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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Waves Audio Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;

Inventors:

Nahum Noam Weissman, Petach Tikva, IL;

Matan Ben-Asher, Yahud, IL;

Itai Neoran, Beit-Hananya, IL;

Assignee:

WAVES AUDIO LTD., Tel Aviv, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computerized microphone-equipped audio playback device comprising a speaker and microphone and being configured to receive digital audio; and play the digital audio on a speaker, in accordance with a playback delay that is derivative of, at least: an arrival time of a first calibration sound at the processor and an arrival time of the first calibration sound at a second microphone-equipped audio playback device, wherein the first calibration sound originated at the listener position; a generation time of a second calibration sound at the second microphone-equipped audio playback device, and an arrival time of the second calibration sound at the processor; and a generation time of a third calibration sound at the processor, and an arrival time of the third calibration sound at the second microphone-equipped audio playback device; thereby synchronizing arrival of sound of the two playback devices at the listener position.


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