公开(公告)号：US11889290B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US18175283

申请日：2023-02-27

申请人： Sonos, Inc.

发明人： Jonathon Reilly ,  Niels Van Erven

IPC分类号： H04S7/00 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H04R29/00 ,  G01S3/02 ,  G01S3/16 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G01S3/80

CPC分类号： H04S7/303 ,  G01S3/023 ,  G01S3/80 ,  G06F3/165 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H04R29/001 ,  H04R29/008 ,  H04S7/302 ,  H04R2227/005 ,  H04R2430/01 ,  H04S7/301

摘要： Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first network device and a second network device. A first network device may detect a presence of a user using a camera and/or infrared sensors. The first network device sends, in response to detecting the presence of the user, a particular signal via the first network interface. The second network device receives data corresponding to the particular signal and plays back an audio output corresponding to the particular signal.

公开(公告)号：US11889288B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US16943938

申请日：2020-07-30

申请人： Sony Corporation

发明人： Gregory Carlsson ,  James R. Milne ,  Marvin DeMerchant

IPC分类号： H04S7/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R3/00

CPC分类号： H04S7/301 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R5/04

摘要： A remote commander (RC) for a TV or other entertainment system component has a microphone. A device can query the RC for its serial number, access the Internet with the serial number to look up characteristics of the microphone, and then knowing the characteristics, use the RC microphone to detect sound such as speaker test chirps to calibrate an audio system in a convenient and user-friendly manner while achieving the accuracy of calibration that can only be obtained by using a calibrated microphone system.

公开(公告)号：US11877139B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17804372

申请日：2022-05-27

申请人： Sonos, Inc.

发明人： Timothy Sheen

IPC分类号： H04S7/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10K11/178

CPC分类号： H04S7/301 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G10K11/17823 ,  G10K11/17881 ,  H04R2227/007 ,  H04S7/305 ,  H04S2400/13

摘要： Systems and methods for calibrating a playback device include (i) outputting first audio content; (ii) capturing audio data representing reflections of the first audio content within a room in which the playback device is located; (iii) based on the captured audio data, determining an acoustic response of the room; (iv) connecting to a database comprising a plurality of sets of stored audio calibration settings, each set associated with a respective stored acoustic room response of a plurality of stored acoustic room responses; (v) querying the database for a stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located; and (vi) applying to the playback device a particular set of stored audio calibration settings associated with the stored acoustic room response that corresponds to the determined acoustic response of the room in which the playback device is located.

公开(公告)号：US11863966B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17124052

申请日：2020-12-16

申请人： SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS

发明人： Gabriel Bouvigne

IPC分类号： H04R5/02 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04R3/12

CPC分类号： H04S7/308 ,  H04R3/12 ,  H04S7/301 ,  H04R2420/07 ,  H04S2400/01

摘要： Connected speaker (1) comprising:



a LAN interface (2);
a WPAN interface (3);
pairing means (5) designed to pair the connected speaker with one or more external speakers (6) each equipped with an external WPAN interface (7);
processing means (8) designed to acquire an input audio signal from an audio source (15) via the LAN interface, to produce at least one distributed audio signal from the input audio signal, to allocate each distributed audio signal to one of the external speakers (6) paired with the connected speaker, and to transmit, to each external speaker, via the WPAN interface (3) of the connected speaker (1) and the external WPAN interface (7) of said external speaker (6), the distributed audio signal that is allocated to said external speaker (6), such that the connected speaker (1) and the external speakers (6) form a multichannel audio playback system.

公开(公告)号：US11856370B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17460078

申请日：2021-08-27

申请人： GN Hearing A/S

发明人： Changxue Ma ,  Andrew Dittberner ,  Eugene Brandewie

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H04S7/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/558 ,  H04S7/301 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04S2420/01

摘要： An electronic device configured to communicate with a binaural hearing device, includes: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive, from the binaural hearing device, a signal indicating an orientation of a head of a user of the binaural hearing device; a memory storing head-related transfer functions (HRTF) respectively for a left ear and a right ear of the user; an input transducer configured to capture sound at a distance from the user; and a processing unit configured to provide a spatialized binaural audio signal based on the captured sound, the orientation of the head of the user, and the head-related transfer functions (HRTF); wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the spatialized binaural audio signal to the binaural hearing device for allowing the binaural hearing device to provide left and right audio outputs based on the spatialized binaural audio signal.

公开(公告)号：US11832068B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US17532674

申请日：2021-11-22

申请人： Sonos, Inc.

