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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Afrooz Family, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Anthony P. Bidmead, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Erik L. Wang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gary P. Geaves, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Martin E. Johnson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Matthew I. Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael B. Howes, San Jose, CA (US);
Sylvain J. Choisel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tomlinson M. Holman, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An audio system is described that includes one or more speaker arrays that emit sound corresponding to one or more pieces of sound program content into associated zones within a listening area. Using parameters of the audio system (e.g., locations of the speaker arrays and the audio sources), the zones, the users, the pieces of sound program content, and the listening area, one or more beam pattern attributes may be generated. The beam pattern attributes define a set of beams that are used to generate audio beams for channels of sound program content to be played in each zone. The beam pattern attributes may be updated as changes are detected within the listening environment. By adapting to these changing conditions, the audio system is capable of reproducing sound that accurately represents each piece of sound program content in various zones.