Patent Publication Number: US-10764682-B2

Title: Playback system, control device, control method, and program

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a U.S. national stage application of the PCT International Application No. PCT/JP2018/016255 filed on Apr. 20, 2018, which claims the benefit of foreign priority of Japanese patent application No. 2017-098095 filed on May 17, 2017, the contents all of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a control device that controls frequency characteristics of a playback device connected to or integrated with a loudspeaker which is installed in a room having predetermined acoustic characteristics, a playback system including the playback device and the control device, a control method for the playback device, and a program for the control device. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     An audio device that plays back a sound signal such as music is usually installed for use in a room in a house. The audio device includes a loudspeaker and a playback device which is provided with one or more of a compact disc (CD) player, a media server device, and an amplifier. In the room where the audio device is installed, an installment position of the loudspeaker is limited according to a style of the room, a shape and arrangement position of furniture, and the like, or the position of a user listening to a sound played back by the audio device is changed. The acoustic characteristics, for example, frequency characteristics, of the sound output through the loudspeaker and reaching the ears of the user vary according to the style of the room, the shape and arrangement of furniture, and the like. 
     When a sound signal is played back by the audio device, it is desirable that an intended sound is provided to the user by the audio device with less influence on the sound due to the installment position of the loudspeaker in the room where the audio device is installed and the position of the user listening to the sound played back by the audio device. However, the intended sound may not be reproduced due to the style of the room where the audio device is installed, furniture, and the like. 
     There is a disclosure of a technique for measuring frequency characteristics of the room using a microphone which is specialized for measurement and which has known characteristics, and correcting frequency characteristics of a playback device based on the frequency characteristics of the room such that an intended sound reaches a user. Measurement of frequency characteristics needs arithmetic processing such as frequency analysis. An audio video (AV) amplifier having incorporated therein a high-performance digital signal processor (DSP) for executing such arithmetic processing has been commercialized. 
     For example, PTL 1 discloses a method and device for measuring an impulse response for measuring transmission characteristics of a measured system such as an acoustic device, an acoustic space, and a transmission line for an electric signal. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     PTL 1: Japanese Patent No. 5540224 
     SUMMARY 
     When frequency characteristics of a room are measured using a microphone specialized for measurement, a user needs to prepare the microphone each time he/she uses an audio device, which requires time and effort. Therefore, a technique capable of measuring frequency characteristics of a room with less effort has been demanded. 
     Further, when a signal level of a test signal for measuring frequency characteristics of a room is not sufficiently higher than a signal level of background noise in the room, accuracy of measurement of the frequency characteristics of the room may be decreased. Therefore, a measuring method less affected by background noise in the room has been demanded. 
     The present disclosure provides: a control device that measures frequency characteristics of a room with less effort than ever before while reducing an influence of background noise in the room, and controls frequency characteristics of a playback device; a playback system including the playback device and the control device; a control method for the playback device; and a program for the control device. 
     A control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a control device that controls frequency characteristics of a playback device that is connected to or integrated with a loudspeaker installed in a room. The control device is provided with a first communication circuit that communicates with the playback device, a microphone that acquires a sound signal generated through the loudspeaker, and a first control circuit. The first control circuit: acquires background noise in the room through the microphone and calculates a signal level of the background noise at a plurality of predetermined frequencies; transmits, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a first control signal directing playback of a first test signal having a predetermined sound volume through the loudspeaker; acquires the first test signal through the microphone and calculates a signal level of the acquired first test signal; estimates a signal level of a second test signal having a predetermined sound volume and predetermined frequency characteristics at the plurality of predetermined frequencies using the signal level of the first test signal as a reference; increases a set value of the sound volume of the second test signal when a signal level obtained by subtracting a predetermined value from the estimated signal level of the second test signal is less than or equal to the signal level of the background noise in at least one of the plurality of predetermined frequencies; transmits, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a second control signal directing playback of the second test signal having a sound volume corresponding to the set value through the loudspeaker; acquires the second test signal through the microphone, calculates a frequency response of the room based on the acquired second test signal, and calculates a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to the playback device based on the calculated frequency response of the room; and transmits, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a third control signal including the correction coefficient of the frequency characteristics to be set to the playback device. 
