Adaptive speaker compensation system for a multimedia computer system
First Claim
1. An adaptive speaker compensation system comprising:
- means for storing speaker response filter coefficients;
means, operatively coupled to the means for storing, for adaptively compensating received audio for non-linear speaker characteristics based on the stored speaker response filter coefficients;
a remotely accessible library memory means for storing speaker characteristic data;
said means for adaptively compensating includes means, operatively coupled to the library memory means, for modifying filter configurations based on speaker characteristic data obtained from the library memory means;
said library memory includes audio channel selection data and speaker type data to facilitate adaptive selection of speaker characteristic data on a per speaker basis; and
said speaker characteristic data includes finite impulse response filter coefficients; and
, said means for adaptively compensating, remotely accesses the library memory means to obtain the finite impulse response for filter coefficients for storage in the means for storing as speaker response filter coefficients.
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Abstract
An adaptive speaker compensation system and method, such as for use in a multimedia computer, stores speaker response filter coefficients for each speaker and adaptively compensates received audio for non-linear speaker characteristics based on the stored speaker response filter coefficients. The speaker response filter coefficients preferably represent an inverse response of a speaker response curve for each speaker in the audio system. Preferably a library memory containing prestored speaker characteristic data, such as the speaker response filter coefficients, is selectively accessed by the adaptive speaker compensation system to download the speaker response filter coefficients based on identification of a speaker type and channel for which the speaker is being used.
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17 Claims
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1. An adaptive speaker compensation system comprising:
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means for storing speaker response filter coefficients;
means, operatively coupled to the means for storing, for adaptively compensating received audio for non-linear speaker characteristics based on the stored speaker response filter coefficients;
a remotely accessible library memory means for storing speaker characteristic data;
said means for adaptively compensating includes means, operatively coupled to the library memory means, for modifying filter configurations based on speaker characteristic data obtained from the library memory means;
said library memory includes audio channel selection data and speaker type data to facilitate adaptive selection of speaker characteristic data on a per speaker basis; and
said speaker characteristic data includes finite impulse response filter coefficients; and
,said means for adaptively compensating, remotely accesses the library memory means to obtain the finite impulse response for filter coefficients for storage in the means for storing as speaker response filter coefficients.
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2. A method for adaptive speaker compensation comprising the steps of:
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storing speaker response filter coefficients for a plurality of speakers, each representing an inverse response of a speaker response curve for said plurality of speakers, on a per speaker basis;
adaptively compensating received audio for non-linear speaker characteristics based on the stored speaker response filter coefficients;
storing speaker characteristic data in library memory that includes audio channel selection data and speaker type data to facilitate adaptive selection of speaker characteristic data on a per speaker basis, and modifying filter configurations based on speaker characteristic data obtained from the library memory. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. An adaptive speaker compensation apparatus comprising:
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an interface to communicate remotely with an adaptive speaker compensation unit; and
a filter coefficient library for storing audio selection data and speaker type data to facilitate adaptive selection of speaker filter characteristic data on a per speaker basis, said filter coefficient library being comprised of sets of filter coefficients for each speaker type and being remotely located from speakers themselves. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method of adaptive speaker compensation comprising the steps of:
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storing speaker response filter coefficients for a plurality of different speakers in a library memory that includes audio channel selection data and speaker type data to facilitate adaptive selection of speaker characteristic data on a per speaker basis; and
adaptively compensating received audio for non-linear speaker characteristics of each speaker by providing adaptive crossover filtering based on stored speaker response filter characteristics to facilitate frequency separation on a per speaker basis and by modifying filter configurations based on speaker characteristic data obtained from the library memory. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An adaptive speaker compensation system comprising:
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library means for storing speaker response filter coefficients for a plurality of speaker types and for storing speaker characteristic data for a plurality of speaker type data to facilitate adaptive selection of speaker characteristic data on a per speaker basis, said library means further storing audio channel selection data and speaker type data; and
means, operatively coupled to the library means for storing, for adaptively compensating received audio for non-linear speaker characteristics based on the stored speaker response filter coefficients, wherein the means for adaptively compensating received audio includes means for communicating with a library memory containing prestored speaker characteristic data to update compensation filtering in response to changes in speaker types and further includes means for modifying filter configurations based on speaker data obtained from the library means. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of adaptive speaker compensation comprising the steps of:
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storing speaker characteristic data in library memory wherein the library memory includes audio channel selection data and speaker type data to facilitate adaptive selection of speaker characteristic data on a per speaker basis;
storing speaker response filter coefficients; and
adaptively compensating received audio for non-linear speaker characteristics based on the stored speaker response filter coefficients wherein compensating includes modifying filter configurations based on speaker characteristic data obtained from the library memory. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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