MOBILE INTERFACE FOR LOUDSPEAKER OPTIMIZATION

• US 20160239255A1
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: HESS, Sean Michael, HAUSCHILD, Ryan Daniel, CHAVEZ, Paul Michael, HOLLADAY, Adam James Edward
• Application Number:
  US14/747,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20160239255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/301 Automatic calibration of stereophonic sound system, e.g. with test microphone

Abstract

A system for providing an audio processing interface at a mobile device configured to detect an audio processor, present, via a user interface, a display screen to receive user input to initiate audio testing, iteratively present a series of testing screens, each including at least one instruction and test status, and present another instruction and test status in response to receiving and indicative of a successful sample at a previous microphone location.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions of a software program, the software program being executable by a processor of a computing device to provide operations, comprising:

detecting an audio processor;

presenting, via a mobile device, a display screen to receive user input to initiate audio testing; and

presenting a series of testing screens, each including at least one instruction and test status, and wherein at least one of the testing screens provides a selectable option for acquiring at least one audio sample to be analyzed and processed to increase audio sound quality of a loudspeaker.

2. The medium of claim 1, presenting, via at least one of the series of testing screens, an ideal first location for a microphone for acquiring the at least one audio sample from one or more sound system loudspeakers.

3. The medium of claim 2, presenting, via at least one of the series of testing screens, a testing status at the ideal location.

4. The medium of claim 3, presenting, at another one of the at least one of the series of testing screens, an ideal second location for the microphone for acquiring the at least one audio sample in response to receiving an indication of a successful audio sample at the ideal first location.

5. The medium of claim 1, presenting a plurality of selectable features, via the display screen.

6. The medium of claim 5, wherein the display screen to initiate audio testing includes at least one selectable automated equalization feature for initiating audio processing.

7. A system for providing an audio processing interface at a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device including an interface configured to;

detect an audio processor;

present, via a user interface, a display screen to receive user input to initiate audio testing;

iteratively present a series of testing screens, each including at least one instruction and test status associated with one of a plurality of microphone locations; and

present another instruction and test status associated with another one of the plurality of microphone locations in response to receiving an indication of a successful sample at a previous microphone location.

8. The system of claim 7, the mobile device further configured to present a testing status icon during testing at the one of the microphone locations.

9. The system of claim 7, the mobile device further configured to update each of the testing screens to indicate testing is complete at the respective microphone location in response to receiving an indication of a successful sample at that respective microphone location, the successful sample having a signal to noise ratio above a predefined ratio.

10. The system of claim 7, the mobile device further configured to provide a selectable option on at least one of the testing screens to acquire at least one audio sample to be analyzed and processed to increase audio sound quality of a loudspeaker.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the display screen includes at least one selectable auto equalization feature.

12. A method, comprising:

recognizing an audio processor;

presenting a first testing screen indicating a first microphone location;

presenting a first testing status at the first microphone location;

receiving a testing complete status for the first microphone location; and

presenting, in response to the testing complete status, a second testing screen indicating a second microphone location distinct from the first microphone location.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising updating the first testing screen to indicate testing is complete for the first microphone location.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein updating the first testing screen to indicate testing is complete includes a testing complete icon associated with the first microphone location.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the first testing status includes a dynamically updated icon indicating a current level of completion of testing at the first microphone location.

16. The method of claim 12, presenting a testing complete screen in response to testing at each of a plurality of microphone locations being complete.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the testing complete screen includes a textual indication.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the testing complete screen includes a testing complete icon associated with the first microphone location and the second microphone location.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one of the first and second testing screens includes textual instructions related to testing at the respective microphone location.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one of the first and second testing screens includes at least one shortcut selectable option.