     According to the present disclosure, frequency characteristics of the room can be measured with an influence of background noise in the room being reduced through adjustment of a playback sound volume of the second test signal using the first test signal. According to the present disclosure, any general-purpose device provided with a microphone, such as a smartphone, can be used as the control device, and thus the frequency characteristics of the room can be measured without using a measuring device such as a microphone specialized for measurement with less effort than ever before, and frequency characteristics of the playback device can be controlled. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration example of a playback system including a playback device and a control device according to a first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a view schematically illustrating an example of an environment where the playback system according to the first exemplary embodiment is usable. 
         FIG. 3  is a graph for describing examples of a first test signal and a second test signal used by the playback device and the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 4  is a graph illustrating an example of the second test signal usable by the playback device and the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 5  is a graph illustrating a comparative example with the second test signal. 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an acoustic correction process executed by a processor in the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 7  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of preprocessing (step S 1 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of a background noise measuring process (step S 2 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
         FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a first part of a subroutine of a playback sound volume adjusting process (step S 3 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
         FIG. 10  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a second part of the subroutine of the playback sound volume adjusting process (step S 3 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
         FIG. 11  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of a frequency characteristics measuring process (step S 4 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
         FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of a correction coefficient setting process (step S 5 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
         FIG. 13  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of communication performed between the playback device and the control device in the first exemplary embodiment when processes in steps S 1  to S 3  illustrated in  FIG. 6  are executed. 
         FIG. 14  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of communication performed between the playback device and the control device in the first exemplary embodiment when processes in steps S 4  and S 5  illustrated in  FIG. 6  are executed. 
         FIG. 15  is a diagram for describing synchronous averaging executed in step S 57  illustrated in  FIG. 11 . 
         FIG. 16  is a graph schematically illustrating an example of measured frequency characteristics before a correction coefficient calculated by the frequency characteristics measuring step (step S 4 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6  is set to the playback device, and an example of target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction. 
         FIG. 17  is a graph schematically illustrating an example of measured frequency characteristics after the correction coefficient calculated by the frequency characteristics measuring step (step S 4 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6  is set to the playback device, and an example of target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction. 
         FIG. 18  is a graph illustrating an example of a signal level of background noise measured by the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 19  is a graph illustrating an example of a signal level of the second test signal measured by the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 20  is a graph illustrating an example of signal levels of the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise measured by the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 21  is a graph illustrating another example of a signal level of background noise measured by the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 22  is a graph illustrating another example of a signal level of the second test signal measured by the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 23  is a graph illustrating another example of signal levels of the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise measured by the control device in the first exemplary embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Exemplary embodiments will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, unnecessarily detailed descriptions may be omitted. For example, a detailed description of well-known matters, and a duplicate description of substantially identical structures may not be provided. This is to avoid unnecessarily redundancy in the following description, and to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art. 
     The accompanying drawings and the exemplary embodiments described below are provided for those skilled in the art to fully understand the present disclosure, and merely illustrate an example of the present disclosure. Numerical values, shapes, materials, constituent elements, arrangement positions and connection modes of the constituent elements, and the like described in the following exemplary embodiments are merely examples, and therefore are not intended to limit the subject matters of the claims. Further, among the constituent elements in the following exemplary embodiments, the constituent elements not recited in the independent claim indicating the broadest concept may be optionally added to the constituent elements recited in the independent claim. 
     The accompanying drawings do not necessarily reflect the actual scales, and are schematic diagrams that are simplified as appropriate for easy understanding of the present disclosure. In each of the drawings, substantially identical components are given identical reference marks, and descriptions of such components may be omitted or simplified. 
     First Exemplary Embodiment 
     Hereinafter, a playback device, a control device, and a program according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to  FIGS. 1 to 23 . 
     [1-1. Configuration] 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration example of playback system  30  including playback device  10  and control device  20  according to the first exemplary embodiment. 
     When playback system  30  is installed in a room, playback device  10 , loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10 , and control device  20 , those of which are included in playback system  30 , are installed in this room. 
