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US 2019/0356985 A1Published application
Environmental sensing for a unique portable speaker listening experience
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsJames R. Milne, Allison Joi Burgueno, Keith Resch, Gregory Peter Carlsson
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Abstract
A networked speaker system automatically adjusts certain audio speaker system settings based on whether the system is inside a building or has been moved outside. Also, techniques are described for adjusting speaker driver direction based on walls or other barriers in a room or based on the location of a listener.
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A device comprising:
- at least one computer medium that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- identify whether at least a first audio speaker is located inside a building or outdoor;
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located inside a building, establish a first value of at least a first audio setting of the first audio speaker;
- and
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located outdoor, establish a second value of the first audio setting of the first audio speaker, wherein the first audio setting comprises at least one of:
- ambient sound attenuation, a compression setting.
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A device comprising:
- at least one computer medium that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- identify whether at least a first audio speaker is located inside a building or outdoor;
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located inside a building, establish a first value of at least a first audio setting of the first audio speaker;
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located outdoor, establish a second value of the first audio setting of the first audio speaker;
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located inside a building, identify a location of at least one listener;
- and
- establish a speaker driver orientation such that a center channel of N-channel audio produced by plural speakers in the building is directed toward the listener.
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A device comprising:
- at least one computer medium that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- identify whether at least a first audio speaker is located inside a building or outdoor;
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located inside a building, establish a first value of at least a first audio setting of the first audio speaker;
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located outdoor, establish a second value of the first audio setting of the first audio speaker;
- responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located inside a building, identify a location of at least one barrier in the building;
- and
- establish a speaker driver orientation such that a center channel of N-channel audio produced by plural speakers in the building is directed away from the barrier.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, from at least one of:
- a switch, a user interface (UI), indication of whether at least a first speaker is located inside a building or outdoors;
- responsive to the indication, establishing an audio configuration of the first speaker.
A method, comprising:
- receiving indication of whether at least a first speaker is located inside a building;
- responsive to identifying that the first speaker is located inside the building, identifying a location of at least one listener;
- and
- establishing a speaker driver orientation such that a center channel of N-channel audio produced by plural speakers in the building is directed toward the listener.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving indication of whether at least a first speaker is located inside a building;
- responsive to identifying that the first speaker is located inside the building, identifying a location of at least one barrier in the building;
- and
- establishing a speaker driver orientation such that a center channel of N-channel audio produced by plural speakers in the building is directed away from the barrier.
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An audio speaker system, comprising:
- at least a first audio speaker associated with a first speaker driver;
- and
- at least one processor configured with instructions for:
- establishing a first audio configuration of the first audio speaker responsive to receiving indication that the first audio speaker is located inside a building;
- establishing a second audio configuration of the first audio speaker responsive to receiving indication that the first audio speaker is located outdoors;
- and
- establishing an orientation of a speaker driver orientation responsive to identifying that the first audio speaker is located inside a building based at least in part on a listener location or a barrier location.
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