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Granted patent

Systems and methods for delivery of personalized audio

Number
9736615
Published
2017-08-15
Filed
2016-10-04
Assignee
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors
Patel; Mehul
CPC
H04R3/12; H04S7/303; H04R5/02; H04R5/04; G10K11/175
Verdict
Medium Notable software
Source
Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

The keeper's note

A media device that transmits audio calibration signals to multiple speakers to enable delivery of personalized directional audio.

Abstract

There is provided a media device for use in a system including a plurality of speakers. The media device includes a memory configured to store a software application, and a processor configured to execute the software application to transmit one or more audio calibration signals to the plurality of speakers for emission by the plurality ofspeakers, receive, from a user device, information relating to a detection of the one or more audio calibration signals by the user device, and analyze the information received from the user device to determine a position of the user device.

Background

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS(1) FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;(2) FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary environment utilizing the system of FIG. 1, according to one implementation of the present disclosure;(3) FIG. 3 illustrates another exemplary environment utilizing the system of FIG. 1, according to one implementation of the present disclosure; and(4) FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary flowchart of a method for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION(5) The following description contains specificinformation pertaining to implementations in the present disclosure. The drawings in the present application and their accompanying detailed description are directed to merely exemplary implementations. Unless noted otherwise, like or corresponding elements among the figures may be indicated by like or corresponding reference numerals. Moreover, the drawings and illustrations in the present application are generally not to scale, and are not intended to correspond to actual relative dimensions.(6) FIG. 1 shows exemplary system 100 for delivery of personalized audio, according to one implementation of the present disclosure. As shown, system 100 includes user device 105, audio contents 107, media device 110, and speakers 197a, 197b, . . . , 197n. Media device 110 includes processor 120 and memory 130. Processor 120

Claims

1. A media device for use in a system including a plurality of speakers, the media device comprising: a memory configured to store a software application; and a processor configured to execute thesoftware application to: transmit one or more audio calibration signals to the plurality of speakers for emission by the plurality of speakers in an environment; receive, from a user device, information relating to a detection of the one or more audio calibration signals detected by the user device; and analyze the information received from the user device to determine a position of the user device, the position being a location of the user device in the environment relative to the plurality of speakers. 8. A method for use by a media device in a system including a plurality of speakers, the media device having a memory storing a software application and a processor executing the software application to perform the method comprising: transmitting the one or more audio calibration signals to the plurality of speakers for emission by the plurality of speakers in an environment; receiving,from a user device, information relating to a detection of the one or more audio calibration signals detected by the user device; and analyzing the information received from the user device to determine a position of the user device, the position being a location of the user device in the environment relative to the plurality of speakers. 15. A user device for use in a system including a plurality of speakers in an environment and a media device, the user device comprising: a memory configured to store a software application; and a processor configured to execute the software application to: detect one or more audio calibration signals emitted by the plurality of speakers; determine a position of the user device based on detecting the one or more audio calibration signals emitted by the plurality of speakers; and transmit, to the media device, information relating to the position of theuser device, the position being a location of the user device in the environment relativeto the plurality of speakers.