     Control device  20  is, for example, a terminal device that can be carried by a user, such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, and disposed near the user carrying control device  20 . The user is at any desired position when listening to a sound signal such as music played back through loudspeaker  18 , and therefore, control device  20  is also disposed near this position. 
     In the present exemplary embodiment, control device  20  controls playback device  10  installed in the room to control frequency characteristics of a sound played back through loudspeaker  18  which is connected to or integrated with playback device  10 . Hereinafter, a configuration example where a smartphone is used as control device  20  is described. 
     Playback device  10  includes storage device  11 , processor  12 , communication circuit  13 , antenna  14 , source device  15 , digital signal processor (DSP)  16 , and digital-to-analog (D/A) converter  17 . 
     Storage device  11  stores set values and the like for DSP  16 . Storage device  11  is, for example, a non-volatile storage medium such as a flash memory. 
     Processor  12  is a control circuit for entirely controlling the operation of playback device  10 . 
     Communication circuit  13  wirelessly communicates with control device  20  via antenna  14 . 
     Source device  15  is a source of generation of a sound signal (digital sound signal) such as music, and operates under the control of processor  12 . 
     DSP  16  is a signal processing circuit that can vary frequency characteristics of the digital sound signal input to DSP  16  according to the set value (correction coefficient) set to DSP  16 . DSP  16  operates under the control of processor  12  and performs a signal process on the digital sound signal input from source device  15  based on the set value (correction coefficient) stored in storage device  11 . DSP  16  operates as a filter or a parametric equalizer, for example. 
     Digital-to-analog converter  17  converts the digital sound signal processed by DSP  16  into an analog sound signal, and outputs a sound or music (hereinafter merely referred to as a “sound” in some cases) based on the converted analog sound signal through loudspeaker  18 . 
     Playback device  10  may be a device compliant with digital living network alliance (DLNA) (registered trademark) such as digital media player (DMP) or digital media renderer (DMR). 
     Control device  20  includes antenna  21 , communication circuit  22 , processor  23 , storage device  24 , microphone  25 , analog-to-digital (A/D) converter  26 , digital-to-analog (D/A) converter  27 , loudspeaker  28 , and display  29 . 
     Communication circuit  22  wirelessly communicates with playback device  10  via antenna  21 . 
     Processor  23  is a control circuit for entirely controlling the operation of control device  20 . 
     Storage device  24  stores data necessary for processor  23  to execute a later-described acoustic correction process. Storage device  24  is, for example, a non-volatile storage medium such as a flash memory. 
     Microphone  25  converts the acquired sound into an analog sound signal and outputs the converted signal. For example, microphone  25  acquires a sound generated through loudspeaker  18  and converts the acquired sound into an analog sound signal. 
     Analog-to-digital converter  26  converts the analog sound signal acquired through microphone  25  into a digital sound signal, and outputs the converted digital sound signal to processor  23 . 
     Digital-to-analog converter  27  converts the digital sound signal generated by processor  23  or the digital sound signal read from storage device  24  into an analog sound signal, and outputs a sound based on the converted analog sound signal through loudspeaker  28 . 
     Display  29  is, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display device or an electro luminescence (EL) display device, and displays a still image or a moving image based on an image signal output from processor  23  or an image signal read from storage device  24 . Further, display  29  has a touch panel integrated therewith, and thus, display  29  receives an input operation performed by a user via the touch panel and outputs a signal based on the input operation to processor  23 . That is, display  29  is an input/output device capable of displaying an image and receiving an input operation performed by the user. Display  29  also display an image for a user interface by application software (a computer program for executing a later-described control method) executed by processor  23  during measurement of frequency characteristics, for example. 
     Now, an environment where playback system  30  illustrated in  FIG. 1  is usable is described with reference to  FIG. 2 . 
     [1-2. Installation Example] 
       FIG. 2  is a view schematically illustrating an example of an environment where playback system  30  according to the first exemplary embodiment is usable. 
     In the example illustrated in  FIG. 2 , in room  100 , loudspeaker  101  is installed at a position near the corner of room  100 , and user  102  listens to a sound output through loudspeaker  101  at a position distant from loudspeaker  101 . 
