Patent Grant
12170873
The disclosure is related to consumer goods and, more particularly, to methods, systems, products, features, services, and other elements directed to media playback or some aspect thereof.
Options for accessing and listening to digital audio in an out-loud setting were limited until in 2003, when SONOS, Inc. filed for one of its first patent applications, entitled “Method for Synchronizing Audio Playback between Multiple Networked Devices,” and began offering a media playback system for sale in 2005. The Sonos Wireless HiFi System enables people to experience music from many sources via one or more networked playback devices. Through a software control application installed on a smartphone, tablet, or computer, one can play what he or she wants in any room that has a networked playback device. Additionally, using the controller, for example, different songs can be streamed to each room with a playback device, rooms can be grouped together for synchronous playback, or the same song can be heard in all rooms synchronously.
Given the ever growing interest in digital media, there continues to be a need to develop consumer-accessible technologies to further enhance the listening experience.
Features, aspects, and advantages of the presently disclosed technology may be better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings where:
The drawings are for the purpose of illustrating example embodiments, but it is understood that the inventions are not limited to the arrangements and instrumentality shown in the drawings.
Embodiments described herein involve, inter alia, techniques to facilitate calibration of a media playback system. Some calibration procedures contemplated herein involve a recording device (e.g., a networked microphone device (NMD)) detecting sound waves (e.g., one or more calibration sounds) that were emitted by one or more playback devices of a media playback system. A processing device, such as a recording device, a playback device or another device that is communicatively coupled to the media playback system, may analyze the detected sound waves to determine one or more calibrations for the one or more playback devices of the media playback system. When applied, such calibrations may configure the one or more playback devices to a given listening area (i.e., the environment in which the playback device(s) were positioned while emitting the sound waves).
In some embodiments contemplated herein, the processing device may determine a first type of calibration. For instance, the processing device may determine a spatial calibration that configures the one or more playback devices to a given listening area spatially. Such a calibration may configure the one or more playback devices to one or more particular locations within the environment (e.g., one or more preferred listening positions, such as favorite seating location), perhaps by adjusting time-delay and/or loudness for those particular locations. A spatial calibration might include one or more filters that include delay and/or phase adjustment, gain adjustment, and/or any other adjustment to correct for the spatial placement of the playback device(s) relative to the one or more particular locations within the environment.
As noted above, during a calibration procedure, one or more playback devices of a media playback system may output calibration sounds. Some example media playback systems may include multiple audio drivers, which may be divided among the playback device(s) of a media playback system in various arrangements. For instance, an example media playback system may include a soundbar-type playback device with multiple audio drivers (e.g., nine audio drivers). Another playback device might include multiple audio drivers of different types (e.g., tweeters and woofers, perhaps of varying size). Other example playback devices may include a single audio driver (e.g., a single full-range woofer in a playback device, or a large low-frequency woofer in a subwoofer-type device).
In operation, multiple audio drivers of a media playback system may form multiple “sound axes.” Each such “sound axis” may correspond to a respective input channel of audio content. In some implementations, two or more audio drivers may be arrayed to form a sound axis. For instance, a sound-bar type device might include nine audio drivers which form multiple sound axes (e.g., front, left, and right surround sound channels). Any audio driver may contribute to any number of sound axes. For example, a left axis of a surround sound system may be formed by contributions from all nine audio drivers in the example sound-bar type device. Alternatively, an axis may be formed by a single audio driver.
Example media playback systems described herein may adopt various playback configurations representing respective sets of sound axes. Example playback configurations may include respective configurations based on the number of input channels (e.g., mono, stereo, surround, or any of the above in combination with a subwoofer). Other example playback configurations may be based on the content type. For instance, a first set of axes may be formed by audio drivers of a media playback system when playing music and a second set of axes formed by the audio drivers when playing audio that is paired with video (e.g., television audio). Other playback confirmations may be invoked by various groupings of playback devices within the media playback system. Many examples are possible.
During some example calibration procedures, the multiple audio drivers of the media playback system may form the multiple sound axes, such that each sound axis outputs sound during the calibration procedure. For instance, calibration audio emitted by multiple audio drivers may be divided into constituent frames. Each frame may in turn be divided into slots. During each slot of a given frame, a respective sound axis may be formed by outputting audio. In this manner, an NMD that is recording the audio output of the audio drivers can obtain samples from each sound axis. The frames may repeat, so as to produce multiple samples for each sound axis when recorded by the NMD.
Another type of calibration that may be produced by example calibration procedures described herein is a spectral calibration. A spectral calibration may configure the playback device(s) of a media playback system across a given listening area spectrally. Such a calibration may help offset acoustic characteristics of the environment generally instead of being relatively more directed to particular listening locations like the spatial calibrations. A spectral calibration may include one or more filters that adjust the frequency response of the playback devices. In operation, one of the two or more calibrations may be applied to playback by the one or more playback devices, perhaps for different use cases. Example uses cases might include music playback or surround sound (i.e., home theater), among others.
In some example calibration procedures contemplated herein, a media playback system may perform a first calibration to determine a spatial calibration for playback device(s) of the media playback system. The media playback system may then apply the spatial calibration while the playback devices are emitting audio during a second calibration to determine a spectral calibration. Such a calibration procedure may yield a calibration that includes both spatial and spectral correction.
Example techniques may involve performing aspects of a spatial calibration. A first implementation may include detecting a trigger condition that initiates calibration of a media playback system including multiple audio drivers that form multiple sound axes, each sound axis corresponding to a respective channel of multi-channel audio content The first implementation may also include causing the multiple audio drivers to emit calibration audio that is divided into constituent frames, the multiple sound axes emitting calibration audio during respective slots of each constituent frame. The first implementation may further include recording, via a microphone, the emitted calibration audio. The first implementation may include causing delays for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes to be determined, the determined delay for each sound axis based on the slots of recorded calibration audio corresponding to the sound axes and causing the multiple sound axes to be calibrated. Calibrating the multiple sound axes may involve causing audio output of the multiple sound axes to be delayed according to the respective determined delays.
A second implementation may include receiving data representing one or more spatial filters that correspond to respective playback configurations. Each playback configuration may represents a particular set of sound axes formed via one or more audio drivers and each sound axis may correspond to a respective channel of audio content. The second implementation may also involve causing the one or more audio drivers to output calibration audio that is divided into a repeating set of frames, the set of frames including a respective frame for each playback configuration. Causing the one or more audio drivers to output the calibration audio may involve causing an audio stage to apply, during each frame, the spatial filter corresponding to the respective playback configuration. The second implementation may also include receiving data representing one or more spectral filters that correspond to respective playback configurations, the one or more spectral filters based on the calibration audio output by the one or more audio drivers. When playing back audio content in a given playback configuration, the audio stage may apply a particular spectral filter corresponding to the given playback configuration.
A third implementation may include detecting a trigger condition that initiates calibration of a media playback system for multiple playback configurations. Each playback configuration represents a particular set of sound axes formed via multiple audio drivers of the media playback system and each sound axis may correspond to a respective channel of audio content. The third implementation may also involve causing the multiple audio drivers to output calibration audio that is divided into a repeating set of frames, the set of frames including a respective frame for each playback configuration. Causing the multiple audio drivers to output the calibration audio may involve causing, during each frame of the set of frames, a respective set of spatial filters to be applied to the multiple audio drivers, each set of spatial filters including a respective spatial filter for each sound axis. The third implementation may further involve recording, via the microphone, the calibration audio output by the multiple audio drivers and causing a processing device to determine respective sets of spectral filters for the multiple playback configurations based on the recorded calibration audio, each set of spectral filters including a respective spectral filter for each sound axis.
Each of the these example implementations may be embodied as a method, a device configured to carry out the implementation, a system of devices configured to carry out the implementation, or a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that are executable by one or more processors to carry out the implementation, among other examples. It will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that this disclosure includes numerous other embodiments, including combinations of the example features described herein. Further, any example operation described as being performed by a given device to illustrate a technique may be performed by any suitable devices, including the devices described herein. Yet further, any device may cause another device to perform any of the operations described herein.
While some examples described herein may refer to functions performed by given actors such as “users” and/or other entities, it should be understood that this description is for purposes of explanation only. The claims should not be interpreted to require action by any such example actor unless explicitly required by the language of the claims themselves.
Further discussions relating to the different components of the example media playback system 100 and how the different components may interact to provide a user with a media experience may be found in the following sections. While discussions herein may generally refer to the example media playback system 100, technologies described herein are not limited to applications within, among other things, the home environment as shown in
a. Example Playback Devices
In one example, the processor 202 may be a clock-driven computing component configured to process input data according to instructions stored in the memory 206. The memory 206 may be a tangible computer-readable medium configured to store instructions executable by the processor 202. For instance, the memory 206 may be data storage that can be loaded with one or more of the software components 204 executable by the processor 202 to achieve certain functions. In one example, the functions may involve the playback device 200 retrieving audio data from an audio source or another playback device. In another example, the functions may involve the playback device 200 sending audio data to another device or playback device on a network. In yet another example, the functions may involve pairing of the playback device 200 with one or more playback devices to create a multi-channel audio environment.
Certain functions may involve the playback device 200 synchronizing playback of audio content with one or more other playback devices. During synchronous playback, a listener will preferably not be able to perceive time-delay differences between playback of the audio content by the playback device 200 and the one or more other playback devices. U.S. Pat. No. 8,234,395 entitled, “System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices,” which is hereby incorporated by reference, provides in more detail some examples for audio playback synchronization among playback devices.
The memory 206 may further be configured to store data associated with the playback device 200, such as one or more zones and/or zone groups the playback device 200 is a part of, audio sources accessible by the playback device 200, or a playback queue that the playback device 200 (or some other playback device) may be associated with. The data may be stored as one or more state variables that are periodically updated and used to describe the state of the playback device 200. The memory 206 may also include the data associated with the state of the other devices of the media system, and shared from time to time among the devices so that one or more of the devices have the most recent data associated with the system. Other embodiments are also possible.
