Patent ID: 9408011
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G01S,H04R,H04S

Claim Text:
1. A method operational in a wireless device, comprising: ascertaining a relative location of a target user with respect to the wireless device and a relative location of one or more external loudspeakers with respect to the wireless device, where the location of the target user relative to the wireless device is arbitrary, wherein ascertaining the relative location of the target user with respect to the wireless device comprises capturing audio signals from the target user, and wherein ascertaining the relative location of the one or more external loudspeakers with respect to the wireless device comprises obtaining information indicative of a location of one or more external devices relative to the wireless device, the information being based on an emitted audio signal that is emitted by the wireless device; and wirelessly sending speaker-specific audio signals from the wireless device to the one or more external loudspeakers, the speaker-specific audio signals being based on the relative location of the target user with respect to the wireless device and the relative location of the one or more external loudspeakers with respect to the wireless device, each speaker-specific audio signal adapted to be played back at a corresponding external loudspeaker to achieve a surround sound experience aimed at the target user.