     Note that loudspeaker  101  is substantially the same as loudspeaker  18  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . That is, loudspeaker  101  is connected to playback device  10  (not illustrated in  FIG. 2 ). 
     Room  100  is a substantially closed space surrounded by wall  103 , a floor, and a ceiling, and furniture  104  such as a chair, a table, and a shelf is in room  100 .  FIG. 2  illustrates only wall  103 . 
     As illustrated by the arrows in  FIG. 2 , a sound output through loudspeaker  101  reaches the ears of user  102  as a synthetic sound including a sound by a direct wave (thick arrow) and a sound by many reflection waves (thin arrows). The direct wave (thick arrow) is a sound that is output through loudspeaker  101 , advances to user  102 , and directly reaches user  102 . The reflection waves (thin arrows) are sounds which are output through loudspeaker  101 , are reflected on wall  103 , the floor, the ceiling, and furniture  104 , and reach user  102 . Therefore, in room  100  having many objects that reflect sounds, a propagation path of the sound reaching user  102  varies according to the installation position of loudspeaker  101  and the position of user  102 , and thus, the frequency characteristics of the sound listened to by user  102  vary. Specifically, when at least one of the installation position of loudspeaker  101  and the position of user  102  changes, the frequency characteristics of the sound reaching the ears of user  102  vary due to an influence of reflected sounds, and positions of peaks and bottoms in the frequency characteristics of the sound vary. 
     [1-3. Outline] 
     There is a disclosure of a technique for measuring frequency characteristics of a room using a microphone specialized for measuring frequency characteristics, so as to correct frequency characteristics of a playback device, such as an audio device, based on the measurement result, in order to reproduce a sound with originally intended frequency characteristics with little variation in frequency characteristics caused by an environment where the playback device is installed. However, when the frequency characteristics of the playback device are corrected using this technique, the user needs to prepare the microphone specialized for measurement each time he/she uses the playback device. Therefore, if the frequency characteristics of the room can be measured using any general-purpose device provided with a microphone, such as a smartphone, without using a measuring device such as a microphone specialized for measurement, the convenience of the user using the playback system is improved. 
     A smartphone is originally a terminal device used for communication including a call and connection to network such as the Internet. Meanwhile, the smartphone is provided with a microphone, a high-definition display, a touch panel, a user-friendly user interface, a high-performance central processing unit (CPU), and the like. Therefore, the inventor of the present disclosure has examined the use of smartphone as a control device for measuring frequency characteristics. 
     The computational performance of a DSP mounted to an AV amplifier is, even through the DSP has high-performance, at most approximately 2.4 giga floating-point operations per second (GFLOPS). On the other hand, a smartphone has more excellent computational performance than such a DSP by more than one order of magnitude. Therefore, it is considered that the smartphone has computational performance enough for executing arithmetic processing necessary for measuring frequency characteristics of a room. 
     However, generally, the measurement of frequency characteristics of a room requires that the characteristics of a microphone to be used for the measurement are flat or the characteristics of the microphone are known. The microphone provided to the smartphone is designed to be used for a call, and therefore, its frequency characteristics are not flat, and a signal-to-noise ratio necessary for the measurement of frequency characteristics is not ensured. Therefore, it is unclear how background noise affects the measurement of frequency characteristics of a room, when the microphone provided to the smartphone is used for such measurement. For this reason, reduction of an influence of background noise in the room is demanded when frequency characteristics of the room are measured using any general-purpose device provided with a microphone, such as the smartphone. 
     Now, the way to address the foregoing problem by playback system  30  in the present exemplary embodiment is described. 
     Playback system  30  according to the present exemplary embodiment uses a first test signal and a second test signal which are played back through loudspeaker  18  by playback device  10  under the control of control device  20  when the frequency characteristics of the room are measured. Playback system  30  measures the frequency characteristics of the room using the second test signal. Before playing back the second test signal, playback system  30  determines a sound volume when the second test signal is played back through loudspeaker  18  (such a sound volume is also referred to as a “playback sound volume” hereinafter) using the first test signal. Playback system  30  reduces an influence of background noise in the room by adjusting the playback sound volume of the second test signal using the first test signal. In this way, playback system  30  can measure frequency characteristics of the room with less effort than ever before by using any general-purpose device provided with a microphone, such as the smartphone, without using a measuring device such as a microphone specialized for measurement. 
