Playback device configuration based on proximity detection
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsTesuro Oishi, William H. Bush
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein involve configuring a playback device based on the detection of a barrier in proximity to the playback device. One embodiment may involve receiving proximity data that includes an indication of a barrier that is proximate to a playback device; detecting that the barrier is within a threshold proximity to a first speaker of the playback device based on the indication of the barrier proximate to the playback device; in response to the detecting, setting a playback configuration of the playback device; and causing the playback device to play an audio content according to the playback configuration.
Claims19
A playback device comprising:
- one or more proximity sensors that comprise one or more of:
- (i) a microphone;
- (ii) a capacitive sensor;
- (iii) an infrared (IR) sensor;
- or (iv) a camera;
- one or more processors;
- and
- tangible, computer-readable media having instructions encoded therein, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the playback device to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, via the one or more proximity sensors, proximity data that includes an indication of a barrier that is proximate to the playback device;
- detecting that the barrier is within a threshold proximity to a first speaker of the playback device based on the indication of the barrier that is proximate to the playback device;
- based on the detecting, setting a playback configuration of the playback device;
- and
- causing the playback device to play an audio content according to the playback configuration.
A playback device, comprising:
- a first speaker;
- a second speaker;
- one or more proximity sensors that comprise one or more of:
- (i) a microphone;
- (ii) a capacitive sensor;
- (iii) an infrared (IR) sensor;
- or (iv) a camera;
- a processor;
- a data storage;
- and
- a program logic stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to:
- receive, via the one or more proximity sensors, proximity data that includes an indication of a barrier that is proximate to a playback device;
- detect that the barrier is within a threshold proximity to the first speaker based on the indication of the barrier that is proximate to the playback device, wherein the first speaker is configured to play a component of an audio content;
- and
- based on the detecting, (i) cause the first speaker to be deactivated and (ii) cause the second speaker to play the component of the audio content.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for execution by a processor, the set of instructions, when executed, cause a playback device to:
- receive, via one or more proximity sensors, proximity data that includes an indication of a barrier that is proximate to a playback device, wherein the one or more proximity sensors comprise one or more of:
- (i) a microphone;
- (ii) a capacitive sensor;
- (iii) an infrared (IR) sensor;
- or (iv) a camera;
- detect that the barrier is within a threshold proximity to a first speaker of the playback device based on the indication of the barrier that is proximate to the playback device;
- based on the detecting, set a playback configuration of the playback device;
- and
- cause the playback device to play an audio content according to the playback configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.