Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for using a mobile device equipped with at least two microphones for determining the direction of loudspeakers in a setup of a surround sound system
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Application No.: US15379633Application Date: 2016-12-15
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Publication No.: US10104489B2Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Michael Arnold , Michael Drexler , Florian Keiler
- Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
- Applicant Address: FR Issy les Moulineau
- Assignee: Thomson Licensing
- Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing
- Current Assignee Address: FR Issy les Moulineau
- Agent Vincent E. Duffy
- Priority: EP15307064 20151218
- Main IPC: H04R5/02
- IPC: H04R5/02 ; H04S7/00 ; H04R1/40 ; H04R5/04 ; H04R29/00

Abstract:
A smartphone having two microphones is used for determining the direction of a loudspeaker in a surround system setup. This is performed using smartphone rotation in azimuth and polar angle direction while capturing in its microphones a test signal from a current one of the loudspeakers. From the microphone signals a corresponding TDOA value is calculated, and the smartphone is rotated until that TDOA value is nearly zero, resulting in a loudspeaker direction information.
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