The audio processing components 208 may include one or more digital-to-analog converters (DAC), an audio preprocessing component, an audio enhancement component or a digital signal processor (DSP), and so on. In one embodiment, one or more of the audio processing components 208 may be a subcomponent of the processor 202. In one example, audio content may be processed and/or intentionally altered by the audio processing components 208 to produce audio signals. The produced audio signals may then be provided to the audio amplifier(s) 210 for amplification and playback through speaker(s) 212. Particularly, the audio amplifier(s) 210 may include devices configured to amplify audio signals to a level for driving one or more of the speakers 212. The speaker(s) 212 may include an individual transducer (e.g., a “driver”) or a complete speaker system involving an enclosure with one or more drivers. A particular driver of the speaker(s) 212 may include, for example, a subwoofer (e.g., for low frequencies), a mid-range driver (e.g., for middle frequencies), and/or a tweeter (e.g., for high frequencies). In some cases, each transducer in the one or more speakers 212 may be driven by an individual corresponding audio amplifier of the audio amplifier(s) 210. In addition to producing analog signals for playback by the playback device 200, the audio processing components 208 may be configured to process audio content to be sent to one or more other playback devices for playback.
Audio content to be processed and/or played back by the playback device 200 may be received from an external source, such as via an audio line-in input connection (e.g., an auto-detecting 3.5 mm audio line-in connection) or the network interface 214.
The network interface 214 may be configured to facilitate a data flow between the playback device 200 and one or more other devices on a data network. As such, the playback device 200 may be configured to receive audio content over the data network from one or more other playback devices in communication with the playback device 200, network devices within a local area network, or audio content sources over a wide area network such as the Internet. In one example, the audio content and other signals transmitted and received by the playback device 200 may be transmitted in the form of digital packet data containing an Internet Protocol (IP)-based source address and IP-based destination addresses. In such a case, the network interface 214 may be configured to parse the digital packet data such that the data destined for the playback device 200 is properly received and processed by the playback device 200.
As shown, the network interface 214 may include wireless interface(s) 216 and wired interface(s) 218. The wireless interface(s) 216 may provide network interface functions for the playback device 200 to wirelessly communicate with other devices (e.g., other playback device(s), speaker(s), receiver(s), network device(s), control device(s) within a data network the playback device 200 is associated with) in accordance with a communication protocol (e.g., any wireless standard including IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.15, 4G mobile communication standard, and so on). The wired interface(s) 218 may provide network interface functions for the playback device 200 to communicate over a wired connection with other devices in accordance with a communication protocol (e.g., IEEE 802.3). While the network interface 214 shown in
In one example, the playback device 200 and one other playback device may be paired to play two separate audio components of audio content. For instance, playback device 200 may be configured to play a left channel audio component, while the other playback device may be configured to play a right channel audio component, thereby producing or enhancing a stereo effect of the audio content. The paired playback devices (also referred to as “bonded playback devices”) may further play audio content in synchrony with other playback devices.
In another example, the playback device 200 may be sonically consolidated with one or more other playback devices to form a single, consolidated playback device. A consolidated playback device may be configured to process and reproduce sound differently than an unconsolidated playback device or playback devices that are paired, because a consolidated playback device may have additional speaker drivers through which audio content may be rendered. For instance, if the playback device 200 is a playback device designed to render low frequency range audio content (i.e. a subwoofer), the playback device 200 may be consolidated with a playback device designed to render full frequency range audio content. In such a case, the full frequency range playback device, when consolidated with the low frequency playback device 200, may be configured to render only the mid and high frequency components of audio content, while the low frequency range playback device 200 renders the low frequency component of the audio content. The consolidated playback device may further be paired with a single playback device or yet another consolidated playback device.
By way of illustration, SONOS, Inc. presently offers (or has offered) for sale certain playback devices including a “PLAY:1,” “PLAY:3,” “PLAY:5,” “PLAYBAR,” “CONNECT:AMP,” “CONNECT,” and “SUB.” Any other past, present, and/or future playback devices may additionally or alternatively be used to implement the playback devices of example embodiments disclosed herein. Additionally, it is understood that a playback device is not limited to the example illustrated in
b. Example Playback Zone Configurations
Referring back to the media playback system 100 of
As shown in
In one example, one or more playback zones in the environment of
As suggested above, the zone configurations of the media playback system 100 may be dynamically modified, and in some embodiments, the media playback system 100 supports numerous configurations. For instance, if a user physically moves one or more playback devices to or from a zone, the media playback system 100 may be reconfigured to accommodate the change(s). For instance, if the user physically moves the playback device 102 from the balcony zone to the office zone, the office zone may now include both the playback device 118 and the playback device 102. The playback device 102 may be paired or grouped with the office zone and/or renamed if so desired via a control device such as the control devices 126 and 128. On the other hand, if the one or more playback devices are moved to a particular area in the home environment that is not already a playback zone, a new playback zone may be created for the particular area.
Further, different playback zones of the media playback system 100 may be dynamically combined into zone groups or split up into individual playback zones. For instance, the dining room zone and the kitchen zone 114 may be combined into a zone group for a dinner party such that playback devices 112 and 114 may render audio content in synchrony. On the other hand, the living room zone may be split into a television zone including playback device 104, and a listening zone including playback devices 106, 108, and 110, if the user wishes to listen to music in the living room space while another user wishes to watch television.
c. Example Control Devices
The processor 302 may be configured to perform functions relevant to facilitating user access, control, and configuration of the media playback system 100. The memory 304 may be configured to store instructions executable by the processor 302 to perform those functions. The memory 304 may also be configured to store the media playback system controller application software and other data associated with the media playback system 100 and the user.
In one example, the network interface 306 may be based on an industry standard (e.g., infrared, radio, wired standards including IEEE 802.3, wireless standards including IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.15, 4G mobile communication standard, and so on). The network interface 306 may provide a means for the control device 300 to communicate with other devices in the media playback system 100. In one example, data and information (e.g., such as a state variable) may be communicated between control device 300 and other devices via the network interface 306. For instance, playback zone and zone group configurations in the media playback system 100 may be received by the control device 300 from a playback device or another network device, or transmitted by the control device 300 to another playback device or network device via the network interface 306. In some cases, the other network device may be another control device.
Playback device control commands such as volume control and audio playback control may also be communicated from the control device 300 to a playback device via the network interface 306. As suggested above, changes to configurations of the media playback system 100 may also be performed by a user using the control device 300. The configuration changes may include adding/removing one or more playback devices to/from a zone, adding/removing one or more zones to/from a zone group, forming a bonded or consolidated player, separating one or more playback devices from a bonded or consolidated player, among others. Accordingly, the control device 300 may sometimes be referred to as a controller, whether the control device 300 is a dedicated controller or a network device on which media playback system controller application software is installed.
The user interface 308 of the control device 300 may be configured to facilitate user access and control of the media playback system 100, by providing a controller interface such as the controller interface 400 shown in
The playback control region 410 may include selectable (e.g., by way of touch or by using a cursor) icons to cause playback devices in a selected playback zone or zone group to play or pause, fast forward, rewind, skip to next, skip to previous, enter/exit shuffle mode, enter/exit repeat mode, enter/exit cross fade mode. The playback control region 410 may also include selectable icons to modify equalization settings, and playback volume, among other possibilities.
The playback zone region 420 may include representations of playback zones within the media playback system 100. In some embodiments, the graphical representations of playback zones may be selectable to bring up additional selectable icons to manage or configure the playback zones in the media playback system, such as a creation of bonded zones, creation of zone groups, separation of zone groups, and renaming of zone groups, among other possibilities.
For example, as shown, a “group” icon may be provided within each of the graphical representations of playback zones. The “group” icon provided within a graphical representation of a particular zone may be selectable to bring up options to select one or more other zones in the media playback system to be grouped with the particular zone. Once grouped, playback devices in the zones that have been grouped with the particular zone will be configured to play audio content in synchrony with the playback device(s) in the particular zone. Analogously, a “group” icon may be provided within a graphical representation of a zone group. In this case, the “group” icon may be selectable to bring up options to deselect one or more zones in the zone group to be removed from the zone group. Other interactions and implementations for grouping and ungrouping zones via a user interface such as the user interface 400 are also possible. The representations of playback zones in the playback zone region 420 may be dynamically updated as playback zone or zone group configurations are modified.
The playback status region 430 may include graphical representations of audio content that is presently being played, previously played, or scheduled to play next in the selected playback zone or zone group. The selected playback zone or zone group may be visually distinguished on the user interface, such as within the playback zone region 420 and/or the playback status region 430. The graphical representations may include track title, artist name, album name, album year, track length, and other relevant information that may be useful for the user to know when controlling the media playback system via the user interface 400.
The playback queue region 440 may include graphical representations of audio content in a playback queue associated with the selected playback zone or zone group. In some embodiments, each playback zone or zone group may be associated with a playback queue containing information corresponding to zero or more audio items for playback by the playback zone or zone group. For instance, each audio item in the playback queue may comprise a uniform resource identifier (URI), a uniform resource locator (URL) or some other identifier that may be used by a playback device in the playback zone or zone group to find and/or retrieve the audio item from a local audio content source or a networked audio content source, possibly for playback by the playback device.
In one example, a playlist may be added to a playback queue, in which case information corresponding to each audio item in the playlist may be added to the playback queue. In another example, audio items in a playback queue may be saved as a playlist. In a further example, a playback queue may be empty, or populated but “not in use” when the playback zone or zone group is playing continuously streaming audio content, such as Internet radio that may continue to play until otherwise stopped, rather than discrete audio items that have playback durations. In an alternative embodiment, a playback queue can include Internet radio and/or other streaming audio content items and be “in use” when the playback zone or zone group is playing those items. Other examples are also possible.
