providing at least one mounting fixture on the bottom edge of each bottom-only supported scenery flat;
providing a wheeled carriage assembly mounted on at least each track to accept the mounting fixture from at least one scenery flat, where the use of a scenery flat with the mounting fixture may enable rapid scenery changes, and the like. In embodiments, the carriage assembly may include a latch mechanism to secure the mounting fixture.
The rapid scenery change may be in view of the audience. The plurality of individual tracks may be closely spaced. The carriage of the stage-level scenery flat tracking system may be driven by a motor drive system. The motor drive system may be a computer controlled motor drive system, where the motor drive system may be a sound damped motor drive system, a plurality of sound dampened motor drives, each of the plurality of sound dampened motor drives may control a single carriage, each of the plurality of sound dampened motor drives may control a plurality of carriages, and the like. The bottom-only supported scenery flats may be provided a rigid construction, where the rigid construction may enable scenery flat motion of the bottom-only supported scenery flats on adjacent tracks of the stage-level scenery flat Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 tracking system without physical contact between bottom-only supported scenery flats on adjacent tracks while in motion. In embodiments, the rapid scenery changes may include box sets, or other modem stage scenery.
[00759] In embodiments the present invention may provide for a mechanized tracking system for improved synchronization of movement. The present invention may provide scenery changes in a performance space, such as providing a computer controlled mechanized stage-level scenery flat tracking system, where the tracking system may include at least one of a plurality of individual tracks and a plurality of bottom-only supported scenery flats, and where the tracking system may provide an increased synchronization of scenery flat movement. In embodiments, the synchronization may be for all of the bottom-only supported scenery flats, for one bottom-only supported scenery flat, for a combination of bottom-only supported scenery flats, and the like.
[00760] In embodiments the present invention may provide for a mechanized tracking system for improved reliability of movement. The present invention may provide for scenery changes in a performance space, such as providing a computer controlled mechanized stage-level scenery flat tracking system, where the tracking system may include at least one of a plurality of individual tracks and a plurality of bottom-only supported scenery flats, and where the tracking system may provide an increased repeatability of scenery flat movement.
[00761] In embodiments the present invention may provide for three dimensional renditions on scenery flats. The present invention may provide for scenery changes in a performance space, such as providing a stage-level scenery flat tracking system, where the tracking system may include at least one of a plurality of individual tracks and a plurality of bottom-only supported scenery flats, and a software rendering facility for creation of three-dimensional visualization on the scenery flat, where the scenery flat surface is two-dimensional.
[00762] In embodiments the present invention may provide for more pleasing acoustics due to the absence of a fly tower. The present invention may provide for scenery changes in a performance space, such as providing a stage-level scenery flat tracking system, where the tracking system may include at least one of a plurality of individual tracks and a plurality of bottom-only supported scenery flats, and where the acoustics of the performance space may be improved due to the use of Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the stage-level scenery flat tracking system, where the stage-level scenery flat tracking system may have no fly tower.
[00763] These and other systems, methods, objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment and the drawings.
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[00764] The invention and the following detailed description of certain embodiments thereof may be understood by reference to the following figures:
[00765] Fig. 1 depicts a sound generated at a single sound initiation location (SIL) and being directly received at a sound measurement location (SML), [00766] Fig. 2 depicts an SIL and SML with a single reflection surface.
[00767] Fig. 3 depicts a timing diagram for the configuration as depicted in Fig. 2.
[00768] Fig. 4 depicts an SIL and SML with a two reflection surfaces.
[00769] Fig. 5 depicts a timing diagram for the configuration as depicted in Fig. 4.
[00770] Fig. 6 depicts an SIL and SML with multiple reflections.
[00771] Fig. 7 depicts an example embodiment for multiple reflections relative to an SIL and SML, [00772] Fig. 8 depicts an SIL and SML with two reflections.
[00773] Fig. 9 depicts embodiment measurement input directions for an SML.
[00774] Fig. 10 depicts an example embodiment of a 'Great Hall' space with reflections shown.
[00775] Fig. 11 depicts an example embodiment of a 'Jewel Room' space with reflections shown.
[00776] Fig. 12 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00777] Fig. 13 depicts a single SE, and multiple SMLs.
[00778] Fig. 14 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00779] Fig. 15 depicts multiple SILs and a single SML.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00780] Fig. 16 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00781] Fig. 17 depicts multiple SILs and multiple SIV1Ls.
[00782] Fig. 18 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00783] Fig. 19 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00784] Fig. 20 depicts an example embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00785] Fig. 21 depicts an example embodiment of a room with reflections.
[00786] Fig. 22 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00787] Fig. 23 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00788] Fig. 24 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00789] Fig. 25 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00790] Fig. 26 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00791] Fig. 27 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00792] Fig. 28 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00793] Fig. 29 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00794] Fig. 30 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00795] Fig. 31 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00796] Fig. 32 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00797] Fig. 33 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00798] Fig. 34 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00799] Fig. 35 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00800] Fig. 36 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00801] Fig. 37 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00802] Fig. 38 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00803] Fig. 39 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00804] Fig, 40 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00805] Fig. 41 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00806] Fig. 42 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00807] Fig. 43 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[008081 Fig. 44 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00809] Fig. 45 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00810] Fig. 46 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00811] Fig. 47 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00812] Fig. 48 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00813] Fig. 49 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00814] Fig. 50 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 1008151 Fig. 51 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00816] Fig. 52 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00817] Fig. 53 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00818] Fig. 54 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00819] Fig. 55 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
1008201 Fig. 56 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
1008211 Fig. 57 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00822] Fig. 58 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00823] Fig. 59 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00824] Fig. 60 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
1008251 Fig. 61 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00826] Fig. 62 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00827] Fig. 63 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00828] Fig. 64 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00829] Fig. 65 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
1008301 Fig. 66 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00831] Fig. 67 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00832] Fig. 68 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00833] Fig. 69 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00834] Fig. 70 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00835] Fig. 71 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00836] Fig. 72 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00837] Fig. 73 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00838] Fig. 74 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00839] Fig. 75 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00840] Fig. 76 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00841] Fig. 77 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00842] Fig. 78 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00843] Fig. 79 depicts an embodiment block diagram of the present invention.
