SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEAKER CONFIGURATION
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1. A system for configuring speakers associated with a device, the system comprising:
- a device having a display and at least two speakers;
a means for detecting an orientation of the device;
a processing element operatively coupled to the display and means for detecting, the processing element controlling an orientation of an image displayed on the display responsive to detecting a change in orientation by the means for detecting;
an amplifier having a plurality of outputs;
a switch, the switch selectively connecting each of the speakers to each of the outputs; and
the processing element controlling the switch such that the speakers connected to each of the outputs correspond to the orientation of the image.
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Abstract
An application for a device includes at least two speakers and at least two-channels of audio. The at least two-channels of audio are selectively routed to the at least two speakers. Routing of the audio to the speakers is made based upon an orientation of the device. The orientation of the device and therefore the speaker configuration is either manually changed by a viewer input or is automatically detected such as when a hand-held device is rotated, for example, to view a display of the device in portrait mode instead of landscape mode.
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1. A system for configuring speakers associated with a device, the system comprising:
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a device having a display and at least two speakers; a means for detecting an orientation of the device; a processing element operatively coupled to the display and means for detecting, the processing element controlling an orientation of an image displayed on the display responsive to detecting a change in orientation by the means for detecting; an amplifier having a plurality of outputs; a switch, the switch selectively connecting each of the speakers to each of the outputs; and the processing element controlling the switch such that the speakers connected to each of the outputs correspond to the orientation of the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of configuring speakers associated with a device, the method comprising:
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providing a device having a display, at least two audio channels and at least two speakers; determining an orientation of the device; displaying an image on the display relative to the orientation of the device; routing the audio channels to the speakers relative to the orientation of the device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for configuring speakers associated with a device, the system comprising:
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a device having a display, a first speaker, a second speaker, a third speaker, a fourth speaker, a left audio channel, a right audio channel and a means for routing each of the audio channels selectively to any of the speakers; a detector, the detector detects an orientation of the device in the range of zero, 90, 180 and 270; when the detector detects an orientation of zero degrees, the left audio channel is routed to the first speaker and the right audio channel is routed to the fourth speaker. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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