When playback zones or zone groups are “grouped” or “ungrouped,” playback queues associated with the affected playback zones or zone groups may be cleared or re-associated. For example, if a first playback zone including a first playback queue is grouped with a second playback zone including a second playback queue, the established zone group may have an associated playback queue that is initially empty, that contains audio items from the first playback queue (such as if the second playback zone was added to the first playback zone), that contains audio items from the second playback queue (such as if the first playback zone was added to the second playback zone), or a combination of audio items from both the first and second playback queues. Subsequently, if the established zone group is ungrouped, the resulting first playback zone may be re-associated with the previous first playback queue, or be associated with a new playback queue that is empty or contains audio items from the playback queue associated with the established zone group before the established zone group was ungrouped. Similarly, the resulting second playback zone may be re-associated with the previous second playback queue, or be associated with a new playback queue that is empty, or contains audio items from the playback queue associated with the established zone group before the established zone group was ungrouped. Other examples are also possible.
Referring back to the user interface 400 of
The audio content sources region 450 may include graphical representations of selectable audio content sources from which audio content may be retrieved and played by the selected playback zone or zone group. Discussions pertaining to audio content sources may be found in the following section.
While operating as a control device of a media playback system, smartphone 500 may display one or more controller interface, such as controller interface 400. Similar to playback control region 410, playback zone region 420, playback status region 430, playback queue region 440, and/or audio content sources region 450 of
d. Example Audio Content Sources
As indicated previously, one or more playback devices in a zone or zone group may be configured to retrieve for playback audio content (e.g., according to a corresponding URI or URL for the audio content) from a variety of available audio content sources. In one example, audio content may be retrieved by a playback device directly from a corresponding audio content source (e.g., a line-in connection). In another example, audio content may be provided to a playback device over a network via one or more other playback devices or network devices.
Example audio content sources may include a memory of one or more playback devices in a media playback system such as the media playback system 100 of
In some embodiments, audio content sources may be regularly added or removed from a media playback system such as the media playback system 100 of
e. Example Calibration Sequence
As indicated above, example calibration procedures may involve one or more playback devices emitting a calibration sound, which may be detected by a recording device (or multiple recording devices).
In some embodiments, the detected calibration sounds may be analyzed across a range of frequencies over which the playback device is to be calibrated (i.e., a calibration range). Accordingly, the particular calibration sound that is emitted by a playback device covers the calibration frequency range. The calibration frequency range may include a range of frequencies that the playback device is capable of emitting (e.g., 15-30,000 Hz) and may be inclusive of frequencies that are considered to be in the range of human hearing (e.g., 20-20,000 Hz). By emitting and subsequently detecting a calibration sound covering such a range of frequencies, a frequency response that is inclusive of that range may be determined for the playback device. Such a frequency response may be representative of the environment in which the playback device emitted the calibration sound.
In some embodiments, a playback device may repeatedly emit the calibration sound during the calibration procedure such that the calibration sound covers the calibration frequency range during each repetition. With a moving microphone, repetitions of the calibration sound are continuously detected at different physical locations within the environment. For instance, the playback device might emit a periodic calibration sound. Each period of the calibration sound may be detected by the recording device at a different physical location within the environment thereby providing a sample (i.e., a frame representing a repetition) at that location. Such a calibration sound may therefore facilitate a space-averaged calibration of the environment. When multiple microphones are utilized, each microphone may cover a respective portion of the environment (perhaps with some overlap).
Yet further, the recording devices may measure both moving and stationary samples. For instance, while the one or more playback devices output a calibration sound, a recording device may move within the environment. During such movement, the recording device may pause at one or more locations to measure stationary samples. Such locations may correspond to preferred listening locations. In another example, a first recording device and a second recording device may include a first microphone and a second microphone respectively. While the playback device emits a calibration sound, the first microphone may move and the second microphone may remain stationary, perhaps at a particular listening location within the environment (e.g., a favorite chair).
In some cases, the one or more playback devices may be joining into a grouping, such as a bonded zone or zone group. In such cases, the calibration procedure may calibrate the one or more playback devices as a group. Example groupings include zone groups or bonded pairs, among other example configurations.
The playback device(s) under calibration may initiate the calibration procedure based on a trigger condition. For instance, a recording device, such as control device 126 of media playback system 100, may detect a trigger condition that causes the recording device to initiate calibration of one or more playback devices (e.g., one or more of playback devices 102-124). Alternatively, a playback device of a media playback system may detect such a trigger condition (and then perhaps relay an indication of that trigger condition to the recording device).
In some embodiments, detecting the trigger condition may involve detecting input data indicating a selection of a selectable control. For instance, a recording device, such as control device 126, may display an interface (e.g., control interface 400 of
To illustrate such a control,
Control interface 600 further includes a graphical region 606 that includes a video depicting how to assist in the calibration procedure. Some calibration procedures may involve moving a microphone through an environment in order to obtain samples of the calibration sound at multiple physical locations. In order to prompt a user to move the microphone, the control device may display a video or animation depicting the step or steps to be performed during the calibration.
To illustrate movement of the control device during calibration,
In other examples, detecting the trigger condition may involve a playback device detecting that the playback device has become uncalibrated, which might be caused by moving the playback device to a different position. For example, the playback device may detect physical movement via one or more sensors that are sensitive to movement (e.g., an accelerometer). As another example, the playback device may detect that it has been moved to a different zone (e.g., from a “Kitchen” zone to a “Living Room” zone), perhaps by receiving an instruction from a control device that causes the playback device to leave a first zone and join a second zone.
In further examples, detecting the trigger condition may involve a recording device (e.g., a control device or playback device) detecting a new playback device in the system. Such a playback device may have not yet been calibrated for the environment. For instance, a recording device may detect a new playback device as part of a set-up procedure for a media playback system (e.g., a procedure to configure one or more playback devices into a media playback system). In other cases, the recording device may detect a new playback device by detecting input data indicating a request to configure the media playback system (e.g., a request to configure a media playback system with an additional playback device).
In some cases, the first recording device (or another device) may instruct the one or more playback devices to emit the calibration sound. For instance, a recording device, such as control device 126 of media playback system 100, may send a command that causes a playback device (e.g., one of playback devices 102-124) to emit a calibration sound. The control device may send the command via a network interface (e.g., a wired or wireless network interface). A playback device may receive such a command, perhaps via a network interface, and responsively emit the calibration sound.
Acoustics of an environment may vary from location to location within the environment. Because of this variation, some calibration procedures may be improved by positioning the playback device to be calibrated within the environment in the same way that the playback device will later be operated. In that position, the environment may affect the calibration sound emitted by a playback device in a similar manner as playback will be affected by the environment during operation.
Further, some example calibration procedures may involve one or more recording devices detecting the calibration sound at multiple physical locations within the environment, which may further assist in capturing acoustic variability within the environment. To facilitate detecting the calibration sound at multiple points within an environment, some calibration procedures involve a moving microphone. For example, a microphone that is detecting the calibration sound may be moved through the environment while the calibration sound is emitted. Such movement may facilitate detecting the calibration sounds at multiple physical locations within the environment, which may provide a better understanding of the environment as a whole.
In some embodiments, the one or more playback devices may repeatedly emit the calibration sound during the calibration procedure such that the calibration sound covers the calibration frequency range during each repetition. With a moving microphone, repetitions of the calibration sound are detected at different physical locations within the environment, thereby providing samples that are spaced throughout the environment. In some cases, the calibration sound may be periodic calibration signal in which each period covers the calibration frequency range.
To facilitate determining a frequency response, the calibration sound should be emitted with sufficient energy at each frequency to overcome background noise. To increase the energy at a given frequency, a tone at that frequency may be emitted for a longer duration. However, by lengthening the period of the calibration sound, the spatial resolution of the calibration procedure is decreased, as the moving microphone moves further during each period (assuming a relatively constant velocity). As another technique to increase the energy at a given frequency, a playback device may increase the intensity of the tone. However, in some cases, attempting to emit sufficient energy in a short amount of time may damage speaker drivers of the playback device.
Some implementations may balance these considerations by instructing the playback device to emit a calibration sound having a period that is approximately ⅜th of a second in duration (e.g., in the range of ¼ to 1 second in duration). In other words, the calibration sound may repeat at a frequency of 2-4 Hz. Such a duration may be long enough to provide a tone of sufficient energy at each frequency to overcome background noise in a typical environment (e.g., a quiet room) but also be short enough that spatial resolution is kept in an acceptable range (e.g., less than a few feet assuming normal walking speed).
In some embodiments, the one or more playback devices may emit a hybrid calibration sound that combines a first component and a second component having respective waveforms. For instance, an example hybrid calibration sound might include a first component that includes noises at certain frequencies and a second component that sweeps through other frequencies (e.g., a swept-sine). A noise component may cover relatively low frequencies of the calibration frequency range (e.g., 10-50 Hz) while the swept signal component covers higher frequencies of that range (e.g., above 50 Hz). Such a hybrid calibration sound may combine the advantages of its component signals.
A swept signal (e.g., a chirp or swept sine) is a waveform in which the frequency increases or decreases with time. Including such a waveform as a component of a hybrid calibration sound may facilitate covering a calibration frequency range, as a swept signal can be chosen that increases or decreases through the calibration frequency range (or a portion thereof). For example, a chirp emits each frequency within the chirp for a relatively short time period such that a chirp can more efficiently cover a calibration range relative to some other waveforms.
