AUDIO CALIBRATION AND ADJUSTMENT
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1. A system comprising:
- an audio output device that outputs audio signals to a plurality of speakers;
a sound pressure level meter coupled to a microphone, the microphone configured to detect audio from the plurality of speakers; and
a calibration mechanism configured to;
recognize one or more themes in the detected audio from the plurality of speakers,obtain attenuation settings that are specific to the one or more recognized themes in the detected audio, andperform at least one calibration operation that attenuates the audio signals provided to the plurality of speakers according to the attenuation settings specific to the one or more recognized themes in the detected audio.
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Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed towards calibrating sound pressure levels of speakers to determine desired attenuation data for use in later playback. A user may be guided to a calibration location to place a microphone, and each speaker is calibrated to output a desired sound pressure level in its current acoustic environment based upon the attenuation data learned during calibration. During playback, the attenuation data is used. Also described is testing the setup of the speakers, and dynamically adjusting the attenuation data in real time based upon tracking the listener'"'"'s current location.
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1. A system comprising:
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an audio output device that outputs audio signals to a plurality of speakers; a sound pressure level meter coupled to a microphone, the microphone configured to detect audio from the plurality of speakers; and a calibration mechanism configured to; recognize one or more themes in the detected audio from the plurality of speakers, obtain attenuation settings that are specific to the one or more recognized themes in the detected audio, and perform at least one calibration operation that attenuates the audio signals provided to the plurality of speakers according to the attenuation settings specific to the one or more recognized themes in the detected audio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method performed at least in part on at least one processor, comprising:
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analyzing streaming video for metadata related to audio associated with the video; identifying speaker calibration settings from the metadata of the audio associated with the video; dynamically adjusting speaker output settings based on the identified speaker calibration settings from the metadata of the audio associated with the video; and directing a plurality of speakers to play the audio according to the adjusted speaker output settings. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more machine-readable storage devices embodied with executable instructions for calibrating audio output, comprising:
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obtaining a plurality of sets of calibration attenuation data corresponding to calibration themes specifically associated with different types of audio, wherein the calibration themes indicate one or more audio levels for the different types of audio; and using at least one set of calibration attenuation data to output audio signals to a speaker based upon a currently selected theme. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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