Intelligent audio system using multiple sensor modalities

An audio system comprising:

• an audio device comprising a microphone, wherein the audio device is positionable in a room;
• a non-acoustic sensor coupled to the audio device and configured to provide sensor data;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the audio device and the non-acoustic sensor, the processor configured to:
• receive audio data from the microphone;
• receive the sensor data from the non-acoustic sensor;
• determine, based on one or both of the audio data and the sensor data, that an event has occurred;
• responsive to determining that the event has occurred, determine one or more acoustic characteristics of the room based on both the audio data and the sensor data;
• and
• modify an operational characteristic of the audio device based on the one or more acoustic characteristics of the room.

An audio system comprising:

• an audio device comprising a microphone;
• a non-acoustic sensor coupled to the audio device and configured to provide sensor data;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the audio device and the non-acoustic sensor, the processor configured to:
• receive audio data from the microphone;
• receive the sensor data from the non-acoustic sensor;
• determine, based on one or both of the audio data and the sensor data, that an event has occurred;
• responsive to determining that the event has occurred, determine a position of one or more objects in a room based on the sensor data;
• and
• apply one or more adjustments to signal processing of audio input to the microphone or a pick-up pattern of the microphone based on the position of the one or more objects in the room.