[00844] Fig. 80 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00845] Fig. 81 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00846] Fig. 82 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00847] Fig. 83 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00848] Fig. 84 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00849] Fig. 85 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00850] Fig. 86 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00851] Fig. 87 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
1008521 Fig. 88 depicts an embodiment illustration of multiple scenery flats and multiple motor drive facilities in a stage-level scenery track system.
[00853] Fig. 89 depicts an embodiment illustration of a single scenery flat and motor drive facility in a stage-level scenery track system.
[00854] Fig. 90 depicts an embodiment illustration of a carriage with spade removed in a stage-level scenery track system.
[00855] Fig. 91 depicts an embodiment illustration of a carriage with spade inserted in a stage-level scenery track system.
[00856] Fig. 92 depicts an embodiment illustration of a motor drive facility in a stage-level scenery track system.
[00857] Fig. 93 depicts an embodiment illustration of rapid scenery changing in a stage-level scenery track system.
[00858] Fig. 94 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00859] Fig. 95 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00860] Fig. 96 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00861] Fig. 97 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00862] Fig. 98 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00863] Fig. 99 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00864] Fig. 100 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00865] Fig. 101 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00866] Fig. 102 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00867] Fig. 103 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00868] Fig. 104 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00869] Fig. 105 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00870] Fig. 106 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00871] Fig. 107 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00872] Fig. 108 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00873] Fig. 109 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00874] Fig. 110 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00875] Fig. 111 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00876] Fig. 112 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00877] Fig. 113 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00878] Fig. 114 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00879] Fig. 115 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00880] Fig. 116 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00881] Fig. 117 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00882] Fig. 118 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 [00883] Fig. 119 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00884] Fig. 120 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00885] Fig. 121 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00886] Fig. 122 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00887] Fig. 123 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00888] Fig. 124 depicts a flow process diagram in an embodiment of the present invention.
[00889] While the invention has been described in connection with certain preferred embodiments, other embodiments would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art and are encompassed herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[00891] The present invention may provide for improved methods and systems for characterizing an acoustic environment, and using that characterization to provide an enhanced listening experience to a user. For example, a listening environment may be a music hall where the acoustic environment has been demonstrated over time to produce a superior listening experience to users, and where the present invention may be used to characterize the existing environment in order to aid in the design of a new venue, the redesign of an existing venue, the development of a rehearsal space that reproduces the acoustic environment of the venue, the use of the characterization for a reproduction of the sound in a movie theater or in home theater, for the use in an entertainment facility, for use in a sound system or sound component, for use in acoustic analysis, and the like.
[00892] For instance, examples of such music halls with superior listening experience may include the great opera houses of Europe, such as the L'Opera Royal in Chateau de Versailles France, the Markgrafliches Operhaus in Bayreuth Germany, the Drottningholms Slottsteater near Stockholm Sweden, the Rokokotheater in Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 Schwetzingen Germany, and the like. Such a list of opera venues is in no way meant to limit the present invention to opera houses, or musical venues in general, but is provided as examples of what might be considered acoustic environments of demonstrated quality. The present invention may be considered a generalizable method for the acoustic characterization of an acoustic environment, and then the application of such acoustic characterization to some other acoustic application. For example, the present invention may allow for the characterization of a sports arena for the sake of reproducing the acoustic environment of the arena in an entertainment facility, the creation of sound feedback systems for performers rehearsing in an empty venue but where the present invention provides the acoustic environment to the performers as if the audience where present, the reproduction of an acoustic environment in a sound system or headphones such that the user is able to experience the music or sound being played as if the music or sound had been recorded in that acoustic environment, and the like. The present invention may provide for a way to characterize an acoustic environment that allows such reproductions of the acoustical environment in ways that are superior to existing methods. As the present invention is described herein, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be utilized across a broad range of acoustic environmental applications.
[008931 To better appreciate the methods and systems of the present invention, it may be useful to briefly describe an example of how such acoustical environments are currently modeled, in this case, for the acoustic design of a performance center. The acoustic design of a performance center has traditionally been based on the application of a number of standard ratios, many of which have been incorporated into ISO standards such as ISO 3382, that measure properties such as clarity (early to late arriving sound energy ratio, sometimes called Cy,x), definition (early to total sound energy ratio, sometimes called D>pc), Early Decay Time (EDT) and reverberation time (e.g., R60 is the time interval for a 60dB sound decay).
Design is also influenced by ratios of width to height, length to width and volume to seating area. These parameters are typically applied to measure the acoustic and physical characteristics of an auditorium as a whole, despite the fact that the perceived clarity, definition, and other attributes can vary widely from seat to seat in the auditorium and despite the fact that perceived sound can vary widely depending on the shape of the auditorium space. The parameters are also deficient in that they do not measure or describe pitch distribution and timbre, nor do they measure the actual Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 perception of sound as a multi-dimensional experience having a spatial and temporal balance, nor do they describe or predict the effect of changes in stage house shape and design, auditorium shape and design, scenery design, design and materials on the perceived ease of performance and quality of acoustics, and the like. The present invention uses parameters that measure sound as a multi-directional and multi-dimensional experience to more accurately measure and predict the acoustic characteristics of performance centers.
[00894] The method and system of the present invention is rooted in the measurement technique utilized, and as such we begin with a description of the present invention's sound measurement technique, and how it creates multi-dimensional sound signatures for a measurement location, and multi-dimensional sound signature records for the characterization of an acoustic space.
[00895] Referring to Fig. 1, an 'open' space is shown with what we will refer to as a sound initiation location (srL) 102 and a sound measurement location (SML) 104, where the open space is defined as an ideal space where there are no objects or media to cause a sound wave to propagate from the source, here referred to as the SIL 102, in any direction other than a straight line path, such as by reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, and the like. It should be noted that for the sake of simplicity, this disclosure will be restricted to changes in straight line path due to only reflection, but that one skilled in the art will recognize that other acoustic parameters may apply to examples herein. As shown, in the open space as defined, the only sound that reaches the SML 104 from the S1L 102 is by a direct path.
For instance, the SIL 102 may be a sound source, such as a person's voice or from a speaker, and the SML 104 may be a person's ear(s) or a microphone. In an example, the SEG 102 may be a performer and the SML 104 may be a listener, and the only sound that the listener hears is propagated directly from the performer to the listener.
