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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Jan Michael Janick, Morrisville, NC (US);
Howard Jeffrey Locker, Cary, NC (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Jan Michael Janick, Morrisville, NC (US);
Howard Jeffrey Locker, Cary, NC (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for reconfiguring a multi-dimension sound system is disclosed. The method and system include a remote control that is capable of emitting a low-frequency sound wave pulse pattern, and a plurality of speakers, wherein each speaker includes a pulse counter that counts a number of sound wave pulses received from the remote control over a predetermined time period. The method and system further include an audio receiver that includes a digital audio encoding system. The receiver uses the respective sound wave pulse count from each of the speakers to compute the distance between the remote control and each speaker, and programs the digital audio encoding system with speaker delay times based on the computed distances.