Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Audio adaptation to room
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Application No.: US15613049Application Date: 2017-06-02
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Publication No.: US10299039B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Adam E. Kriegel , Afrooz Family , Sean A. Ramprashad , Sylvain J. Choisel
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: H04R3/00
- IPC: H04R3/00 ; H04R3/04 ; G10L21/0208 ; H04R3/12 ; H04R1/40 ; H04R29/00

Abstract:
An audio system includes one or more loudspeaker cabinets, each having loudspeakers. Sensing logic determines an acoustic environment of the loudspeaker cabinets. The sensing logic may include an echo canceller. A low frequency filter corrects an audio program based on the acoustic environment of the loudspeaker cabinets. The system outputs an omnidirectional sound pattern, which may be low frequency sound, to determine the acoustic environment. The system may produce a directional pattern superimposed on an omnidirectional pattern, if the acoustic environment is in free space. The system may aim ambient content toward a wall and direct content away from the wall, if the acoustic environment is not in free space. The sensing logic automatically determines the acoustic environment upon initial power up and when position changes of loudspeaker cabinets are detected. Accelerometers may detect position changes of the loudspeaker cabinets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180352331A1 AUDIO ADAPTATION TO ROOM Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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