System and method for automatic room acoustic correction in multi-channel audio environments
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1. A method for correcting loudspeaker and room acoustics at multiple-listener positions in a reverberant room, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring a time domain room acoustical response at each listener position in a multiple-listener reverberant room, the measured room acoustical response including a loudspeaker response and a room response;
determining a general response by computing a weighted average of the time domain room acoustical responses; and
obtaining a room acoustic correction filter from only the general response;
wherein the room acoustic correction filter simultaneously corrects the room acoustics and loudspeaker acoustics at the multiple-listener positions.
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Abstract
A system and a method for correcting, simultaneously at multiple-listener positions, distortions introduced by the acoustical characteristics includes intelligently weighing the room acoustical responses to form a room acoustical correction filter.
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1. A method for correcting loudspeaker and room acoustics at multiple-listener positions in a reverberant room, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring a time domain room acoustical response at each listener position in a multiple-listener reverberant room, the measured room acoustical response including a loudspeaker response and a room response; determining a general response by computing a weighted average of the time domain room acoustical responses; and obtaining a room acoustic correction filter from only the general response; wherein the room acoustic correction filter simultaneously corrects the room acoustics and loudspeaker acoustics at the multiple-listener positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for generating substantially distortion-free audio at multiple-listener positions in a reverberant room environment, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring time domain acoustical characteristics of the environment at each expected listener position in the multiple-listener reverberant environment, the measured acoustical characteristics including a loudspeaker response and a room response; determining a room acoustical correction filter from only the acoustical characteristics at each of the expected listener positions; filtering an audio signal with the room acoustical correction filter; and transmitting the filtered audio from at least one loudspeaker, wherein the audio signal received at said each expected listener position is substantially free of distortions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for generating substantially distortion-free audio at multiple-listener positions in a reverberant room environment, the system comprising:
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a filtering means for performing multiple-listener reverberant room acoustic correction, the filtering means formed from a weighted average of only measured time domain room acoustical responses, and wherein each of the room acoustical responses is measured at an expected listener position in a multiple-listener environment, the reverberant room acoustical response including a loudspeaker response and a room response; wherein an audio signal, filtered by the room acoustic correction filtering means, is received substantially distortion-free at each of the expected listener positions. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for correcting loudspeaker and room acoustics at multiple-listener positions in a reverberant room, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring a plurality of reverberant room acoustical responses, each of the room acoustical responses including a room response and a loud speaker response, to a loud speaker signal; clustering each room acoustical response into at least one cluster, wherein each cluster includes a centroid; forming a general response from only the at least one centroid, the general response determined in the time domain; and determining a room acoustic correction filter from the general response; wherein the room acoustic correction filter corrects the room acoustics at the multiple-listener positions. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A method for correcting reverberant room acoustics at multiple-listener positions, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a general response by computing a weighted average of measured reverberant room acoustical responses in the time domain, each measured reverberant room acoustical response including a room response and a loud speaker response, wherein each room acoustical response corresponds to a sound propagation characteristics from a loudspeaker to a listener position; and obtaining a room acoustic correction filter from only the general response; wherein the room acoustic correction filter corrects the room acoustics at the multiple-listener positions. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A system for generating substantially distortion-free audio at multiple-listeners in a reverberant room environment, the system comprising:
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a filtering means for performing multiple-listener reverberant room acoustic correction, the filtering means formed from a weighted average of only time domain measured room acoustical responses, the measured room acoustical responses including a room response and a loud speaker response, the weighted average computed in the time domain, and wherein each of the room acoustical responses is measured at an expected listener position in a multiple-listener environment; wherein an audio signal, filtered by the room acoustic correction filtering means, is received substantially distortion-free at each of the expected listener positions.
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