Soundbar and method for automatic surround pairing and calibration
US11800310B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2022 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S7/303
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a soundbar and a method for automatic surround pairing and calibration of a surround sound system. The soundbar includes two built-in microphones on the left and right respectively, which can be used for determining relative positions of left and right surround speakers. When the relative positions of the left and right speakers are not correct, configurations of left and right surround channels can be automatically swapped with each other without manually swapping physical positions of the surround speakers by a user. In addition, latencies including a latency of each channel of a main system may also be calibrated, and magnitude compensation may be achieved by calculating a filter compensation coefficient of each line and merging it into an original filter. The automatic surround pairing and calibration of the surround sound system may be one-click completed automatically by the user by pressing a start button.
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