Playback Device Calibration
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsNeil Griffiths, Mike Chamness
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Abstract
An indication of an acoustic characteristic of a playback device may comprise an orientation of the playback device with respect to an axis of a sensor of the playback device. After receiving the indication of the acoustic characteristic, a crossover frequency of the playback device may be determined and a series of tones may be output. A phase may be set based at least in part on a received indication of a selected tone set from the series of tones.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A first playback device comprising:
- a network interface;
- a processor;
- and
- a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by the processor, cause the first playback device to perform functions comprising:
- receiving an indication of a size of a speaker of a second playback device;
- after receiving the indication of the size of the speaker of the second playback device, determining a crossover frequency of the first playback device and the second playback device based at least in part on the received indication of the size of the speaker of the second playback device;
- after determining the crossover frequency, outputting, with the second playback device, at least a first tone set and a second tone set;
- after outputting the first tone set and the second tone set, receiving, from a controller device, an indication of a selected one of the first tone set or the second tone set;
- and
- adjusting a phase setting of the first playback device based at least in part on the received indication of the selected one of the first tone set or the second tone set.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first playback device, an indication of a size of a speaker of a second playback device;
- after receiving the indication of the size of the speaker of the second playback device, determining, by the first playback device, a crossover frequency of the first playback device and the second playback device based at least in part on the received indication of the size of the speaker of the second playback device;
- after determining the crossover frequency, outputting, by the first playback device with the second playback device, at least a first tone set and a second tone set;
- after outputting the first tone set and the second tone set, receiving, by the first playback device from a controller device, an indication of a selected one of the first tone set or the second tone set;
- and
- adjusting, by the first playback device, a phase setting of the first playback device based at least in part on the received indication of the selected one of the first tone set or the second tone set.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by the processor, cause the first playback device to perform functions comprising:
- receiving an indication of a size of a speaker of a second playback device;
- after receiving the indication of the size of the speaker of the second playback device, determining a crossover frequency of the first playback device and the second playback device based at least in part on the received indication of the size of the speaker of the second playback device;
- after determining the crossover frequency, outputting, with the second playback device, at least a first tone set and a second tone set;
- after outputting the first tone set and the second tone set, receiving, from a controller device, an indication of a selected one of the first tone set or the second tone set;
- and
- adjusting a phase setting of the first playback device based at least in part on the received indication of the selected one of the first tone set or the second tone set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.