Estimation of loudspeaker positions
First Claim
1. A system for determining loudspeaker position estimates in a setup of surround sound loudspeakers, the system comprising:
- means for determining motion data of a user movable unit that characterizes a movement of the user movable unit to be associated with a loudspeaker position of a corresponding loudspeaker in the setup;
a user input for receiving user activations that indicate, respectively, for each loudspeaker in the setup, that (i) a current position and (ii) a current orientation of the user movable unit is associated with the loudspeaker position of a corresponding loudspeaker in the setup in response to receiving a respective user activation of the received user activations; and
analyzing means for generating loudspeaker position estimates for the loudspeakers in the setup in response to (i) the determined motion data of the user movable unit and (ii) the received user activations, wherein the user movable unit comprises a motion detection sensor and the determining means is arranged to determine the motion data in response to data from the motion detection sensor, wherein the motion detection sensor comprises at least one of;
a gyroscope;
an accelerometer; and
a magnetometer.
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Abstract
A system for determining loudspeaker position estimates comprises motion sensors (201,203) and a movement processor (205) arranged to determine motion data for a user movable unit where the motion data characterizes movement of the user moveable unit. A user input interface (207) receives user inputs and a user processor (209) processes them into user activations which indicate that at least one of a current position and orientation of the user movable unit is associated with a loudspeaker position. An analyzing processor (211) then generates loudspeaker position estimates in response to the motion data and the user activations. The system thus performs speaker position estimations based on (i) the motion data of the user moveable unit being pointed towards or positioned on a speaker and (ii) the user activations.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for determining loudspeaker position estimates in a setup of surround sound loudspeakers, the system comprising:
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means for determining motion data of a user movable unit that characterizes a movement of the user movable unit to be associated with a loudspeaker position of a corresponding loudspeaker in the setup; a user input for receiving user activations that indicate, respectively, for each loudspeaker in the setup, that (i) a current position and (ii) a current orientation of the user movable unit is associated with the loudspeaker position of a corresponding loudspeaker in the setup in response to receiving a respective user activation of the received user activations; and analyzing means for generating loudspeaker position estimates for the loudspeakers in the setup in response to (i) the determined motion data of the user movable unit and (ii) the received user activations, wherein the user movable unit comprises a motion detection sensor and the determining means is arranged to determine the motion data in response to data from the motion detection sensor, wherein the motion detection sensor comprises at least one of; a gyroscope; an accelerometer; and a magnetometer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of determining loudspeaker position estimates in a setup of surround sound loudspeakers, the method comprising:
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determining motion data of a user movable unit that characterizes a movement of the user movable unit to be associated with a loudspeaker position of a corresponding loudspeaker in the setup; receiving user activations that indicate, respectively, for each loudspeaker in the setup, that (i) a current position and (ii) a current orientation of the user movable unit is associated with the loudspeaker position of a corresponding loudspeaker in the setup in response to receiving a respective user activation of the received user activations; and generating loudspeaker position estimates for the loudspeakers in the setup in response to (i) the determined motion data of the user movable unit and (ii) the received user activations, wherein the user movable unit comprises a motion detection sensor and wherein determining further comprises determining the motion data in response to data from the motion detection sensor, wherein the motion detection sensor comprises at least one of; a gyroscope; an accelerometer; and a magnetometer.
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