Speaker System Customized Audio Experience Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Managing customized audio experiences in speaker systems is time-consuming and inefficient, as users must adjust multiple settings for each experience, often leading to unintended playback across multiple speakers.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that provide a user interface for defining customized audio experiences with multiple settings and triggering mechanisms, allowing users to initiate specific audio playback based on triggers like time, motion, ambient noise, or voice commands, enabling streamlined and tailored audio presentations across multiple speakers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users manually adjust various settings for each audio experience, then customized audio experiences can be achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomized audio experiencesVSAvoidtime to manage settings

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-configures multiple audio experiences with their associated settings and triggering mechanisms in advance. Users define experiences once with all necessary parameters (volume, equalization, tone control, speaker grouping, etc.), and the system automatically applies the appropriate configuration when triggering conditions are met, eliminating the need for manual adjustment each time an audio experience is activated.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The speaker system automatically detects triggering mechanisms (time of day, user identity, motion, ambient noise, acoustic signatures, voice commands) and autonomously selects and applies the corresponding audio experience settings without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by managing the complexity of multiple audio configurations and automatically implementing the correct settings based on detected conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Area of stationary object

If multiple speakers are used for audio playback, then audio coverage is improved, but unintended playback across multiple speakers occurs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaudio coverage areaVSAvoidintended playback control

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Each audio experience is configured with specific speaker grouping settings that define which speakers should play audio under particular conditions. The system applies different speaker configurations locally to match the intended audio experience, ensuring that only the appropriate speakers are activated for each triggering mechanism, thereby preventing unintended playback while maintaining comprehensive audio coverage when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple audio experience settings are configured, then personalized audio experiences are achieved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaudio experience settingsVSAvoidsettings management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The speaker system is designed with a universal control architecture that can manage multiple audio experiences with various settings (volume, equalization, tone control, speaker grouping, input selection, content settings, rendering modes, virtual assistant settings) through a single integrated system. The triggering mechanisms serve multiple functions by automatically selecting and applying the appropriate experience configuration, reducing the perceived complexity for users while maintaining comprehensive customization capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This solution enhances user experience by automating the selection of customized audio settings, reducing the need for manual adjustments and preventing unintended playback, thus providing efficient and personalized audio experiences across multiple speakers.

Implementation Method 1

an acoustic transducer; initiate audio playback at the transducer

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectroacoustic transduction:

Implementation Method 2

at least one microphone; an acoustic signature of detected ambient noise, an acoustic signature of the audio playback a genre of the audio playback or a voice command from a user

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectAcoustic transduction:

Data Source

PatentUS11012780B2Speaker system with customized audio experiences

Publication Date: 2021.05.18 BOSE CORP

AI summary

Various aspects include approaches for providing customized audio experiences in a speaker system. In some implementations, computer-implemented methods of controlling a plurality of customized audio experiences for a speaker system are disclosed. In other implementations, an at-home speaker system is configured for customized audio experiences.