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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2014
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Parkridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Robert Hardacker, Escondido, CA (US);

Steven Richman, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Parkridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H03G 3/301 (2013.01); H04R 2400/13 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for personalizing audio levels, in accordance with embodiments of the present technology, provide different audio volumes to different locations in a room allowing for two of more users to enjoy the same audio content at different volumes. Differential level and delay compensation filtering based on a position of each of a plurality of speakers, the location of each user and the preferred relative audio volume of each user are utilized to produce different effective audio levels in localized regions of a room.


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