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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:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Lucas Ridihalgh, Seattle, WA (US);

Gregory Michael Shaw, Bellevue, WA (US);

Todd Matthew Williams, Sammamish, WA (US);

Tarlochan Singh Randhawa, III, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04S 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/301 (2013.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 29/002 (2013.01); H04R 29/008 (2013.01); H04S 5/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject disclosure is directed towards calibrating sound pressure levels of speakers to determine desired attenuation data for use in later playback. A user may be guided to a calibration location to place a microphone, and each speaker is calibrated to output a desired sound pressure level in its current acoustic environment based upon the attenuation data learned during calibration. During playback, the attenuation data is used. Also described is testing the setup of the speakers, and dynamically adjusting the attenuation data in real time based upon tracking the listener's current location.


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