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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

May. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kelvin Francis Griffiths, Porthcawl, GB;

John Stewart, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G01H 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/001 (2013.01); G01H 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A transient multi-tone test signal is generated to detect piano noise distortion played back by a speaker. The test signal has a number, such as three, formant tones resembling a piano chord and selectable such that the frequencies and harmonics remain distributed in frequency. The test signal provides a basis for defining normal speaker operating performance and allows a user to define speaker responses that fall outside of normal boundaries by highlighting piano noise distortion detected during speaker playback of the test signal.


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