Dynamic Audio Setting Adjustment for Moving Listener Positions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio systems often fail to optimize audio settings for users positioned outside the designated listening area or when multiple users are present, leading to suboptimal audio experience.
Innovation Solution
An audio system that detects the position of a user within a listening area, identifies a reference position that best matches the user's location, and configures audio settings accordingly, using sensors and mapping data to adjust volume, base, and delay settings dynamically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If audio settings are optimized for a fixed reference position, then audio quality is improved for users at that position, but audio quality deteriorates for users positioned outside the listening area or when multiple users are present
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic audio setting adjustment by continuously detecting user position and automatically selecting appropriate reference positions and audio settings. The system transitions from static, fixed-position optimization to dynamic, real-time adaptation based on detected user location, thereby maintaining high audio quality across multiple positions and user scenarios.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system uses multiple reference positions to cover more areas, then user position adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the listening area into multiple discrete reference positions, each with pre-calibrated audio settings. This segmentation approach allows the system to handle complex multi-position optimization by breaking it down into manageable discrete reference points, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining broad adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary calibration at multiple reference positions during setup, storing pre-optimized audio settings for each position. This preliminary action eliminates the need for real-time complex calculations during actual use, reducing operational complexity while maintaining adaptability across multiple positions.
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AI summary
In one aspect, an example method for use in connection with an audio system that is configured to present audio within a listening area includes (i) detecting, by a computing system, a position of a user located within the listening area; (ii) using, by the computing system, at least the detected position of the user to identify, from among multiple candidate reference positions, a reference position that most closely matches the detected position of the user; (iii) using, by the computing system, at least the identified reference position as a basis to select a set of audio settings that corresponds to the identified reference position; and (iv) configuring, by the computing system, the audio system based on the selected set of audio settings.