Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Acoustic beacon for broadcasting the orientation of a device
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Application No.: US14775600Application Date: 2014-03-13
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Publication No.: US09961472B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Martin E. Johnson , Afrooz Family , Tom-Davy William Jendrik Saux
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/026576 WO 20140313
- International Announcement: WO2014/151857 WO 20140925
- Main IPC: H04R5/02
- IPC: H04R5/02 ; H04S7/00

Abstract:
A method for determining the orientation of a loudspeaker relative to a listening device is described. The method simultaneously drives each transducer to emit beam patterns corresponding to distinct orthogonal audio signals. The listening device senses sounds produced by the orthogonal audio signals and analyzes the sensed audio signal to determine the spatial orientation of the loudspeaker relative to the listening device. Other embodiments are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160029143A1 ACOUSTIC BEACON FOR BROADCASTING THE ORIENTATION OF A DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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