Multiple-orientation audio device and related apparatus
First Claim
1. An audio device for placement on a surface, comprising:
- a housing incorporating a first support surface and a second support surface by which the audio device may be physically supported, the first and second support surfaces providing the audio device with different orientations relative to the surface on which the audio device is placed;
a first acoustic driver incorporated into the housing to acoustically output sound in a radiating pattern associated with a first axis of the first acoustic driver;
an orientation sensor incorporated into the housing to detect a direction of a force of gravity; and
a control circuit coupled to the first acoustic driver and the orientation sensor, the control circuit to;
operate the orientation sensor to determine the direction of the force of gravity relative to the first axis;
determine whether the first axis is oriented to one of a first angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the audio device by the first support surface and a second angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the audio device by the second support surface;
wherein the first and second angles of elevation are different and non-zero relative to the surface on which the device is placed andalter a characteristic of acoustic output of sound by the first acoustic driver based on the first axis being oriented to one of the first and second angles of elevation,wherein;
the housing comprises and is separable into a first housing portion and a second housing portion;
the first housing portion comprises the first acoustic driver, the orientation sensor and the control circuit; and
the second housing portion comprises a power source, and the first and second support surfaces, andwherein;
the control circuit comprises a filter block that employs at least one digital filter to alter the characteristic; and
the second housing portion comprises a storage that stores indications of a first digital filter configuration associated with the first support surface and a second digital filter configuration associated with the second support surface, the control circuit to configure the at least one digital filter with the first or second filter configuration based on the first axis being oriented to one of the first and second angles of elevation.
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Abstract
An audio device includes a housing having first and second support surfaces for supporting the device at different orientations relative to the surface on which the device is placed, a driver to output sound in a radiating pattern associated with a first axis of the driver, and an orientation sensor to detect a direction of a force of gravity. A control circuit coupled to the driver and the orientation sensor determines the direction of the force of gravity relative to the first axis and whether the first axis is oriented to one of a first angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the device by the first surface and a second angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the device by the second surface. The circuit can alters the output by the driver based on the first axis being oriented to the first or second angles of elevation.
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16 Claims
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1. An audio device for placement on a surface, comprising:
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a housing incorporating a first support surface and a second support surface by which the audio device may be physically supported, the first and second support surfaces providing the audio device with different orientations relative to the surface on which the audio device is placed; a first acoustic driver incorporated into the housing to acoustically output sound in a radiating pattern associated with a first axis of the first acoustic driver; an orientation sensor incorporated into the housing to detect a direction of a force of gravity; and a control circuit coupled to the first acoustic driver and the orientation sensor, the control circuit to; operate the orientation sensor to determine the direction of the force of gravity relative to the first axis; determine whether the first axis is oriented to one of a first angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the audio device by the first support surface and a second angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the audio device by the second support surface;
wherein the first and second angles of elevation are different and non-zero relative to the surface on which the device is placed andalter a characteristic of acoustic output of sound by the first acoustic driver based on the first axis being oriented to one of the first and second angles of elevation, wherein; the housing comprises and is separable into a first housing portion and a second housing portion; the first housing portion comprises the first acoustic driver, the orientation sensor and the control circuit; and the second housing portion comprises a power source, and the first and second support surfaces, and wherein; the control circuit comprises a filter block that employs at least one digital filter to alter the characteristic; and the second housing portion comprises a storage that stores indications of a first digital filter configuration associated with the first support surface and a second digital filter configuration associated with the second support surface, the control circuit to configure the at least one digital filter with the first or second filter configuration based on the first axis being oriented to one of the first and second angles of elevation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor component; a driver circuit coupled to the processor component to drive a first acoustic driver of an audio device located on a surface to acoustically output sound in a radiating pattern associated with a first axis of the first acoustic driver; an orientation component for execution by the processor component to monitor an orientation detector to detect a direction of a force of gravity, and determine whether the first axis is oriented to one of a first angle of elevation associated with physically supporting a housing of the audio device incorporating the first acoustic driver by a first support surface thereof and a second angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the housing by a second support surface thereof, wherein the first and second support surfaces have different orientations; and
wherein the first angle of elevation and the second angle of elevation are different and non-zero relative to the surface on which the audio device is located anda filter block to alter a characteristic of acoustic output of the sound by the first acoustic driver based on the first axis being oriented to one of the first and second angles of elevation, wherein the orientation component is configured to retrieve from a storage one of a first digital filter configuration and a second digital filter configuration based on the first axis being oriented to one of the first and second angles of elevation, and to configure at least one digital filter of the filter block to alter the characteristic based on the retrieved one of the first and second digital filter configurations, and wherein; the housing comprises and is separable into a first housing portion and a second housing portion; the first housing portion comprises the first acoustic driver and the processor component; and the second housing portion comprises the storage and the first and second support surfaces, the orientation component to retrieve one of the first and second digital filter configurations through a connector coupling the first and second housing portions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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