US 12,067,331 B2
Systems and methods for control of an acoustic environment
Robert Marchant, Richmond (GB); Amelia Schladow, San Francisco, CA (US); David Matthew Jones, London (GB); Philip Roadley-Battin, Oakland, CA (US); and Henry John Holland, London (GB)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/041,152
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US); Robert Marchant, Richmond (GB); Amelia Schladow, San Francisco, CA (US); David Matthew Jones, London (GB); Philip Roadley-Battin, Oakland, CA (US); and Henry John Holland, London (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/045564
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/035413, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315378 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing selective control of an acoustic environment of a user, the computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a selected audio source of a plurality of audio sources in an environment of a user based at least in part on a selection user input performed at a peripheral device, the peripheral device in communication with the computing system, wherein the selection user input comprises directing the peripheral device toward the selected audio source;
receiving, by the computing system, data descriptive of a configuration user input performed at the peripheral device, the configuration user input indicative of an intent to configure an audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source; and
in response to receiving the configuration user input, configuring, by the computing system, the audio characteristic associated with the selected audio source based at least in part on the configuration user input.