Method and apparatus for automatically configuring surround sound speaker systems
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1. A method for configuring a speaker system comprising:
- placing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on a speaker of said speaker system;
placing a wireless communication device in a specified location;
determining the distance from said specified location to said speaker using said RFID tag and said wireless communication device; and
transmitting said determined distance from said specified location to said speaker to a controller of said speaker system.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for automatically configuring a speaker system. The method includes the steps of placing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on a speaker of the above mentioned speaker system, placing a wireless communication device in a location representing the most likely location of the listener, determining the distance from the device location to the speaker using the RFID tag and said wireless communication device, and transmitting the determined distance from location representing the most likely location of the listener to the speaker to the speaker system controller.
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1. A method for configuring a speaker system comprising:
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placing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on a speaker of said speaker system;
placing a wireless communication device in a specified location;
determining the distance from said specified location to said speaker using said RFID tag and said wireless communication device; and
transmitting said determined distance from said specified location to said speaker to a controller of said speaker system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for determining the relative location of speakers in a surround sound system comprising:
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placing an RFID tag on each speaker in said surround sound system;
placing a wireless communication device in a specified location;
sequentially pinging a RF spectrum with said wireless communication device at frequencies corresponding to resonance frequencies of said RFID tags;
sequentially receiving said RF signal in said RFID tags;
resonating a return signal from each of said RFID tags to said wireless communication device when frequency corresponding to resonance frequency of said RFID tag is received;
receiving said return signal from each of said RFID tags in said wireless communication device;
determining the time lapse between sending said frequency ping and receiving said return signal; and
calculating the distance from said specified location to said speakers based upon said determined time lapses. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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20. An apparatus for automatically configuring a speaker system comprising:
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a system controller;
a plurality of speakers communicatively coupled to said system controller;
an RFID tag affixed to each of said speakers, wherein said RFID tag includes a resonating frequency; and
a wireless communication device communicatively coupled to said system controller and said RFID tags capable of determining relative positions of said speakers by both transmitting and receiving RF signals.
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29. An apparatus for automatically configuring a speaker system comprising:
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a controlling means for controlling said speaker system;
a speaker communicatively coupled to said controlling means;
an RF signal transponding means for receiving an RF signal and transponding said RF signal back to a source of said RF signal, said RF transponding means being substantially attached to said of speaker; and
a communications means for remotely communicating with said signal transponding means and said controlling means, wherein said communications means is capable of determining relative position of said speaker by both transmitting and receiving RF signals. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus for automatically configuring a speaker system containing firmware stored in a memory unit, which when executed causes said device to:
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ping a radio frequency (RF) spectrum at a frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of a RFID tag located on a speaker of said speaker system using a wireless communication device;
receive said RF signal in said RFID tag;
resonate a return signal from said RFID tag to said wireless communication device;
receive said return signal from said RFID tag in said wireless communication device;
determine the time lapse between sending said frequency ping and receiving said return signal; and
calculate the distance from said specified location to said speaker based upon said determined time lapse.
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