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.
Claims12
A method of providing surround sound, comprising:
- sending, by a master device, first surround sound signals of an audio source to a first cell phone of the plurality of cell phones, wherein the master device is one of the plurality of cell phones that form a wireless network to reproduce surround sound effects of the audio source;
- sending, by the master device, second surround sound signals of the audio source to a second cell phone of the plurality of cell phones;
- monitoring, by the master device, locations of the first cell phone and the second cell phone relative to the master device;
- determining, by the master device, suggested locations where the first cell phone and the second cell phone can be placed to enhance the surround sound effects;
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- dynamically adjusting, by the master device, at least one of the first surround sound signals, the second surround sound signals and third surround sound signals of the audio source as the relative location of at least one of the first cell phone, the second cell phone, and the master device changes, wherein the third surround sound signals are played by the master device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.