In common terminology, this space may be considered a 'dead' space, as there are no reflections of sound being brought to the listener from any direction other than directly from the performer.
[00896] At this point, some definitions are called for in order to allow the following description to be clear and understandable, yet not limiting to the present invention in any way. In embodiments, what we refer to as a space may be a region encompassing an acoustic space, where all sounds are generated within the acoustic space. For example, a space may be a room, such as a theater, music hall, rehearsal Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 room, opera hall, ballet, performance room, gymnasium, sports arena, room in a home, room in a business, a hall, an alcove, an apartment, a cave, a lodging, amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, auditorium, cinema, coliseum, concert hall, playhouse, gallery, salon, church, casino, dance hall, inside an airplane, in a train, a room on a ship, and the like. A space may also be an acoustical space not defined by say the walls of a physical structure, such as in a room, including such acoustical spaces as an outdoor theater or amphitheater, an outdoor park, a valley, a mountain, a river, a gorge, an ocean, a beach, a march, a road, an airport, a train station, a ship yard, and the like.
[00897] In embodiments, the SIL 102 may include a sound source, such as a human voice, a musical instrument, siren, an animal noise, an effect of the weather or nature, background noise, and the like. In embodiments, the sm 102 may include a sound source being projected through a sound system, such as from a speaker, dodecahedral speaker, multi-directional speakers, full range speaker, subwoofer, woofer, mid-range driver, tweeter, horn loudspeakers, piezoelectric speakers, electrostatic loudspeakers, ribbon and planar magnetic loudspeakers, bending wave loudspeakers, flat panel loudspeakers, distributed mode loudspeakers, Heil air motion transducers, plasma arc speakers, through a sound amplifier, from a sound generator, a vibrating or oscillating mechanism, electric sound generator, and the like.
1008981 In embodiments, the SML 104 may include a way to measure, record, or perceive a received incident sound, such as by way of a human ear, an animal ear, a microphone, a sound measuring facility, and the like. In embodiments, a microphone may be a condenser, capacitor or electrostatic microphone, condenser microphone, dynamic microphone, carbon microphone, piezoelectric microphone, fiber optical microphone, laser microphone, liquid microphone, mems microphone, speakers as microphones, and the like. In embodiments, a sound measuring facility may include sound level meters, data logging sound level meter, integrating sound level meter, noise dosi meters, shock tube, hydrophone, frequency analyzers, graphic level recorder, magnetic tape recorders, and the like.
[00899] In embodiments, a sound, as the term is used herein, may be a mechanical vibration transmitted through an elastic medium, such as through a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma; the auditory effect of sound waves as transmitted or recorded by a particular system of sound reproduction; the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium;

Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 and the like, and may include 'sounds' that are both audible and inaudible to the human ear.
[009001 Referring again to Fig. 1, in this instance, the only sound that is received at the SML 104 from the S1L 102 is a direct sound. That is, there are no reflected sounds being received, or measured, at the SML 104.
[00901] Referring to Fig.2, in addition to the direct sound received at the SML 104 from the S1L 102, there is now a reflected sound that is initiated at the S11.
102, reflecting off a reflective surface 202, and reflected to the SML 104.
Note that the reflected sound path is longer in distance than the direct sound path, which results in a time delay between a sound reaching the SML 104 by the direct path vs.
the sound reaching the SML 104 by the reflected path. Fig. 3 shows a timing diagram 300 that illustrates this delayed timing relationship between the direct and reflected sound paths for a short duration idealized sound pulse as measured at the SML
104.
This time delay turns out to be an important aspect in the character of an acoustic environment, and is one of the dimensions that may be measured by the present invention in developing the multi-dimensional acoustic characterization for a space.
Note that this simple diagram is only meant to illustrate the timing delay, and for simplicity, shows the direct sound pulse terminating before the start of the reflected sound pulse. In this instance, an observer located at the SML 104 would hear two distinct sound pulses, one directly from the source and one reflected off a surface. In reality, and especially in a music venue, the direct and reflected sounds would indeed be delayed with respect to each other, but may be overlapped in occurrence, and it is this delay/overlapping that begins to reveal the acoustic character of the space, and where the present invention provides useful product.
[00902] In a further illustration, Fig. 4 shows two reflecting surfaces 202 that reflect the sound back to the SML 104 in addition to the direct sound.
Note in this instance the path length of each reflected wave is not only greater than the direct sound path, but are different from each other. Fig. 5 shows a multiple reflections timing diagram 500 showing the general relationship between the direct sound and the two reflected sounds. Here there is a first delay for the first reflected sound, and a second delay for the second reflected sound. As was the case in the last example, this diagram shows very short duration sound pulses, where a user listening at the SML
104 would now hear three distinct sounds, one for the direct sound pulse, one for the first reflection and one for the second reflection. As was the case in the last example, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 the sound generated at the SMI may be of a time duration such that the sound received at eh SML 104 may include an overlap of the direct sound and the first reflection, an overlap of the direct sound and both reflections, an overlap of the two reflections after the direct sound has diminished, and the like. In embodiments, the sequencing and overlapping of the direct sound with reflected sounds may contribute to the characterization of the acoustic space.
