US 12,621,619 B2Granted

Playback device configuration

AssigneeSonos, Inc.

InventorsTetsuro Oishi, William H. Bush

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Abstract

Examples described herein involve configuring a playback device based on distortion, such as that caused by a barrier. One implementation may involve causing the playback device to play audio content according to an existing playback configuration, determining an existing frequency response of the playback device in a given system, and determining whether a difference between the existing frequency response of the playback device in the given system and a predetermined frequency response for the playback device is greater than a predetermined distortion threshold. If it is determined that the difference between the existing frequency response of the playback device and the predetermined frequency response for the playback device is greater than the predetermined distortion threshold, then the existing playback configuration of the playback device is changed to an updated playback configuration of the playback device and the playback device plays audio content according to the updated playback configuration.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A playback device comprising:

at least one first audio transducer;
at least one second audio transducer;
at least one processor;
at least one sensor;
a housing carrying the at least one sensor, the at least one first audio transducer, the at least one second audio transducer, and the at least one processor;
and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
set a first playback configuration for the playback device, wherein, when the first playback configuration is set, the at least one first audio transducer is configured to reproduce one or more first audio channels and the at least one second audio transducer is configured to reproduce one or more second audio channels;
play back first audio via the at least one first audio transducer and the at least one second audio transducer according to the first playback configuration;
detect, via the at least one sensor, an impairment to the at least one first audio transducer;
based on detection of the impairment:
(i) disable the at least one first audio transducer and (ii) set a second playback configuration in place of the first playback configuration, when the second playback configuration is set, the at least one second audio transducer is configured to reproduce the one or more first audio channels and the one or more second audio channels;
and
play back second audio via the at least one second audio transducer according to the second playback configuration.

11 more elements

A media playback system comprising:

one or more playback devices comprising at least one first audio transducer and at least one second audio transducer;
at least one processor;
at least one sensor;
and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the media playback system is configured to:
set a first playback configuration for the one or more playback devices, wherein, when the first playback configuration is set, the at least one first audio transducer is configured to reproduce one or more first audio channels and the at least one second audio transducer is configured to reproduce one or more second audio channels;
play back first audio via the at least one first audio transducer and the at least one second audio transducer according to the first playback configuration;
detect, via the at least one sensor, an impairment to the at least one first audio transducer;
based on detection of the impairment:
(i) disable the at least one first audio transducer and (ii) set a second playback configuration in place of the first playback configuration, when the second playback configuration is set, the at least one second audio transducer is configured to reproduce the one or more first audio channels and the one or more second audio channels;
and
play back second audio via the at least one second audio transducer according to the second playback configuration.

9 more elements

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by at least one processor such that a media playback system is configured to:

set a first playback configuration for one or more playback devices of the media playback system, wherein, when the first playback configuration is set, at least one first audio transducer of the one or more playback devices is configured to reproduce one or more first audio channels and at least one second audio transducer of the one or more playback devices is configured to reproduce one or more second audio channels;
play back first audio via the at least one first audio transducer and the at least one second audio transducer according to the first playback configuration;
detect, via at least one sensor, an impairment to the at least one first audio transducer;
based on detection of the impairment:
(i) disable the at least one first audio transducer and (ii) set a second playback configuration in place of the first playback configuration, when the second playback configuration is set, the at least one second audio transducer is configured to reproduce the one or more first audio channels and the one or more second audio channels;
and
play back second audio via the at least one second audio transducer according to the second playback configuration.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/667,330Filed 17 May 2024 · continuation
Priority: 17 Mar 2014
Published: US 2025/0016515 A19 Jan 2025
Granted: 5 May 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

H04R 29/007
Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements: for public address systems
G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
H04R 1/323
For obtaining desired directional characteristic only: for loudspeakers
H04R 3/04
Circuits for transducers: for correcting frequency response

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