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US 9,084,058 B2Granted
Sound field calibration using listener localization
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsJonathon Reilly, Niels Van Erven
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus to calibrate sounds fields are disclosed. An example device includes a location sensor receiving location data, a processor triangulating the position of a listener based on the location data, and an audio processing component generating a sound field with audio characteristics based on the position of the listener.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more sensors to receive first location data associated with the apparatus;
- a network interface to receive second location data from a second apparatus, the network interface different from the one or more sensors, the second apparatus to generate a second sound field during playback of media, the second apparatus different from the apparatus and the second apparatus to be in communication with the apparatus;
- an audio processing component to generate a first sound field during playback of the media;
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- a processor to:
- determine, using the first location data and the second location data, a distance of a first listener from the apparatus;
- determine, using the first location data and the second location data, a distance of a second listener from the second apparatus;
- modify the first sound field based on the distance of the first listener;
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- facilitate modification of the second sound field based on the distance of the second listener.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a first zone player, first location data associated with the first zone player, the first zone player generating a first sound field during playback of media;
- receiving, at the first zone player, second location data associated with a second zone player, the second zone player generating a second sound field during playback of the media, wherein the second zone player is different from the first zone player and the second zone player is in communication with the first zone player;
- triangulating, at the first zone player using the first location data and the second location data, a distance of a first listener from the first zone player;
- triangulating, at the first zone player using the first location data and the second location data, a distance of a second listener from the second zone player;
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- modifying the first sound field based on the distance of the first listener and the second sound field based on the distance of the second listener.
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A computer readable storage device or storage disc storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to execute a method, comprising:
- facilitating collecting, at a first multimedia playback device, first location information associated with the first multimedia playback device, the first multimedia playback device to generate a first sound field during playback of an audio signal;
- facilitating receiving, at the first multimedia playback device, second location information associated with a second multimedia playback device, the second multimedia playback device to generate a second sound field during playback of the audio signal, the second multimedia playback device different from the first multimedia playback device and the second multimedia playback device to be in communication with the first multimedia playback device;
- determining, at the first multimedia playback device using the first location information, a distance of a first listener from the first multimedia playback device;
- determining, at the first multimedia playback device using the second location information, a distance of a second listener from the second multimedia playback device;
- calibrating the first sound field based on the distance of the first listener;
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- facilitating adjusting the second sound field based on the distance of the second listener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.