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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Afrooz Family, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Mitchell R. Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sylvain J. Choisel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tomlinson Holman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 7/305 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for reproducing sound using a loudspeaker array that is housed in a loudspeaker cabinet includes the selection of a number of sound rendering modes and changing the selected sound rendering mode based on changes in one or both of sensor data and a user interface selection. The sound rendering modes include a number of mid-side modes and at least one direct-ambient mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.