Method and system for automatic reconfiguration of a multi-dimension sound system

A method for automatic reconfiguration of a sound system, comprising the steps of:

• (a) transmitting sound wave pulses from a remote control to a plurality of speakers, each speaker containing a pulse counter;
• (b) counting the sound wave pulses by each of the pulse counters over a predetermined period of time, each of the pulse counters maintaining a respective sound wave pulse count;
• (c) transmitting the sound wave pulse counts from the speakers to an audio receiver via a digital interconnect format;
• (d) computing the distance between each of the speakers and the remote control based on the respective sound wave counts;
• and
• (e) using the computed distances to program a digital audio encoding system with appropriate speaker delay times.

A triangulating multi-dimension sound system, comprising:

• a plurality of speakers, each speaker having a radio transceiver that emits a unique radio wave for the speaker;
• two transceiver modules spaced apart, each emitting a unique radio wave;
• a remote control having a radio transceiver and a configuration button for initiating a configuration process in which the remote control emits a radio wave that causes each speaker transceiver and the transceiver modules to emit the unique radio wave;
• and
• an audio receiver coupled to the speakers and two the two receiver modules, the audio receiver including a digital audio encoding system, wherein during a manual configuration process, a user holds the remote control a predetermined distance from the receiver modules and presses the configuration button causing the speakers to transmit their respective radio waves, the remote control associating each radio wave with the corresponding speaker and records a time delay between receipt of the radio waves, and the audio receiver reporting the distances input by the user to the remote control to calibrate the system, and
• during an automatic configuration process, the user moves to a new position, the transceivers on the speakers and the remote modules transmit their unique radio waves, the remote control then compares the time delays associated with each speaker to the time delay associated with each speaker when the remote control is located at the known configuration position, and recalculates the distance from the user to each speaker, the remote control then reports the distances to the audio receiver, which then uses the new distances to program the correct delays for the digital audio encoding system.