An example method includes monitoring audio channels, determining an energy level of the audio channels, identifying a fault of one or more of the audio channels based on the energy level, and determining whether the fault is a low confidence measurement or a high confidence measurement.
H04B 17/309 - Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
G10L 25/18 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being spectral information of each sub-band
G10L 25/21 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being power information
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
An example operation may include one or more of storing one or more statistical models, storing one or more ray-tracing models, simulating a first portion of an audio impulse response via execution of ray-tracing algorithm on characteristics of a venue, predicting a second portion of the audio impulse response via execution of the one or more statistical models on the characteristics of the venue, combining the simulated first portion of the audio impulse response and the predicted second portion of the audio impulse response into a composite audio impulse response, and displaying the composite audio impulse response via a user interface.
G06F 30/12 - Geometric CAD characterised by design entry means specially adapted for CAD, e.g. graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for CAD
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
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HYBRID SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AUDIO IMPULSE RESPONSE
An example operation may include one or more of storing one or more statistical models, storing one or more ray-tracing models, simulating a first portion of an audio impulse response via execution of ray-tracing algorithm on characteristics of a venue, predicting a second portion of the audio impulse response via execution of the one or more statistical models on the characteristics of the venue, combining the simulated first portion of the audio impulse response and the predicted second portion of the audio impulse response into a composite audio impulse response, and displaying the composite audio impulse response via a user interface.
An example method of operation may include identifying, in a particular room environment, a number of speakers and one or more microphones on a network controlled by a controller and amplifier, providing test signals to play sequentially from each amplifier channel of the amplifier and the speakers, monitoring the test signals from the one or more microphones simultaneously to detect operational speakers and amplifier channels, providing additional test signals to the speakers to determine tuning parameters, detecting the additional test signals at the one or more microphones controlled by the controller, and automatically establishing a background noise level and noise spectrum of the room environment based on the detected additional test signals.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
An example method of operation may include initiating an automated tuning procedure, detecting via one or more microphones a sound measurement associated with an output of one or more speakers at two or more locations, determining a number of speech transmission index (STI) values equal to a number of microphones, and averaging the speech transmission index values to identify a single speech transmission index value.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic notice boards; downloadable computer software for
web-based access to applications and services through a web
operating system or portal interface.
One example may include a media bar mount that mounts to a display mount affixed to a display, and the media bar mount has rails, a cursor and an arced spring support affixed to each of the rails, a friction brake affixed to each cursor and to extension arms, and a cross-bar affixed perpendicular to the one or more extension arms.
A47B 97/00 - Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
F16M 13/02 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
Example embodiments provide a device that includes one or more of a first half-shell portion of an oval-shaped prism housing including one or more protrusions and one or more receiving slots, and a second half-shell portion of the oval-shaped prism housing including one or more additional protrusions and one or more additional receiving slots, and a number of cable splicer lanes configured to support corresponding cable splicers.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Computer software for configuration and remote control of
one or more audio products in a networked system, namely,
microphones, mixers, amplifiers, signal processors and
speakers; computer hardware and software used to accept,
modify, process, mix, route, transport, amplify, monitor,
interface with and control audio signals, control data, and
to control audio, video, lighting, midi-based, and special
effects equipment on a network; signal transport systems and
remote management equipment that enables and governs the
routing of audio, video, and control data using a variety of
network protocols via network hardware and cabling and
wireless connection between and among audio and video
equipment, namely, computers, audio and video networking
controllers and peripherals and audio transport networking
equipment; digital cinema monitors; amplifier network
monitors.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Software as a service (SAAS) services in the nature of hosting cloud-based software of others; providing intelligent meeting and workplace management services using cloud-based software technology; providing subscription-based temporary use of non-downloadable cloud-based software for identifying, tracking, managing, organizing, planning, calendaring, booking, reserving, monitoring and displaying meetings, desks, seating, workspaces, offices, conference rooms, and meeting rooms; providing subscription-based temporary use of non-downloadable cloud-based software for viewing, commenting on, and communicating within meetings, workspaces, offices, conference rooms, and meeting rooms; providing subscription-based temporary use of non-downloadable cloud-based software for monitoring, managing, programming, controlling, and optimizing audio and video equipment. Downloadable software application for identifying, tracking, managing, organizing, planning, calendaring, booking, reserving, monitoring and displaying meetings, desks, seating, workspaces, offices, conference rooms, and meeting rooms; downloadable software for viewing, commenting on, and communicating within meetings, workspaces, offices, conference rooms, and meeting rooms; downloadable software application for configuring and managing computer hardware for use in office planning and management; management, monitoring, programming, control, and optimization software for audio and video equipment.
13.
Microphone array with automated adaptive beam tracking
An example method of operation may include designating sub-regions which collectively provide a defined reception space, receiving audio signals at a controller from the microphone arrays in the defined reception space, configuring the controller with known locations of each of the microphone arrays, assigning each of the sub-regions to at least one of the microphone arrays based on the known locations, and creating beamform tracking configurations for each of the microphone arrays based on their assigned sub-regions.
G10L 21/0216 - Noise filtering characterised by the method used for estimating noise
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
One example may include a media bar mount that mounts to a display mount affixed to a display, and the media bar mount has rails, a cursor and an arced spring support affixed to each of the rails, a friction brake affixed to each cursor and to extension arms, and a cross-bar affixed perpendicular to the one or more extension arms.
