US 12,009,602 B2
Frequency routing based on orientation
Christopher Kallai, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Jonathan P. Lang, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Craig Wisneski, Cambridge, MA (US); Jonathon Reilly, Cambridge, MA (US); Seamus Daly, Marblehead, MA (US); and Todd Mansfield, Arlington, MA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara,, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,315.
Application 17/930,315 is a continuation of application No. 17/216,318, filed on Mar. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,444,375.
Application 17/216,318 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,490, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,965,024, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 16/378,490 is a continuation of application No. 15/688,204, filed on Aug. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,256,536, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Application 15/688,204 is a continuation of application No. 14/813,961, filed on Jul. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,748,647, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 14/813,961 is a continuation of application No. 14/684,927, filed on Apr. 13, 2015, granted, now 9,748,646, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 14/684,927 is a continuation of application No. 13/186,249, filed on Jul. 19, 2011, granted, now 9,042,556, issued on May 26, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126919 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 3/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 3/24 (2013.01) [G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H04B 7/0834 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 29/007 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A playback device comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one orientation sensor;
a plurality of speakers comprising a first speaker and a second speaker; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the playback device is configured to:
use the at least one orientation sensor to determine an orientation of the playback device;
when the playback device is playing multi-channel audio content while the playback device is in a first orientation, (i) play a first channel of the multi-channel audio content via the first speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a first equalization setting for the first speaker corresponding to the first orientation, and (ii) play a second channel of the multi-channel audio content via the second speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a second equalization setting for the second speaker corresponding to the first orientation; and
after determining that the playback device has changed from the first orientation to a second orientation, (i) switch from (a) playing the first channel of the multi-channel audio content via the first speaker of the plurality of speakers according to the first equalization setting for the first speaker corresponding to the first orientation to (b) playing the first channel of the multi-channel audio content via the second speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a third equalization setting for the second speaker corresponding to the second orientation, and (ii) switch from (a) playing the second channel of the multi-channel audio content via the second speaker of the plurality of speakers according to the second equalization setting for the second speaker corresponding to the first orientation to (b) playing the second channel of the multi-channel audio content via the first speaker of the plurality of speakers according to a fourth equalization setting for the first speaker corresponding to the second orientation.