US 12,647,725 B2Granted

Computing device location

AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

InventorsYu-Hui Su, Chien-Pai Lai, Chung-Chun Chen, Peichen Chuang

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Abstract

Example implementations relate to computing device locations and computing devices having audio components thereon that change operational states. In some examples, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can include instructions that when executed cause a processor of an electronic device to determine a default host computing device of a plurality of computing devices, request a location of a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices using a sensor of the default host computing device, and request a location of a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices using the sensor. The instructions when executed can cause the processor to determine a first audio loop potential associated with the first computing device and a second audio loop potential associated with the second computing device, assign the first computing device as an active client and assign the second computing device as an inactive client.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor of a host computing device to:

send, via a sensor of the host computing device, a packet to be received by a plurality of computing devices, wherein the plurality of computing devices includes a first computing device and a second computing device;
enable a microphone of the host computing device, wherein enabling the microphone includes:
receiving a further packet to enable the microphone and sending the further packet to an audio codec;
take over a plurality of host duties previously assigned to a default host computing device in response to the microphone being enabled;
cause an audio driver of the host computing device to:
receive the further packet from the audio codec and send the further packet to an operating system daemon to trigger the sensor to determine a location of the plurality of computing devices;
determine a first location of the first computing device relative to a location of the host computing device and relative to a location of the second computing device based on a first packet response from the first computing device received by the host computing device;
determine a second location of the second computing device relative to the location of the host computing device and relative to the first location of the first computing device based on a second packet response from the second computing device received by the host computing device;
determine a first audio loop potential associated with the first computing device and a second audio loop potential associated with the second computing device based on the location of the host computing device, the first location of the first computing device, and the location of the second computing device;
and
based on the first audio loop potential and the second audio loop potential:
assign the first computing device an active client assignment, wherein the active client assignment is to instruct the first computing device to receive sound via a first microphone to the first computing device and play sounds via a speaker of the first computing device;
and
assign the second computing device an inactive client assignment, wherein the inactive client assignment is to instruct the second computing device to disable a second microphone and a speaker of the second computing device.

11 more elements

A first computing device, comprising:

a first sensor;
a first set of audio components;
and
a controller, to:
detect that a host computing device has left a conference session;
send a packet to enable a second set of audio components of a second computing device, wherein an audio driver of the second computing device receives the packet from an audio codec of the second computing device and sends the packet to an operating system daemon to trigger a second sensor of the second computing device to determine locations of the first computing device and a third computing device;
receive an indication of an enablement of the second set of audio components of the second computing device, wherein the second computing device is in a same room as the first computing device and the third computing device and wherein the second set of audio components includes a microphone;
transfer a plurality of host duties previously assigned to the host computing device to the second computing device in response to detecting the host computing device has left the conference session and the indication of the enablement;
instruct the third computing device to change operational states of a third set of audio components of the third computing device based on locations of the second computing device and the third computing device and audio loop potentials of the second computing device and the third computing device;
receive a request from the second computing device for a first location of the first computing device relative to a second location of the second computing device and a third location of the third computing device via the second sensor;
receive an instruction from the second computing device to change operational states of the first set of audio components based on the first location;
and
change operational states of the first set of audio components based on the instruction.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/550,639Filed 13 Apr 2021
Published: US 2024/0155291 A19 May 2024
Granted: 2 Jun 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04R 3/005
Circuits for transducers: for combining the signals of two or more microphones
H04R 3/02
Circuits for transducers: for preventing acoustic reaction , i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback
G01S 7/006
Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations: using shared front-end circuitry, e.g. antennas
G01S 13/765
Wherein pulse-type signals are transmitted: with exchange of information between interrogator and responder