发明人： Simon Jarvis ,  Mark Plagge ,  Christopher Butts

IPC分类号： H04R3/00 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04R29/00 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04R27/00 ,  G10L15/14 ,  G10L15/22 ,  H04R3/12 ,  G10L21/02 ,  H04W84/12

CPC分类号： H04R3/00 ,  G06F3/162 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G10L15/14 ,  G10L15/22 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04R3/12 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H04R29/007 ,  H04S7/301 ,  H04S7/303 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W8/24 ,  G10L21/02 ,  G10L2015/223 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04R2227/003 ,  H04R2227/005 ,  H04R2420/07 ,  H04W84/12

摘要： Methods and apparatus for identifying a music service based on a user command. A content type is identified from a received user command and a music service is selected that supports the content type. A selected music service can then transmit audio content associated with the content type for playback.

公开(公告)号：US20230370799A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18175432

申请日：2023-02-27

申请人： Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

发明人： Simone NEUKAM ,  Jan PLOGSTIES ,  Max NEUENDORF ,  Juergen HERRE ,  Bernhard GRILL

IPC分类号： H04S7/00 ,  H04S3/00 ,  G10L19/08 ,  G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/20

CPC分类号： H04S7/30 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S7/301 ,  G10L19/08 ,  G10L19/008 ,  G10L19/20 ,  H04S2400/11 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2400/03 ,  H04S2420/03 ,  H04S1/007

摘要： An apparatus for playing back an audio object associated with a position includes a distance calculator for calculating distances of the position to speakers or for reading the distances of the position to the speakers. The distance calculator is configured to take a solution with a smallest distance. The apparatus is configured to play back the audio object using the speaker corresponding to the solution.

公开(公告)号：US20230370795A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18358710

申请日：2023-07-25

申请人： Sonos, Inc.

发明人： Dayn Wilberding ,  Neil Griffiths

IPC分类号： H04R29/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H03G3/20 ,  H03G5/16 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H03G5/00 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04S1/00 ,  H04R1/22 ,  H04R3/12 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/04

CPC分类号： H04R29/001 ,  G06F3/165 ,  H03G3/20 ,  H03G5/165 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H03G5/005 ,  H04S7/301 ,  H04S1/007 ,  H04R29/008 ,  H04R1/22 ,  H03G5/16 ,  H04R3/12 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R2227/005

摘要： Example techniques involve a calibration state variable. An example implementation receives, via a network interface, an indication that the first playback device is calibrated. Based on receiving the indication that the first playback device is calibrated, the example implementation updates a calibration state variable to indicate that the first playback device is calibrated, wherein the calibration state variable is stored in the data storage. The example implementation sends, via the network interface, an indication of the updated calibration state variable to a second device.

公开(公告)号：US20230362570A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18302195

申请日：2023-04-18

申请人： Sonos, Inc.

发明人： Wenyu Jin ,  Patrick Kevin McPherson ,  Adib Mehrabi

IPC分类号： H04R27/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/00

CPC分类号： H04S7/301 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R27/00

摘要： Example techniques described herein relate to calibration of a playback device. Using example techniques, a playback device may self-calibrate by measuring a self-response and using a transfer function to map the self-response to an estimate of a room response. The playback device may determine calibration settings to at least partially offset acoustic characteristics of an environment surrounding the playback device as represented in the estimated room response. The transfer function may be derived from a principal component analysis of a dataset including multiple room responses, perhaps as measured during a multi-point calibration process of the playback device in various environments and conditions.

公开(公告)号：US20230360504A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18348663

申请日：2023-07-07

申请人： Ultrahaptics IP Ltd

发明人： Brian Kappus ,  Benjamin John Oliver Long ,  Thomas Andrew Carter

IPC分类号： G08B6/00 ,  B06B1/02 ,  G10K11/28 ,  G10K11/34 ,  H04S7/00

CPC分类号： G08B6/00 ,  B06B1/02 ,  G10K11/28 ,  G10K11/346 ,  G10K11/348 ,  H04S7/301 ,  H04S7/30 ,  H01H2215/032 ,  H04S7/305

摘要： Producing multiple independent fields from many phased acoustic transducers represents a difficult computational problem. By first dividing up each field to its own group of transducers and then treating each group as an element with adjustable phase, one can minimize the field-to-field interference through a power iteration solution. These solutions can be further refined by including tracking information from users in the space and how they shadow or reflect the acoustic fields.