US 11,960,650 B2
Method and system for providing a musical or voice or sound audio perception enhanced by means of tactile stimuli
Giancarlo Amadio, Milan (IT)
Assigned to I&G TECH SAS DI AMADIO GIANCARLO & C., Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/426,972
Filed by I&G Tech sas di Amadio Giancarlo & C., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/051062
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/165746, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000002171 (IT), filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155869 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G10L 21/06 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G10L 21/06 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a musical or voice or sound audio perception enhanced by means of tactile stimuli, wherein said tactile stimuli comprise pressure waves and acoustic vibrations perfectly synchronized with said audio, comprising the steps of:
receiving a signal representative of said musical or voice or sound audio, wherein the received signal is a sound signal coming from an audio or sound source, directly perceived by the listener
and wherein the step of receiving comprises:
detecting said sound signal and generating a respective electric or electronic signal representative of the detected sound signal;
generating one or more tactile stimuli by generating pressure waves and acoustic vibrations by means of a source of pressure waves and acoustic vibrations, wherein said pressure waves and acoustic vibrations are perfectly synchronized with the said audio;
modulating said one or more tactile stimuli on the basis of said electric or electronic signal to generate one or more modulated tactile stimuli;
applying said one or more modulated tactile stimuli on a listener, together with a sound diffusion of the musical or voice or sound audio, so that the listener can enjoy the musical or voice or sound audio both by means of auditory stimuli and by means of tactile stimuli.