A47B 97/00 - Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
F16M 13/02 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic notice boards; downloadable computer software for web-based access to applications and services through a web operating system or portal interface.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic notice boards; downloadable computer software for web-based access to applications and services through a web operating system or portal interface.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Networked digital processor feature, namely, pre-configured templates for simplifying the setup, tuning, commissioning, and deployment of loudspeaker systems within an operating environment to ensure proper speaker voicing, signal alignment, phasing, and crossover points without the need for manual configuration.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Computer software for configuration and remote control of one or more audio products in a networked system, namely, microphones, mixers, amplifiers, signal processors and speakers; computer hardware and software used to accept, modify, process, mix, route, transport, amplify, monitor, interface with and control audio signals, control data, and to control audio, video, lighting, midi-based, and special effects equipment on a network; signal transport systems and remote management equipment that enables and governs the routing of audio, video, and control data using a variety of network protocols via network hardware and cabling and wireless connection between and among audio and video equipment, namely, computers, audio and video networking controllers and peripherals and audio transport networking equipment; digital cinema monitors; amplifier network monitors.
An example method of operation includes identifying a loudspeaker array profile defining characteristics of a loudspeaker array stored in memory, identifying a three-dimensional venue geometry value stored in the memory, defining virtual receivers to simulate acoustic characteristics within the venue geometry, defining a number of passive acoustic filter permutations to perform within a range of passive acoustic filter settings, and each passive acoustic filter setting is unique and has one or more passive acoustic filters to apply to one or more loudspeakers in the loudspeaker array, selecting performance criteria to apply to the loudspeaker array to represent its sound coverage uniformity at a given location throughout the venue geometry, calculating the performance criteria of the loudspeaker array via a passive acoustic filter setting selected from one or more of the passive acoustic filter permutations by performing a simulation with the passive acoustic filter settings, identifying an optimized passive acoustic filter setting from a specific permutation, with which the loudspeaker array achieves optimal uniform sound coverage in the venue geometry, and applying the optimized passive acoustic filter setting to the loudspeaker array.
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
G10L 19/04 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using predictive techniques
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Downloadable computer software for configuration and remote control of one or more audio products in a networked system, namely, amplifiers, signal processors and speakers
An example method of operation may include determining a frequency response to a measured chirp signal detected from one or more speakers, determining an average value of the frequency response based on a high limit value and a low limit value, subtracting a measured response from a target response, and the target response is based on one or more filter frequencies; determining a frequency limited target filter with audible parameters based on the subtraction, and applying an infinite impulse response (IIR) biquad filter based on an area defined by the frequency limited target filter to equalize the frequency response of the one or more speakers.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
An example method of operation may include detecting an acoustic stimulus via active beams associated with at least one microphone disposed in a defined space, detecting loudspeaker characteristic information of at least one loudspeaker providing the acoustic stimulus, transmitting acoustic stimulus information based on the acoustic stimulus to a central controller, and modifying, via a central controller, at least one control function associated with the at least one microphone and the at least one loudspeaker to minimize acoustic feedback produced by the loudspeaker.
H03G 3/30 - Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
An example method of operation may include receiving audio data at one or more microphones disposed in a corresponding plurality of network devices, identifying amplitude values of the audio data at each of the plurality of network devices, and each of the amplitude values identified at each of the plurality of network devices are different from each other of the amplitude values, determining at each of the plurality of network devices a location of the audio data based on a direction and amplitude of the received audio data, modifying the audio data for output via a plurality of loudspeakers disposed in each of the plurality of network device, and outputting, via the plurality of loudspeakers, the modified audio data, and each loudspeaker outputs different versions of the modified audio data.
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
Systems and methods for bandwidth-limited video transport are configured to receive (or otherwise discern) a selection of video parameter limits that correspond to a bandwidth limit and apply the video parameter limits to an input video stream to enforce the bandwidth limit while preserving video quality. Methods may include adjusting the video stream one parameter at a time until the adjusted video stream meets the bandwidth limit. Parameters to be adjusted may include image resolution, frame rate, image compression, color depth, bits per pixel, and/or color encoding. In some embodiments, the image resolution is reduced first, the frame rate is reduced next, and the image compression is increased last. The extent and/or order of the adjustments of the parameters may be selected by the user, based on the content of the video stream, and/or based on the bandwidth limit.
H04N 21/24 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth or upstream requests
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
H04N 21/238 - Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. adapting the transmission rate of a video stream to network bandwidth; Processing of multiplex streams
H04N 21/4402 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/485 - End-user interface for client configuration
H04N 21/6373 - Control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components for rate control
An example device may include a housing with a number of latches with curved faces to permit contact and manipulation when in contact with a surface. The example may include a housing having spring-loaded angled and sloped latches disposed along the outside of the housing, and a face plate on a bottom portion of the housing.
