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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Romi Kadri, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chris Davies, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01); H04R 2203/12 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for spatial mapping of two or more audio playback devices in a listening environment. Two or more playback devices may signal each other. Based on the signaling, a position of the two or more playback devices relative to each other is determined and a device map of the two or more playback devices in the listening environment is generated based on this position.