US 12,483,852 B1
System and method for adjusting loudspeaker performance based on listener location
Bradley M. Starobin, Baltimore, MD (US); Matthew Lyons, York, PA (US); John Crisco, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Frank Starobin, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to SOUND UNITED LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Sound United LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,661.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,055, filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,987, filed on Sep. 20, 2021.
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/303 (2013.01) [H04S 7/307 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for adjusting loudspeaker performance based on a location of two or more of a plurality of listeners of an audio system rendering a plurality of audio channels of an audio program within a listening environment, comprising the steps of:
receiving data indicative of a location of a first listener in the listening environment with respect to a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker;
receiving data indicative of a location of a second listener in the listening environment with respect to the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker;
determining a listener location center of gravity based on the location of the first and second listeners;
determining a time delay parameter value for the first loudspeaker based on the listener location center of gravity with respect to the first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker; and
adjusting an audio level parameter value for the first loudspeaker and/or the second loudspeaker based on the listener location center of gravity.