Dynamic adjustment of audio production

• US 9,612,792 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Pawar, Sagar C., Pillai, Prakash
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Hemant
• Application Number:
  US14/739,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20160364207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 700 94, 381 56- 63, 381 77- 86
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for dynamic configuration of audio production are described. Audio production nodes (“APNs”) may produce audio. The APNs and may be configured to be compliant with a Precision Time Protocol (“PTP”). The APNs may be configured to perform dynamic configuration of audio production. An APN may receive configuration-related information transmitted from one or more other APNs, such as in association with operation of the PTP. An APN, in response to receipt of this configuration-related data, may modify configuration settings used for its audio production such as modification of timing, tone, power, intensity, equalization settings, or other configuration settings. The APN may be configured to produce its own configuration-related data for use by other APNs to modify the other APNs'"'"' configuration settings. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Claims

1. An audio production node, comprising:

one or more computer processors;

an audio producer to operate on the one or more computer processors to produce audio based on audio production data received from a host node, wherein the audio producer is to produce audio based on one or more audio configuration settings; and

an audio configuration modifier to operate on the one or more computer processors to modify the audio configuration settings during audio production, wherein the audio configuration modifier is to modify the audio configuration settings of the audio production node based at least in part on configuration-related data received from one or more other audio production nodes that produce audio based on the same audio production data respectively received from the host node.

2. The audio production node of claim 1, wherein the audio configuration modifier is to modify the audio configuration settings based on configuration-related data that indicates that another audio production node has ceased producing audio.

3. The audio production node of claim 1, wherein the audio configuration modifier is to modify the audio configuration settings based on received audio adjustment data that describe one or more differences between audio data received by an audio sensor of one or more of the other audio production nodes and the audio production data.

4. The audio production node of claim 1, wherein the audio configuration modifier is to modify the audio configuration settings based on received audio adjustment data that describe suggested adjustments to be made to the audio configuration settings.

5. The audio production node of claim 1, wherein the audio configuration modifier is to modify one or more of pitch, amplitude or timing of audio produced by the audio producer, based at least in part on configuration-related data received from the one or more other audio production nodes producing the audio production data.

6. The audio production node of claim 1, wherein the audio configuration modifier is to modify the audio configuration settings in association with transmission of clock updates between the audio production node and the one or more other audio production nodes, based at least in part on configuration-related data received from one or more other audio production nodes producing the audio production data.

7. The audio production node of claim 6, wherein the audio configuration modifier is to modify the audio configuration settings in association with transmission of clock updates while implementing a Precision Time Protocol that provides clock synchronization between audio production nodes.

8. The audio production node of claim 1, wherein the audio production node further comprises:

an audio sensor to sense audio and provide audio data; and

an audio adjustment data generator coupled to the audio sensor, wherein the audio adjustment data generator is to operate on the one or more computer processors to generate audio adjustment data for transmission to the one or more other audio production nodes based on audio sensor data received from the audio sensor.

9. The audio production node of claim 8, wherein the audio adjustment data generator is to generate audio adjustment data for transmission to the one or more other audio production nodes in association with transmission of clock updates between the audio production node and the one or more other audio production nodes.

10. The audio production node of claim 8, wherein the audio adjustment data generator is to generate audio adjustment data for transmission to the one or more other audio production nodes based on a comparison of the audio production data to the audio data received from the audio sensor.

11. The audio production node of claim 10, wherein the audio adjustment data generator is to determine whether the audio data received from the audio sensor is in sync with audio that is described by the received audio production data.

12. The audio production node of claim 8, wherein the audio adjustment data generator is to further store audio configuration settings of the one or more other audio production nodes, and is to generate audio adjustment data for transmission to the one or more other audio production nodes based at least in part on the audio configuration settings of the one or more other audio production nodes.

13. The audio production node of claim 8, wherein the audio adjustment data generator is to determine whether the audio data received from the audio sensor differs in pitch or amplitude with audio described by the received audio production data.

14. The audio production node of claim 8, wherein the audio adjustment data includes one or more of:

timing adjustment information, pitch adjustment information, or amplitude adjustment information.

15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions written thereon that, in response to execution on an audio production node, cause the audio production node to:

produce audio based on audio production data received from a host node, wherein the audio is produced based on one or more audio configuration settings; and

modify the audio configuration settings of the audio production node during audio production based at least in part on configuration-related data received from one or more other audio production nodes that produce audio based on the same audio production data respectively received from the host node.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein modify the audio configuration settings comprises modify the audio configuration settings based on configuration-related data that indicates that another audio production node has ceased producing audio.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein modify the audio configuration settings comprises modify the audio configuration settings based on received audio adjustment data that describe one or more differences between audio data received by an audio sensor of one or more of the other audio production nodes and the audio production data.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein modify the audio configuration settings comprises modify the audio configuration settings based on received audio adjustment data that describe suggested adjustments to be made to the audio configuration settings.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein modify the audio configuration settings comprises modify one or more of pitch, amplitude or timing of audio produced by the audio production node, based at least in part on configuration-related data received from the one or more other audio production nodes producing the audio production data.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein modify the audio configuration settings comprises modify the audio configuration settings in association with transmission of clock updates between the audio production node and the one or more other audio production nodes, based at least in part on configuration-related data received from one or more other audio production nodes producing the audio production data.

21. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further to cause the audio production node to generate audio adjustment data for transmission to the one or more other audio production nodes based on audio sensor data received from an audio sensor.

22. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

producing, by an audio production node, audio based on audio production data received from a host node, wherein the audio is produced based on one or more audio configuration settings; and

modifying, by the audio production node, the audio configuration settings during audio production based at least in part on configuration-related data received from one or more other audio production nodes that produce audio based on the same audio production data respectively received from the host node.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein modifying the audio configuration settings comprises modifying the audio configuration settings based on received audio adjustment data that describe one or more differences between audio data received by an audio sensor of one or more of the other audio production nodes and the audio production data or suggested adjustments to be made to the audio configuration settings.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein modifying the audio configuration settings comprises modifying the audio configuration settings in association with transmission of clock updates between the audio production node and the one or more other audio production nodes, based at least in part on configuration-related data received from one or more other audio production nodes producing the audio production data.