Audio apparatus adaptable to user position
First Claim
1. An audio apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of sub-modules for placing at locations separate from one another, each sub-module of the plurality of sub-modules comprising a microphone, a loudspeaker, a communicator and a processor,wherein the processor of a first sub-module among the plurality of sub-modules is configured to;
process an audio signal to be output as sound through the loudspeaker of the first sub-module,identify a position of a user with respect to the first sub-module of the plurality of sub-modules,turn up a volume level of the microphone of the first sub-module in response to the identified position of the user moving closer to the first sub-module than to a second sub-module among the plurality of sub-modules, andturn down the volume level of the microphone of the first sub-module in response to the identified position of the user moving closer to the second sub-module than to the first sub-module, andwherein the processor is further configured to control a volume level of the sound being output through the loudspeaker in accordance with the identified position of the user.
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Abstract
An audio apparatus adaptable to a user position is provided. The audio apparatus may include a plurality of sub-modules placed at separate locations from one another, each sub-module of the plurality of sub-modules including a loudspeaker configured to generate sound and a communicator configured to perform communication. The first sub-module among the plurality of sub-modules may include a processor that processes an audio signal to be output as sound through the loudspeaker of the first sub-module, determines a user'"'"'s position with respect to each of the plurality of sub-modules, and changes a state of the sound being output from the loudspeaker of the first sub-module in accordance with the determined position of the user.
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19 Claims
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1. An audio apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of sub-modules for placing at locations separate from one another, each sub-module of the plurality of sub-modules comprising a microphone, a loudspeaker, a communicator and a processor, wherein the processor of a first sub-module among the plurality of sub-modules is configured to; process an audio signal to be output as sound through the loudspeaker of the first sub-module, identify a position of a user with respect to the first sub-module of the plurality of sub-modules, turn up a volume level of the microphone of the first sub-module in response to the identified position of the user moving closer to the first sub-module than to a second sub-module among the plurality of sub-modules, and turn down the volume level of the microphone of the first sub-module in response to the identified position of the user moving closer to the second sub-module than to the first sub-module, and wherein the processor is further configured to control a volume level of the sound being output through the loudspeaker in accordance with the identified position of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium of an audio apparatus comprising a plurality of sub-modules for placing at separate locations from one another, the non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code for a method to be executed by a processor of a first sub-module among the plurality of sub-modules, the method comprising:
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processing an audio signal to be output as sound through a loudspeaker of the first sub-module, identifying a position of a user with respect to the first sub-module of the plurality of sub-modules, turning up a volume level of a microphone of the first sub-module in response to the identified position of the user moving closer to the first sub-module than to a second sub-module among the plurality of sub-modules, and turning down the volume level of the microphone of the first sub-module in response to the identified position of the user moving closer to the second sub-module than to the first sub-module. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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