1. A beverage container comprising:
a hollow container body for accommodating a beverage;
a first cavity in an exterior wall of the hollow container body, the first cavity having contours;
a camera, attached to the exterior wall of said hollow container body in the first cavity, to generate pictures of objects external to the beverage container, wherein the camera has a shape that conforms to the first contours of the first cavity;
a second cavity in the exterior wall of the hollow container body, the second cavity being larger than the first cavity;
a first projector, attached to the exterior wall of said hollow container body in the second cavity, to project the pictures generated by the camera onto a surface of a remote object external to the beverage container; and
a second projector, attached to the exterior wall of said hollow container body in the second cavity, to project the pictures generated by the camera through a liquid contained by the hollow container body and onto an interior wall of the hollow container body.
2. The beverage container as defined in claim 1, wherein the pictures generated by the camera comprise at least one of still images or moving images.
3. The beverage container as defined in claim 1, further comprising:
a memory to store the pictures generated by the camera.
4. The beverage container as defined in claim 1, further comprising:
an audio recorder to record audio messages during generation of the pictures or independently from the generation of the pictures; and
a speaker to output the recorded audio messages.
5. The beverage container as defined in claim 1, wherein said camera is insertable into and removable from the first cavity.
6. The beverage container as defined in claim 5, further comprising:
an electronic device comprising a display, a memory, a processor, the first projector and the second projector, wherein the electronic device is introducible into the second cavity.
7. The beverage container as defined in claim 1, further comprising:
a display, attached to said exterior wall of the hollow container body in the second cavity, to display the pictures generated by the camera.
8. The beverage container as defined in claim 3, further comprising:
a processor to access one or more of the pictures generated by the camera from the memory and to display the one or more pictures on a display attached to said container body.
9. The beverage container as defined in claim 1, further comprising:
a wireless network adapter to transmit the pictures generated by the camera to one or more recipients.
10. The beverage container as defined in claim 1, wherein the hollow container body comprises a rigid body.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for narrow bandwidth digital signal processing of an input audio signal comprising:
a high pass filter configured to filter the input audio signal to create a filtered signal,
a first processing module configured to process the filtered signal to create a partially processed signal,
a splitter configured to split the partially processed signal into a first signal and a second signal,
a low pass filter configured to filter the first signal,
a pass through module configured to adjust the gain of the second signal, and
a second processing module configured to process the filtered first signal and gain-adjusted second signal to create an output signal, wherein said second processing module comprises:
a mixer configured to combine the filtered first signal and gain adjusted second signal in order to create a combined signal;
a tone control module configured to process the combined signal in order to create a controlled signal; and
a second compressor configured to modulate the controlled signal to create the output signal.
2. A system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first processing module comprises a first compressor configured to modulate the filtered signal to create the partially processed signal.
3. A system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first processing module comprises a first compressor configured to modulate the filtered signal to create a modulated signal; a clipping module configured to adjust the gain of the modulated signal to create the partially processed signal.
4. A system as recited in claim 1 wherein said high pass filter is configured to filter the input audio signal based on a first frequency.
5. A system as recited in claim 4 wherein said first frequency is tunable.
6. A system as recited in claim 4 wherein said first frequency is selected from the range between 2.5 kHz and 3.2 kHz.
7. A system as recited in claim 1 wherein said low pass filter is configured to filter the first signal based on a second frequency.
