EP0029474A1 - Audio-visual display system - Google Patents
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- EP0029474A1 EP0029474A1 EP19790302703 EP79302703A EP0029474A1 EP 0029474 A1 EP0029474 A1 EP 0029474A1 EP 19790302703 EP19790302703 EP 19790302703 EP 79302703 A EP79302703 A EP 79302703A EP 0029474 A1 EP0029474 A1 EP 0029474A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63J—DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
- A63J17/00—Apparatus for performing colour-music
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
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- This invention relates to audio-visual display systems, and more particularly to systems in which the production of music or other sound is accompanied by the production of images on a screen in response to the sound.
- An audio-visual display system of this kind may comprise a plurality of channels each having a filter unit to provide an electrical output signal in response to a selected band of audio frequency input, the different channels being responsive to different bands and connected to separate lamps or sets of lamps which are arranged to project different images on a screen, whereby the different images are produced in response to variations in audio frequencies supplied to the filter units.
- An important part of the system of the present invention is the final display part, since the quality of the system will be judged by the subjective impression of the images which the viewer receives. It has been found that a particularly desirable effect is produced by using a concave screen, preferably parabolic, and arranging the lamps to project the images across the concave surface, preferably from the periphery of the screen.
- the lamps are preferably arranged around a sector of the periphery, whereby the images appear to emanate from that sector. However, they could be arranged at the centre of the screen so as to radiate the light outwardly across the surface.
- the lamps preferably incorporate non-laminar coloured light-transmitting elements of glass, crystal, or preferably gemstones, through which the light passes so as to provide coloured patterned images by refraction or from natural internal striations in the element.
- the lamps are of at least two sorts; one sort incorporating elements as described above, and another sort providing a relatively diffuse image by transmission of light through coloured sheet filters (the sheet being separate from the lamp or part of the lamp envelope itself).
- Another sort of lamp may provide coloured light emanating from one or more openings in a generally opaque lamp housing the openings being small in relation to the lamp so as to provide relatively narrow beams of light.
- the lamps are preferably arranged so that highest and lowest audio frequencies are predominantly in the central region of the display, while the intermediate frequencies are predominantly represented by lamps producing images in the outer regions of the display or distributed over the area of the display.
- the lamps .incorporating said elements are used predominantly for the middle to higher range of audio frequencies, and lamps producing other images are used for the lower frequency range and possibly also for the highest frequency range.
- the lamps are arranged in at least two rows at different distances from the surface of the screen.
- the filter units of the system can be arranged so that the audio frequency response of adjacent channels overlap each other, preferably to produce as nearly as practicable a smooth response over the audio frequency spectrum.
- the system may include an amplifier unit arranged to vary the intensity of illumination in response to the amplitude of the audio input signal. There may also be an automatic gain control to limit the output signal to the lamps and compensate for non-linear response of the lamps to variations in current. Additionally or alternatively the amplifier may have a logarithmic response, arranged to compress the dynamic range of the audio signal.
- the apparatus may therefore include a lamp providing an overall relatively low level of illumination rif the screen.
- the screen comprises a shallow dome 14, which is arranged horizontally above the viewer; for example, it may be set in the ceiling of a room or suspended from the ceiling.
- the dome is preferably of parabolic curvature.
- An upwardly opening trough 15 extends around the periphery of the dome, and in a sector of the trough (marked A-A in Fig. 1) are mounted the lamps. Typically, this sector may extend around one third of the circumference.
- the trough thus prevents the lamps from beirg seen directly by the viewer, but its open top allows the light to be projected onto the screen.
- Well below the dome there may be provided a lamp 16 on a stand 17, arranged to throw a circular pool of light over the area of the dome. However this feature is optional and may be omitted if desired. It is intended to provide a very low level of illumination of the dome when the sound signal is zero.
- the lamps 18 are arranged in the trough in three rows X, Y and Z, at different distances from the surface of the dome. Those nearest the surface, in row X, direct their light across the surface of the dome, producing elongate images, whereas those furthest from the surface, in row Z, direct their light at the surface of the dome producing more localised and sometimes sharper images.
- Fig. 2 shows various sorts of lamp housing which are more particularly illustrated in Fig. 3.
- the bulb 19 is carried in a conventional holder 20 which can be mounted within the trough 15 using suitable. brackets (not shown).
- a cylindrical housing 20 fits slidably over the bulb.
