Method for wall detection and localization

    公开(公告)号:US12072413B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US17218274

    申请日:2021-03-31

    摘要: A system that performs wall detection and localization to determine a position of a device relative to acoustically reflective surfaces. The device emits an audible sound including a frequency modulated signal and captures reflections of the audible sound. The frequency modulated signal enables the device to determine an amplitude of the reflections at different time-of-arrivals, which corresponds to a direction of the reflection. The device then performs beamforming to generate a 2D intensity map that represents an intensity of the reflections at each spatial location around the device. The device detects wall(s) in proximity to the device by identifying peak intensities represented in the 2D intensity map. In some examples, instead of performing beamforming, the device can perform directional wall detection by physically rotating the device and emitting the audible sound in multiple directions. The device may perform ultrasonic wall detection using ultrasonic sound frequencies.

    Multichannel noise cancellation using frequency domain spectrum masking

    公开(公告)号:US10755728B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US15906949

    申请日:2018-02-27

    摘要: A system configured to improve noise cancellation by using portions of multiple reference signals instead of using a complete reference signal. The system divides a frequency spectrum into frequency bands and selects a single reference signal from a group of potential reference signals for every frequency band. For example, a first reference signal is selected for a first frequency band while a second reference signal is selected for a second frequency band. The system may generate a combined reference signal using portions of each of the selected reference signals, such as a portion of the first reference signal corresponding to the first frequency band and a portion of the second reference signal corresponding to the second frequency band. Additionally or alternatively, the system may perform noise cancellation using each of the selected reference signals and filter the outputs based on the corresponding frequency band to generate combined audio output data.

    Method for autonomous loudspeaker room adaptation

    公开(公告)号:US10959018B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16252066

    申请日:2019-01-18

    摘要: A system that performs wall detection, range estimation, and/or corner detection to determine a position of a device relative to acoustically reflective surfaces. The device generates output audio using a loudspeaker, generates microphone audio data using a microphone array, performs beamforming to generate directional audio data and then generates impulse response data for each of a plurality of directions. The device may detect a peak in the impulse response data and determine a distance and/or direction to a reflective surface based on the peak. Based on a number of reflected surfaces and/or direction(s) of the reflected surfaces detected by the device, the device may classify the different directions and estimate where it is in the room, such as whether the device is in a corner, along one wall, or in an open area. By knowing its position relative to the room surfaces, the device may improve sound equalization.

    Method for efficient autonomous loudspeaker room adaptation

    公开(公告)号:US10777214B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US16456247

    申请日:2019-06-28

    摘要: A system that performs wall detection, range estimation, and/or corner detection to determine a position of a device relative to acoustically reflective surfaces. The device generates output audio using loudspeaker(s), generates microphone audio data using a microphone array, and generates impulse response data for each of the microphones. The device may generate the impulse response data using an acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) component or multi-channel AEC (MC-AEC). The device may detect a peak in the impulse response data and determine a distance to a reflective surface based on the peak. Based on a number of reflected surfaces detected by the device, the device may classify a position of the device within the room, such as whether the device is in a corner, along one wall, or in an open area. By knowing the position relative to the room surfaces, the device may improve sound equalization and other processing.

    Controlling sensitivity of presence detection using ultrasonic signals

    公开(公告)号:US11982737B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17363302

    申请日:2021-06-30

    IPC分类号: G01S15/04 G01S7/539

    CPC分类号: G01S15/04 G01S7/539

    摘要: Techniques for presence-detection devices to vary presence-detection sensitivity to detect different types of movements by objects, such as major movements and minor movements, using ultrasonic signals. The devices detect movement of a person in an environment by emitting ultrasonic signals into the environment, and characterizing the change in the frequency, or the Doppler shift, of the reflections of the ultrasonic signals off the person caused by the movement of the person relative to the presence-detection devices. The presence-detection devices may control the presence-detection sensitivity in order to detect major movements, such as a user walking in a room, as well as objects minor movements, such as a user typing at a computer. By adjusting the presence-detection sensitivity, the devices are able to improve the overall accuracy of detecting the presence of users in an environment.

    Microphone degradation detection and compensation

    公开(公告)号:US11044567B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US16800577

    申请日:2020-02-25

    摘要: Systems and methods for microphone degradation detection and compensation are disclosed. For example, microphones of an electronic device may capture audio and generate corresponding audio data, such as during a period of time where only ambient noise is present. Sound intensity level value differences between audio data from the various microphones may be determined and when one or more of the sound intensity level value differences satisfies a threshold amount, the microphone associated with the variant sound intensity level value may be determined to be degraded. The sound intensity level value difference may be compensated for, such as by utilizing sound boosting techniques and/or modifying parameters of a beamforming component.

    Inter-channel level difference based acoustic tap detection

    公开(公告)号:US10911881B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16582091

    申请日:2019-09-25

    摘要: A system configured to detect a tap event on a surface of a device only using microphone audio data. For example, instead of using a physical sensor to detect the tap event, the device may detect a tap event in proximity to a microphone based on a power level difference between two or more microphones. When a power ratio exceeds a threshold, the device may detect a tap event and perform an action. For example, the device may output an alarm and use a detected tap event as an input to delay or end the alarm. In some examples, the device may detect a tap event using a plurality of microphones. Additionally or alternatively, the device may distinguish between multiple tap events based on a location of the tap event, enabling the device to perform two separate actions depending on the location.