An example method of operation may include identifying, in a particular room environment, a number of speakers and one or more microphones on a network controlled by a controller and amplifier, providing test signals to play sequentially from each amplifier channel of the amplifier and the speakers, monitoring the test signals from the one or more microphones simultaneously to detect operational speakers and amplifier channels, providing additional test signals to the speakers to determine tuning parameters, detecting the additional test signals at the one or more microphones controlled by the controller, and automatically establishing a background noise level and noise spectrum of the room environment based on the detected additional test signals.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
An example method of operation may include applying a set of initial power and gain parameters for a speaker, playing a stimulus signal via the speaker, determining a sound level at a microphone location and a sound level at a predefined distance from the speakers, determining a gain at the microphone location based on a difference of the sound level at the microphone location and the sound level at the predefined distance from the speaker, and applying the gain to the speaker output.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
Example embodiments provide a process that includes one or more of receiving an audio signal at a feedback compressor circuit, multiplying the received audio signal with a power feedback signal to create a product audio signal, wherein the feedback signal comprises a low-pass filtered signal, applying a power amplifier to the product audio signal, and providing the amplified product audio signal as an output signal to a speaker.
H03F 1/32 - Modifications of amplifiers to reduce non-linear distortion
G10L 25/21 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being power information
H03G 3/30 - Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
H03G 11/00 - Limiting amplitude; Limiting rate of change of amplitude
One example method of operation may include identifying data traffic on one or more ports of a switch, determining whether a protocol specific packet type is identified on any of the one or more ports, assigning one or more first ports with data traffic to a first protocol when the protocol specific packet type is identified, and assigning one or more second ports with data traffic to a second protocol different from the first protocol.
An example method of operation may include initiating an automated tuning procedure, detecting via one or more microphones a sound measurement associated with an output of one or more speakers at two or more locations, determining a number of speech transmission index (STI) values equal to a number of microphones, and averaging the speech transmission index values to identify a single speech transmission index value.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
One example method of operation may include determining whether a received command will be locally processed by a control device, determining an audio stream is associated with the received command, forwarding the audio stream to a server, and forwarding an audio output to a termination device based on a processed audio stream.
An example method of operation may include initializing a microphone array in a defined space to receive one or more sound instances based on a preliminary beamform tracking configuration, detecting the one or more sound instances within the defined space via the microphone array, modifying the preliminary beamform tracking configuration, based on a location of the one or more sound instances, to create a modified beamform tracking configuration, and saving the modified beamform tracking configuration in a memory of a microphone array controller.
G10L 21/0216 - Noise filtering characterised by the method used for estimating noise
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.
G10K 11/175 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
One example includes a differential amplifier, a voltage weighting element, coupled to a voltage source which provides an input voltage, to provide a reference voltage with a constant power limit when the input voltage varies, an error amplifier configured to receive and compare the reference voltage provided from the voltage weighting element and a feedback sensed voltage provided from the differential amplifier to identify whether the sensed voltage exceeds the reference voltage, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, coupled to a power transformer and the error amplifier, that reduces a transformer input current provided to the power transformer based on the comparison of the reference voltage from the voltage weighting element and the feedback sensed voltage from the differential amplifier.
H03F 1/02 - Modifications of amplifiers to raise the efficiency, e.g. gliding Class A stages, use of an auxiliary oscillation
H02M 3/15 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using discharge tubes only
H03F 3/183 - Low-frequency amplifiers, e.g. audio preamplifiers with semiconductor devices only
H02M 3/156 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
H02M 1/00 - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF - Details of apparatus for conversion
37.
Automated tuning by measuring and equalizing speaker output in an audio environment
An example method of operation may include identifying speakers and microphones connected to a network controlled by a controller, assigning a preliminary output gain to the speakers used to apply test signals, measuring ambient noise detected from the microphones, recording chirp responses from all microphones simultaneously based on the test signals, deconvolving all chirp responses to determine a corresponding number of impulse responses, and measuring average sound pressure levels (SPLs) of each of the microphones to obtain a SPL level based on an average of the SPLs.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving an electrical sound emission signal from a sound controller, interrupting reception of the electrical sound emission signal, by a sound emission interruption circuit connected to a sound emitter, and receiving an electrical ambient sound signal via a sound detection circuit, based on ambient sound sensed by the sound emitter when the reception of the electrical sound emission signal is interrupted by the sound emission interruption circuit.
G10K 11/16 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
G10K 11/175 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
An example method of operation may include designating sub-regions which collectively provide a defined reception space, receiving audio signals at a controller from the microphone arrays in the defined reception space, configuring the controller with known locations of each of the microphone arrays, assigning each of the sub-regions to at least one of the microphone arrays based on the known locations, and creating beamform tracking configurations for each of the microphone arrays based on their assigned sub-regions.
G10L 21/0216 - Noise filtering characterised by the method used for estimating noise
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
An example method of operation includes performing a plurality of polar pattern permutations based on a function of an inputted magnitude and phase adjustment range, determining a plurality of polar pattern outputs, creating a list of the polar pattern outputs, and creating a set of FIR filters to apply to a loudspeaker based on a selected one of the list of polar patterns.
H04R 1/20 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
H04R 1/32 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only
An example apparatus includes a speaker housing with a recessed portion having a spring-loaded lip and a set of leads to provide power to the speaker when connected to a lead, and a lead interface plate external to the speaker housing with a set of leads to match the leads in the speaker housing, and when press-fitted into the recessed portion, provides a locked position with one side of the lead interface plate secured in front of the spring-loaded lip.
