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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Paulus Cornelis Neervoort, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Kortenoeven, Eindhoven, NL;
Paulus Cornelis Neervoort, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Kortenoeven, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method (and corresponding system) for providing location-aware media information and more specifically a method for providing location-aware audio content by an audio-presenting device capable of presenting audio content. On the audio source () comprising processing means () one or more sensors (), may be positioned in order to locate the position(s) of one or more audio-presenting devices attached, close, or distant to said audio source. The sensors are used by receiving signal(s) to determine the location of the available audio-presenting devices. The audio-presenting device's () location relative to the user's working position—in front of the display device ()—may be estimated by the audio source () and thereby provides information items to the audio-presenting devices () by the method according to the present invention so as to provide desired sound signals.