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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy Theodore List, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04S 3/002 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2201/405 (2013.01); H04R 2203/12 (2013.01); H04R 2205/022 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an augmented reality environment, a speaker array is centrally located within an area to generate sound for the environment. The speaker array has a spherical or hemispherical body and speakers mounted about the body to emit sound in multiple directions. A controller is provided to select sets of speakers to form beams of sound in determined directions. The shaped beams are output to deliver a full audio experience in the environment from the fixed location speaker array.