Multi-channel loudspeaker matching using variable directivity
First Claim
1. A method for driving a set of speaker arrays to maintain a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by each speaker array at a location of a listener, comprising:
- determining, by a programmed processor of an electronic audio source, characteristics for a first speaker array and a second speaker array;
determining, by the programmed processor of the electronic audio source, a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by the first speaker array and the second speaker array; and
selecting, by the programmed processor of the electronic audio source, a first beam pattern for the first speaker array based on the characteristics of the first speaker array wherein the first speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of a listener, and the second speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of the listener.
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Abstract
An audio system that maintains an identical or similar direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound produced from a first speaker array and sound produced by a second speaker array at the location of a listener is described. The audio system may determine characteristics of the first and second speaker arrays, including the distance between the first speaker array and the listener and the second speaker array and the listener. Based on these characteristics, beam patterns are selected for one or more of the speaker arrays such that sound produced by each of the speaker arrays maintains a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of the listener.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for driving a set of speaker arrays to maintain a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by each speaker array at a location of a listener, comprising:
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determining, by a programmed processor of an electronic audio source, characteristics for a first speaker array and a second speaker array; determining, by the programmed processor of the electronic audio source, a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by the first speaker array and the second speaker array; and selecting, by the programmed processor of the electronic audio source, a first beam pattern for the first speaker array based on the characteristics of the first speaker array wherein the first speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of a listener, and the second speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of the listener. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing device for driving a set of speaker arrays to maintain a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by each speaker array at a location of a listener, comprising:
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a hardware processor; and a non-transitory memory unit for storing instructions, which when executed by the hardware processor; determine characteristics for a first speaker array and a second speaker array; determine a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by the first speaker array and the second speaker array; and select a first beam pattern for the first speaker array based on the characteristics for the first speaker array wherein the first speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of a listener, and the second speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of the listener. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture for driving a set of speaker arrays to maintain a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by each speaker array at the location of a listener, comprising:
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a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that stores instructions which, when executed by a processor in a computer, determine characteristics for a first speaker array and a second speaker array; determine a preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio for sound emitted by the first speaker array and the second speaker array; and select a first beam pattern for the first speaker array based on the characteristics for the first speaker array wherein the first speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of a listener, and the second speaker array produces the preferred direct-to-reverberant ratio at the location of the listener. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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