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for dynamic delay equalization of related media signals in a media transport system. Methods include receiving a plurality of related media signals, transporting the related media signals along different media paths, calculating uncorrected propagation delays for the media paths, and delaying each of the related media signals by an amount related to the difference between the longest propagation delay (of the uncorrected propagation delays) and the uncorrected propagation delay of the related media signal/media path. Calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed in response to a change to the propagation delay of at least one of the related media signals/media paths. Additionally or alternatively, calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed while transporting the related media signals.
H04N 7/54 - Systems for transmission of a pulse code modulated with one or more other pulse code modulated signals, e.g. an audio signal or a synchronizing signal the signals being synchronous
H04N 21/24 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth or upstream requests
H04N 21/43 - Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronizing decoder's clock; Client middleware
H04N 21/2368 - Multiplexing of audio and video streams
An example method of operation includes identifying a loudspeaker array profile defining characteristics of a loudspeaker array stored in memory, identifying a three-dimensional venue geometry value stored in the memory, defining virtual receivers to simulate acoustic characteristics within the venue geometry, defining a number of passive acoustic filter permutations to perform within a range of passive acoustic filter settings, and each passive acoustic filter setting is unique and has one or more passive acoustic filters to apply to one or more loudspeakers in the loudspeaker array, selecting performance criteria to apply to the loudspeaker array to represent its sound coverage uniformity at a given location throughout the venue geometry, calculating the performance criteria of the loudspeaker array via a passive acoustic filter setting selected from one or more of the passive acoustic filter permutations by performing a simulation with the passive acoustic filter settings, identifying an optimized passive acoustic filter setting from a specific permutation, with which the loudspeaker array achieves optimal uniform sound coverage in the venue geometry, and applying the optimized passive acoustic filter setting to the loudspeaker array.
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
G10L 19/04 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using predictive techniques
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
An example may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring, via the one or more microphones, an initial frequency response of an audio signal generated by the one or more speakers inside the area and generating an initial room performance rating, comparing the initial frequency response to a target frequency response, creating audio compensation values to apply to the one or more speakers based on the comparison, and applying the audio compensation values to the one or more speakers.
A process may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring audio performance levels of the one or more microphones and the one or more speakers to identify one or more of a noise floor and a reverberation level, identifying an initial room performance rating based on the audio performance levels, applying optimized speaker tuning levels to the one or more speakers and the one or more microphones, measuring, via the one or more microphones, optimized audio performance levels of the one or more speakers based on the applied optimized speaker tuning levels, and generating a report to identify an optimized room performance rating based on the applied optimized speaker tuning.
G10L 21/02 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
An example may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring, via the one or more microphones, an initial frequency response of an audio signal generated by the one or more speakers inside the area and generating an initial room performance rating, comparing the initial frequency response to a target frequency response, creating audio compensation values to apply to the one or more speakers based on the comparison, and applying the audio compensation values to the one or more speakers.
One example process includes playing, via one or more loudspeakers, one or more audio frequencies at a particular sound pressure level, measuring, via a sensor, a displacement of a laser beam being emitted from a laser source through a slot of a soundbar housing the one or more loudspeakers during the playing, and determining, via a processor, one or more characteristic coefficients of a grommet based on the displacement.
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
One example may include a camera with a camera lens, and two shutter portions on opposite sides of the camera lens affixed to pivoting axes, and two shutter arms affixed to the two shutter portions which rotate about the pivoting axes to move the two shutter portions together to be contiguous with one another in front of the camera lens.
One example operation may include receiving, via a collaboration server, objects from respective client devices, providing the objects to a common virtual workspace, receiving one or more modifications to the objects from one or more of the client devices, forwarding the one or more modifications to each of the plurality of client devices, and updating a master version of the common virtual workspace to include the one or more modifications.
H04L 67/1095 - Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
G06F 16/27 - Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
50.
Data collaboration application in a networked environment
One example operation may include receiving, via a collaboration server, objects from respective client devices, providing the objects to a common virtual workspace, receiving one or more modifications to the objects from one or more of the client devices, forwarding the one or more modifications to each of the plurality of client devices, and updating a master version of the common virtual workspace to include the one or more modifications.
One example process includes playing, via one or more loudspeakers, one or more audio frequencies at a particular sound pressure level, measuring, via a sensor, a displacement of a laser beam being emitted from a laser source through a slot of a soundbar housing the one or more loudspeakers during the playing, and determining, via a processor, one or more characteristic coefficients of a grommet based on the displacement.
A device has one or more loudspeakers housed in a rigid loudspeaker frame and a back cover, affixed to the rigid loudspeaker frame, with a base layer and a raised layer fitted against a back side of the rigid loudspeaker frame, and the base layer has a uniform layer thickness and the raised layer is a non-uniform grid of raised supports which extend beyond a height of the uniform layer thickness to create a plurality of enclosed portions having the uniform layer thickness.
One example may include a camera with a camera lens, and two shutter portions on opposite sides of the camera lens affixed to pivoting axes, and two shutter arms affixed to the two shutter portions which rotate about the pivoting axes to move the two shutter portions together to be contiguous with one another in front of the camera lens.
