Patent ID: 9159312
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G10K

Abstract:
1. A computing device, comprising: a display; an audio processor configured to receive an audio signal; a first speaker operatively coupled to the audio processor and disposed such that the first speaker emits sound waves in a first direction, the first speaker being configured to produce a first sound wave in a first location and a second location different than the first location, the first sound wave being associated with the audio signal and having a spatial intensity profile, the spatial intensity profile of the first sound wave being anisotropic; and a second speaker operatively coupled to the audio processor and disposed such that the second speaker emits sound waves in a second direction different than the first direction, the second speaker being configured to produce a second sound wave in the second location, the second sound wave having a spatial intensity profile, the spatial intensity profile of the second sound wave being anisotropic, the second sound wave being configured to at least partially cancel the first sound wave in the second location, the audio processor being configured to control the relative phases of the first sound wave and the second sound wave, the first speaker and the second speaker being activated when the computing device is operating a first computer program, the first speaker being activated and the second speaker being deactivated when the computing device is operating a second computer program different than the first computer program.