Dynamically extending loudspeaker capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US10666217B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US16264121

    申请日:2019-01-31

    申请人: GOOGLE LLC

    发明人: Gabriel Slotnick

    IPC分类号: H04R3/04 H03G5/16 H03G5/00

    摘要: A method for dynamic equalization is performed at a system. The system receives an electronic audio signal. The system monitors available headroom based on two or more of: an amplifier of the system, a change in volume of the system, characteristics of a transducer of a loudspeaker associated with the system, and the audio signal. Responsive to a change in the available headroom, the system modifies one or more parameters of an equalizer to at least a portion of the signal in order to extend a physical low-frequency response of the loudspeaker, the one or more parameters comprising a gain for the and a frequency.

    TRANSFORMING AUDIO CONTENT FOR SUBJECTIVE FIDELITY

    公开(公告)号:US20200162050A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16453985

    申请日:2019-06-26

    IPC分类号: H03G5/00 H03G5/16 H03G9/00

    摘要: A method or apparatus for delivering audio programming such as music to listeners may include identifying, capturing and applying a listener's audiometric profile to transform audio content so that the listener hears the content similarly to how the content was originally heard by a creative producer of the content. An audio testing tool may be implemented as software application to identify and capture the listener's audiometric profile. A signal processor may operate an algorithm used for processing source audio content, obtaining an identity and an audiometric reference profile of the creative producer from metadata associated with the content. The signal processor may then provide audio output based on a difference between the listener's and creative producer's audiometric profiles.

    METHOD TO ENHANCE AUDIO SIGNAL FROM AN AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20200113493A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-16

    申请号:US16559360

    申请日:2019-09-03

    发明人: Nicholas R. CLARK

    IPC分类号: A61B5/12 H04R25/00 H03G5/00

    摘要: A method of enhancing an audio signal from an audio output device is provided. For a frequency band, a user masking contour curve covering at least a part of said frequency band is obtained, a target masking contour curve is derived from the user masking contour curve, and a multi-band digital compression system is parameterized based on the sound level of the target masking contour curve at a given frequency and the sound level of the user masking contour curve at the same given frequency. The obtained parameters are outputted to provide an enhanced audio signal.

    Concurrent Multi-Driver Calibration
    36.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190373384A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-05

    申请号:US16542433

    申请日:2019-08-16

    申请人: Sonos, Inc.

    摘要: Examples involve calibration of a playback device including multiple audio transducers. An example implementation involves forming a particular playback configuration that configures the multiple audio transducers to form two or more channels and receiving a command to initiate calibration of the particular playback configuration. The calibration includes emitting a calibration sound according to a sequence that involves the calibration sound cycling through frequencies of a calibration frequency range. Based on the command, the playback device emits the calibration sound contemporaneously via the two or more channels. Emission of the calibration sound by each channel is staggered such that each emitted calibration sound is delayed relative to a preceding emitted calibration sound. The playback device receives audio processing coefficients that are based on one or more recordings of the emitted calibration sound; and applies the audio processing coefficients when playing back the audio content as part of the particular playback configuration.

    Calibration State Variable
    37.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190261106A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-22

    申请号:US16403077

    申请日:2019-05-03

    申请人: Sonos, Inc.

    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.

    Audio signal processing circuit and electronic apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US10334363B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15478744

    申请日:2017-04-04

    申请人: ROHM CO., LTD.

    发明人: Kinji Ito

    IPC分类号: H03G5/00 H04R3/04

    摘要: An audio signal processing circuit is disclosed. The audio signal processing circuit includes a digital signal processing part formed in a digital area, and configured to process a digital audio signal; an analog circuit formed in an analog area, and configured to process an analog audio signal; a frequency divider formed in the digital area, and configured to divide a system clock signal to generate a first clock signal to be provided to the digital signal processing part and a second clock signal to be provided to the analog area; and a retiming circuit formed in the analog area, and configured to retime the second clock signal by using the system clock signal and provide the retimed second clock signal to the analog circuit.

    System and method for digital signal processing

    公开(公告)号:US10313791B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15906614

    申请日:2018-02-27

    摘要: A system and method for digital processing including a gain element to process an input audio signal, a high pass filter to then filter the signal and create a high pass signal, a first filter module to filter the high pass signal and create a first filtered signal and a splitter to split the high pass signal into two high pass signals. The first filter module filters one high pass signals before a first compressor modulates the signal or a high pass signal to create a modulated signal. A second filter module filters the modulated signal to create a second filtered signal that is processed by a first processing module including a band splitter that splits the signal into low and high band signals that are then modulated by compressors. A second processing module processes the modulated low and high band signals to create an output signal.