Bi-phasic applications of real & imaginary separation, and reintegration in the time domain

Abstract

A signal is decomposed into different components using a transform, with the components then being separately presented to a person in a manner that produces a different cognitive experience than would have resulted from either (a) presentation of the original signal, or (b) presentation of a fully synthesized (inverse transformed) signal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of presenting information to a user, the method comprising:
 applying a transform to a waveform to produce at least first and second independently manipulable components; and   presenting to perceptively different sense areas of the user, renderings of first and second streams that have unequal representations of the first and second components, respectively.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising deriving the waveform from a digital representation of an image. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising deriving the waveform from a digital representation of a sound. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising deriving the waveform from a digital representation of a brain wave. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the waveform comprises a discretely and finitely sampled signal. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the waveform comprises a compressed media file. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the waveform comprises a time domain signal, and the step of applying the transform produces a spectral domain signal. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the transform comprises a Fourier transform. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the transform is selected from the list consisting of a Hilbert transform, a Cochlea transform, a Hadamard transform, a Walsh transform, a Haar transform, and a wavelet transform. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the transform results from operation of first and second parallel, serially cascaded biquad filters. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second independently manipulable components comprise real and imaginary portions, respectively. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising effecting the steps of applying the transform and presenting the first and second streams in real time. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing an interface through which the user can alter relative amounts of the first and second components in the first stream. (e.g., portacle) 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the interface allows the user to alter relative amounts of the first and second components in the second stream. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the interface allows the user to subtract at least a portion of the second component from at least a portion of the first component in deriving the first stream. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein ratios between representations of the first and second components in the first stream are modulated by a time-varying modulation source. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing an interface through which the user can visualize a graphic representation of at least one of (a) the first and second components and (b) the first and second streams. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the graphic representation comprises a torus. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the graphic representation comprises a deformed torus, wherein the deformation is selected from the group consisting of a composition, an extension, a transposition and a convolution. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the waveform is derived from an image, and the graphic representation comprises a composite of at least a portion of the image and a representation of at least one of the first and second streams.