Sound reproducing intellectual system and method of control thereof
OwnerMikhail LYUBACHEVinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to the method and devices of sound volume management and control in the attended areas. According to the proposed method and system variants the sound reproducing system comprises: sounding mode appointment device, central station for audio signal transmittance; one or more peripheral stations for audio signal reception and playback; appliance for listener's location recognition; computing device for performing calculation concerning sounding parameters at the points of each listener's location and for performing calculation of controlling parameters for system tuning. The system can be operated wirelessly and can compose a local network.
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Sound reproducing system comprising:
- sounding mode appointment device 4;
- one or more central station 1 for audio signal transmittance;
- one or more peripheral stations 2 for audio signal reception from said central station and for playback thereof;
- appliance 7 for object's location recognition;
- computing device 8 for performing calculation of sounding parameters at the point of listener's location;
- computing device 9 for performing calculation of tuning parameters and generating controlling data for sound reproducing appliances' tuning;
- power control tool 10 for speaker 2 sounding parameters tuning in accordance with said tuning parameters;
- power supply unit 12.
Solitary sound reproducing system comprising at least the following devices:
- device for sounding mode appointment;
- central station for audio signal transmittance;
- appliance for objects' location recognition;
- computing device for performing calculation of sounding parameters at the points of each listener's location;
- computing device for performing calculation of tuning parameters for system tuning for appointed sounding mode provision;
- power control tool for speaker sounding parameters tuning in accordance with said tuning parameters;
- power supply unit.
Cluster-type sound reproducing system, comprising at least one base device and one or more subordinate devices, said base device further comprising all or a part of the following units:
- appliance for sounding mode appointment;
- central station for audio signal transmittance;
- appliance for objects' location recognition, at least one for the whole area under control;
- computing device for performing calculation of sounding parameters at the point of listener's location, at least one for the whole system;
- computing device for performing calculation of tuning parameters for system tuning for appointed sounding mode provision, at least one for the whole system;
- power control tool for speaker sounding parameters tuning in accordance with said accepted tuning parameters;
- mainly network unit for network connection and data exchange with said subordinate devices within the network;
- power supply unit,
- said subordinate device further comprising all or part of the following mandatory units:
- power control tool for speaker sounding parameters tuning in accordance with said accepted tuning parameters;
- mainly network unit for network connection and data exchange with said subordinate devices within the network;
- power supply unit,
- said subordinate device further optionally comprising all or part of the following units:
- appliance for objects' location recognition, at least one for the whole area under control;
- computing device for performing calculation concerning sounding parameters at the points of each listener's location, at least one for the whole system;
- computing device for performing calculation of tuning parameters for system tuning for appointed sounding mode provision, at least one for the whole system.
Cluster-type sound reproducing system, comprising one or more peer devices, said each peer device further comprising all or a part of the following components so that the whole system comprises all set thereof:
- appliance for sounding mode assignment;
- central station for audio signal transmittance;
- appliance for objects' location recognition, at least one for the whole area under control;
- computing device for performing calculation concerning sounding parameters at the points of each listener's location, at least one for the whole system;
- computing device for performing calculation of tuning parameters for system tuning for appointed sounding mode provision, at least one for the whole system;
- power control tool for speaker sounding parameters tuning in accordance with said tuning parameters;
- mainly network unit for network connection and data exchange with said subordinate devices within the network;
- power supply unit.
Method of controlling of a plurality of loudspeakers comprises:
- appointment of sound playback mode to be provided for one or more listeners throughout the area under control;
- data reception about loudspeakers' location;
- data reception about all said listeners' location;
- data calculation about sound volume level at listeners' location, taking into account each loudspeaker's location and location of said listener;
- comparison of said calculated sound volume level at listeners' location with the appointed one and a correction data calculation, if necessary;
- sending of said correction data to control data generating device;
- calculation of the necessary volume level to be sounded by each loudspeaker;
- calculation of corresponding output power level required to achieve necessary volume level of each loudspeaker;
- adjustment of the calculated power level by each loudspeaker power control tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.