[00903] In embodiments, there may be a plurality of reflections associated with the physical configuration of the space, where the sequencing and overlap of the reflections and the direct sound together contribute to the characterization of the acoustic space. For instance, Fig. 6 shows a space configuration that shows five reflections arriving at the SML 104 in addition to the sound traveling directly from the SIL 102 to the SML 104. Here, a measurement device, or user, may experience a combination of the sounds from the plurality of reflections and the direct sound, and this combination may contribute to what may be regarded as a sound signature for that SML 104. In addition, and would be appreciated by one skilled in the art, that this sound signature may include other sound parameters that may be either determined by the sound source at the SIL 102 or by the environment of the space, such as loudness, frequency, harmonics, and the like. In embodiments, the combined measurement of each of these sound parameters, and others as described herein, may be considered to me various dimensions of the sound character as measured at the SML 104, and so as related to the sound character of the space. Fig. 7 shows an example of music hall where the SIL 102 is located in some performance space, and the SML 104 is located down in a location in the audience. Here, five representative reflected sounds are shown traveling from the SIL 102 to the SML 104. This diagram is also meant to show that the reflected sounds are traveling out from the SIL 102 in all directions and reflecting off the ceiling, floor, side wall, back wall, and the like, and arriving at the SM1, 104 from different directions. In addition, it will be appreciated, that sounds are reflecting off a plurality of surface features, architectural features, people, and the like, where each of the reflections may contribute to the sound signature as measured at the SML 104, [009041 Returning to a simpler instance, Fig. 8 again shows the direct sound path from the SIL 102 to the SML 104, and two reflected sounds arriving at the SML 104. However, this diagram is only meant to be illustrative of two representative reflected sounds, and so only shows two reflected sounds. In reality, it Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 can be appreciated, that these are but two of a continuum of the three dimensional sound waves that are propagating out from the SIL 102, out into the space, reflected off the surfaces of the space, and traveling back to the SML 104. In this way, there may be a plurality of reflected sounds being received at the SML 104 as the result of a sound generated at the SU, 102, all of which may contribute to the characterization of the acoustic space. Fig. 9 illustrates a simplified diagram of this case, where a measurement facility of the present invention may measure sounds from a plurality of directions 902 as incident upon the SML 104. In embodiments, the present invention may measure the sound incident upon the SML 104 in the three special dimensions, such as separated by an angular displacement, and as such, covering the sound incident upon the SML 104 from all directions. In this way, the present invention may include the three spatial dimensions as sound signature dimensions in the overall measurement of sound signature. In embodiments, the present invention may measure the sound incident upon the SM1, 104 as a multi-dimensional sound signature, including not only the spatial dimensions of the incident sound, but also sound parameters such as frequency, loudness, quality, and the like, and all measured as the sound generated at the SIL 102 is received at the SML 104 over time from the direct and all reflected sounds. In embodiments, the present invention may measure a multi-dimensional sound signature for the SML 104 as a result of a sound generated at the SIL 102, including sound direction, amplitude, intensity, attenuation, frequency, frequency distribution, pitch, time, time lag, time delay, loudness at a frequency, clarity, definition, timbre, arrival time, azimuth, elevation path length, reverberation time (RT), integrated energy, sound pressure, early decay time (EDT), early to late arriving sound energy ratio, early to total sound energy ratio, early-to-late sound index, early lateral energy fraction ELF), total relative sound level (G), and the like.
In embodiments, the sound as generated at the Sit 102 may be audible, inaudible, multi-frequency, single frequency, varied over time, initiated by a user, a sound system (as described herein), and the like. In embodiments, the space may be unoccupied, occupied, occupied by an audience, occupied by material approximating an audience, and the like. In embodiments, the sound may not initiated but is a sound source inherent to the space, generated by at least one sound source inherent to the space, initiated by at least one sound source inherent to the space, and the like, 1009051 In an example embodiment of a multi-dimensional sound signature, a set of measurements for a space we will refer to as the 'Great Hall' arc provided in Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 Table 1 for an SML 104 on the left side of the Great Hall's auditorium and Table 2 for an ENfL 104 on the right side of the Great hall, where the SlL 102 is at the center of the stage twelve feet away from the rear wall of the stage. The measurement data is for 14 reflections, and the dimensions are for mmum (min) and maximum (max) for time (T in ms), azimuth angle (Az in degrees), elevation angle (El in degrees), and level difference (A in dB). The data for Table 1 is plotted graphically 1000 in Fig. 10. In embodiments, the number of reflections required may vary for the room, such as only needing 2, 3, 5, 15,20, and the hie reflections to characterize the space. In embodiments, the present invention may only need a small number of key reflections to provide the proper characterization for the space. In embodiments, the use of values provided in Table 1 and/or Table 2 may be used with the embodiments descnbed herein. For instance, the values, or a subset of the values, as provided in Table 1 and Table 2, may be used in the design of a new space, the redesign of an existing space, the simulation of a hypothetical space, and the like, as described herein, in ordez to make that space have a more pleasing acoustical character.
Togo nen Aunts Azmai Rinds Rho= Ands Amex R1. tow 0.5 1.5 -5 0 6 -6 -7.4 -7.0 82 elde left 5.0 30.7 19 73 2 6 -10.8 -0.1 83 side thlte 7.9 34.8 -76 22 2 5 -10.5 -03 84 upper left 25.4 69.1 26 77 28 50 .. -16.6 -2.5 85 Vim *id 28.7 71.4 -79 -29 27 47 -16.4 -2.7 84 caw 39.4 839 -36 0 45 83 -17.8 -3.2 R7 ceiling caw left 43.0 92.5 19 73 42 70 -18.8 -3.7 RS calling ainer right 45.3 92.8 -76 -22 42 66 -18.7 -3.8 85 rasr veall 7.2 175.3 -180 -175 1 2 -23.7 -0.8 1110 gide-rear left 11.8 179.8 -202 -190 1 2 -24.2 -15 811 side-rear right 14.6 179.5 -168 -155 1 2 -24.2 -1.7 812 upper earner rear left 31.1 192.0 -208 494 17 27 -24.9 -3.2 813 uppix comer reerright 34.3 191.5 -164 -149 17 27 -24.9 -33 R14 edisreeet 44.6 198.3 -180 .175 27 43 -25.0 -3.8 Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11 Table 1 Twit Tim Annaba Mom Zhu Ibsen An& Amax RI tom 0.5 1.5 0 5 -6 -6 -7.5 -7.0 R2 side left 7.9 34.8 22 76 2 5 -10.5 -0.9 R3 side right 5.0 30.7 -73 -19 2 6 -10.8 -0.7 14 upper left 28.7 71.4 29 79 27 47 -16.4 -2.7 R5 uPPer chit 23.4 69.1 -77 -26 28 SO -16.6 -2.5 R6 main 39.4 83.9 0 36 45 rzt -17.8 -32 R7 ceiling caner left 453 92.8 22 76 42 66 -18.7 -3.8 RS cans comer right 43.0 92.5 -73 -19 42 70 -18.8 -3.7 R9 rear wall 72 173.3 175 180 1 2 -23.7 -0.8 1118 *lam left 14.6 179.5 155 168 1 2 -742 -1.7 R11 sidegetaniabt 11.8 179.8 190 202 1 2 -24.2 -1.5 1112 tipper maw rear left 34.3 191.5 149 164 17 27 -24.9 -3.3 R.13 upper =Derr= right 31.1 192.0 194 208 17 27 -24.9 -3.2 1114 eeiling-our 44.6 198.3 175 180 27 43 -25.0 -3.8 Table 2 [0096] We shall now provide a brief description of the Great Hall as paspective in relation to the values provided in Tables 1 and 2. In its basic description, the "Great Hair.
is an elongated cross-shape form. Its volume may be set to provide 2.5 seconds of reverberation under occupied conditions. Its dimensicois (length, width, height) have been carelhlly set to create an army of sound reflections to maximize the sahjective impressions of sound, such as for example, 43 feat wide, 92 feet loug, and 60 feet high (also referred to as the "bank room"). The listener may receive a greater number of tire optimal reflections if there is an extension from this basic room on the entity long sides, such as 11 feet up from the floor extending 40 feet up, and extending 8 feet outward ftum the basic room.
