US 10,853,022 B2Granted

Calibration interface

AssigneeSonos, Inc.

InventorsDayn Wilberding, Sein Woo

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Abstract

Example techniques relate to calibration interfaces that facilitate calibration of a playback device. An example implementation may involve displaying, on a graphical display, a sequence of control interfaces to guide calibration of a playback device during a calibration sequence comprising (i) a spatial calibration component and (ii) a spectral calibration component. Displaying the sequence of control interfaces includes displaying one or more spatial calibration interfaces comprising a guide to perform the spatial calibration component of the calibration sequence. The spatial calibration component involves calibration of the playback device for a particular location within an environment. Displaying the sequence of control interfaces also includes displaying one or more spectral calibration interfaces comprising a guide to perform the spectral calibration component of the calibration sequence. The spectral calibration component involves calibration of the playback device for the environment.

Claims20

Dependent claims

Tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause a mobile device to perform functions comprising:

during a calibration sequence comprising (i) a spatial calibration component and (ii) a spectral calibration component, displaying, on a graphical display, a sequence of control interfaces to guide calibration of a playback device, wherein displaying the sequence of control interfaces comprises:
displaying one or more spatial calibration interfaces comprising a guide to perform the spatial calibration component of the calibration sequence, wherein the spatial calibration component involves calibration of the playback device for a particular location within an environment;
and
displaying one or more spectral calibration interfaces comprising a guide to perform the spectral calibration component of the calibration sequence, wherein the spectral calibration component involves calibration of the playback device for the environment;
during the spatial calibration component of the calibration sequence, recording, via one or more microphones, first audio output of the playback device while the mobile device is stationary at the particular location;
and
during the spectral calibration component of the calibration sequence, recording, via the one or more microphones, second audio output of the playback device while the mobile device is in motion through the environment.

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A method to be performed by a mobile device, the method comprising:

during a calibration sequence comprising (i) a spatial calibration component and (ii) a spectral calibration component, displaying, on a graphical display, a sequence of control interfaces to guide calibration of a playback device, wherein displaying the sequence of control interfaces comprises:
displaying one or more spatial calibration interfaces comprising a guide to perform the spatial calibration component of the calibration sequence, wherein the spatial calibration component involves calibration of the playback device for a particular location within an environment;
and
displaying one or more spectral calibration interfaces comprising a guide to perform the spectral calibration component of the calibration sequence, wherein the spectral calibration component involves calibration of the playback device for the environment;
during the spatial calibration component of the calibration sequence, recording, via one or more microphones, first audio output of the playback device while the mobile device is stationary at the particular location;
and
during the spectral calibration component of the calibration sequence, recording, via the one or more microphones, second audio output of the playback device while the mobile device is in motion through the environment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/530,324Filed 2 Aug 2019 · continuation
Priority: 22 Jul 2016
Published: US 2019/0354337 A121 Nov 2019
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 3/162
Sound input; Sound output: interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs
G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
H04S 7/301
Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field: automatic calibration of stereophonic sound system, e.g. with test microphone
H04S 7/305
Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field: electronic adaptation of stereophonic audio signals to reverberation of the…

Family

Application15/217,399Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jul 2016
US 2019/0354337 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Nov 2019
US 10,372,406 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0024808 A1Published application
US 10,853,022 B2This patent

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