       FIG. 3  is a graph for describing examples of the first test signal and the second test signal used by playback device  10  and control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. In  FIG. 3 , a vertical axis represents a signal level and a horizontal axis represents a frequency. 
       FIG. 3  illustrates signal level N(f) of background noise acquired through microphone  25 , a signal level of the first test signal which is played back through loudspeaker  18  and acquired through microphone  25 , and a signal level of the second test signal calculated assuming that the second test signal is acquired through microphone  25  after being played back through loudspeaker  18 . 
     Playback device  10  plays back the first test signal and the second test signal through loudspeaker  18  and outputs their playback sounds under the control of control device  20 . It is to be noted that, in the present exemplary embodiment, playing back the first test signal (or the second test signal) and outputting its playback sound through loudspeaker  18  are also referred to as “playing back the first test signal (or the second test signal) through loudspeaker  18 ”. 
     The first test signal has a predetermined sound volume (level). Further, the first test signal is, for example, a sine wave having a predetermined frequency (for example, 1 kHz). The first test signal is known to at least control device  20 . The first test signal may be known or may not be known to playback device  10 . When the first test signal is not known to playback device  10 , control device  20  may notify playback device  10  of the first test signal. 
     The second test signal has a predetermined sound volume and predetermined frequency characteristics. The second test signal is known to at least control device  20 . The second test signal may be known or may not be known to playback device  10 . When the second test signal is not known to playback device  10 , control device  20  may notify playback device  10  of the second test signal. The second test signal is, for example, a log-time stretched pulse (LOG-TSP) signal. 
       FIG. 4  is a graph illustrating an example of the second test signal usable by playback device  10  and control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. The signal illustrated in  FIG. 4  is the LOG-TSP signal. 
       FIG. 5  is a graph illustrating a comparative example with the second test signal. The signal illustrated in  FIG. 5  is an impulse signal. In  FIGS. 4 and 5 , a vertical axis represents an amplitude and a horizontal axis represents a time. 
     The impulse signal has a plurality of frequency components, but has a relatively short duration time and relatively small energy. Therefore, it is difficult to sufficiently increase the signal level of the respective frequency components in the impulse signal, and thus, it is difficult to obtain a satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio from the impulse signal. There has been known a time stretched pulse (TSP) signal which has relatively large energy by stretching the impulse signal in the time axis direction. In the TSP signal, a frequency varies, with time, from a low frequency to a high frequency or from a high frequency to a low frequency. Like the impulse signal, the TSP signal is usable for measuring frequency characteristics (impulse response) of any optional system. 
     The second test signal is used for measuring the frequency characteristics of the room. In the present exemplary embodiment, a sound wave is used for measuring the frequency characteristics of the room, and therefore, the second test signal may have linear frequency characteristics in a graph in which a horizontal axis has a logarithmic scale as illustrated in  FIG. 3 . The second test signal may have a constant signal level in a frequency region. In the second test signal, frequency components different from each other may have the same signal level. Further, the first test signal and the second test signal may have the same signal level in a time domain. By using a LOG-TSP signal as the second test signal, playback system  30  can measure the frequency characteristics of the room while ensuring a satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio throughout the entire frequency band that can be played back by playback device  10 . 
     In playback system  30 , the first test signal (a digital signal generated as the first test signal) may be stored in storage device  11  of playback device  10 , or the first test signal stored in storage device  24  of control device  20  may be transmitted to playback device  10  from control device  20 . The second test signal (a digital signal generated as the second test signal) may be stored in storage device  11  of playback device  10 , or the second test signal stored in storage device  24  of control device  20  may be transmitted to playback device  10  from control device  20 . 
     The first test signal is used for determining a sound volume when the second test signal is played back through loudspeaker  18  as described below. 
