Loudspeaker control
US12395808B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 2022 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2400/01
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a computer-implemented method of generating audio signals for an array of loudspeakers, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of input audio signals, wherein a respective one of the plurality of input audio signals is to be reproduced, by the array, at each of a plurality of control points in an acoustic environment, and wherein each of the plurality of control points is associated with a respective one of a plurality of loudspeaker groups; receiving an estimate of a position of each of the plurality of control points; assigning, using the received estimate of the position of each of the plurality of control points, each of the loudspeakers in the array to at least one of the plurality of loudspeaker groups, wherein the assigning of a particular loudspeaker to a particular loudspeaker group is based on a relative position of the particular loudspeaker with respect to one or more of the at least one control points associated with the particular loudspeaker group; and generating a respective output audio signal for each of the loudspeakers in the array by applying a set of filters to the plurality of input audio signals, the output audio signal for a particul…
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