8. A system as recited in claim 7 wherein said second frequency is tunable.
9. A system as recited in claim 7 wherein said second frequency is lower than said first frequency.
10. A system as recited in claim 7 wherein said second frequency is selected from the range between 700 Hz and 1000 Hz.
11. A system as recited in claim 1 wherein said tone control module comprises a parametric equalizer.
12. A system for narrow bandwidth digital signal processing of an input audio signal comprising:
a pre-transmission module configured to receive the input audio signal and create a partially processed signal, wherein said pre-transmission module comprises:
a high pass filter configured to filter the input audio signal to create a filtered signal,
a first processing module configured to process the filtered signal to create the partially processed signal,
a transmitter structured to transmit the partially processed signal,
a receiver structured to receive the partially processed signal, and
a post-transmission module configured to further process the partially processed signal to create an output signal, wherein said post-transmission module comprises:
a splitter configured to split the received signal into a first signal and a second signal,
a low pass filter configured to filter the first signal to create a filtered first signal,
a pass through module configured to adjust the gain of the second signal to create a gain-adjusted second signal,
a second processing module configured to process the filtered first signal and gain-adjusted second signal to create the output signal, wherein said second processing module comprises:
a mixer configured to combine the filtered first signal and gain-adjusted second signal to create a combined signal;
a tone control module configured the process the combined signal to create a controlled signal; and
a second compressor configured to modulate the controlled signal to create the output signal.
13. A system as recited in claim 12 wherein the first processing module comprises a first compressor configured to modulate the filtered signal to create the partially processed signal.
14. A system as recited in claim 12 wherein the first processing module comprises a first compressor configured to modulate the filtered signal to create a modulated signal; a clipping module configured to adjust the gain of the modulated signal to create the partially processed signal.
15. A system as recited in claim 12 wherein said high pass filter is configured to filter the input audio signal based on a first frequency.
16. A system as recited in claim 15 wherein said first frequency is selected from the range between 2.5 kHz and 3.2 kHz.
17. A system as recited in claim 12 wherein said low pass filter is configured to filter the first signal based on a second frequency.
18. A system as recited in claim 17 wherein said second frequency is lower than said first frequency.
19. A system as recited in claim 17 wherein said second frequency is selected from the range between 700 Hz and 1000 Hz.
20. A method for narrow bandwidth digital signal processing of an input audio signal comprising:
filtering the input audio signal with a high pass filter to create a filtered signal,
processing the filtered signal with a first processing module to create a partially processed signal,
splitting the partially processed signal into a first signal and a second signal,
filtering the first signal with a low pass filter to create a filtered first signal,
adjusting the gain on the second signal with a pass through module to create a gain-adjusted second signal,
processing the filtered first signal and gain-adjusted second signal with a second processing module to create an output signal,
wherein the processing the filtered first signal and gain adjusted second signal comprises:
combining the filtered first signal and gain-adjusted second signal with a mixer to create a combined signal;
processing the combined signal with a tone control module to create a controlled signal; and
modulating the controlled signal with a second compressor to create the output signal.
21. A method as recited in claim 20 further comprising: transmitting the partially processed signal from the first processing module with a transmitter; receiving the partially processed signal with a receiver in communication with the splitter.
22. A method as recited in claim 20 wherein processing the filtered signal with a first processing module further comprises modulating the filtered signal with a first compressor to create the partially processed signal.
23. A method as recited in claim 20 wherein processing the filtered signal with a first processing module further comprises: modulating the filtered signal with a first compressor; limiting the gain of the modulated signal with a clipping module to create the partially processed signal.
24. A method as recited in claim 20 wherein the high pass filter is configured to filter the input audio signal based on a first frequency.
25. A method as recited in claim 24 wherein the first frequency is selected from the range between 2.5 kHz and 3.2 kHz.
26. A method as recited in claim 20 wherein the low pass filter is configured to filter the first signal based on a second frequency.
27. A method as recited in claim 26 wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency.
28. A method as recited in claim 26 wherein the second frequency is selected from the range between 700 Hz and 1000 Hz.
29. A system for narrow bandwidth digital signal processing of an input audio signal comprising:
a high pass filter configured to filter the input audio signal to create a filtered signal,
a first processing module configured to process the filtered signal to create a partially processed signal, wherein said first processing module comprises a first compressor configured to modulate the filtered signal to create the partially processed signal,
a splitter configured to split the partially processed signal into a first signal and a second signal,
a low pass filter configured to filter the first signal,
a pass through module configured to adjust the gain of the second signal, and
a second processing module configured to process the filtered first signal and gain-adjusted second signal to create an output signal, wherein said second processing module comprises a mixer configured to combine the filtered first signal and gain-adjusted second signal to create the output signal.