Method and means for computer sychronization of actions and soun

Details Method and means for computer sychronization of actions and soun Method and means for computer sychronization of actions and soun

1994-05-26

1995-07-04

Zimmerman, Mark K.

G06F 1900

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ABSTRACT:
The invention includes a method of synchronizing actions and sounds for display on the visual display in a computer-system. The invention also includes a simulation including synchronized actions and sounds. Specifically, the method of synchronizing actions and sounds for display on a computer system having a visual display includes determining locations in a sound recording where predetermined actions are to
be displayed, measuring the time that elapses when the sound recording is played from reference point to the locations in the sound recording where the predetermined actions are to be displayed, associating the predetermined actions with the locations in the sound recording where the predetermined actions are to be displayed, and saving the locations and their associated actions. The invented method of synchronizing actions and sounds on a visual display in a computer system includes playing the sound, determining when a predetermined amount of time of the sound has elapsed, and displaying the action on the visual display when the predetermined amount of time of the sound has elapsed.
The simulation includes a sound recording, a mechanism for playing it, and a mechanism for measuring its elapsed time when it played; data defining predetermined actions; a mechanism to compare such elapsed time with time positions; and a mechanism to display the actions upon a predetermined relationship between the elapsed time and the time positions.

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