For an Individual listener, there may be certain combinations of sound reflection timing, direction, and amplitude (relative to the direct sound) that produce the particularly pleasing sound quality. In embodiments, there may be a very limited number of combinations.
In embodimoits, it may be possible to design a room for which a large number of listen= will experience particularity pleasing sound quality, not just a kw listeners.
[00907] In embodiments, at the lowest level, the zoom may be a ntuxow rectangle with a flat floor, where most of the audience is seating. The bottom rectangle may allow the creation of strong early frontal lateral reflections, such as may fall within 30ms for all seats after the direct sound arrival, and rear lateral reflections which may reach the listeners ears from behind. At the lowest level, the room may be a narrow rectangle with a flat floor, where most of the audience is seating. The bottom rectangle may allow for the creation of strong only frontal lateral reflections, such as falling within 30ms for all seats after the direct sound arrival, and rear lateral reflections which may reach the listeners ears from behind. These early reflections may have a primary role in the sensed= of early envelopment (subjective source width) and intimacy. The choice of a flat floor may have the effect, as the listener moved towards the rear, to bring to the same level of amplitude the reflections created by the room geometry with the direct sound attenuated with distance. This may have the effect to increase the sensation of envelopment and intimacy from the center to the rear. In an example, the choice of a 46' wide zoom at the bottom may ensure that all the audience members may benefit from the early lateral reflections on both left and right sides. The choice of a flat floor may have the effect, as the listener moved towards the rear, to bring to the same level of amplitude the reflections created by the room geometry with the direct sound attenuated with distance. This may have the effect to increase the sensation of envelopment and intimacy from the center to the rear. The choice of a 46' wide room at the bottom ensues that all the audience members will benefit from the early lateral reflections on both left and tight sides.
[00908] In embodiments, the room may then extend out in cross-section to create 2 zipper comers. These may be set in space to generate upper lateral reflections coining from the sides with a 45 down angle but also from the 3D comers at the rear, to augment the sensation of "late envelopment These reflections may be set in time, amplitude and incidence to balanoe the lateml reflections created by the bottom rectangle of the room with the sensation of envelopment not only from the bottom but also from the top of the zoom and therefore to create an enhanced surround sound efket (these extensions on the sides may compensate for the inherent tin-balance of lower versus upper lateral sound that may occur in a pure shoebox ball of the mac scale). In embodiments, the geometry may then reduce in cross-section to create a top hat too encapsulate the vokirne for reverberation. The upper walls may be kept parallel to maximize the number of reflections occurring in the top hat for reverberation effect (00909] In embodiments, the described geometry and dimensions may have been set to create 14 key sound reflection; for every audience member, which may form the basis of an array of subsequent sound reflections which constitute the base of the resulting acoustic response of the room.
(009103 The acoustics of the "Great Hall" may therefore be characterized by a reverberated sound combined with clarity and intimacy due to the proximity of the audience to sound inflective surfaces everywhere in the ball and the channe.ling of sound created by the side walls, and high envelopment due to the careful location of sound reflective walls and comers to create sound reflections surrounding the audience.
(00911] In another example embodiment of a multi-dimensional sound signature, a set of meamnements for a space we will refer to as the 'Jewel Box' are provided in Table 3 for an SAC 104 on the left aide of the Jewel Box's radii:ark= and Table 4 for an Sh4L 104 on the right side of the Jewel Box, where the S1L 102 is at the center of the stage, five feet away from the rear of the stage. The measurement data is for 17 reflections, and the dimensions are for minimum (min) and maximum (max) for time a in ma), azimuth angle (Az in degrees), elevation angle (El in degrees), and level difference (A in dB). The data for Table 1 is plotted graphically 1100 in Fig. 11. In embodiments, the number of reflections requited may vary for the room, such as only needing 2, 3, 5, 15, 20, and the bite reflections to characterize the space. In embodiments, the present invention may only need a small number of key reflections to provide the proper characterization for the space. In embodiments, the ose of values provided in Table I and/or Table 2 may be used with the embodiments described herein. For instance, the values, or a subset of the values, as provided in Table 1 and Table 2, may be used in the design of a new apace, the redesign of an existing space, the simulation of a hypothetical space, and the hire, as described herein, in order to make that space have a more pleasing acoustical character.
