Patent ID: 11917386
Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A system for controlling at least one audio activity in an environment, wherein the audio activity uses at least two microphones and at least two loudspeakers in the environment, the environment has zones, the zones are indicated by a zone map, and the system stores data indicative of the zone map, said system including:
a user location and activity control subsystem coupled and configured to determine an estimated location of a user in the environment in response to sound uttered by the user, including by detecting the sound uttered by the user using at least one of the microphones of the system and estimating in which of the zones the user is located using the data indicative of the zone map, and to control the audio activity in response to determining the estimated location of the user, wherein said control is or includes at least one of:
controlling at least one setting or state of a loudspeaker set, wherein the loudspeaker set includes at least one of the loudspeakers; or
causing the audio activity to be performed using a modified loudspeaker set, wherein the modified loudspeaker set includes at least one loudspeaker of the system, and wherein the modified loudspeaker set is different than the loudspeaker set,
wherein the data indicative of the zone map includes a list of devices of the system located within each of the zones and a geometric location of each device of the system.