A method for generating an electromagnetic signal is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: An image having pixels is at least one of received and generated, wherein each one of the pixels has one of at least two different pixel values. At least one of a spectrogram of an electromagnetic signal and characteristic parameters of the electromagnetic signal is determined based on at least one of the image and the pixel values. The electromagnetic signal is generated based on at least one of the spectrogram and the characteristic parameters.