Sound management method and system
AssigneeQsic Pty Ltd
InventorsMatthew Elsley, Gerard Smith, Nick Larkins
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for managing a sound emitting device comprising: receiving data associated with operation of the sound emitting device at a predetermined location; processing said data to determine an operating characteristic of that device for that location; comparing the operating characteristic with a predetermined mathematical relationship to determine whether a difference exists; and identifying an input adjustment to correct the difference wherein the input adjustment optionally is within a predetermined range and optionally does not exceed a predetermined maximum increment; wherein the predetermined mathematical relationship is between an input variable and an output variable in respect of the sound emitting device.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for adjusting a sound emitting device to compensate for ambient noise, comprising:
- receiving audio data associated with operation of the sound emitting device at a predetermined location, said audio data comprising a power or loudness value, the power or loudness value relating to both the ambient noise and sound from the sound emitting device;
- processing said audio data to determine an operating characteristic of the sound emitting device with respect to the predetermined location;
- comparing the operating characteristic with a predetermined mathematical relationship to determine whether a difference exists with an ideal volume for the sound emitting device, the operating characteristic and the ideal volume both relating to the predetermined location;
- identifying an input adjustment to correct the difference, wherein the input adjustment is within a predetermined range and does not exceed a predetermined maximum increment;
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- providing the input adjustment to change the operating characteristic of the sound emitting device with respect to the predetermined location;
- wherein the predetermined mathematical relationship is a polynomial equation predetermined from a plurality of RMS values and a plurality of sound volume levels, wherein each RMS value of the plurality of RMS values represents an average of the loudness or power value measured at different sound volume levels of the plurality of sound volume levels in respect of the sound emitting device.
A method of managing an audio device, comprising the steps of:
- detecting an audio device which comprises one or more of an audio input device which is a microphone or a sound emitting device;
- analysing audio data associated with the audio device to identify it;
- searching a data store for configuration data associated with the identified audio device;
- retrieving configuration data in relation to the identified audio device from the data store;
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- processing the audio data based at least in part on the configuration data and to send instruction, wherein the processing comprises a predetermined mathematical relationship, wherein the predetermined mathematical relationship is a polynomial equation predetermined from a plurality of RMS values and a plurality of sound volume levels, wherein each RMS value of the plurality of RMS values represents an average of a loudness or power value measured at different sound volume levels of the plurality of sound volume levels in respect of the audio device and send the instruction to the audio device.
A system for managing a sound emitting device, comprising:
- a sound emitting device;
- an audio input device;
- a data store;
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- a computing device in communication with said sound emitting device and with said audio input device and with said data store;
- wherein said computing device is adapted to process audio data received from the audio input device based on data from the data store and communicate one or more instructions to the sound emitting device based on said processing, wherein said processing comprises a predetermined mathematical relationship, wherein the predetermined mathematical relationship is a polynomial equation predetermined from a plurality of RMS values and a plurality of sound volume levels, wherein each RMS value of the plurality of RMS values represents an average of a loudness or power value measured at different sound volume levels of the plurality of sound volume levels in respect of the sound emitting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.