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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hilmar Lehnert, Framingham, MA (US);

Aurelio Ramos, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);

Bob Dizon, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/21 (2013.01); G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/307 (2013.01); G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); G10L 25/21 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/006 (2013.01); H04S 3/002 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/07 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for adjusting bass levels of a multi-channel audio signal include, among other features, (i) receiving the multi-channel signal via a playback device; (ii) separating, from the multi-channel signal, low-frequency signals comprising frequencies less than a threshold frequency; (iii) determining electrical energies of the low-frequency signals; (iv) determining a first energy by summing the electrical energies of the low-frequency signals; (v) consolidating the low-frequency signals into a consolidated low-frequency signal; (vi) determining a second energy by determining an electrical energy of the consolidated low-frequency signal; (vii) generating a gain-adjusted low-frequency signal by adjusting a gain of the consolidated low-frequency signal based on both (a) the first energy and (b) the second energy; (viii) generating a gain-adjusted multi-channel signal by mixing the gain-adjusted low-frequency signal back into the multi-channel signal; and (ix) using the gain-adjusted multi-channel signal to play back gain-adjusted multi-channel audio content via the playback device.


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