A process may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring audio performance levels of the one or more microphones and the one or more speakers to identify one or more of a noise floor and a reverberation level, identifying an initial room performance rating based on the audio performance levels, applying optimized speaker tuning levels to the one or more speakers and the one or more microphones, measuring, via the one or more microphones, optimized audio performance levels of the one or more speakers based on the applied optimized speaker tuning levels, and generating a report to identify an optimized room performance rating based on the applied optimized speaker tuning.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
Example embodiments provide a device that includes a support plate having a flat base portion and an elongated portion which extends perpendicular to the flat base portion, and a housing embodying one or more of a microphone and a speaker, and a housing backside having a set of screw holes configured to receive a set of screws to secure the support plate flat base portion to be flush mounted against the housing.
An example method of operation may include detecting an acoustic stimulus via active beams associated with at least one microphone disposed in a defined space, detecting loudspeaker characteristic information of at least one loudspeaker providing the acoustic stimulus, transmitting acoustic stimulus information based on the acoustic stimulus to a central controller, and modifying, via a central controller, at least one control function associated with the at least one microphone and the at least one loudspeaker to minimize acoustic feedback produced by the loudspeaker.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H03G 3/30 - Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
An improved method of providing high burst power to audio amplifiers from limited power sources, using parallel power paths to increase system efficiency without need for a power path controller, thus utilizing a simplified circuit operation and maximizing average power available for both the amplifier and supporting circuitry.
H03G 3/30 - Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
H03F 3/181 - Low-frequency amplifiers, e.g. audio preamplifiers
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
H03F 1/02 - Modifications of amplifiers to raise the efficiency, e.g. gliding Class A stages, use of an auxiliary oscillation
H02M 3/28 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac
H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other dc sources, e.g. providing buffering
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H02M 7/06 - Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes without control electrode or semiconductor devices without control electrode
H03F 1/32 - Modifications of amplifiers to reduce non-linear distortion
H03F 3/183 - Low-frequency amplifiers, e.g. audio preamplifiers with semiconductor devices only
H03F 3/21 - Power amplifiers, e.g. Class B amplifiers, Class C amplifiers with semiconductor devices only
H02M 1/00 - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF - Details of apparatus for conversion
One example may include a method that includes initiating an audio recording to capture audio data, comparing the audio data received from a microphone of a mobile device to an audio data range, determining whether the audio data is above an optimal level based on a result of the comparison, and queuing the audio data in an audio data queue when the audio data is above the optimal level.
G10L 21/0316 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation by changing the amplitude
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
H04R 3/04 - Circuits for transducers for correcting frequency response
Example embodiments provide a process that includes one or more of receiving an audio signal from a feedback path of a feedback compressor circuit, determining whether an auxiliary attenuation value applied to the feedback compressor circuit has changed since a last audio signal was received, responsive to determining the auxiliary value has changed, determining a current operational state value of the LPF needs to be modified based on the changed auxiliary attenuation value, modifying the operational state value of the LPF, and applying the audio signal to the modified LPF.
H03F 1/32 - Modifications of amplifiers to reduce non-linear distortion
G10L 25/21 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being power information
H03G 3/30 - Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
H03G 11/00 - Limiting amplitude; Limiting rate of change of amplitude
An example device may include a housing with a number of latches with curved faces to permit contact and manipulation when in contact with a surface. The example may include a housing having spring-loaded angled and sloped latches disposed along the outside of the housing, and a face plate on a bottom portion of the housing.
An example device may include a housing with a number of latches with curved faces to permit contact and manipulation when in contact with a surface. The example may include a housing having spring-loaded angled and sloped latches disposed along the outside of the housing, and a face plate on a bottom portion of the housing.
Example embodiments provide a process that includes one or more of receiving an audio signal at a feedback compressor circuit, determining how much to attenuate the audio signal when a power level of the audio signal exceeds a threshold power level, combining the audio signal with an auxiliary attenuation signal from an auxiliary attenuation source and a compressed attenuation signal from the feedback compressor circuit to create a combination signal, and generating an audio output signal of the feedback compressor circuit based on the combination signal.
H03G 3/30 - Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
H04R 3/02 - Circuits for transducers for preventing acoustic reaction
H04R 3/04 - Circuits for transducers for correcting frequency response
G10L 25/21 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being power information
H03G 11/00 - Limiting amplitude; Limiting rate of change of amplitude
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Programmable electronic hardware components, namely,
touchscreen console, display screen, projected screen, hand
held controllers, expanders, central controllers, keypad
controllers, ethernet control port expanders, sensors,
actuators, adapted surface mounts, wall mounts, and desk
mounts for aforementioned goods, circuit boards electrically
connected to other circuit boards and circuits as a
component of control systems for control, namely, touch,
voice, human gesture, timed and automated control and
interaction with audio, video, video conferencing, video
conference equipment, and lighting equipment, interconnected
IoT devices, data, systems and services; software for
creating control programming and interfaces; software
running on control hardware devices; software-based control
systems without required dedicated control hardware devices
for running on computers and servers, internet capable for
viewing, sending, receiving, storing, playing, organizing,
downloading, transmitting, manipulating and reviewing audio
and media files.
67.
Dynamic network configuration during device installation
One example method of operation may include receiving at a managing device an indication whether a first network device is a known network device, identifying a selected network mode of operation stored in memory of the managing device, and determining whether to cancel the selected network mode of operation based on whether the first network device is a known device.