- the sides of the housing are opaque, but the end 21 is open or covered by a light transmitting sheet, which can be coloured (if the bulb itself is not coloured) so that an unfocussed shaft of coloured light emerges from the end 21.
- Fig. 3(b) shows an alternative housing in which the end 21 is closed by a wall having an aperture in which is fitted one or more light-transmitting elements 22 of coloured glass, crystal or gemstone.
- Gemstones are preferred because they have internal striations which provide distinct patterns on the surface of the dome.
- Typical gemstones for this purpose are ruby, topaz, aquamarine, alexandrite, amethyst, garnet, peridot, spinel, sapphire and emerald.
- the stones are preferably cut and may be mounted with the flat face outwards or inwards to give different effects.
- Fig. 3(c) shows an alternative housing in which the end 21 is closed and narrow slots 23 or other small openings are provided in the walls giving relatively narrow beams of light.
- Fig. 3(d) shows an alternative housing in which the end 21 is closed and a relatively large opening 24 is provided in the side wall to give a more diffuse beam of light.
- the lamps are arranged at various angles in the trough 15, as suggested in Fig. 2, to give desired images on the surface of the dome.
- the housings can be rotated to adjust the images.
- the electronic circuitry for controlling the lamps 18 in accordance with an audio input signal can be generally conventional. A suitable arrangement is shown in Fig. 5.
- the audio signal (e.g. from a gramophone, tape recorder, radio or microphone) is supplied at an input 30 to a preamplifier 32, which has a logarithmic response in order to compress the dynamic range of the audio signal, so that a pleasing display is seen for both loud and quiet inputs, and to limit the output to the lamps and to account for non-linear response of the lamps to variations in current.
- the preamplifier 32 may have an automatic gain control for similar reasons.
- the audio signal is now split into a plurality of parallel channels, each sensitive to a particular frequency band.
- the number of channels can vary. For example, there may be twelve channels, each driving several of the lamps. The best results are obtained, however, with a large number of channels, such as forty-eight, each responsive to only a comparatively narrow band of the audible spectrum and each driving only one or perhaps two of the lamps.
- Each channel has a filter 36 by means of which the frequency band to which that channel is responsive is set. Where there is a large number of channels, the bandwidth of a channel is preferably relatively narrow, and some or all channels may respond to only one or two notes of the musical scale.
- the bandwidth is a little wider than about a semitone or tone, to allow for variations in the accuracy of tuning of the input signal.
- a bandwidth of 1/8 octave may be suitable.
- the response of the filter falls away sharply at the edges of the desired frequency band, and preferably there is a slight overlap between adjacent frequency bands.
- a filter with a high value of Q is desirable.
- a particularly suitable filter is the type known as "state variable", which is described in an article on page 62 of the magazine Electronics Today International, June 1976.
- a Motorola MC3403 Quad operational amplifier integrated circuit was used in this embodiment.
- the exact parameters of the filters can be variable, to permit presetting of the system to give best results.
- the filter 36 is preceded by an amplifier 34.
- the gain of this amplifier is variable so that the overall level of the lamps driven by each channel can be preset.
- the filter is followed by an AC to DC converter 37, which rectifies the audio signal to give a DC signal dependent on the amplitude of the audio signal.
- This DC signal controls the length of the unstable period of a monostable 38, which acts on a triac lamp control circuit 42 through a trigger amplifier 40 in well known manner.
- the triac supplies current to the lamp for a proportion of the mains AC cycle which is controlled by the duration of the unstable period of the monostable.
- the brightness of each lamp 18 thus varies with the amplitude of the audio signal in the corresponding channel.
- FIG. 1 A rough indication of the kind of display produced is shown at 16 in Fig. 1.
- the beams of light emanate from the sector of the dome periphery opposite the viewer and spread out.across the dome in patterns determined by the type and arrangement of lamp housings used and the nature of the sound input. At low volume, the images are concentrated near the source of the lights, and as the sound dies away the images seem to disappear into the edge of the dome. Housings of Fig. 3(b) type are generally used for the middle and higher frequencies, usually in rows Y and Z to produce relatively sharp images of interesting patterns, whereas Figs. 3(a), (b) and (d) type lamps are generally used for the lower frequencies and may also be used for the highest audible frequencies. In this way, the sharpest images are produced with the most distinctly audible notes. Also, the highest and lowest frequencies are represented by images predominantly in the central region of the array of lamps, while the middle range of frequencies is represented by images in the outer regions or distributed across the screen.
- the screen could be of various other concave shapes, for example that of a shell.