However, because each frequency within the chirp is emitted for a relatively short duration of time, the amplitude (or sound intensity) of the chirp must be relatively high at low frequencies to overcome typical background noise. Some speakers might not be capable of outputting such high intensity tones without risking damage. Further, such high intensity tones might be unpleasant to humans within audible range of the playback device, as might be expected during a calibration procedure that involves a moving microphone. Accordingly, some embodiments of the calibration sound might not include a chirp that extends to relatively low frequencies (e.g., below 50 Hz). Instead, the chirp or swept signal may cover frequencies between a relatively low threshold frequency (e.g., a frequency around 50-100 Hz) and a maximum of the calibration frequency range. The maximum of the calibration range may correspond to the physical capabilities of the channel(s) emitting the calibration sound, which might be 20,000 Hz or above.
A swept signal might also facilitate the reversal of phase distortion caused by the moving microphone. As noted above, a moving microphone causes phase distortion, which may interfere with determining a frequency response from a detected calibration sound. However, with a swept signal, the phase of each frequency is predictable (as Doppler shift). This predictability facilitates reversing the phase distortion so that a detected calibration sound can be correlated to an emitted calibration sound during analysis. Such a correlation can be used to determine the effect of the environment on the calibration sound.
As noted above, a swept signal may increase or decrease frequency over time. In some embodiments, the recording device may instruct the one or more playback devices to emit a chirp that descends from the maximum of the calibration range (or above) to the threshold frequency (or below). A descending chirp may be more pleasant to hear to some listeners than an ascending chirp, due to the physical shape of the human ear canal. While some implementations may use a descending swept signal, an ascending swept signal may also be effective for calibration.
As noted above, example calibration sounds may include a noise component in addition to a swept signal component. Noise refers to a random signal, which is in some cases filtered to have equal energy per octave. In embodiments where the noise component is periodic, the noise component of a hybrid calibration sound might be considered to be pseudorandom. The noise component of the calibration sound may be emitted for substantially the entire period or repetition of the calibration sound. This causes each frequency covered by the noise component to be emitted for a longer duration, which decreases the signal intensity typically required to overcome background noise.
Moreover, the noise component may cover a smaller frequency range than the chirp component, which may increase the sound energy at each frequency within the range. As noted above, a noise component might cover frequencies between a minimum of the frequency range and a threshold frequency, which might be, for example around a frequency around 50-100 Hz. As with the maximum of the calibration range, the minimum of the calibration range may correspond to the physical capabilities of the channel(s) emitting the calibration sound, which might be 20 Hz or below.
Some implementations of a hybrid calibration sound may include a transition frequency range in which the noise component and the swept component overlap. As indicated above, in some examples, the control device may instruct the playback device to emit a calibration sound that includes a first component (e.g., a noise component) and a second component (e.g., a sweep signal component). The first component may include noise at frequencies between a minimum of the calibration frequency range and a first threshold frequency, and the second component may sweep through frequencies between a second threshold frequency and a maximum of the calibration frequency range.
To overlap these signals, the second threshold frequency may be a lower frequency than the first threshold frequency. In such a configuration, the transition frequency range includes frequencies between the second threshold frequency and the first threshold frequency, which might be, for example, 50-100 Hz. By overlapping these components, the playback device may avoid emitting a possibly unpleasant sound associated with a harsh transition between the two types of sounds.
In some embodiments, a spectral adjustment may be applied to the calibration sound to give the calibration sound a desired shape, or roll off, which may avoid overloading speaker drivers. For instance, the calibration sound may be filtered to roll off at 3 dB per octave, or 1/f. Such a spectral adjustment might not be applied to vary low frequencies to prevent overloading the speaker drivers.
In some embodiments, the calibration sound may be pre-generated. Such a pre-generated calibration sound might be stored on the control device, the playback device, or on a server (e.g., a server that provides a cloud service to the media playback system). In some cases, the control device or server may send the pre-generated calibration sound to the playback device via a network interface, which the playback device may retrieve via a network interface of its own. Alternatively, a control device may send the playback device an indication of a source of the calibration sound (e.g., a URI), which the playback device may use to obtain the calibration sound.
Alternatively, the control device or the playback device may generate the calibration sound. For instance, for a given calibration range, the control device may generate noise that covers at least frequencies between a minimum of the calibration frequency range and a first threshold frequency and a swept sine that covers at least frequencies between a second threshold frequency and a maximum of the calibration frequency range. The control device may combine the swept sine and the noise into the periodic calibration sound by applying a crossover filter function. The cross-over filter function may combine a portion of the generated noise that includes frequencies below the first threshold frequency and a portion of the generated swept sine that includes frequencies above the second threshold frequency to obtain the desired calibration sound. The device generating the calibration sound may have an analog circuit and/or digital signal processor to generate and/or combine the components of the hybrid calibration sound.
Further example calibration procedures are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/805,140 filed Jul. 21, 2015, entitled “Hybrid Test Tone For Space-Averaged Room Audio Calibration Using A Moving Microphone,” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/805,340 filed Jul. 21, 2015, entitled “Concurrent Multi-Loudspeaker Calibration with a Single Measurement,” and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/864,393 filed Sep. 24, 2015, entitled “Facilitating Calibration of an Audio Playback Device,” which are incorporated herein in their entirety.
Calibration may be facilitated via one or more control interfaces, as displayed by one or more devices. Example interfaces are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/696,014 filed Apr. 24, 2015, entitled “Speaker Calibration,” and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/826,873 filed Aug. 14, 2015, entitled “Speaker Calibration User Interface,” which are incorporated herein in their entirety.
Moving now to several example implementations, implementations 1300, 1900, and 2000 shown in
In addition, for the implementations disclosed herein, the flowcharts show functionality and operation of one possible implementation of present embodiments. In this regard, each block may represent a module, a segment, or a portion of program code, which includes one or more instructions executable by a processor for implementing specific logical functions or steps in the process. The program code may be stored on any type of computer readable medium, for example, such as a storage device including a disk or hard drive. The computer readable medium may include non-transitory computer readable medium, for example, such as computer-readable media that stores data for short periods of time like register memory, processor cache, and Random Access Memory (RAM). The computer readable medium may also include non-transitory media, such as secondary or persistent long term storage, like read only memory (ROM), optical or magnetic disks, compact-disc read only memory (CD-ROM), for example. The computer readable media may also be any other volatile or non-volatile storage systems. The computer readable medium may be considered a computer readable storage medium, for example, or a tangible storage device. In addition, for the implementations disclosed herein, each block may represent circuitry that is wired to perform the specific logical functions in the process.
As discussed above, embodiments described herein may facilitate the calibration of one or more playback devices by determining a spatial calibration.
a. Detect Trigger Condition
At block 1302, implementation 1300 involves detecting a trigger condition. For instance, a networked microphone device may detect a trigger condition that initiates calibration of a media playback system (or perhaps a set of playback devices in a media playback system). Example networked microphone devices include any suitable device that includes a network interface and a microphone. For instance, playback devices (e.g., playback device 200) and control devices (e.g., control device 300) may each operate as a networked microphone device. Other example networked microphone devices include control devices 126 and 128 of
The trigger condition may initiate calibration of multiple audio drivers. In some cases, the multiple audio drivers may be housed in a single playback device. For instance, a soundbar-type playback device may include multiple audio drivers (e.g., nine audio drivers). In other cases, the multiple audio drivers may be divided among two or more playback devices. For example, a soundbar with multiple audio drivers may be calibrated with one or more other playback devices each with one or more respective audio drivers. Some example playback devices include multiple audio drivers of different types (e.g., tweeters and woofers, perhaps of varying size).
The particular playback devices (and audio drivers) under calibration may correspond to zones of a media playback system. For instance, an example trigger condition may initiate calibration of a given zone of a media playback system (e.g., the Living Room zone of media playback system 100 shown in
As noted above in connection with the example calibration sequence, various trigger conditions are contemplated herein. Some example trigger conditions include input data instructing the media playback system to initiate calibration. Such input data may be received via a user interface (e.g., control interface 600 of
Other example trigger conditions might be based on sensor data. For instance, sensor data from an accelerometer or other suitable sensor may indicate that a given playback device has moved, which may prompt calibration of that playback device (and perhaps other playback devices associated with the given playback device, such as those in a bonded zone or zone group with the playback device).
Some trigger conditions may involve a combination of input data and sensor data. For instance, sensor data may indicate a change in the operating environment of a media playback system, which may cause a prompt to initiate calibration to be displayed on a networked microphone device. The media playback system might proceed with calibration after receiving input data at the prompt indicating confirmation to initiate calibration.
Further example trigger conditions may be based on changes in configuration of a media playback system. For instance, example trigger conditions include addition or removal of a playback device from a media playback system (or grouping thereof). Other example trigger conditions include receiving new types of input content (e.g., receiving multi-channel audio content).
In operation, multiple audio drivers may form multiple sound axes. For instance, two playback devices each with a respective audio driver may form respective sound axes. In some cases, two or more audio drivers may be arrayed to form a sound axis. For example, a playback device with multiple audio drivers (e.g., a soundbar with nine audio drivers) may form multiple sound axes (e.g., three sound axes). Any audio driver may contribute to any number of sound axes. For example, a given sound axis may be formed by contributions from all nine audio drivers of a soundbar.
Each sound axis may correspond to a respective input channel of audio content. For instance, audio drivers of a media playback system may form two sound axes corresponding, respectively, to left and right channels of stereo content. As another example, the audio drivers may form sound axes corresponding to respective channels of surround sound content (e.g., center, front left, front right, rear left, and rear right channels).
Arraying two or more audio drivers to form a given sound axis may enable the two or more audio drivers to “direct” the sound output for the given sound axis in a certain direction. For instance, where nine audio drivers of a soundbar are each contributing a portion of a sound axis corresponding to a left channel of surround sound content, the nine audio drivers may be arrayed (i.e., acoustically summed, perhaps using a DSP) in such a way that the net polar response of the nine audio drivers directs sound to the left. Concurrently with the sound axis corresponding to the left channel, the nine audio drivers may also form sound axes corresponding to center and right channels of the surround sound content to direct sound to the center and to the right, respectively.
