Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coordination of acoustic sources based on location
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Application No.: US15790003Application Date: 2017-10-22
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Publication No.: US10552115B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Gaylord Yu , Steven Stupp
- Applicant: EVA Automation, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Eva Automation, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Eva Automation, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agent Steven Stupp
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F3/16 ; H04R27/00 ; H04L7/02 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/81 ; H04S7/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04N21/8547 ; G11B27/10 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W56/00 ; G06F1/12 ; H04R3/12

Abstract:
An audio/video (A/V) hub that calculates an estimated location is described. In particular, the A/V hub may calculate an estimated location of a listener relative to electronic devices (such as electronic devices that include speakers) in an environment that includes the A/V hub and the electronic devices based on: communication with another electronic device; sound measurements in the environment; and/or time-of-flight measurements. Then, the A/V hub may transmit, to the electronic devices, one or more frames that include audio content and playback timing information, which may specify playback times when the electronic devices are to playback the audio content based on the estimated location. Moreover, the playback times of the electronic devices may have a temporal relationship so that the playback of the audio content by the electronic devices is coordinated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180167759A1 Coordination of Acoustic Sources Based on Location Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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