H04L 41/0873 - Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
H04L 41/0806 - Configuration setting for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configuration; Tracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
H04L 41/06 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
H04L 41/12 - Discovery or management of network topologies
H04L 41/0813 - Configuration setting characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for dynamic delay equalization of related media signals in a media transport system. Methods include receiving a plurality of related media signals, transporting the related media signals along different media paths, calculating uncorrected propagation delays for the media paths, and delaying each of the related media signals by an amount related to the difference between the longest propagation delay (of the uncorrected propagation delays) and the uncorrected propagation delay of the related media signal/media path. Calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed in response to a change to the propagation delay of at least one of the related media signals/media paths. Additionally or alternatively, calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed while transporting the related media signals.
H04N 7/54 - Systems for transmission of a pulse code modulated with one or more other pulse code modulated signals, e.g. an audio signal or a synchronizing signal the signals being synchronous
H04N 21/43 - Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronizing decoder's clock; Client middleware
H04N 21/24 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth or upstream requests
One example method of operation may include determining a network mode of operation designated by a managing device communicatively coupled to a plurality of network devices, identifying whether one or more of the plurality of network devices are violating one or more compliance measures associated with the network mode of operation, and determining via the managing device whether to accept the network configuration or reject the network configuration based on whether one or more of the compliance measures are violated.
H04L 41/0873 - Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
H04L 41/06 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
H04L 41/0654 - Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications using network fault recovery
H04L 41/0806 - Configuration setting for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
H04L 41/0813 - Configuration setting characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
H04L 41/0853 - Retrieval of network configuration; Tracking network configuration history by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
H04L 41/12 - Discovery or management of network topologies
One example method of operation may include determining whether a received command will be locally processed by a control device, determining an audio stream is associated with the received command, forwarding the audio stream to a server, and forwarding an audio output to a termination device based on a processed audio stream.
An example method of operation includes performing a plurality of polar pattern permutations based on a function of an inputted magnitude and phase adjustment range, determining a plurality of polar pattern outputs, creating a list of the polar pattern outputs, and creating a set of FIR filters to apply to a loudspeaker based on a selected one of the list of polar patterns.
An example method of operation includes identifying a loudspeaker array profile defining characteristics of a loudspeaker array stored in memory, identifying a three-dimensional venue geometry value stored in the memory, defining virtual receivers to simulate acoustic characteristics within the venue geometry, defining a number of passive acoustic filter permutations to perform within a range of passive acoustic filter settings, and each passive acoustic filter setting is unique and has one or more passive acoustic filters to apply to one or more loudspeakers in the loudspeaker array, selecting performance criteria to apply to the loudspeaker array to represent its sound coverage uniformity at a given location throughout the venue geometry, calculating the performance criteria of the loudspeaker array via a passive acoustic filter setting selected from one or more of the passive acoustic filter permutations by performing a simulation with the passive acoustic filter settings, identifying an optimized passive acoustic filter setting from a specific permutation, with which the loudspeaker array achieves optimal uniform sound coverage in the venue geometry, and applying the optimized passive acoustic filter setting to the loudspeaker array.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
H04R 1/34 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by using a single transducer with sound reflecting, diffracting, directing or guiding means
An example method includes monitoring audio channels, determining an energy level of the audio channels, identifying a fault of one or more of the audio channels based on the energy level, and determining whether the fault is a low confidence measurement or a high confidence measurement.
An example method of operation may include initiating an automated tuning procedure, detecting via one or more microphones a sound measurement associated with an output of one or more speakers at two or more locations, determining a number of speech transmission index (STI) values equal to a number of microphones, and averaging the speech transmission index values to identify a single speech transmission index value.
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
G10L 21/003 - Changing voice quality, e.g. pitch or formants
G10L 21/02 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
G10L 25/69 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for evaluating synthetic or decoded voice signals
An example method of operation includes identifying a loudspeaker array profile defining characteristics of a loudspeaker array stored in memory, identifying a three-dimensional venue geometry value stored in the memory, defining virtual receivers to simulate acoustic characteristics within the venue geometry, defining a number of passive acoustic filter permutations to perform within a range of passive acoustic filter settings, and each passive acoustic filter setting is unique and has one or more passive acoustic filters to apply to one or more loudspeakers in the loudspeaker array, selecting performance criteria to apply to the loudspeaker array to represent its sound coverage uniformity at a given location throughout the venue geometry, calculating the performance criteria of the loudspeaker array via a passive acoustic filter setting selected from one or more of the passive acoustic filter permutations by performing a simulation with the passive acoustic filter settings, identifying an optimized passive acoustic filter setting from a specific permutation, with which the loudspeaker array achieves optimal uniform sound coverage in the venue geometry, and applying the optimized passive acoustic filter setting to the loudspeaker array.
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
G10L 19/04 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using predictive techniques
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
An example method of operation includes performing a plurality of polar pattern permutations based on a function of an inputted magnitude and phase adjustment range, determining a plurality of polar pattern outputs, creating a list of the polar pattern outputs, and creating a set of FIR filters to apply to a loudspeaker based on a selected one of the list of polar patterns.
