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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:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christopher Kallai, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Jonathan P. Lang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Craig Wisneski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Jonathon Reilly, Cambridge, MA (US);

Seamus Daly, Marblehead, MA (US);

Todd Mansfield, Arlington, VA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H04B 7/0834 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 29/007 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for shaping sound based on a speaker orientation are disclosed. In an embodiment, an audio data stream is obtained by a zone player having one or more speaker drivers, an orientation of the zone player is determined, and sound is reproduced by the zone player based on the orientation. The sound may be further shaped based on other states of the zone player in addition to orientation. The overall sound may be shaped from one zone player or from a collection of zone players.


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