A particular set of sound axes formed by playback devices of a media playback system may be referred to as a playback configuration. In operation, playback devices of a media playback system may be configured into a given one of multiple possible playback configurations. While in a given playback configuration, the audio drivers of the playback devices may form a particular set of sound axes. In some cases, configuration of playback devices into a new playback configuration may act as a trigger condition to initiate calibration of the playback devices.
To illustrate, referring back to
In operation, playback devices may utilize a given playback configuration according to various factors. Such factors may include the zone configuration (e.g., whether the playback devices are in a 5.1, 5.0, or other surround sound configuration, a stereo pair configuration, a playbar-only configuration, among others). The factors may also include the specific types and capabilities of the playback devices. The factors may further include the specific type of content provided to the playback devices (or expected to be provided). For instance, playback devices may adopt a first playback configuration when playing surround sound content and another when playing stereo content. As another example, playback devices may use a given playback configuration when playing music and another when playing audio that is paired with video (e.g., television content). Further example playback configurations include any of the above example configurations with (or without) a subwoofer-type playback device, as addition (or subtraction) of such a device from the playback configuration may change the acoustic characteristics and/or allocation of playback responsibilities in the playback configuration.
Some example calibration sequences involve calibrating playback devices for multiple playback configurations. Such calibration sequences may yield multiple calibration profiles that are applied the playback devices are in a given playback configuration. For instance, a given calibration procedure may calibrate the Living Room zone of media playback system 100 for a surround sound playback configuration and a music playback configuration. While in the surround sound playback configuration, the playback devices of the Living Room zone may apply a first calibration profile (e.g., one or more filters that adjusts one or more of magnitude response, frequency response, phase, etc.) corresponding to the surround sound playback configuration. Likewise, while in the music playback configuration, the playback devices of the Living Room zone may apply a second calibration profile corresponding to the music playback configuration.
b. Cause Multiple Audio Drivers to Emit Calibration Audio
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The calibration audio may include one or more calibration sounds, such as a frequency sweep (“chirp”), brown noise or other types of noise, or a song, among other example sounds. Additional details on example calibration sounds are noted above in connection with the example calibration sequence described in section II. e, as well as generally throughout the disclosure.
In some examples, the calibration audio is divided into frames. As illustrated in
As noted above, in some instances, a calibration sequence involves calibration of multiple sound axes. Example calibration audio to calibrate multiple sound axes may be divided into constituent frames, wherein each frame includes calibration audio for every sound axis under calibration. Accordingly, when recorded, each frame may include samples of the calibration audio produced by each sound axis. The frames may repeat to produce multiple samples for each sound axis.
To include the calibration audio for every sound axis under calibration, each frame may be further divided into slots. Each slot may include the calibration audio for a respective sound axis under calibration. For instance, an example frame for a playbar-type playback device (e.g., playback device 104 shown in
As noted above, each slot may include the calibration audio for a respective sound axis under calibration. The calibration audio in each slot may include a frequency sweep (“chirp”), brown noise or other types of noise, among other examples. For instance, referring back to
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As noted above, in some example calibration procedures, the playback devices of a media playback system may be calibrated for multiple playback configurations. Alternatively, different playback configurations for a set of audio drivers may be calibrated in respective calibration sequences. Example calibration audio to calibrate multiple playback configurations may include a repeating series of frames. Each frame in a series may correspond to a respective playback configuration. For instance, example calibration audio to calibrate three playback configurations may include a series of three frames (e.g., frames 1402, 1404, and 1406 of
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c. Record Calibration Audio
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In practice, some of the calibration sound may be attenuated or drowned out by the environment or by other conditions, which may interfere with the recording device recording all of the calibration sound. As such, the NMD may measure a portion of the calibration sounds as emitted by playback devices of a media playback system. The calibration audio may be any of the example calibration sounds described above with respect to the example calibration procedure, as well as any suitable calibration sound.
In some cases, the NMD(s) may remain more or less stationary while recording the calibration audio. For instance, the NMDs may be positioned at one or more particular locations (e.g., a preferred listening location). Such positioning may facilitate recording the calibration audio as would be perceived by a listener at that particular location.
Certain playback configurations may suggest particular preferred listening locations. For example, playback configurations corresponding to surround sound audio or audio that is coupled with video may suggest the location at which users will watch television while listening to the playback devices (e.g., on a couch or chair). In some examples, an NMD may prompt to move to a particular location (e.g., a preferred listening location) to begin the calibration. When calibration multiple playback configurations, the NMD may prompt to move to certain listening locations corresponding to each playback configurations.
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d. Cause Processing of Recorded Calibration Audio
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Processing of the calibration audio may involve determining one or more calibrations for each of the multiple sound axes. Each calibration of the multiple sound axes may involve modifying one or more of magnitude response, frequency response, phase adjustment, or any other acoustic characteristic. Such modifications may spatially calibrate the multiple sound axes to one or more locations (e.g., one or more preferred listening locations).
Such modifications may be applied using one or more filters implemented in a DSP or as analog filters. The calibration data may include the parameters to implement the filters (e.g., as the coefficients of a bi-quad filter). Filters may be applied per audio driver or per set of two or more drivers (e.g., two or more drivers that form a sound axis or two or more of the same type of audio driver, among other examples). In some cases, respective calibrations may be determined for the multiple playback configurations under calibration.
The recorded calibration audio may be processed as it is recorded or after recording is complete. For instance, where the calibration audio is divided into frames, the frames may be transmitted to the processing device as they are recorded, possibly in groups of frames. Alternatively, the recorded frames may be transmitted to the processing device after the playback devices finish emitting the calibration audio.
Processing may involve determining respective delays for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes. Ultimately, such delays may be used to align time-of-arrival of respective sound from each sound axis at a particular location (e.g., a preferred listening location). For instance, a calibration profile for a given playback configuration may include filters that delay certain sound axes of the playback configuration to align time-of-arrival of the sound axes of the playback configuration at a preferred listening location. Sound axes may have different times-of-arrival at a particular location because they are formed by audio drivers at different distances from the particular location. Further, some sound axes may be directed away from the particular location (e.g., left and right channels of a soundbar-type playback device), and as such, reflect off of the environment before arriving at the particular location. Such a sound path may increase the effective distance between the audio drivers forming a sound axis and the particular location, which may cause a later time-of-arrival as compared to sound axes that have a more direct path. As noted above, such a preferred listening location might be a couch or chair for a surround sound playback configuration.
Within examples, the processing device may separate the recorded audio into parts corresponding to the different sound axes and/or playback configurations that emitted each part. For instance, where the calibration sound emitted by the playback devices was divided into frames, the processing device may divide the recorded audio back into the constituent frames. Where the calibration sound included a series of frames, the processing device may attribute the frames from each series to the respective playback configuration corresponding to those frames. Further, the processing device may divide each frame into respective slots corresponding to each sound axis. As noted above, the playback devices may emit frames and slots in a known sequence and each slot may have a known duration to facilitate dividing the recorded audio into its constituent parts. In some examples, each slot and/or frame may include a watermark to identify the slot or frame, which may be used to match frames within recorded calibration audio to respective playback configurations and/or slots to respective sound axes.
The processing device may determine an impulse response for each sound axis. Each impulse response may be further processed by generating frequency filtered responses so as to divide the impulse responses into frequency bands. Audio drivers of different types may array better at different frequency bands. For instance, mid-range woofers may array well to form a sound axis in a range from 300 Hz to 2.5 kHz. As another example, tweeters may array well in a range from 8 kHz to 14 kHz. Where an example sound axis is configured to form a center channel of a surround sound configuration, the sound axis should be maximum on-axis and attenuated to the right and left. Conversely, for sound axes forming left and right channels of the surround sound configuration, each array should be attenuated (e.g., NULL) on-axis and maximum to the left or right, respectively. Outside of the certain ranges such as those provided above, the audio drivers might not form the sound axis as well in the intended direction. Such frequency ranges are provided by way of example and may vary according to capabilities and characteristics of different audio drivers.
As a further example, in a playback device with multiple audio drivers of different types (e.g., tweeters and woofers), a processing device may determine three band-limited responses. Such responses might include a full-range response, a response covering a mid-range for woofers (e.g., 300 Hz to 2.5 kHz), and a response covering high frequencies for the tweeters (e.g., 8 kHz to 14 kHz). Such frequency-filtered responses may facilitate further processing by more clearly representing each sound axis.
Processing the recorded audio may involve comparisons between the responses for each sound axis. To facilitate such comparisons, the impulse responses for each slot may be time-aligned with one another (as they were emitted during different periods of time). For instance, the impulse responses may be aligned to a first reference point, such as the beginning of each slot. Such time-alignment of the impulse responses facilitates identification of particular reference points in each response.
In an example implementation, identification of particular reference points in each response involves identifying a given second reference point in an impulse response of a reference sound axis. By way of example, the reference sound axis may be a sound axis corresponding to a center channel of a surround sound system (e.g., a 3.0, 3.1, 5.0, 5.1 or other multi-channel playback configuration). This sound axis may be used as the reference sound axis because sound from this axis travels more directly to typical preferred listening locations than other sound axes (e.g., sound axis that form left and right channels). The given second reference point in this impulse response may be the first peak value. The first peak can be assumed to correspond to the direct signal from the audio driver(s) to the NMD (rather than a reflection). This given second reference point (i.e., the first peak) is used as a reference for subsequent times-of-arrival of other sound axes at the NMD.
To compare times-of-arrival other sound axes at the NMD to the reference sound axis, the processing device may identify second reference points in the other impulse responses. These other second reference points correspond to the same second reference point as in the reference sound axis. For instance, if the first peak in the impulse response of the reference sound axis was used as the given second reference point, then the first peaks in the other impulse responses are identified as the second reference points.