     [1-4. Operation] 
     The operations of playback device  10  and control device  20  are described with reference to  FIGS. 1 and 3 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  acquires background noise in the room through microphone  25 , and calculates signal level N(f) of the background noise at a plurality of predetermined frequencies f. In the following description, the plurality of predetermined frequencies f is defined as 100 Hz and 10 kHz, for example. Signal level N(f) of the background noise may be calculated as a maximum value of the signal level within ⅓ octave, ⅔ octave, or 1 octave near frequency f, for example. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  transmits a first control signal to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21 . The first control signal is a control signal that directs playback device  10  to play back the first test signal having a predetermined sound volume through loudspeaker  18 . 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the first control signal transmitted from control device  20  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  then plays back the first test signal having a predetermined sound volume through loudspeaker  18  based on the received first control signal. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  acquires the first test signal output through loudspeaker  18  and reaching control device  20  through microphone  25 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then calculates signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 3 , signal level T 1  of the first test signal is −6 dB. 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  estimates signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal, assuming that the second test signal having a predetermined sound volume and predetermined frequency characteristics is played back through loudspeaker  18  and acquired through microphone  25 . When doing so, processor  23  in control device  20  estimates signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal at the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) based on signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal. As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , processor  23  in control device  20  estimates difference D(f)=T 1 -T 2 ( f ) between signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal and signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal at the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz). The sound volumes and frequency characteristics of the first test signal and the second test signal are known to processor  23  in control device  20 . Therefore, processor  23  in control device  20  can estimate D(f) using the known information items (for example, difference in audio volume between the first test signal and the second test signal, difference in audio volume between a low-frequency region and a high-frequency region of the second test signal, etc.) and using signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal as a reference, thereby being capable of estimating signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal based on estimated D(f). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  compares estimated signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal with signal level N(f) of the background noise at the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz). 
     Specifically, processor  23  in control device  20  calculates allowable signal level Na(f)=T 1 −D(f)−M of the background noise by subtracting predetermined measurement margin M from estimated signal level T 2 ( f )=T 1 −D(f) of the second test signal. 
     Measurement margin M is zero or a predetermined positive number, and is set in consideration of a variation in frequency characteristics of the first test signal and the second test signal acquired by control device  20 , for example. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then compares allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise and signal level N(f) of the background noise at the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz). 
     When allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise is greater than signal level N(f) of the background noise at all of the predetermined frequencies f, processor  23  in control device  20  determines that the second test signal may have a sound volume in a level based on the current set value, and maintains the current set value set as the sound volume of the second test signal. 
     On the other hand, when allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise is less than or equal to signal level N(f) of the background noise in at least one of the predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz), processor  23  in control device  20  determines that, if the second test signal is played back with the sound volume based on the current set value, the frequency characteristics of the room may not be accurately measured due to the influence of the background noise. Therefore, in such a case, processor  23  in control device  20  increases the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal from the current set value. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the gain of the second test signal is relatively high in a low-frequency region where the frequency is relatively low, and thus, the background noise level in the low-frequency region may be higher than the background noise level in a high-frequency region where the frequency is relatively high. 
     When signal level T 1  of the first test signal exceeds a predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB), signal level T 1  may be saturated (clipped). In such a case, processor  23  in control device  20  determines that, if the second test signal is played back with the sound volume based on the current set value, the sound volume of the second test signal is too large, and the frequency characteristics of the room may not be accurately measured. Therefore, in such a case, processor  23  in control device  20  decreases the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal from the current set value. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  transmits a second control signal to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21 . The second control signal is a control signal that directs playback device  10  to play back the second test signal having a sound volume according to the set value through loudspeaker  18 . 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the second control signal transmitted from control device  20  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  then plays back the second test signal having the sound volume according to the set value through loudspeaker  18  based on the received second control signal. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  acquires, through microphone  25 , the second test signal which is output through loudspeaker  18  and reaches control device  20  as a synthetic sound including a sound by direct waves and a sound by many reflection waves. Processor  23  in control device  20  then calculates a frequency response in the room based on the acquired second test signal. Processor  23  in control device  20  then calculates a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10  based on the calculated frequency response in the room. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  transmits a third control signal to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21 . The third control signal is a control signal including the correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10 . 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the third control signal transmitted from control device  20  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  then sets the correction coefficient included in the received third control signal to DSP  16  based on the received third control signal. DSP  16  performs a signal process (for correcting the frequency characteristics) based on the set correction coefficient on the digital sound signal input to DSP  16 , and outputs the resultant sound signal. In this way, playback device  10  corrects the frequency characteristics of the sound signal played back by playback device  10 , that is, the frequency characteristics of the sound played back through loudspeaker  18 . 
