US 12,236,162 B2
Audio parameter adjustment based on playback device separation distance
Jerad Lewis, Cambridge, MA (US); Douglas John Button, Simi Valley, CA (US); Kylie Beth Muntean, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Daniel Jones, London (GB); Adib Mehrabi, London (GB); and Christopher William Pike, Manchester (GB)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/497,221.
Application 18/497,221 is a continuation of application No. 18/166,718, filed on Feb. 9, 2023, granted, now 11,809,782.
Application 18/166,718 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/077233, filed on Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,929, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061642 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media playback system comprising a first playback device and a second playback device, wherein:
the first playback device comprises a first non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more first processors to cause the first playback device to:
receive a positioning signal transmitted from the second playback device,
determine, based at least in part on the received positioning signal, a relative position of the first playback device with respect to the second playback device,
use the relative position to determine a first playback configuration for the first playback device and a second playback configuration for the second playback device,
send instructions to the second playback device, wherein the instructions identify the second playback configuration, and
play back a first channel of multichannel audio content in accordance with the first playback configuration; and
the second playback device comprises a second non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more second processors to cause the second playback device to:
transmit the positioning signal to the first playback device,
receive the instructions from the first playback device, and
play back a second channel of the multichannel audio content in accordance with the second playback configuration.