Apple wants to bring out the karaoke singer in you. The company has filed for a patent for “Techniques for Generating Video Effects for Sing-Along Sessions.”
About the patent filing
The patent filing relates generally to generating video effects for sing-along sessions. It also involves techniques for generating the video effects based on audio and/or video feed content.
In the patent filing, Apple touts the many benefits of singing. The tech giant says it wants to provide implementations that “enable individuals to sing along with music in fun and meaningful ways” on all its devices. However, the Mac and iPad seem the most likely candidates to benefit from the patent filing.
Summary of the patent filing
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent filing: “The embodiments set forth techniques for implementing a sing-along session. According to some embodiments, the techniques can be implemented by a computing device, and include the steps of (1) receiving audio feed content from at least one microphone, (2) receiving audio content that includes metadata that describes a plurality of characteristics of the audio content, (3) generating audio output content that is based on the audio feed content and the audio content, (4) receiving video feed content from at least one camera, (5) generating video output content that is based on: the video feed content, and the audio content and/or at least one characteristic of the plurality of characteristics of the audio content, and (6) outputting, to a media playback system: the audio output content, and the video output content.”
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