- the concavity of the surface i.e. curving concavely in all directions
- the concave screen can be arranged to be mounted in any desired position.
- the screen could be mounted in the angle between the ceiling and wall of a room, especially between the two speakers of a stereophonic sound reproduction system.
- the lamps could be arranged so that images appear more on one side than the other according to which direction the sound appears to be coming from.
- Particular filter channels could thus be linked to different channels of the stereo system, for example, a 48-filter-channel system having 24 filter channels for each stereo channel.
- Other arrangements of screen are between the angle of the ceiling end two walls, on one wall or in the angle between two walls, in the angle between two walls and the floor, or even on the floor facing upwardly. Use could even be made of the existing walls or ceiling by providing a relatively small or narrow concave screen and allowing the images to spill over onto the wall or ceiling.
- One particular alternative type of screen is shown in cross-section in Fig. 4.
- the screen takes the form of a bowl 25 of spherical or parabolic shape, having a boss 26 at the centre in which are mounted the lamps 18 so as to project light outwardly from the centre across the screen, either in all directions or with a bias in some directions, perhaps according to frequency.
- a cap 27 projects radially beyond the boss so that the lamps themselves are not normally visible. This unit could be mounted to the ceiling or wall of a room.
- Various controls can be provided on the equipment for operation by the user, for example the equivalent of volume, treble and bass controls for the lighting, so that the general intensity of the lighting.can be altered using the "volume” control, and the light intensity response at high and low frequencies can be altered using the "treble” and “bass” controls.
- a control may be provided to alter the linearity of the light response.
- a bandwidth control may be provided to spread or reduce the band width of each channel, so that a channel may respond to a single note or to a number of notes.
- a bandswitch control may be provided so that the lights can be switched from one channel to another. In this way the frequencies represented by the different lamps can be changed, giving a totally different sequential display from a given audio performance.
- Another feature is to provide a manual control which can be operated to provide an input progressing steadily across the audio frequency range so that the operation of the lamps can be checked before the performance.
- An automatic sweep oscillator can be provided to give, on selective operation or automatically after termination of a performance, a randomly or pseudo-randomly changing frequency input to provide a changing output from the lights, for example when there is no performance taking place.
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- This invention relates to audio-visual display systems, and more particularly to systems in which the production of music or other sound is accompanied by the production of images on a screen in response to the sound.
- An audio-visual display system of this kind may comprise a plurality of channels each having a filter unit to provide an electrical output signal in response to a selected band of audio frequency input, the different channels being responsive to different bands and connected to separate lamps or sets of lamps which are arranged to project different images on a screen, whereby the different images are produced in response to variations in audio frequencies supplied to the filter units.
- An important part of the system of the present invention is the final display part, since the quality of the system will be judged by the subjective impression of the images which the viewer receives. It has been found that a particularly desirable effect is produced by using a concave screen, preferably parabolic, and arranging the lamps to project the images across the concave surface, preferably from the periphery of the screen. The lamps are preferably arranged around a sector of the periphery, whereby the images appear to emanate from that sector. However, they could be arranged at the centre of the screen so as to radiate the light outwardly across the surface.
- At least some of the lamps preferably incorporate non-laminar coloured light-transmitting elements of glass, crystal, or preferably gemstones, through which the light passes so as to provide coloured patterned images by refraction or from natural internal striations in the element. Preferably the lamps are of at least two sorts; one sort incorporating elements as described above, and another sort providing a relatively diffuse image by transmission of light through coloured sheet filters (the sheet being separate from the lamp or part of the lamp envelope itself). Another sort of lamp may provide coloured light emanating from one or more openings in a generally opaque lamp housing the openings being small in relation to the lamp so as to provide relatively narrow beams of light. The lamps are preferably arranged so that highest and lowest audio frequencies are predominantly in the central region of the display, while the intermediate frequencies are predominantly represented by lamps producing images in the outer regions of the display or distributed over the area of the display. Preferably the lamps .incorporating said elements are used predominantly for the middle to higher range of audio frequencies, and lamps producing other images are used for the lower frequency range and possibly also for the highest frequency range. Preferably also the lamps are arranged in at least two rows at different distances from the surface of the screen.
- The filter units of the system can be arranged so that the audio frequency response of adjacent channels overlap each other, preferably to produce as nearly as practicable a smooth response over the audio frequency spectrum.