Mhz Tat= AZIO11 Minn ghida Um Amin Amax TU floor 0.8 1.9 -36 0 -26 -12 -7.8 -7.1 It2 taut 7.0 8.9 -29 0 2 6 -5.7 -2.1 13 side left 3.2 22.1 27 71 2 5 -10.2 -1.1 R4 aide right 10.6 28.0 -76 -38 2 3 -102 -2.5 ft5 Mt 8.3 67.3 -180 -167 2 2 -17.8 -2.0 16 side-rear left 10.9 73.3 -213 -194 1 2 -18.9 -2.9 _ R7 Eldarear dght 17.6 73.3 -158 -139 1 2 -18.9 4.1 RS ceiling 19.3 35.0 -46 0 41 16 -13.1 -3.8 R9 ceSing-cerner left 215 44.5 27 71 41 63 45.2 -43 110 ceiling-corner right VA 46.8 -75 -38 37 54 -15.2 -5.4 R11 ceang-rear 25.2 79.1 -180 -167 30 43 -19.5 -5.0 112 Me-skit left 23.3 52.2 52 80 1 2 -16.3 -4.8 1/3 dde-side rigid 33.8 58.5 -82 -57 1 2 -16.3 -6.2 114 ftont-elde left 11.3 25.9 22 58 2 4 -11.6 -3.0 BLS freneeide right 17.9 31.0 -65 -32 2 3 -11.6 4.1 R16 ceiling-reer-side left 273 84.3 -213 -194 .. 28 .. 40 .. -20.4 -

5.8 117 cialing-reer-side right 32.8 84.3 -158 -139 27 38 -20.4 -

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7.8 -7.1 R2 freer 7.0 8.9 0 29 2 6 -5.7 -2.1 13 side left 10.6 28.0 38 76 2 3 -10.2 -2.5 14 side right 32 22.1. -71 -27 2 5 -10.2 -1.1 RS I= 83 673 167 180 2 2 -17.8 -2.0 16 aide-rear left 17.6 733 139 158 1 2 -18.9 -4.1 17 side-rear right 10.9 73.3 194 213 1 2 -18.9 -2.9 R8 ceiling 19.3 35.0 0 46 47 76 -13.1 -3.8 19 ceiling-corm left 27.4 46.8 38 75 37 54 -15.2 -5.4 110 ceiling-con= right 21.5 44.6 -71 -27 41 63 -15.2 -4.5 R11 cealing-seer 25.2 79.1 167 180 30 43 -19.5 -5.0 112 side-aide left 33.8 58.5 57 82 1 2 -16.3 .6.2 113 aide-side right 2.3.3 52.2 -80' -32 1 2 -16.3 -4.8 11.14 ftont-side left 17.9 31.0 32 65 2 3 -11.6 41 115 itcat-ide right 113 25_9 -58 -22 2 4 -11.6 -3.0 116 cellintreareide left 32.8 84.3 139 158 27 38 -20.4 -6.6 117 ceiling-inneelde right 27.3 843 194 213 28 40 -20.4 -5.8 Table 4 [00912] We shall now provide a brief description of the Jewel Box as perspective in relation to the valises provided in Tables 3 and 4. The shape of the "Jewel Box" may be rectangular. Its volume may be set to provide 2.0 seconds of reverberation under occupied conditions. Its dimensions length, width, height may have beei set to create an array of sound reflections to maximiie the subjective impressions of Banal. In embodim.ents, the Jewel Box room dinuarsions may be 52 ft by 36 ft by 26 ft in height. The width is mach as to keep lateral reflection within 30 ma The heightiwiddinsio may be dose to unity so that the ceding corners create , cue-ball reflections with angle of incidence close to 450 on average across the audience area, and so that these reflections reach the audience just after the side wall reflections (e.g. 20 ¨ 40ms time frame). In embodiments, the room may have a flat floor and its length is 55" to maintain strong reflections from the rear.
[00913] In embodiments, the described geometry and dimensions may have been set to create 17 key sound reflections for every audience member, which may form the basis of an array of subsequent sound reflections which constitute the base of the resulting acoustic response of the room.
[00914] The "Jewel Box" dimensions and simple geometry may therefore result in sound reflections that may surround the audience members. The acoustical result may be a loud and reverberant acoustics due to its high volume per seat and smaller dimensions and with clear, intimate and enveloping sound because of the optimized reflection timing.
[009151 Fig. 12 provides an embodiment flow diagram 1200 for the present invention, where the sound is generated at a single SIL 102 and measured at a single SML 104. In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined for a location within a space by measuring the multi-dimensional sound signature, where the measuring may include initiating a sound at a first location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space to form for such second location the multi-dimensional sound signature.
Further, the multi-dimensional sound signature may be stored using a storage medium. Alternately, a multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined for a location within a space, where the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions, by measuring the multi-dimensional sound signature, where the measuring may include initiating a sound at a first location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space to form for such second location the multi-dimensional sound signature, and storing the multi-dimensional sound signature using a storage medium. In another alternate embodiment, a sound at a first location in a space may be initiated, measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature for the second location in the space. In another alternate embodiment, a sound may be initiated at a first location in a space, measuring more than one Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 dimension of the resulting sound at a second location in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature for the second location in the space where the multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00916] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of a plurality of sound vectors, each representing the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions, and each including the time lag and loudness at a frequency from the direction. The multi-dimensional sound signature may consist of a plurality of sound vectors, each representing the incidence of sound at the second location from a direction defined by three spatial dimensions, and each including the time lag and loudness from the direction. The dimensions may include direction defined by three spatial dimensions, time lag, amplitude, and the like. The more than one dimension may include loudness amplitude and time-lag defined by three spatial dimensions. A dimension may be the difference in the timing of arrival of sound at the second location from different directions A dimension may be the difference between the timing of arrival of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. A dimension may be the difference in the amplitude of the sound arriving at the second location from different directions. A dimension may be the difference between the amplitude of reflected sound versus sound traveling directly from the first location to the second location. The multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. The multi-dimensional sound signature may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. The multi-dimensional sound signature may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signature defines a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00917] In embodiments, representations of a multi-dimensional sound signature may include measured values are represented by a vector diagram, where the length of the vector in the vector diagram may represent loudness, the direction of the vector in the vector diagram may represent the incident angle of the incoming sound, the color of the vector in the vector diagram may represent time lag, and the Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 like. In embodiments, the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature may be made at different angles, such as repeating measurements at specific degree increments, making the measurement at increments of approximately a certain angle, making the measurement at angular separation granulation for vector representation of a given angle, and the like, where the angle may be 10 degrees, 15 degrees, 20 degrees, and the like. In embodiments, the sound signature may be represented as a time series of distinct sound waves representing initial arrival of reflected sound from different directions. In embodiments, a preferred multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by defining acceptable timing and amplitude ranges for a series of sound waves arriving at a location.