Where the approximate physical configuration of the multiple audio drivers is known, a time window may be applied to limit the portion of each impulse response where the second reference points are to be identified. For instance, where the sound axes form left, right, and center channels, the impulse responses for the sound axes forming the left and right channels can be limited to a time window subsequent to the peak value in the impulse response for the sound axis forming the center channels. Sound from the sound axes forming the left and right channels travels outward to the left and right (rather than on-axis) and thus the peak value of interest will be a reflection of the sound from these axes off the environment. However, sound axes forming left and/or right surround channels and/or a subwoofer channel may have been physically closer to the NMD than the audio driver(s) forming the center channel. As such, a window for impulse responses corresponding to those axes may encompass time before and after the given reference point in the reference sound axis so as to account for the possibility of either positive or negative delay relative to that reference sound axis.
Once respective second reference points in the impulse responses have been identified, the respective times-of-arrival of sound from each sound axis at the NMD (i.e., the microphone of the NMD) can be determined. In particular, the processing device may determine the respective times-of-arrival at the microphone by comparing respective differences from the first reference point to the second reference points in each impulse response.
With respective times-of-arrival of sound from each sound axis at the NMD determined, the processing device may determine respective delays to be applied for each sound axis. The processing device may determine the delays relative to a delay target. This delay target may be the sound axis that has the latest time-of-arrival. The sound axis acting as the delay target might not receive any delay. Other sound axes may be assigned a delay to match the time-of-arrival of the sound axis acting as the delay target. A sound axis that forms a center channel may not be used as the delay target in some instances because sound axes with later times-of-arrival cannot be assigned “negative” delay to match the time-of-arrival of the sound axis forming the center channel.
In some cases, the delay for any given sound axis may be capped at a maximum delay threshold. Such capping may prevent issues with large amounts of delay causing apparent mismatch between audio content output by the sound axes and video content that is coupled to that audio content (e.g., lip-sync issues). Such capping may be applied only to playback configurations that include audio paired with video, as large delays may not impact user experience when the audio is not paired with video. Alternatively, if the video display is synchronized with the playback device(s), then the video might be delayed to avoid apparent mismatch between audio content output by the sound axes and video content that is coupled to that audio content, which may eliminate the need for a maximum delay threshold.
As noted above, the NMD that recorded the calibration audio might not perform certain portions of the processing (or might not process the calibration audio at all). Rather, the NMD may transmit data representing the recorded calibration audio to a processing device, perhaps with one or more instructions on how to process the recorded calibration audio. In other cases, the processing device may be programmed to process recorded calibration audio using certain techniques. In such embodiments, transmitting data representing the recorded calibration audio (e.g., data representing raw samples of calibration audio and/or data representing partially processed calibration audio) may cause the processing device to determine calibration profiles (e.g., filter parameters).
e. Cause Calibration of Multiple Sound Axes
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As noted above, calibration of the multiple sound axes may involve modifying one or more of magnitude response, frequency response, phase adjustment, or any other acoustic characteristic. Such modifications may be applied using one or more filters implemented in a DSP or as analog filters. The calibration data may include the parameters to implement the filters (e.g., as the coefficients of a bi-quad filter). Filters may be applied per audio driver or per set of two or more drivers (e.g., two or more drivers that form a sound axis or two or more of the same type of audio driver, among other examples).
Calibrating the multiple sound axes may include causing audio output of the multiple sound axes to be delayed according to the respective determined delays for the sound axes. Such delays may be formed by causing respective filters to delay audio output of the multiple audio drivers according to the respective determined delays for the multiple sound axes. Such filters may implement a circular buffer delay line, among other examples.
In some cases, the delays are dynamic. For instance, the response of one axis may overlap with the response of another in a given range, yet the sound axes may have different times-of-arrival (thus suggesting different delays). In such situations, the delays of each sound axis may be smoothed across the overlapping range. For instance, a delay curve may be implemented across the range to smooth the delay. Such smoothing may improve user experience by avoiding possibly sharp differences in delay between sound axes in overlapping ranges.
As noted above, in some cases, sound produced by certain sounds axes may reflect off of the environment before.
As noted above, embodiments described herein may facilitate the calibration of one or more playback devices.
a. Receive Data Representing Spatial Calibration(s)
At block 1902, implementation 1900 involves receiving data representing one or spatial calibrations. For instance, a playback device (e.g., any playback device of media playback system 100 in
A calibration may include one or more filters. Such filters may modify one or more of magnitude response, frequency response, phase adjustment, or any other acoustic characteristic. Further, such filters may calibrate the playback device(s) under calibration to one or more particular listening locations within a listening area. As noted above, the filters may be implemented in a DSP (e.g., as the coefficients of a bi-quad filter) or as an analog filter, or a combination thereof. The received calibration data may include a filter for each audio channel, axis or device under calibration. Alternatively, a filter may be applied to more than one audio channel, axis or device.
In some cases, multiple calibrations may correspond to respective playback configurations. As noted above, a playback configuration refers to a specific set of sound axes formed by multiple audio drivers. Further, an example spatial calibration may include calibration of audio drivers in multiple playback configurations. As such, there may be more than one filter (or set of filters) for each audio channel, axis or device. Each filter (or set of filters) may correspond to a different playback configuration.
As noted above, playback configurations may involve variance in the assignment of audio drivers to form sound axes. Each sound axis in a playback configuration may correspond to a respective input channel of audio content. Example playback configurations may correspond to difference numbers of input channels, such as mono, stereo, surround (e.g., 3.0, 5.0, 7.0) or any of the above in combination with a subwoofer (e.g., 3.1, 5.1, 7.1). Other playback configurations may be based on input content type. For instance, example playback configurations may correspond to input audio content including music, home theater (i.e., audio paired with video), surround sound audio content, spoken word, etc. These example playback configurations should not be considered limiting. The received calibrations may include filter(s) corresponding to any individual playback configuration or any combination of playback configurations.
The playback device may maintain these calibrations in data storage. Alternatively, such calibrations may be maintained on a device or system that is communicatively coupled to the playback device via a network. The playback device may receive the calibrations from this device or system, perhaps upon request from the playback device.
b. Cause Audio Driver(s) to Output Calibration Audio
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The calibration audio may include one or more calibration sounds, such as a frequency sweep (“chirp”), brown noise or other types of noise, or a song, among other examples. Additional details on example calibration sounds are noted above in connection with the example calibration sequences described above.
The calibration audio may be divided into frames. As illustrated in
As noted above, a calibration sequence may involve calibration of multiple sound axes. In such cases, the calibration audio output may be divided into constituent frames, wherein each frame includes calibration audio for every sound axis under calibration. Accordingly, when recorded, each frame may include samples of the calibration audio produced by each sound axis. The frames may repeat to produce multiple samples for each sound axis.
As noted above, in some example calibration procedures, the playback devices of a media playback system may be calibrated for multiple playback configurations. Alternatively, different playback configurations for a set of audio drivers may be calibrated in respective calibration sequences. Example calibration audio to calibrate multiple playback configurations may include a repeating set of frames. Each frame in a set may correspond to a respective playback configuration. For instance, example calibration audio to calibrate three playback configurations may include a series of three frames (e.g., frames 1402, 1404, and 1406 of
During each frame, the playback device may apply a spatial calibration corresponding to a respective playback configuration. Applying a spatial calibration may involve causing an audio stage (or multiple audio stages) to apply respective filter(s) corresponding to each playback configuration. As the input signal passes through the filter(s), the calibration is applied to modify one or more of magnitude response, frequency response, phase adjustment, or any other acoustic characteristic of the audio driver(s) as the calibration audio is emitted. As noted above, such filters may modify the emitted calibration audio to suit a particular listening location. For instance, example spatial filters may at least partially balance time-of-arrival of sound from multiple sound axes at the particular listening location.
In other embodiments, the spatial calibration may be applied to calibration audio by a device other than the playback device. A spatial calibration may be applied by any device that stores and/or generates the calibration audio for output by the audio drivers using a processor or DSP of that device. Yet further, a spatial calibration may be applied by any intermediary device between the device that stores the calibration audio and the playback device(s) under calibration.
To include the calibration audio for every sound axis under calibration, each frame may be further divided into slots. Each slot may include the calibration audio for a respective sound axis under calibration. For instance, an example frame for a playbar-type playback device (e.g., playback device 104 shown in
As noted above, each slot may include the calibration audio for a respective sound axis under calibration. The calibration audio in each slot may include a frequency sweep (“chirp”), brown noise or other types of noise, among other examples. For instance, as shown in
c. Receive Data Representing Spectral Calibration(s)
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Example spectral calibrations may offset acoustics characteristics of the environment to achieve a given response (e.g., a flat response, a response that is considered desirable, or a set equalization). For instance, if a given environment attenuates frequencies around 500 Hz and amplifies frequencies around 14000 Hz, a calibration might boost frequencies around 500 Hz and cut frequencies around 14000 Hz so as to offset these environmental effects.
Some example techniques for determining a calibration are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/536,493 filed Jun. 28, 2012, entitled “System and Method for Device Playback Calibration” and published as US 2014/0003625 A1, which is incorporated herein in its entirety. Example techniques are described in paragraphs [0019]-[0025] and [0068]-[0118] as well as generally throughout the specification.
Further example techniques for determining a calibration are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/216,306 filed Mar. 17, 2014, entitled “Audio Settings Based On Environment” and published as US 2015/0263692 A1, which is incorporated herein in its entirety. Example techniques are described in paragraphs [0014]-[0025] and [0063]-[0114] as well as generally throughout the specification.
Additional example techniques for determining a calibration are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/481,511 filed Sep. 9, 2014, entitled “Playback Device Calibration” and published as US 2016/0014534 A1, which is incorporated herein in its entirety. Example techniques are described in paragraphs [0017]-[0043] and [0082]-[0184] as well as generally throughout the specification.