- The system may include an amplifier unit arranged to vary the intensity of illumination in response to the amplitude of the audio input signal. There may also be an automatic gain control to limit the output signal to the lamps and compensate for non-linear response of the lamps to variations in current. Additionally or alternatively the amplifier may have a logarithmic response, arranged to compress the dynamic range of the audio signal.
- There may also be provided a limited amount of background illumination on the screen, so that the images do not appear on a totally dark background. The apparatus may therefore include a lamp providing an overall relatively low level of illumination rif the screen.
- In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, various embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
- Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the display part of one embodiment of the apparatus, as seen by a viewer;
- Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of part of the rim of the display screen of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 (a) to (d) shows different sorts of lamp housings;
- Fig. 4 shows a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of an alternative form of screen; and
- Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of electronic circuitry for the apparatus.
- Referring to the drawings, and firstly to Fig. 1, the screen comprises a
shallow dome 14, which is arranged horizontally above the viewer; for example, it may be set in the ceiling of a room or suspended from the ceiling. The dome is preferably of parabolic curvature. An upwardlyopening trough 15 extends around the periphery of the dome, and in a sector of the trough (marked A-A in Fig. 1) are mounted the lamps. Typically, this sector may extend around one third of the circumference. The trough thus prevents the lamps from beirg seen directly by the viewer, but its open top allows the light to be projected onto the screen. Well below the dome there may be provided alamp 16 on astand 17, arranged to throw a circular pool of light over the area of the dome. However this feature is optional and may be omitted if desired. It is intended to provide a very low level of illumination of the dome when the sound signal is zero. - Referring to Fig. 2, the
lamps 18 are arranged in the trough in three rows X, Y and Z, at different distances from the surface of the dome. Those nearest the surface, in row X, direct their light across the surface of the dome, producing elongate images, whereas those furthest from the surface, in row Z, direct their light at the surface of the dome producing more localised and sometimes sharper images. - Fig. 2 shows various sorts of lamp housing which are more particularly illustrated in Fig. 3. In Fig. 3(a) the
bulb 19 is carried in aconventional holder 20 which can be mounted within thetrough 15 using suitable. brackets (not shown). Acylindrical housing 20 fits slidably over the bulb. The sides of the housing are opaque, but theend 21 is open or covered by a light transmitting sheet, which can be coloured (if the bulb itself is not coloured) so that an unfocussed shaft of coloured light emerges from theend 21. Fig. 3(b) shows an alternative housing in which theend 21 is closed by a wall having an aperture in which is fitted one or more light-transmittingelements 22 of coloured glass, crystal or gemstone. Gemstones are preferred because they have internal striations which provide distinct patterns on the surface of the dome. Typical gemstones for this purpose are ruby, topaz, aquamarine, alexandrite, amethyst, garnet, peridot, spinel, sapphire and emerald. The stones are preferably cut and may be mounted with the flat face outwards or inwards to give different effects. Fig. 3(c) shows an alternative housing in which theend 21 is closed andnarrow slots 23 or other small openings are provided in the walls giving relatively narrow beams of light. Fig. 3(d) shows an alternative housing in which theend 21 is closed and a relatively large opening 24 is provided in the side wall to give a more diffuse beam of light. The lamps are arranged at various angles in thetrough 15, as suggested in Fig. 2, to give desired images on the surface of the dome. The housings can be rotated to adjust the images. - The electronic circuitry for controlling the
lamps 18 in accordance with an audio input signal can be generally conventional. A suitable arrangement is shown in Fig. 5. The audio signal (e.g. from a gramophone, tape recorder, radio or microphone) is supplied at aninput 30 to apreamplifier 32, which has a logarithmic response in order to compress the dynamic range of the audio signal, so that a pleasing display is seen for both loud and quiet inputs, and to limit the output to the lamps and to account for non-linear response of the lamps to variations in current. Additionally or alternatively, thepreamplifier 32 may have an automatic gain control for similar reasons. - The audio signal is now split into a plurality of parallel channels, each sensitive to a particular frequency band. The number of channels can vary. For example, there may be twelve channels, each driving several of the lamps. The best results are obtained, however, with a large number of channels, such as forty-eight, each responsive to only a comparatively narrow band of the audible spectrum and each driving only one or perhaps two of the lamps. Each channel has a
filter 36 by means of which the frequency band to which that channel is responsive is set. Where there is a large number of channels, the bandwidth of a channel is preferably relatively narrow, and some or all channels may respond to only one or two notes of the musical scale. However, advantageously the bandwidth is a little wider than about a semitone or tone, to allow for variations in the accuracy of tuning of the input signal. A bandwidth of 1/8 octave may be suitable. Preferably the response of the filter falls away sharply at the edges of the desired frequency band, and preferably there is a slight overlap between adjacent frequency bands. - From these requirements, clearly a filter with a high value of Q is desirable. A particularly suitable filter is the type known as "state variable", which is described in an article on page 62 of the magazine Electronics Today International, June 1976. A Motorola MC3403 Quad operational amplifier integrated circuit was used in this embodiment. The exact parameters of the filters can be variable, to permit presetting of the system to give best results.