[009181 In embodiments, a space may be an open or a closed space, such as in the outdoors or in a closed room, hall, and such. A space may include both a stage and an auditorium, both a performance location and a performance observation location, a stage and the first and second location both located on the stage, only a stage, only a performance location, less than all of the volume of the structure housing the space, a subset of the structure housing the space, and the like. In embodiments, the space may be an ante room, choir box, ball court, organ church, Bach organ church, is a basilica, baroque opera house, opera house, cathedral, amphitheater, conference room, office, gymnasium, movie theater, vehicle interior, automobile interior, aircraft interior, train interior, marine interior, public space, airport, train station, subway station, hospital, a great hall, a jewel box, a music salon, a ballroom, an oratorio, and the like. In embodiments, an example of a great hall space may have the dimensions of 43 feet wide, 92 feet long, and 60 feet high. In embodiments, an example of a jewel box space may have the dimensions of 52 feet wide, 36 feet long, and 26 feet high. In embodiments, an example of a music salon may have the dimensions of 26 feet wide, 36 feet long, and 16 feet high. In embodiments, an example of a ballroom may have the dimensions of 26 feet wide, 62 feet long, and 16 feet high. In embodiments, an example of an oratorio may be 26 feet wide, 62 feet long, and 40 feet high.
[009191 In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature for a sound initiated an SIL 102 may be measured at a plurality of different SMLs 104, such as illustrated in Fig. 13, and where the measurements taken at the different SMLs are combined into a single multi-dimensional sound signature composite. For example, a speaker is placed at an SIL 102 to producing a sound for measurement Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 (which may consist of any of the dimensions described herein), such as where a singer would stand during a performance. A sound measuring facility may then be placed each of a plurality of locations, such as where audience members would be seated during the performance. The multi-dimensional sound signature for each SML 104 may then be combined to create a multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In this way, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may provide a characteristic sound signature for a listening area, as opposed to a multi-dimensional sound signature for a single SML 104. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may enable the characterization across a number of SMLs 104, such as in providing an average of specific dimensions, a range of specific dimensions, a figure of merit associated with certain profiles of dimensions such as related to multi-dimensional sound signatures from other spaces or from the same space from a different time or different set of circumstances, and the like.
In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may enable the present invention to characterize the listening environment for an acoustic venue, such as an indoor or outdoor venue, a sports venue, an entertainment venue, a manmade environment, a natural environment, and the like. In embodiments, one could image a great number of applications for using a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, such as to design a new venue to reproduce the signature of a known venue, re-design a venue, re-create the acoustic environment for rehearsal or entertainment facilities, and the like, such as described herein.
100920] Fig. 14 provides an embodiment flow diagram 1400 for the present invention, where the sound is generated at a single SIL 102 and measured at a plurality of SWILs 104. In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space may be created by determining a multi-dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the space, where each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at a constant location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the space. Further, the multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored for each of the plurality of locations using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
Alternately, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created for a space, where the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions by determining a multi-Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 dimensional sound signature for each of a plurality of locations in the space.
Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at a constant location in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at each of the plurality of locations in the space. The multi-dimensional sound signatures for each of the plurality of locations may then be stored by using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
In another alternate embodiment, storing in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations with the space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the space. In another alternate embodiment, storing in a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for a space the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a plurality of locations with the space in respect of sound initiated at a source location within the space, where the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may defines a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In another alternate embodiment, a sound may be initiated at a first location in a space, measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements for each other location in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
In an alternate embodiment, a sound may be initiated at a first location in a space, measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements for each other location in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space.
The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00921] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, stored in a database, and the like. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the plurality of locations from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the plurality of locations from a plurality of incidence directions and where the tonal distribution may include a high-frequency drop-off that is greater than the masking effect of air. In embodiments, the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a repeat process, such as repeating measurements at a specific degree increments, the measurement is repeated at increments of approximately a certain angle, the angular separation granulation for vector representation is a given angle, and the like, where the angle may be 10 degrees, 15 degrees, 20 degrees, and the like.
[009221 In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature for a sound initiated at a plurality of SILs 102 may be measured at a single SML 104, such as illustrated in Fig. 15, and where the measurements taken as a result of sound generated at the plurality of SMLs 104 are combined into a single multi-dimensional sound signature composite. For example, a speaker is placed at a plurality of SILs 102 to produce a sound for measurement (which may consist of any of the dimensions described herein), such as where a performing group would stand during a performance. A sound measuring facility may then be placed at the SML 104, such as at a select location where an audience member would be seated during the performance. The multi-dimensional sound signature, as a result of the plurality of SILs 102, may then be combined to create a multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In this way, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may provide a characteristic sound signature for a sound generation area, such as a performance area, as opposed to a multi-dimensional sound signature for a single SML 104 from a single SIL 102. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may enable the characterization across a number of SILs 102, such as in providing an average of specific dimensions, a range of specific dimensions, a figure of merit associated with certain profiles of dimensions such as related to multi-dimensional sound signatures from other spaces or from the same Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 space from a different time or different set of circumstances, and the like.
In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may enable the present invention to characterize the sound environment for an acoustic venue, such as an indoor or outdoor venue, a sports venue, an entertainment venue, a manmade environment, a natural environment, and the like. In embodiments, one could image a great number of applications for using a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, such as to design a new venue to reproduce the signature of a known venue, re-design a venue, re-create the acoustic environment for rehearsal or entertainment facilities, and the like, such as described herein, In embodiments, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the combining of measurements may include any combination of isolated or simultaneous SIL 102 activations, such a generating sound from a single S1L 102 at a time, from all SILs 102 at once, from multiple of Sits 102 at a time, and the like, and then combining the measurements to create the multi-dimensional sound signature composite. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may also be used to determine the ambient or baseline multi-dimensional sound signature for a space, where the sound sources are the sound sources inherent to the space.
[00923] Fig. 16 provides an embodiment flow diagram 1600 for the present invention, where the sound is generated at a multiple Sits 102 and measured at a single SW, 104. In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be created for a space, where the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions, by determining a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location in the space. Each multi-dimensional sound signature may be determined by initiating a sound at one of a plurality of other locations in the space and measuring more than one dimension of the resulting sound at the location in the space.
The multi-dimensional sound signatures may then be stored using a storage medium to form the multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. In an alternate embodiment, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be stored for a space the multi-dimensional sound signatures for a location within the space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the space. In another alternate embodiment, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite of the multi-dimensional sound signatures may be stored for a space for a location within the space in respect of sound initiated at a plurality of source locations within the space, Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 where the multi-dimensional sound signatures may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. In another alternative embodiment, more than one dimension of the sound at a location may be measured in a space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space. In another alternative embodiment, more than one dimension of the sound may be measured at a location in a space resulting from sound initiated at a plurality of other locations in the space, and storing the measurements in a storage medium to form a multi-dimensional sound signature composite for the space, where the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions.
