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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
James R. Milne, Ramona, CA (US);
Allison Joi Burgueno, Oceanside, CA (US);
Gregory Peter Carlsson, Santee, CA (US);
Keith Resch, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/34 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/345 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2205/024 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A networked speaker system automatically moves a speaker in one or more of the horizontal planes, the vertical plane, and elevation (z-dimension) to maintain the axis of the sound cone directed toward a listener as a listener moves about a space. In addition, or alternatively, the speaker can be moved to optimize sound performance when multiple speakers are activated.