Example processing devices include NMDs, other playback devices, control devices, a computing device connected to the media playback system via a local area network, a remote computing device such as a cloud server, or any combination of the above. In some cases, the processing device(s) may transmit the spatial calibrations to one or more intermediary devices which may transmit the spatial calibrations to the playback device. Such intermediary devices may store the data representing one or spatial calibrations.
d. Apply Particular Spectral Filter
At block 1908, implementation 1900 involves applying a particular spectral calibration. For instance, the playback device may apply a particular filter corresponding to a given playback configuration when playing back audio content in that playback configuration. The playback device may maintain or have access to respective spectral calibrations corresponding to multiple playback configurations.
In some examples, the playback device may be instructed to enter a particular playback configuration and accordingly apply a particular calibration corresponding to that playback configuration. For instance, a control device may transit a command to form a specific set of sound axes corresponding to a given playback configuration.
Alternatively, the playback device may detect the proper spectral calibration to apply based on its current configuration. As noted above, playback devices may be joined into various groupings, such as a zone group or bonded zone. Each grouping may represent a playback configuration. In some implementations, upon being joined into a grouping with another playback device, the playback device may apply a particular calibration associated with the playback configuration of that grouping. For instance, based on detecting that the playback device has joined a particular zone group, the playback device may apply a certain calibration associated with zone groups (or with the particular zone group).
The playback device may detect the spectral calibration to apply based on the audio content being provided to the playback device (or that it has been instructed to play back). For instance, the playback device may detect that it is playing back media content that consists of only audio (e.g., music). In such cases, the playback device may apply a particular calibration associated with a playback configuration that corresponds to music playback. As another example, the playback device may receive media content that is associated with both audio and video (e.g., a television show or movie). When playing back such content, the playback device may apply a particular calibration corresponding to audio that is paired with video, or perhaps a calibration corresponding to home theater (e.g., surround sound).
The playback device may apply a certain calibration based on the source of the audio content. Receiving content via a particular one of these sources may trigger a particular playback configuration. For instance, receiving content via a network interface may indicate music playback. As such, while receiving content via the network interface, the playback device may apply a particular calibration associated with a particular playback configuration corresponding to music playback. As another example, receiving content via a particular physical input may indicate home theater use (i.e., playback of audio from a television show or movie). While playing back content from that input, the playback device may apply a different calibration associated with a playback configuration corresponding to home theater playback.
A given zone scene may be associated with a particular playback configuration. Upon entering a particular zone scene and thus the particular playback configuration, the playback device may apply a particular calibration associated with that playback configuration. Alternatively, the content or configuration associated with a zone scene may cause the playback device to apply a particular calibration. For example, a zone scene may involve playback of a particular media content or content source, which causes the playback device to apply a particular calibration.
In yet further examples, the playback configuration may be indicated to the playback device by way of one or more messages from a control device or another playback device. For instance, after receiving input that selects a particular playback configuration, a device may indicate to the playback device that a particular playback configuration is selected. The playback device may apply a calibration associated with that playback configuration. As another example, the playback device may be a member of a group, such as a bonded zone group. Another playback device, such as a group coordinator device of that group, may detect a playback configuration of the group and send a message indicating that playback configuration (or the calibration for that configuration) to the playback device.
In some cases, the playback device may also apply the calibration to one or more additional playback devices. For instance, the playback device may be a member (e.g., the group coordinator) of a group (e.g., a zone group). The playback device may send messages instructing other playback devices in the group to apply the calibration. Upon receiving such a message, these playback devices may apply the calibration.
In some examples, the calibration or calibration state may be shared among devices of a media playback system using one or more state variables. Some examples techniques involving calibration state variables are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/793,190 filed Jul. 7, 2015, entitled “Calibration State Variable,” and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/793,205 filed Jul. 7, 2015, entitled “Calibration Indicator,” which are incorporated herein in their entirety.
As noted above, embodiments described herein may facilitate the calibration of one or more playback devices.
a. Detect Trigger Condition
At block 2002, implementation 2000 involves detecting a trigger condition that initiates calibration. For instance, a NMD may detect a trigger condition that initiates calibration of a media playback system. The trigger condition may initiate calibration of the playback device(s) in the media playback system for multiple playback configurations, either explicitly or perhaps because the audio driver(s) of the playback device(s) have been set up with multiple playback configurations. Example trigger conditions to initiate a calibration are described above in section III. a, as well as generally throughout the disclosure.
b. Cause Audio Driver(s) to Output Calibration Audio
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c. Record Calibration Audio
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The NMD may be moving through the environment while recording the calibration audio so as to measure the calibration sounds at different locations. With a moving microphone, repetitions of the calibration sound are detected at different physical locations within the environment. Samples of the calibration sound at different locations may provide a better representation of the surrounding environment as compared to samples in one location. For example, referring back to
As such, an NMD may display one or more prompts to move the NMD while the calibration audio is being emitted. Such prompts may guide a user in moving the recording device during the calibration. To illustrate, in
Further examples for recording calibration audio are described above in section III a. as well as generally throughout the disclosure.
d. Determine Spectral Calibration(s)
At block 2008, implementation 2000 involves determining spectral calibrations. For instance, the NMD may cause a processing device to determine respective sets of spectral filters for the multiple playback configurations under calibrations. These spectral calibrations may be based on the recorded calibration audio output by the audio driver(s). In some cases, the NMD may include the processing device. Alternatively, the NMD may transmit the recorded audio to one or more other processing devices. Example processing devices and processing techniques are described above.
The NMD may causing a particular calibration (e.g., a particular set of spectral filters) corresponding to a given playback configuration to be applied to the sound axes formed by the multiple audio drivers when the media playback system is playing back audio content in the given playback configuration. Additional examples of applying calibrations are described above.
The description above discloses, among other things, various example systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture including, among other components, firmware and/or software executed on hardware. It is understood that such examples are merely illustrative and should not be considered as limiting. For example, it is contemplated that any or all of the firmware, hardware, and/or software aspects or components can be embodied exclusively in hardware, exclusively in software, exclusively in firmware, or in any combination of hardware, software, and/or firmware. Accordingly, the examples provided are not the only way(s) to implement such systems, methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture.
(Feature 1) A method comprising detecting a trigger condition that initiates calibration of a media playback system comprising multiple audio drivers that form multiple sound axes, each sound axis corresponding to a respective channel of multi-channel audio content; causing, via a network interface, the multiple audio drivers to emit calibration audio that is divided into constituent frames, the multiple sound axes emitting calibration audio during respective slots of each constituent frame; recording, via a microphone, the emitted calibration audio; causing respective delays for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes to be determined based on the slots of recorded calibration audio corresponding to the sound axis; and causing the multiple sound axes to be calibrated, wherein calibrating the multiple sound axes comprises causing audio output of the multiple sound axes to be delayed according to the respective determined delays.
(Feature 2) The method of feature 1, wherein causing respective delays for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes to be determined comprises causing a processing device to determine respective times-of-arrival at the microphone for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes from the slots of recorded calibration audio corresponding to each sound axis; and causing the delays for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes to be determined, each determined delay corresponding to the determined time-of-arrival of a respective sound axis.
(Feature 3) The method of feature 2, wherein causing audio output of the multiple sound axes to be delayed according to the respective determined delays comprises causing respective filters to delay audio output of the multiple audio drivers according to the respective determined delays for the multiple sound axes.
(Feature 4) The method of feature 2, wherein the NMD comprises the processing device, and wherein causing the processing device to determine respective times-of-arrival at the microphone for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes comprises: dividing the recorded calibration audio into the constituent frames and each constituent frame into the respective slots for each sound axis; determining respective impulse responses for the sound axes from the respective slots corresponding to the each sound axis; aligning the respective impulse responses to a first reference point; identifying respective second reference points in each impulse response; and determining the respective times-of-arrival at the microphone based on respective differences from the first reference point to the second reference points in each impulse response.
(Feature 5) The method of feature 4, wherein the sound axes consist of a reference sound axis and one or more other sound axes, and wherein identifying respective second reference points in each impulse response comprises: identifying, as a given second reference point, a peak value in the impulse response of the reference sound axis; and identifying, as the other second reference points, respective peak values of the impulse responses of the one or more other sound axes in a time window subsequent to the given second reference point.
(Feature 6) The method of feature 2, wherein the processing device is connected to the NMD via one or more networks, and wherein causing the processing device to determine respective times-of-arrival at the microphone for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes comprises: sending, via the network interface to the processing device, (i) the recorded calibration audio, and (ii) an instruction to determine respective times-of-arrival at the microphone for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes; and receiving, via the network interface, the determine respective times-of-arrival.
(Feature 7) The method of feature 1, wherein the each sound axis of the multiple sound axes corresponds to a respective channel of surround sound audio content.
(Feature 8) The method of feature 7, wherein the media playback system comprises multiple playback devices each comprising a subset of the multiple audio drivers.
(Feature 9) The method of feature 8, wherein the multiple playback devices comprise a given playback device comprising a particular subset of the multiple audio drivers, wherein the particular subset of the multiple audio drivers forms three sound axes, the three sound axes corresponding respectively to a left channel of the surround sound audio content, a right channel of the surround sound audio content, and a center channel of the audio content.
(Feature 10) The method of feature 1, wherein detecting the trigger condition that initiates calibration of a media playback system comprises detecting, via a user interface, input data indicating a command to initiate calibration of the media playback system.
(Feature 11). The method of feature 1, wherein detecting the trigger condition that initiates calibration of the media playback system comprises detecting configuration of the media playback system into a particular axis configuration, wherein the multiple audio drivers form a particular set of sound axes.
(Feature 12) The method of feature 1, wherein causing delays for each sound axis of the multiple sound axes to be determined comprises: determining that time-of-arrival of a given sound axis exceeds a maximum delay threshold; and causing delay of the given sound axis to be set at the maximum delay threshold when the media playback system is playing back audio content that is paired to video content.