     As described above, playback system  30  according to the present exemplary embodiment can measure frequency characteristics of the room while reducing an influence of background noise in the room, through adjustment of the playback sound volume of the second test signal using the first test signal, and control the frequency characteristics of the sound played back through loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10  based on the measurement result. Accordingly, playback system  30  can use any general-purpose device provided with a microphone, such as the smartphone, as control device  20 , and thus the frequency characteristics of the room can be measured without using a measuring device such as a microphone specialized for measurement with less effort than ever before. 
     Playback system  30  calculates the correction coefficient of the frequency characteristics based on the frequency characteristics of the room thus measured, and sets the calculated correction coefficient to DSP  16  in playback device  10 . DSP  16  corrects the frequency characteristics of the sound signal input to DSP  16  based on the correction coefficient. Thus, playback device  10  can output, through loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10 , the playback sound which has been appropriately corrected according to the position of loudspeaker  18  and the position of user  102  in the room where playback system  30  is installed. 
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     Referring now to  FIGS. 6 to 17 , the operations of playback device  10  and control device  20  in the present exemplary embodiment will be described in detail. First, the outline of an acoustic correction process executed mainly by processor  23  in control device  20  will be described with reference to the flowchart in  FIG. 6 . Then, each step in  FIG. 6  will be described in detail with reference to flowcharts in  FIGS. 7 to 12 . In addition, the communication performed between playback device  10  and control device  20  will be described with reference to sequence diagrams in  FIGS. 13 and 14 , as appropriate. The acoustic correction process by playback system  30  is started when user  102  performs an operation to instruct control device  20  to start the acoustic correction operation, for example. 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of the acoustic correction process executed by processor  23  in control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
     As illustrated in the flowchart in  FIG. 6 , processor  23  in control device  20  executes preprocessing including various steps for preparation of the acoustic correction process (step S 1 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then executes a background noise measuring process for measuring background noise in the room (step S 2 ). 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  executes a playback sound volume adjusting process (step S 3 ). The playback sound adjusting process is for adjusting a playback sound volume of the second test signal using the first test signal. 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  executes a frequency characteristics measuring process (step S 4 ). The frequency characteristics measuring process is a process for measuring the frequency characteristics of the room using the second test signal and calculating a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10  based on the measurement result. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  finally executes a correction coefficient setting process for setting the correction coefficient calculated in step S 4  to playback device  10  (step S 5 ). 
     Now, the detail of the preprocessing (step S 1 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6  will be described with reference to the flowchart in  FIG. 7 . 
       FIG. 7  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of the preprocessing (step S 1 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     In the preprocessing (step S 1 ), processor  23  in control device  20  firstly transmits a signal (set value request signal) requesting set values for playback device  10  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 11 ), as illustrated in the flowchart in  FIG. 7 . The set values for playback device  10  include set values of an input selector, a sound volume, and tone control, for example. 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the set value request signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 11  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  transmits a signal (set value response signal) including the set values of the input selector, the sound volume, and the tone control of playback device  10  to control device  20  via communication circuit  13  and antenna  14  in response to a set value request indicated by the received request signal. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  receives the response signal of the set values for playback device  10  transmitted from playback device  10  via antenna  21  and communication circuit  22  (step S 12 ). 
