Playback device configuration based on proximity detection
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsTetsuro 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.
Claims20
A playback device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- tangible, non-transitory, 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 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 proximate to the playback device;
- based on the detecting, causing the playback device to play an alert sound;
- 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 method comprising:
- receiving, via a playback device, 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 proximate to the playback device;
- based on the detecting, causing the playback device to play an alert sound;
- 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 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 perform operations comprising:
- receiving 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 proximate to the playback device;
- based on the detecting, causing the playback device to play an alert sound;
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.