Patent ID: 9438996
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04R,H04S

Claim Text:
1. A method for calibrating speakers for a particular environment, the method comprising: positioning a microphone of a portable device at a location in an environment; initiating first playback by an audio source of a first piece of audio content over a first speaker; initiating second playback by the audio source of a second piece of audio content over a second speaker, wherein the first piece of audio content is different from the second piece of audio content, and in which first playback of the first piece of audio content over the first speaker overlaps, at least in part, with second playback of the second piece of audio content over the second speaker; detecting first playback of the first piece of audio content over the first speaker using the microphone; positioning the microphone at another location in the environment; initiating third playback of a third piece of audio content; detecting third playback of the third piece of audio content from the first speaker using the microphone; based at least in part on the detected first playback of the first piece of audio content and the detected third playback of the third piece of audio content, determining one or more adjustments to be applied to additional audio content before additional audio content playback by the first speaker, wherein determining the one or more adjustments includes: applying the one or more adjustments to the additional audio content before it is played by the first speaker.