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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
John Lawrence McGrael, Cambridge, MA (US);
Benjamin Jackson Clark, Hopkinton, MA (US);
David Lester Smith, Wellesley, MA (US);
Michael Wayne Stark, Acton, MA (US);
James Walter Tracey, Norfolk, MA (US);
Nabin Sagar Sharma, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various implementations include speaker systems. In some particular cases, a speaker system includes: at least two distinct loudspeakers each capable of outputting stereo audio on its own, wherein each loudspeaker comprises: a plurality of transducers, and a controller coupled with the plurality of transducers, where the controller in each loudspeaker is configured to: receive a left channel audio input signal and a right channel audio input signal; extract a center channel signal from the left channel audio input signal and the right channel audio input signal; and provide an audio output signal to at least one of the plurality of transducers for outputting the center channel signal.