Playback device calibration
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1. A computing device comprising:
- one or more processors; and
tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising;
receiving, from multiple network devices sharing one or more common characteristics, respective data indicating microphone acoustic characteristics of each network device;
determining a representative acoustic characteristic based on the received data indicating the microphone acoustic characteristics;
storing, in a database, data indicating the representative acoustic characteristic in association with the one or more common characteristics;
after storing the data, receiving one or more messages indicating that (i) a particular network device is being used to calibrate a playback device of a networked media playback system that the particular network device is configured to control and (ii) one or more characteristics of the particular network device;
based on at least one characteristic of the particular network device corresponding to the one or more common characteristics, identifying within the database the representative acoustic characteristic corresponding to the one or more common characteristics; and
causing the identified representative acoustic characteristic to be applied when the particular network device is used for calibrating the playback device.
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Abstract
Examples described herein involve calibration of a microphone of a network device. An example network device identifies, within a database of microphone acoustic characteristics, an acoustic characteristic of the microphone which corresponds to a particular characteristic of the network device. The network device calibrates a playback device based on at least the identified acoustic characteristic of the microphone.
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1. A computing device comprising:
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one or more processors; and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising; receiving, from multiple network devices sharing one or more common characteristics, respective data indicating microphone acoustic characteristics of each network device; determining a representative acoustic characteristic based on the received data indicating the microphone acoustic characteristics; storing, in a database, data indicating the representative acoustic characteristic in association with the one or more common characteristics; after storing the data, receiving one or more messages indicating that (i) a particular network device is being used to calibrate a playback device of a networked media playback system that the particular network device is configured to control and (ii) one or more characteristics of the particular network device; based on at least one characteristic of the particular network device corresponding to the one or more common characteristics, identifying within the database the representative acoustic characteristic corresponding to the one or more common characteristics; and causing the identified representative acoustic characteristic to be applied when the particular network device is used for calibrating the playback device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14)
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5. Tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
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receiving, from multiple network devices sharing one or more common characteristics, respective data indicating microphone acoustic characteristics of each network device; determining a representative acoustic characteristic based on the received data indicating the microphone acoustic characteristics; storing, in a database, data indicating the representative acoustic characteristic in association with the one or more common characteristics; after storing the data, receiving one or more messages indicating that (i) a particular network device is being used to calibrate a playback device of a networked media playback system that the particular network device is configured to control and (ii) one or more characteristics of the particular network device; based on at least one characteristic of the particular network device corresponding to the one or more common characteristics, identifying within the database, the representative acoustic characteristic corresponding to the one or more common characteristics; and causing the identified representative acoustic characteristic to be applied when the particular network device is used for calibrating the playback device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17)
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9. A method comprising:
- receiving, via a computing device from multiple network devices sharing one or more common Characteristics, respective data indicating microphone acoustic characteristics of each network device;
determining, via the computing device, a representative acoustic characteristic based on the received data indicating the microphone acoustic characteristics;
storing, in a database, data indicating the representative acoustic characteristic in association with the one or more common characteristics;
after storing the data, receiving, via the computing device, one or more messages indicating that (i) a particular network device is being used to calibrate a playback device of a networked media playback system that the particular network device is configured to control and (ii) one or more characteristics of the particular network device;
based on at least one characteristic of the particular network device corresponding to the one or more common characteristics, identifying, via the computing device within the database, the representative acoustic characteristic corresponding to the one or more common; and
causing, via the computing, device, the identified representative acoustic characteristic to be applied when the particular network device is used for calibrating the playback device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 18, 19, 20)
- receiving, via a computing device from multiple network devices sharing one or more common Characteristics, respective data indicating microphone acoustic characteristics of each network device;
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