Closed-loop adaptation of 3D sound

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use with an electronic device, the computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

• acquiring first information about an environment;
• determining, based at least in part on the first information, a location of at least an individual relative to locations of a second electronic device;
• calculating, based at least in part on the determined location and a predefined acoustic response of the second electronic device, an acoustic radiation pattern of the second electronic device, wherein the acoustic radiation pattern has a beam with a principal direction corresponding to the determined location, wherein the acoustic radiation pattern, at least in part, limits sound distortion of the second electronic device when the second electronic device outputs audio content using the acoustic radiation pattern, and wherein the predefined acoustic response comprises a transfer function that specifies nonlinear sound distortion or response in output sound at one or more frequencies or one or more bands of frequencies as a function of drive amplitude;
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• providing, from an interface circuit in the electronic device, the audio content and second information specifying the acoustic radiation pattern for the second electronic device.

A method for calculating an acoustic radiation pattern, comprising:

• by an electronic device:
• acquiring first information about an environment;
• determining, based at least in part on the first information, a location of at least an individual relative to locations of a second electronic device;
• calculating, based at least in part on the determined location and a predefined acoustic response of the second electronic device, an acoustic radiation pattern of the second electronic device, wherein the acoustic radiation pattern has a beam with a principal direction corresponding to the determined location, wherein the acoustic radiation pattern, at least in part, limits sound distortion of the second electronic device when the second electronic device outputs audio content using the acoustic radiation pattern, and wherein the predefined acoustic response comprises a transfer function that specifies nonlinear sound distortion or response in output sound at one or more frequencies or one or more bands of frequencies as a function of drive amplitude;
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• providing, from an interface circuit in the electronic device, the audio content and second information specifying the acoustic radiation pattern for the second electronic device.