ACOUSTIC PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT

• US 20180197560A1
• Filed: 01/09/2017
• Published: 07/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Trivi, Jean-Michel, Kim, Moonseok
• Granted Patent: US 10,127,920 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2021/02082 the noise being echo, reverberation of the speech
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0232 Processing in the frequency domain
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0364 for improving intelligibility
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/72 for transmitting results of analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/002 Applications of echo suppressors or cancellers in telephonic connections in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/08, echo suppressors or cancellers per se H04B3/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 9/08 Two-way loud-speaking telephone systems with means for conditioning the signal, e.g. for suppressing echoes for one or both directions of traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/03 Connection circuits to selectively connect loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 29/00 Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements for hearing aids H04R25/30; detection of loudspeaker connection H04R5/04; sound-field adaptation dependent on speaker detection H04S7/308
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/02 for preventing acoustic reaction , i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/453

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting acoustic parameters. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an identifier associated with an enclosure for a computing device, transmitting data identifying the identifier associated with the enclosure for the computing device, and receiving one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device. The method also includes based on the one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device, determining, one or more acoustic parameter adjustments of the computing device in the enclosure, the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments being configured to preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the computing device out of the enclosure while the computing device is in the enclosure, and based on the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments, adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, an identifier associated with an enclosure for the computing device;

transmitting, by the computing device, data identifying the identifier associated with the enclosure for the computing device;

receiving, by the computing device, one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device;

based on the one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device, determining, by the computing device, one or more acoustic parameter adjustments of the computing device in the enclosure, the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments being configured to preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the computing device out of the enclosure while the computing device is in the enclosure; and

based on the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments, adjusting, by the computing device, the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining that a use mode of the computing device is speakerphone mode, wherein the use mode includes a set of predefined acoustic parameters,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on determining that the use mode of the computing device is speakerphone mode.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining that a use mode of the computing device is handset mode or headset mode; and

based on determining that the use mode of the computing device is handset mode or headset mode, adjusting, by the computing device, the one or more acoustic parameters to the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device out of the enclosure.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

generating, by a speaker of the computing device, reference audio;

receiving, by one or more microphones of the computing device, the generated reference audio; and

comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining that the enclosure is secured on the computing device,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on determining that the enclosure is secured on the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical parameters include one or more of a material type of the enclosure, dimensions of the enclosure, and physical properties of the enclosure.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier includes one or more of a web address, a tag, a barcode, a matrix barcode, a uniquely identifiable series of characters, and a wireless passive communication tag.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments include one or more of echo cancellation, echo reduction, noise cancellation, noise reduction, feedback cancellation, feedback reduction, adaptive gain control, speaker protection, frequency response calibration and wind noise suppression.

9. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices that adjust acoustic parameters using an identifier associated with an enclosure for the computing device, the one or more computing devices configured to perform operations including;

receiving the identifier associated with the enclosure for the computing device;

transmitting data identifying the identifier associated with the enclosure for the computing device;

receiving one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device;

based on the one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device, determining one or more acoustic parameter adjustments of the computing device in the enclosure, the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments being configured to preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the computing device out of the enclosure while the computing device is in the enclosure; and

based on the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments, adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the computing device is speakerphone mode, wherein the use mode includes a set of predefined acoustic parameters,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on determining that the use mode of the computing device is speakerphone mode.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the computing device is handset mode or headset mode; and

based on determining that the use mode of the computing device is handset mode or headset mode, adjusting, by the computing device, the one or more acoustic parameters to the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device out of the enclosure.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations comprise:

generating, by a speaker of the computing device, reference audio;

receiving, by a microphone of the computing device, the generated reference audio; and

comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations comprise:

determining that the enclosure is secured on the computing device; and

adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters based on determining that the enclosure is secured on the computing device.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more physical parameters include one or more of a material type of the enclosure, dimensions of the enclosure, and physical properties of the enclosure.

15. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving an identifier associated with an enclosure for a computing device;

transmitting data identifying the identifier associated with the enclosure for the computing device;

receiving one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device;

based on the one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device, determining one or more acoustic parameter adjustments of the computing device in the enclosure, the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments being configured to preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the computing device out of the enclosure while the computing device is in the enclosure; and

based on the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments, adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device.

16. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the computing device is speakerphone mode, wherein the use mode includes a set of predefined acoustic parameters,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on determining that the use mode of the computing device is speakerphone mode.

17. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the computing device is handset mode or headset mode; and

based on determining that the use mode of the computing device is handset mode or headset mode, adjusting, by the computing device, the one or more acoustic parameters to the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device out of the enclosure.

18. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise:

generating, by a speaker of the computing device, reference audio;

receiving, by a microphone of the computing device, the generated reference audio; and

comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio.

19. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise:

determining that the enclosure is secured on the computing device; and

adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters based on determining that the enclosure is secured on the computing device.

20. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more physical parameters include one or more of a material type of the enclosure, dimensions of the enclosure, and physical properties of the enclosure.