Distributed wireless speaker system with automatic configuration determination when new speakers are added
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1. A device comprising:
- at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions which when executed by at least one processor result in;
determining that one or more audio speakers are present on a network of audio speakers in a speaker arrangement, each speaker being associated with a respective network address so that each speaker may be addressed by a computer accessing the network;
receiving dimensions of at least one enclosure in which the network at least partially is disposed;
receiving at least a desired listening position and/or a number of listeners;
determining whether the speaker arrangement meets at least one acoustic requirement;
responsive to a determination that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement, indicating on a computerized display device that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement and prompting the user to adjust one or more of speaker location, orientation, frequency assignation, speaker parameters, or automatically adjusting one or more of frequency assignation, speaker parameters; and
determining whether a basic setup is complete, and responsive to a determination that the basic setup is complete, launching a speaker control user interface on the display device.
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Abstract
In an audio speaker network, setup of speaker location, sound track or channel assignation, and speaker parameters is facilitated by an application detecting speaker locations and prompting a user to input rough room boundaries and a desired listener location in the room. Based on this, optimum speaker locations/frequency assignations/speaker parameters may be determined and output.
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1. A device comprising:
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at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions which when executed by at least one processor result in; determining that one or more audio speakers are present on a network of audio speakers in a speaker arrangement, each speaker being associated with a respective network address so that each speaker may be addressed by a computer accessing the network; receiving dimensions of at least one enclosure in which the network at least partially is disposed; receiving at least a desired listening position and/or a number of listeners; determining whether the speaker arrangement meets at least one acoustic requirement; responsive to a determination that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement, indicating on a computerized display device that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement and prompting the user to adjust one or more of speaker location, orientation, frequency assignation, speaker parameters, or automatically adjusting one or more of frequency assignation, speaker parameters; and determining whether a basic setup is complete, and responsive to a determination that the basic setup is complete, launching a speaker control user interface on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A device comprising:
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at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions which when executed by at least one processor configure the processor for; determining that one or more audio speakers are present on a network of audio speakers in a speaker arrangement, each speaker being associated with a respective network address so that each speaker may be addressed by a computer accessing the network; receiving dimensions of at least one enclosure in which the network at least partially is disposed; receiving at least a desired listening position and/or a number of listeners; determining whether the speaker arrangement meets at least one acoustic requirement; responsive to a determination that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement, indicating on a computerized display device, via a user interface, that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement and prompting the user to adjust one or more of speaker location, orientation, frequency assignation, speaker parameters or automatically adjusting at least one speaker parameter; and determining whether at least one speaker is to be used for multiple spaces, and responsive to a determination that the at least one speaker is to be used for multiple spaces, controlling the computerized display device to present at least one user interface to guide a user through secondary assignments for the at least one speaker.
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7. A device comprising:
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at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions which when executed by at least one processor result in; determining that one or more audio speakers are present on a network of audio speakers in a speaker arrangement, each speaker being associated with a respective network address so that each speaker may be addressed by a computer accessing the network; receiving dimensions of at least one enclosure in which the network at least partially is disposed; accessing at least a desired listening position and/or a number of listeners; determining whether the speaker arrangement meets at least one acoustic requirement; responsive to a determination that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement, indicating, using a user interface presented on at least one computerized display device, that the speaker arrangement does not meet the acoustic requirement and prompting the user to adjust one or more of speaker location, orientation, frequency assignation, speaker parameters and/or automatically adjusting at least one speaker parameter; wherein the determining whether the speaker arrangement meets at least one acoustic requirement is executed at least in part using wave interference analysis.
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8. System comprising:
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at least one computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by a processor which is configured for accessing the computer readable storage medium to execute the instructions to configure the processor for; presenting on a display at least a first user interface (UI); and receiving from the first UI at least one user input, the first UI comprising; an indication of a boundary of an enclosure for containing an audio speaker network; and indications of speaker locations within the boundary; presenting a second UI comprising at least one prompt to select an additional space a speaker is to be used for in addition to the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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