Patent ID: 6744487
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G11B,H04S

Abstract:
A method of producing a soundtrack to accompany a moving picture sequence, the soundtrack including dialogue intended to appear to be produced by a participant in the moving picture sequence, the method comprising the steps of:a) producing, in a first acoustic environment different from that of a scene in the moving picture sequence, an electrical signal representing dialogue intended to appear to be produced by the participant; b) constructing a model of the acoustic environment of the scene in the moving picture sequence in synchronism with the moving picture sequence, the model of the acoustic environment including the location of objects in the scene that reflect sound or that cause sound to reverberate and the acoustic absorption characteristics of the objects; c) specifying the position of the participant in the scene; and d) modifying the electrical signal so as to simulate the dialogue which would have been produced had the dialogue been produced by the participant and heard based on the position of the participant in the scene and the model of the acoustic environment of the scene.