H04R 1/20 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency response; Transducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
H04R 1/32 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only
An example method of operation may include identifying speakers and microphones connected to a network controlled by a controller, assigning a preliminary output gain to the speakers used to apply test signals, measuring ambient noise detected from the microphones, recording chirp responses from all microphones simultaneously based on the test signals, deconvolving all chirp responses to determine a corresponding number of impulse responses, and measuring average sound pressure levels (SPLs) of each of the microphones to obtain a SPL level based on an average of the SPLs.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
An example method of operation may include identifying, in a particular room environment, a number of speakers and one or more microphones on a network controlled by a controller and amplifier, providing test signals to play sequentially from each amplifier channel of the amplifier and the speakers, monitoring the test signals from the one or more microphones simultaneously to detect operational speakers and amplifier channels, providing additional test signals to the speakers to determine tuning parameters, detecting the additional test signals at the one or more microphones controlled by the controller, and automatically establishing a background noise level and noise spectrum of the room environment based on the detected additional test signals.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
An example process includes receiving a voltage input and a current input associated with one or more audio signals, bandpass filtering the voltage input and the current input, determining a root means square of the bandpass filtered portion, dividing the determined root means square of the voltage by the root means square of the current to identify an impedance value, and determining whether a fault has occurred based on the impedance value.
H04B 17/309 - Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
G10L 25/21 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being power information
G10L 25/18 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being spectral information of each sub-band
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
An example may include receiving a page code identifier, determining a priority of the page code identifier, queuing the page code identifier in a paging queue, retrieving content associated with the page code, and forwarding the content to one or more audio devices identified by the page code identifier when the page code has reached a top of the queue.
An example method of operation includes identifying a venue geometry from a stored value, determining a venue polar representation based on the venue geometry, selecting one or more loudspeaker types to place in the venue based on the venue geometry and one or more target sound pressure levels (SPLs), selecting one or more locations in the venue to place the one or more loudspeakers, identifying one or more angles to position the one or more loudspeakers in the venue at the selected locations, and generating a display model of a loudspeaker arrangement comprising a selected number of speakers and one or more filters to apply to the one or more loudspeakers.
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
G10L 19/04 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using predictive techniques
G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
H04R 5/02 - Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
An example method includes monitoring audio channels, determining an energy level of the audio channels, identifying a fault of one or more of the audio channels based on the energy level, and determining whether the fault is a low confidence measurement or a high confidence measurement.
G10L 25/18 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being spectral information of each sub-band
G10L 25/21 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being power information
H04B 17/309 - Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
H04R 3/12 - Circuits for transducers for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers
An example process may include identifying an area of an environment to emit one or more sound masking signals, determining a noise level of one or more surrounding areas adjacent to the area, selecting one or more frequency ranges and respective amplitudes of the one or more sound masking signals to apply to the area based on the noise level, and emitting the masking signals via one or more emitters disposed in the area.
G10K 11/175 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound
An example apparatus includes a speaker housing with a recessed portion having a spring-loaded lip and a set of leads to provide power to the speaker when connected to a lead, and a lead interface plate external to the speaker housing with a set of leads to match the leads in the speaker housing, and when press-fitted into the recessed portion, provides a locked position with one side of the lead interface plate secured in front of the spring-loaded lip.
An example method of operation may include initiating an automated tuning procedure, detecting via one or more microphones a sound measurement associated with an output of one or more speakers at two or more locations, determining a number of speech transmission index (STI) values equal to a number of microphones, and averaging the speech transmission index values to identify a single speech transmission index value.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
An example method of operation may include applying a set of initial power and gain parameters for a speaker, playing a stimulus signal via the speaker, determining a sound level at a microphone location and a sound level at a predefined distance from the speakers, determining a gain at the microphone location based on a difference of the sound level at the microphone location and the sound level at the predefined distance from the speaker, and applying the gain to the speaker output.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
An example method of operation may include determining a frequency response to a measured chirp signal detected from one or more speakers, determining an average value of the frequency response based on a high limit value and a low limit value, subtracting a measured response from a target response, and the target response is based on one or more filter frequencies; determining a frequency limited target filter with audible parameters based on the subtraction, and applying an infinite impulse response (IIR) biquad filter based on an area defined by the frequency limited target filter to equalize the frequency response of the one or more speakers.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
H04S 7/00 - Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Digital signal processing system consisting of computer
hardware and software to automatically detect connected
audio, video, and control equipment and provide the setup
and configuration to adapt, adjust, and optimize their
behavior and performance to meet user preferences within the
operating environment.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Cameras and accessories, namely, video conferencing cameras,
digital cameras, intelligent cameras, location-aware
cameras, event-triggered cameras, electronic cameras,
wireless cameras, surveillance cameras, microphones,
electronic sensors, computer hardware, surface mounts,
mounts designed for direct mounting of the camera to
displays, walls, desks and other hard surfaces; software,
and firmware for image, audio, and video capture,
recognition, processing, enhancement, and transmission;
remote monitoring systems comprising cameras, displays,
speakers, electronic sensors, computer hardware, software,
and firmware for recording, processing, enhancing, and
transmitting image, video and audio signals to remote
locations; computer hardware, software, and firmware for the
detection and analyses of content on whiteboards,
