Wireless coordination of audio sources

    公开(公告)号:US10649721B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US16266099

    申请日:2019-02-03

    Abstract: An audio/video (A/V) hub that coordinates playback of audio content is described. In particular, the A/V hub may calculate current time offsets between clocks in electronic devices and a clock in the A/V hub based on differences between transmit times of frames from the electronic devices and receive times when the frames were received. For example, the current time offsets may be calculated using wireless ranging by ignoring distances between the A/V hub and the electronic devices. Then, the A/V hub may transmit, to the electronic devices, one or more frames that include audio content and playback timing information, which may specify playback times when the electronic devices are to playback the audio content based on the current time offsets. Furthermore, the playback times of the electronic devices may have a temporal relationship so that the playback of the audio content by the electronic devices is coordinated.

    Automatic Room Filling
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190394601A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16015781

    申请日:2018-06-22

    Inventor: Jonathan Moore

    Abstract: An electronic device that performs automatic room filling is described. Based at least in part on information about an environment, which may include a second electronic device, the electronic device may determine a number of individuals in the environment. Then, based at least in part on the determined number of individuals, the electronic device may calculate an acoustic radiation pattern. For example, a width of a beam in the acoustic radiation pattern may be narrower when there is one individual in the environment, and the width of the beam may be wider when there is more than one individual in the environment. Next, the electronic device may provide audio content and second information specifying the acoustic radiation pattern for the second electronic device.

    Automatic de-baffling
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10440473B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US16016481

    申请日:2018-06-22

    Inventor: Jonathan Moore

    Abstract: An electronic device that performs automatic de-baffling is described. Based at least in part on information corresponding to a boundary of an environment (which may be acquired by a sensor, such as a microphone or an image sensor), the electronic device may determine a location of the boundary, which is proximate to the electronic device. Then, based at least in part on the location, the electronic device may calculate a modified acoustic radiation pattern of the electronic device, where a superposition of the modification acoustic radiation pattern and acoustic reflections from the boundary approximately matches a target acoustic radiation pattern of the electronic device. Next, using the modified acoustic radiation pattern, the electronic device may output sound corresponding to audio content from a set of drivers.

    Maintaining Coordination Following a Wireless Reset

    公开(公告)号:US20190272146A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16416188

    申请日:2019-05-18

    Abstract: An electronic device that reduces relative drift is described. In particular, an interface circuit in the electronic device may calculate, based on differences between transmit times when packets were transmitted by a second electronic device and receive times of the packets, relative drift as a function of time between a clock in the interface circuit and a second clock in the second electronic device. Then, the interface circuit may adjust, based on the relative drift, a clock circuit that provides the clock to eliminate the relative drift, and may store the adjustments to the clock circuit. Furthermore, when a wireless reset occurs, the interface circuit may adapt the clock circuit based on the stored adjustments to reduce the relative drift while the interface circuit restores frequency lock with the second clock based on additional packets with additional transmit times that are received from the second electronic device.

    User interface based on device-state information

    公开(公告)号:US10296275B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15593261

    申请日:2017-05-11

    Inventor: Gaylord Yu

    Abstract: A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is received from an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the portable electronic device may generate a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the portable electronic displays the user interface on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, the portable electronic device dynamically adapts the user interface.

    User interface based on device-state information

    公开(公告)号:US10198230B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-05

    申请号:US15593268

    申请日:2017-05-11

    Inventor: Gaylord Yu

    Abstract: A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is determined by an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the A/V hub may generate user-interface information that specifies a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the A/V hub provides the user interface to the portable electronic device. In this way, the A/V hub device dynamically adapts the user interface.

    Repositioning HDMI Content Based on Content Changes

    公开(公告)号:US20180341570A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US15607617

    申请日:2017-05-29

    Inventor: Gaylord Yu

    Abstract: In response to identifying a type of change in audio/video (A/V) content that was received from a content source, an A/V hub may generate display instructions specifying a display layout of the A/V content on a display in an A/V display device, and may provide the display instructions and the A/V content to the display to dynamically modify the display of the A/V content. For example, the A/V hub may display the A/V content in a central window of the display. This may involve swapping the A/V content with other A/V content that was previously displayed in the central window, and the other A/V content may be displayed in a tiled window (which may be smaller than the central window and may be located proximate to a periphery of the display). Alternatively, the A/V hub may display the A/V content in a new tiled window of the display.

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