[00924] In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may be a data record, a table, a database, and the like. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to sound reaching each location without reflection. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may associate a timing range for each incidence direction following reflection relative to a time in which the sound was created. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite define a preferential timing for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define an amplitude range for each incidence direction. The multi-dimensional sound signatures in the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may define a preferential order for reception of sound from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the plurality of locations from a plurality of incidence directions. The multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include information about the tonal distribution of sound reaching the plurality of locations from a plurality of incidence directions and the tonal distribution includes a high-frequency drop-off that is greater than the masking effect of air. In embodiments, the creation of a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may include a repeat process, such as repeating measurements at a specific degree increments, the measurement is repeated at increments of approximately a certain angle, the angular separation granulation for vector representation is a given Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 angle, and the like, where the angle may be 10 degrees, 15 degrees, 20 degrees, and the like.
[00925] In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature for a sound initiated at a plurality or SILs 102 may be measured at a plurality of SMLs 104, such as illustrated in Fig_ 17, and where the measurements taken as a result of sound generated at the plurality of SMLs 104 are combined into a multi-dimensional sound signature composite. For example, a speaker is placed at a plurality of SILs 102 to produce a sound for measurement (which may consist of any of the dimensions described herein), such as where a performing group would stand during a performance. A sound measuring facility may then be placed at each of the SMLs 104, such as at select locations where an audience member would be seated during the performance. The multi-dimensional sound signatures as measured by each of the plurality of SMLs 104, and as a result of the sound generated at the plurality of Sits 102, may then be combined to create a multi-dimensional sound signature composite.
In this way, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may provide a characteristic sound signature for space, such as a combination of a performance area and a listening area. In embodiments, the multi-dimensional sound signature composite may enable the characterization across a plurality of SILs 102 for a plurality of SMLs 104, such as in providing an average of specific dimensions, a range of specific dimensions, a figure of merit associated with certain profiles of dimensions such as related to multi-dimensional sound signatures from other spaces or from the same space from a different time or different set of circumstances, and the like. In embodiments, a multi-dimensional sound signature composite may enable the present invention to characterize the sound environment for an acoustic venue, such as an indoor or outdoor venue, a sports venue, an entertainment venue, a manmade environment, a natural environment, and the like. In embodiments, one could image a great number of applications for using a multi-dimensional sound signature composite, such as to design a new venue to reproduce the signature of a known venue, re-design a venue, re-create the acoustic environment for rehearsal or entertainment facilities, and the like, such as described herein. In embodiments, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the combining of measurements may include any combination of isolated or simultaneous SIL 102 activations, such a generating sound from a single Sit 102 at a time, from all SIT s 102 at once, from multiple of SILs 102 at a time, and the like, and then combining the measurements to create the multi-Date Recue/Date Received 2020-11-05 DEMANDES OU BREVETS VOLUMINEUX
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Claims

CLAIMS:
I. A computer-based method for reproducing an acoustic environment, the method comprising:
accessing, by an acoustic processing facility, a computer stored multi-dimensional sound profile of a first space, wherein the multi-dimensional sound profile of the first space includes at least one multi-dimensional sound signature, the at least one multi-dimensional sound signature comprising a time-based sound reflection sequence within the first space for at least two sound parameters; and modifying, by said acoustic processing facility, a characteristic of an array of speakers in a second space to change the multi-dimensional sound profile in the second space to resemble at least one characteristic of the computer stored multi-dimensional sound profile of the first space.
2. The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the acoustic processing facility performs the step of modifying the characteristic and the characteristic is at least one of a volume characteristic, a frequency characteristic, a sound quality characteristic, or a signal timing characteristic.
3. The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the acoustic processing facility provides instructions to execute the step of modifying the characteristic and the characteristic is at least one of a location characteristic of at least one speaker of the array of speakers or a direction characteristic of at least one speaker of the array of speakers.
4. The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the second space is a movie theater.
5. The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the at least two sound parameters are selected from a group consisting of amplitude, frequency, and sound quality.
6. The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein modifying the characteristic of the array of speakers utilizes a computer-based measuring device to measure a multi-dimensional sound profile in the second space.
7. The computer-based method of claim 6, wherein the multi-dimensional sound profile in the second space is compared to the multi-dimensional sound profile of the first space.
8. The computer-based method of claim 7, wherein the measurement is made at an audience location in the second space.

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9. The computer-based method of claim 7, wherein the comparison includes comparison of a loudness characteristic.
10. The computer-based method of claim 7, wherein the comparison includes comparison of a sound quality characteristic.
11. The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the time-based sound reflection sequence comprises primary and secondary reflection from a single sound source.
12. A system comprising: an acoustic processing facility comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the acoustic processing facility configured to: access a computer stored multi-dimensional sound profile of a first space, wherein the multi-dimensional sound profile of the first space includes at least one multi-dimensional sound signature, the at least one multi-dimensional sound signature comprising a time-based sound reflection sequence within the first space for at least two sound parameters; and modify a characteristic of an array of speakers in a second space to change the multi-dimensional sound profile in the second space to imitate at least one characteristic of the computer stored multi-dimensional sound profile in the first space.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the acoustic processing facility is adapted to modify the characteristic and the characteristic is at least one of a volume characteristic, a frequency characteristic, a sound quality characteristic, or a signal timing characteristic.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the acoustic processing facility is adapted to provide instructions to execute the step of modifying the characteristic and the characteristic is at least one of a location characteristic of at least one speaker of the array of speakers or a direction characteristic of at least one speaker of the array of speakers.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the second space is a movie theater.
16. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least two sound parameters are selected from a group consisting of amplitude, frequency, and sound quality.

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17. The system of claim 12, wherein modifying a characteristic of the array of speakers utilizes a computer-based measuring device to measure a multi-dimensional sound profile in the second space.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the multi-dimensional sound profile in the second space is compared to the multi-dimensional sound profile of the first space.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the measurement is made at an audience location in the second space.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein the comparison includes comparison of a loudness characteristic.
21. The system of claim 18, wherein the comparison includes comparison of a sound quality characteristic.
22. The system of claim 12, wherein the time-based sound reflection sequence comprises primary and secondary reflection from a single sound source.

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