electronic, digital and displays for generating
high-resolution content and data, namely, text, graph,
image, and annotated text, graph, image; computer software
as application programming interfaces (APIs) for connecting
users and transmitting sound, video, digital files and
information in video conferencing systems, virtual reality
(VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR)
systems, remote surveillance systems, remote-teaching
systems, tele-medicine systems, and medical imaging systems.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Programmable electronic hardware components, namely, central
controllers, keypad controllers, ethernet control port
expanders, sensors, actuators; circuit boards mounted and
electrically connected to other circuit boards and circuits
as a component of control systems for use in communicating
with and controlling audio, video and lighting equipment,
interconnected IoT devices, data, systems and services;
software for creating control programming and interfaces;
software running on control hardware devices; software-based
control systems without required dedicated control hardware
devices for running on computers and servers.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Programmable electronic hardware components, namely, touchscreen console, computer display screen, projection screen, hand held electric controllers, expanders being ethernet adapters, central electric controllers, electric keypad controllers, ethernet control port expanders being ethernet adapters, electric sensors, electric actuators, adapted surface mounts for computer hardware, wall mounts for computer hardware and desk mounts for computer hardware for aforementioned goods; circuit boards electrically connected to other circuit boards and circuits as a component of control systems for control, namely, touch, voice, human gesture, timed and automated control and interaction with audio, video, video conferencing, video conference equipment, and lighting equipment, interconnected IoT devices, data, systems and services; downloadable software for creating control programming and interfaces; recorded software running on control hardware devices for controlling audio visual technology; software-based control systems without required dedicated control hardware devices for running on computers and servers comprising downloadable software that is internet capable and used for viewing, sending, receiving, storing, playing, organizing, downloading, transmitting, manipulating and reviewing audio and media files.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Networked digital signal processing system consisting of computer hardware and downloadable software used to automatically detect, capture, condition, transmit, and receive the audio, video and digital signals of connected audio, video, and control equipment and provide the setup and configuration to adapt, adjust, and optimize their behavior and performance to meet user preferences within the operating environment.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Cameras and accessories, namely, video conferencing cameras, digital cameras, intelligent cameras, location-aware cameras, event-triggered cameras, electronic cameras, wireless cameras, surveillance cameras, microphones, electronic video camera sensors for detecting images and audio, computer hardware, camera mounts for mounting cameras on surfaces, displays, walls and desks; software, and firmware for signal processors to capture, recognize, process, enhance, and transmit images, audio and video; remote monitoring systems comprising cameras, displays, speakers, electronic sensors, computer hardware, software, and firmware for recording, processing, enhancing, and transmitting image, video and audio signals to remote locations; computer hardware, downloadable software, and downloadable firmware for the detection and analysis of text, graphics, images and video on digital whiteboards, and digital displays for the purpose of generating high-resolution text, graphics, images, and annotated text, graphics, images; computer software as application programming interfaces (APIs) for connecting users and transmitting sound, video, digital files and information in video conferencing systems, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) systems, remote surveillance systems, remote-teaching systems, telemedicine systems, and medical imaging systems.
98.
Systems and methods for bandwidth-limited video transport
Systems and methods for bandwidth-limited video transport are configured to receive (or otherwise discern) a selection of video parameter limits that correspond to a bandwidth limit and apply the video parameter limits to an input video stream to enforce the bandwidth limit while preserving video quality. Methods may include adjusting the video stream one parameter at a time until the adjusted video stream meets the bandwidth limit. Parameters to be adjusted may include image resolution, frame rate, image compression, color depth, bits per pixel, and/or color encoding. In some embodiments, the image resolution is reduced first, the frame rate is reduced next, and the image compression is increased last. The extent and/or order of the adjustments of the parameters may be selected by the user, based on the content of the video stream, and/or based on the bandwidth limit.
H04N 21/24 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth or upstream requests
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
H04N 21/4402 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display
H04N 21/6373 - Control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components for rate control
H04N 21/238 - Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. adapting the transmission rate of a video stream to network bandwidth; Processing of multiplex streams
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/485 - End-user interface for client configuration
One example may include a method that includes receiving, at a server, a data set from one or more mobile devices located in a presentation space, combining the received data set with additional data to create a combined data set, creating a presentation signal based on the combined data set, subtracting a portion of one or more of the data set and the additional data set from the combined data set to create a modified presentation signal, forwarding the modified presentation signal to one or more of a display and a loudspeaker located in the presentation space, and playing the modified presentation signal via one or more of the loudspeaker and the display device.
G10L 21/0316 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation by changing the amplitude
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
H04R 3/04 - Circuits for transducers for correcting frequency response
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Programmable electronic hardware components, namely, touchscreen console, computer display screen, projection screen, hand held electric controllers, expanders being ethernet adapters, central electric controllers, electric keypad controllers, ethemet control port expanders being Ethernet adapters, electric sensors, electric actuators, surface mounts for computer hardware, wall mounts for computer hardware, desk mounts for computer hardware; circuit boards electrically connected to other circuit boards and circuits as a component of control systems for control, namely, touch, voice, human gesture, timed and automated control and interaction with audio, video, video conferencing, video conference equipment, and lighting equipment, interconnected loT devices, data, systems and services; downloadable software for creating control programming and interfaces; recorded software running on control hardware devices for controlling audio visual technology; software-based control systems without required dedicated control hardware devices for running on computers and servers comprising downloadable software that is internet capable and used for viewing, sending, receiving, storing, playing, organizing, downloading, transmitting, manipulating and reviewing audio and media files