(Feature 13) A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a device to perform the method of any of features 1-12.
(Feature 14) A device configured to perform the method of any of features 1-12.
(Feature 15) A media playback system configured to perform the method of any of features 1-12.
(Feature 16) A method comprising: receiving, via a network interface, data representing one or more spatial filters that correspond to respective playback configurations, wherein each playback configuration represents a particular set of sound axes formed via the one or more audio drivers, and wherein each sound axis corresponds to a respective channel of audio content; causing, via the audio stage, the one or more audio drivers to output calibration audio that is divided into a repeating set of frames, the set of frames comprising a respective frame for each playback configuration, wherein causing the one or more audio drivers to output the calibration audio comprises causing the audio stage to apply, during each frame, the spatial filter corresponding to the respective playback configuration; receiving, via the network interface, data representing one or more spectral filters that correspond to respective playback configurations, the one or more spectral filters based on the calibration audio output by the one or more audio drivers; and when playing back audio content in a given playback configuration, causing the audio stage to apply a particular spectral filter corresponding to the given playback configuration.
(Feature 17) The method of feature 16, wherein receiving data representing one or more spatial filters comprises receiving data representing one or more spatial filters that calibrate the playback device to a particular listening location within a listening area of the playback device, and wherein receiving data representing one or more spectral filters comprises receiving data representing one or more spectral filters that offset acoustic characteristics of the listening area.
(Feature 18) The method of feature 16, wherein receiving data representing one or more spatial filters comprises receiving data representing one or more sets of spatial filters, each set of spatial filter comprising a respective spatial filter for each sound axis, and wherein receiving data representing one or more spectral filters comprises receiving data representing one or more sets of spectral filters, each spectral filter comprising a respective spectral filter for each sound axis.
(Feature 19) The method of feature 18, wherein the one or more spatial filters comprise at least one of: (i) a first filter that corresponds to a mono playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form a sound axis to output mono audio content when playing back audio content in the mono playback configuration, (ii) a second filter that corresponds to a stereo playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form one or more sound axes to output one or more channels of stereo audio content when playing back audio content in the stereo playback configuration, and (iii) a third filter that corresponds to a surround sound playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form one or more sound axes to output one or more channels of surround sound audio content when playing back audio content in the surround sound playback configuration.
(Feature 20) The method of feature 18, wherein the mono playback configuration is a first mono playback configuration, the stereo playback configuration is a first stereo playback configuration, and the surround sound playback configuration is a first surround sound configuration, and wherein the one or more spatial filters comprise at least one of: (i) a fourth filter that corresponds to a second mono playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form a sound axis to output mono audio content in synchrony with a subwoofer device when playing back audio content in the second mono playback configuration, (ii) a fifth filter that corresponds to a second stereo playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form one or more sound axes to output one or more channels of stereo audio content in synchrony with the subwoofer device when playing back audio content in the second stereo playback configuration, and (iii) a sixth filter that corresponds to a second surround sound playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form one or more sound axes to output one or more channels of surround sound audio content in synchrony with a subwoofer device when playing back audio content in the second surround sound playback configuration.
(Feature 21) The method of feature 16, wherein the one or more spatial filters comprise: (i) a first filter that corresponds to a music playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form one or more sound axes to output music content when playing back audio content in the music playback configuration, and (ii) a second filter that corresponds to a home theater playback configuration, the one or more audio drivers configured to form one or more sound axes to output audio content that is paired to video content when playing back audio content in the home theater playback configuration.
(Feature 22) The method of feature 16, wherein the one or more audio drivers comprise multiple audio drivers that form multiple sound axes in a given playback configuration and wherein causing the one or more audio drivers to output the calibration audio comprises causing the multiple sound axes to output calibration audio during respective slots of each frame that corresponds to the given playback configuration.
(Feature 23) The method of feature 22, wherein each sound axis of the multiple sound axes corresponds to a respective channel of surround sound audio content.
(Feature 24) The method of feature 22, wherein each sound axis of the multiple sound axes corresponds to a respective channel of stereo audio content.
(Feature 25) The method of feature 16, wherein the one or more audio drivers form a single sound axis in a given playback configuration.
(Feature 26) A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a device to perform the method of any of features 16-25.
(Feature 27) A device configured to perform the method of any of features 16-25.
(Feature 28) A media playback system configured to perform the method of any of features 16-25.
(Feature 29) A method comprising: detecting a trigger condition that initiates calibration of a media playback system for multiple playback configurations, wherein each playback configuration represents a particular set of sound axes formed via multiple audio drivers of the media playback system, and wherein each sound axis corresponds to a respective channel of audio content; causing, via a network interface, the multiple audio drivers to output calibration audio that is divided into a repeating set of frames, the set of frames comprising a respective frame for each playback configuration, wherein causing the multiple audio drivers to output the calibration audio comprises causing, during each frames of the set of frames, a respective set of spatial filters to be applied to the multiple audio drivers, each set of spatial filters comprising a respective spatial filter for each sound axis; recording, via a microphone, the calibration audio output by the multiple audio drivers; causing a processing device to determine respective sets of spectral filters for the multiple playback configurations based on the recorded calibration audio, each set of spectral filters comprising a respective spectral filter for each sound axis.
(Feature 30) The method of feature 29, the method further comprising: when the media playback system is playing back audio content in a given playback configuration, causing a particular set of spectral filters corresponding to the given playback configuration to be applied to the sound axes formed by the multiple audio drivers.
(Feature 31) The method of feature 29, wherein the calibration audio is second calibration audio, the method further comprising: before causing the multiple audio drivers to output the second calibration audio, causing, via the network interface, the multiple drivers to output first calibration audio that is divided into a repeating set of frames, the set of frames comprising a respective frame for each playback configuration of the multiple playback configurations; recording, via the microphone, the first calibration audio output by the multiple audio drivers; and causing the processing device to determine the respective sets of spatial filters for the multiple playback configurations based on recorded first calibration audio, each set of spatial filters comprising a respective spatial filter for each sound axis.
(Feature 32) The method of feature 29, wherein causing the multiple audio drivers to output the calibration audio comprises causing the multiple audio drivers to form respective sound axes of the multiple sound axes during respective slots of each frame.
(Feature 33) The method of feature 29, wherein the multiple playback configurations comprise two or more of: (i) a mono playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form sound axes to synchronously output mono audio content when playing back audio content in the mono playback configuration, (ii) a stereo playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form sound axes to output channels of stereo audio content when playing back audio content in the stereo playback configuration, and (iii) a surround sound playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form sound axes to output respective channels of surround sound audio content when playing back audio content in the surround sound playback configuration.
(Feature 34) The method of feature 33, wherein the mono playback configuration is a first mono playback configuration, the stereo playback configuration is a first stereo playback configuration, and the surround sound playback configuration is a first surround sound configuration, wherein the multiple playback configurations comprise at least one of: (i) a second mono playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form one or more full range sound axes and a subwoofer sound axis to synchronously output mono audio content when playing back audio content in the mono playback configuration, (ii) a second stereo playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form one or more full range sound axes to synchronously output channels of stereo content audio content with a subwoofer sound axis when playing back audio content in the second stereo playback configuration, and (iii) a second surround sound playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form one or more full range sound axes to synchronously output respective channels of surround sound content audio content with a subwoofer sound axis when playing back audio content in the second surround sound playback configuration.
(Feature 35) The method of feature 29, wherein the multiple playback configurations comprise two or more of: (i) a music playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form sound axes to output music content when playing back audio content in the music playback configuration, and (ii) a home theater playback configuration, the multiple audio drivers configured to form sound axes to output audio content that is paired to video content when playing back audio content in the home theater playback configuration.
(Feature 36) The method of feature 29, wherein causing, during each frame of the set of frames, the respective set of spatial filters to be applied to the multiple audio drivers comprises causing the processing device to apply the spatial filters to the calibration audio and transmit the calibration audio with the applied spatial filters to one or more playback devices comprising the multiple audio drivers.
(Feature 37) The method of feature 29, wherein the media playback system comprises multiple playback devices each comprising a subset of the multiple audio drivers.
(Feature 38) A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a device to perform the method of any of features 29-37.
(Feature 39) A device configured to perform the method of any of features 29-37.
(Feature 40) A media playback system configured to perform the method of any of features 29-37.
The specification is presented largely in terms of illustrative environments, systems, procedures, steps, logic blocks, processing, and other symbolic representations that directly or indirectly resemble the operations of data processing devices coupled to networks. These process descriptions and representations are typically used by those skilled in the art to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. Numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. However, it is understood to those skilled in the art that certain embodiments of the present disclosure can be practiced without certain, specific details. In other instances, well known methods, procedures, components, and circuitry have not been described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring aspects of the embodiments. Accordingly, the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims rather than the forgoing description of embodiments.
When any of the appended claims are read to cover a purely software and/or firmware implementation, at least one of the elements in at least one example is hereby expressly defined to include a tangible, non-transitory medium such as a memory, DVD, CD, Blu-ray, and so on, storing the software and/or firmware.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/662,282, filed on May 6, 2022, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,736,878 on Aug. 22, 2023,which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/994,627, filed on Aug. 16, 2020, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,337,017 on May 17, 2022, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/181,865, filed on Nov. 6, 2018, issued as U.S. patent Ser. No. 10/750,303 on Aug. 18, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/785,088, filed on Oct. 16, 2017, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 10,129,678 on Nov. 13, 2018, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/211,822, filed on Jul. 15, 2016, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,794,710 on Oct. 17, 2017, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The present application incorporates herein by reference in its entirety U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/211,835, filed Jul. 15, 2016, titled “Spectral Correction Using Spatial Calibration.” Additional incorporations by reference are made throughout the disclosure.
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