Surround Sound Effects Provided by Cell Phones
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsMomchil Filev, Martin Brandt Freund
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Abstract
Systems and methods that reproduce surround sound effects from an audio source are described. Wireless communication devices form a wireless network in which music, for example, can be played on the speakers of the wireless communication devices to reproduce surround sound effects from a selected audio source. As the wireless communication devices roam with respect to each other or with respect to a focal point or listening position of the wireless network, the wireless network adjusts how the audio source is played at each speaker of the respective wireless communication device to maintain or to enhance the reproduction of surround sound effects from the audio source.
Claims5
A system for reproducing surround sound from an audio source, comprising:
- a wireless network comprising a first phone, a second phone, and a third phone, wherein the first phone is a master device,
- wherein the master device sends first surround sound signals of the audio source to the second phone and second surround sound signals of the audio source to the third phone,
- wherein the master device synchronizes the playing of the first surround sound signals by the second phone, the second surround sound signals by the third phone, and third surround sound signals by the master device to reproduce surround sound effects of the audio source,
- wherein the master device monitors locations of the first phone and the second phone as the first phone or the second phone roams,
- wherein the master device determines suggested locations where the first phone and the second phone should be placed to enhance the surround sound effects, and
- wherein the master device dynamically adjusts at least one of the first surround sound signals, the second surround sound signals and the third surround sound signals as the locations of at least one of the first phone, the second phone, and the master device changes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.