- The
filter 36 is preceded by anamplifier 34. The gain of this amplifier is variable so that the overall level of the lamps driven by each channel can be preset. The filter is followed by an AC toDC converter 37, which rectifies the audio signal to give a DC signal dependent on the amplitude of the audio signal. This DC signal controls the length of the unstable period of a monostable 38, which acts on a triaclamp control circuit 42 through atrigger amplifier 40 in well known manner. The triac supplies current to the lamp for a proportion of the mains AC cycle which is controlled by the duration of the unstable period of the monostable. The brightness of eachlamp 18 thus varies with the amplitude of the audio signal in the corresponding channel. - A rough indication of the kind of display produced is shown at 16 in Fig. 1. The beams of light emanate from the sector of the dome periphery opposite the viewer and spread out.across the dome in patterns determined by the type and arrangement of lamp housings used and the nature of the sound input. At low volume, the images are concentrated near the source of the lights, and as the sound dies away the images seem to disappear into the edge of the dome. Housings of Fig. 3(b) type are generally used for the middle and higher frequencies, usually in rows Y and Z to produce relatively sharp images of interesting patterns, whereas Figs. 3(a), (b) and (d) type lamps are generally used for the lower frequencies and may also be used for the highest audible frequencies. In this way, the sharpest images are produced with the most distinctly audible notes. Also, the highest and lowest frequencies are represented by images predominantly in the central region of the array of lamps, while the middle range of frequencies is represented by images in the outer regions or distributed across the screen.
- The screen could be of various other concave shapes, for example that of a shell. The concavity of the surface (i.e. curving concavely in all directions) provides a more even illumination within each image. That is, the decrease in intensity of illumination is less dependent on the distance from the lamp source than would be the case with a flat screen. The concave screen can be arranged to be mounted in any desired position. For example the screen could be mounted in the angle between the ceiling and wall of a room, especially between the two speakers of a stereophonic sound reproduction system. In this case the lamps could be arranged so that images appear more on one side than the other according to which direction the sound appears to be coming from. Particular filter channels could thus be linked to different channels of the stereo system, for example, a 48-filter-channel system having 24 filter channels for each stereo channel. Other arrangements of screen are between the angle of the ceiling end two walls, on one wall or in the angle between two walls, in the angle between two walls and the floor, or even on the floor facing upwardly. Use could even be made of the existing walls or ceiling by providing a relatively small or narrow concave screen and allowing the images to spill over onto the wall or ceiling. One particular alternative type of screen is shown in cross-section in Fig. 4. The screen takes the form of a
bowl 25 of spherical or parabolic shape, having aboss 26 at the centre in which are mounted thelamps 18 so as to project light outwardly from the centre across the screen, either in all directions or with a bias in some directions, perhaps according to frequency. Acap 27 projects radially beyond the boss so that the lamps themselves are not normally visible. This unit could be mounted to the ceiling or wall of a room. - Various controls can be provided on the equipment for operation by the user, for example the equivalent of volume, treble and bass controls for the lighting, so that the general intensity of the lighting.can be altered using the "volume" control, and the light intensity response at high and low frequencies can be altered using the "treble" and "bass" controls. Further, a control may be provided to alter the linearity of the light response. Also a bandwidth control may be provided to spread or reduce the band width of each channel, so that a channel may respond to a single note or to a number of notes. Furthermore, a bandswitch control may be provided so that the lights can be switched from one channel to another. In this way the frequencies represented by the different lamps can be changed, giving a totally different sequential display from a given audio performance.
- Another feature is to provide a manual control which can be operated to provide an input progressing steadily across the audio frequency range so that the operation of the lamps can be checked before the performance. An automatic sweep oscillator can be provided to give, on selective operation or automatically after termination of a performance, a randomly or pseudo-randomly changing frequency input to provide a changing output from the lights, for example when there is no performance taking place.
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