# US 2010/0166193 A1 · Multiple Display Systems with Enhanced Acoustics Experience

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- Number: US 2010/0166193 A1
- Document ID: US20100166193A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/347,899
- Filed: 2008-12-31
- Published: 2010-07-01
- Earliest claimed: 2008-12-31
- Assignees: Intel Corporation
- Inventors: Devon Worrell; Vishnu Balraj; Srikanth Kambhatla; Kar Leong Wong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100166193A1

## CPC

- H04S 7/301: {Automatic calibration of stereophonic sound system, e.g. with test microphone}
- H04S: STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS

## Abstract

A method and a system are described providing multiple display systems with an enhanced acoustics experience. A source audio signal having a plurality of source audio channels is generated from an audio signal source. The system includes a plurality of speakers connected to a plurality of display systems. A speaker configuration gatherer determines the spatial configuration of the speakers. An audio signal processor is provided to generate synthesized audio signal based on the contents of the source audio signal and spatial configuration of the speakers. The synthesized audio signal is mapped and delivered to the speakers to produce an enhanced sound field.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
generating a source audio signal having a plurality of source audio channels;
determining the spatial configuration of a plurality of speakers connected to each of a plurality of display systems;
processing the source audio signal based on the spatial configuration of the speakers and the contents of the source audio signal to generate a synthesized audio signal; and
delivering the synthesized audio signal to the plurality of speakers to produce an enhanced sound field.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the speakers are each fixably connected to the respective display systems.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the spatial configuration of the speakers includes one of a two-dimensional (2D) and a three-dimensional (3D) configuration.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein determining the spatial configuration of the speakers is by way of one of a graphical user interface (GUI) and a voice receiver.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein processing the source audio signal includes modifying one or more spatial cues in the source audio signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein processing the source audio signal includes generating new audio contents in the synthesized audio signal not otherwise present in the source audio signal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein processing the source audio signal includes duplicating the source audio channels to generate the synthesized audio signal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein processing the source audio signal includes mapping a plurality of synthesized audio channels in the synthesized audio signal to the respective speakers.

### Claim 9

An apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of speakers connected to each of a plurality of display systems;
a speaker configuration gatherer adapted to determine spatial configuration of the speakers;
a source audio signal derived from an audio signal source; and
an audio signal processor adapted to:
generate a synthesized audio signal based on the contents of the source audio signal and spatial configuration of the speakers; and
deliver the synthesized audio signal to the speakers to produce an enhanced sound field.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the speakers are fixably connected to the respective display systems.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the speaker configuration gatherer is capable of determining one of two-dimensional (2D) and a three-dimensional (3D) spatial configuration of the speakers.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the speaker configuration gatherer includes one of a graphical user interface (GUI) and voice receiver.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the audio signal processor is capable of modifying one or more spatial cues in the source audio signal.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the audio signal processor is adapted to generate new audio contents in the synthesized audio signal not otherwise present in the source audio signal.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the synthesized audio signal includes a plurality of synthesized audio channels duplicated from one or more source audio channels in the source audio signal.

### Claim 16

A system, comprising:
a plurality of speakers connected to each of a plurality of display systems;
a speaker configuration gatherer adapted to determine spatial configuration of the speakers;
a source audio signal derived from an audio signal source; and
an audio signal processor adapted to generate a synthesized audio signal based on the contents of the source audio signal and spatial configuration of the speakers; and
a hardware interface adapted to receive the synthesized audio signal and to provide an audio-visual connection to the display systems to the speakers to produce an enhanced sound field.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The system of claim 16, wherein the speaker configuration gatherer is capable of determining one of two-dimensional (2D) and a three-dimensional (3D) spatial configuration of the speakers.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The system of claim 17, wherein the audio signal processor is capable of modifying one or more spatial cues in the source audio signal.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The system of claim 18, wherein the audio signal processor is adapted to generate new audio contents in the synthesized audio signal not otherwise present in the source audio signal.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The system of claim 19, wherein the synthesized audio signal includes a plurality of synthesized audio channels duplicated from one or more source audio channels in the source audio signal.