     When unable to receive the set value response signal from playback device  10  in step S 12  due to the reason such as a power source of playback device  10  being turned off, processor  23  in control device  20  may display, in display  29 , an error message indicating that the response signal cannot be received. Also, processor  23  in control device  20  may subsequently end the process. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  that receives the set value response signal transmitted from playback device  10  in step S 12  extracts, from the response signal, the set values of the input selector, the sound volume, and the tone control for playback device  10 , and stores the extracted values in storage device  24  in control device  20  (step S 13 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then transmits a signal (a notification signal indicating start of the acoustic correction process) notifying playback device  10  of the start of the acoustic correction process to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 14 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the notification signal indicating the start of the acoustic correction process transmitted from control device  20  in step S 14  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  transmits a signal (a response signal to the start of the acoustic correction process) responding to the received notification signal to control device  20  via communication circuit  13  and antenna  14 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  receives, via antenna  21  and communication circuit  22 , the response signal to the start of the acoustic correction process transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 15 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  may repeat the operation for transmitting the notification signal indicating the start of the acoustic correction process to playback device  10  a predetermined number of times (for example, three times) until receiving a response signal to the notification signal from playback device  10 . When control device  20  does not receive the response signal to the notification signal from playback device  10  despite the predetermined number of times of executions (for example, three times of executions) of the operation for transmitting the notification signal to playback device  10 , control device  20  may display, in display  29 , an error message indicating that control device  20  cannot receive the response signal. Also, control device  20  may subsequently end the process. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether tone control is set to playback device  10  based on the set value of the tone control included in the set value response signal received in step S 12 . When the tone control is set to playback device  10 , processor  23  in control device  20  transmits a signal (tone control off instruction signal) directing playback device  10  to turn off the tone control of playback device  10  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 16 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the tone control off instruction signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 16  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  turns off the tone control according to the received instruction signal, and then, transmits a signal (tone control off response signal) indicating that the tone control is turned off to control device  20  via communication circuit  13  and antenna  14 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  receives, via antenna  21  and communication circuit  22 , the tone control off response signal transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 17 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  may repeat the operation for transmitting the signal directing turn-off of the tone control to playback device  10  a predetermined number of times (for example, three times) until receiving a response signal to the instruction signal from playback device  10 . When control device  20  does not receive the response signal to the instruction signal from playback device  10  despite the predetermined number of times of executions (for example, three executions) of the operation for transmitting the instruction signal to playback device  10 , control device  20  may display, in display  29 , an error message indicating that control device  20  cannot receive the response signal. Also, control device  20  may subsequently end the process. 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  turns off an acoustic effect of microphone  25  (step S 18 ). 
     When control device  20  is a smartphone, the microphone provided to the smartphone is designed to be used for a call, and thus has non-flat frequency characteristics. Also, the smartphone may have frequency characteristics in which a high-frequency region is emphasized for allowing a consonant in a sound to be easy to hear, or may be subjected to a low-frequency region cut-off filter process for reducing noise in a low-frequency region caused by wind noise. Further, the smartphone may be subjected to automatic gain control or noise reduction in some cases. In playback system  30  in the present exemplary embodiment, the acoustic effects described above are all turned off when the acoustic correction process is executed. 
     Next, communication performed in steps S 11  to S 17  between playback device  10  and control device  20  will be described with reference to the sequence diagram in  FIG. 13 . 
       FIG. 13  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of communication performed between playback device  10  and control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment when the processes in steps S 1  to S 3  illustrated in  FIG. 6  are executed. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 13 , control device  20  transmits the signal (set value request signal) for requesting the set values for playback device  10  to playback device  10  (step S 11 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving in step S 11  the set value request signal transmitted from control device  20  transmits the signal (set value response signal) including the set values of the input selector, the sound volume, and the tone control for playback device  10  in response to the request signal. 
     Control device  20  receives the set value response signal transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 12 ). 
     Control device  20  receiving in step S 12  the set value response signal transmitted from playback device  10  transmits the signal (the notification signal indicating start of the acoustic correction process) notifying playback device  10  of the start of the acoustic correction process to playback device  10  (step S 14 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving the notification signal transmitted from the control device in step S 14  transmits the signal (the response signal to the start of the acoustic correction process) responding to the notification of the start of the acoustic correction process to control device  20 . 
     Control device  20  receives the response signal transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 15 ). 
     Control device  20  then transmits the signal (tone control off instruction signal) directing turn-off of the tone control to playback device  10  (step S 16 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving in step S 16  the instruction signal transmitted from control device  20  turns off the tone control in response to the instruction signal, and then, transmits the signal (tone control off response signal) indicating that the tone control is turned off to control device  20 . 
     Control device  20  receives the tone control off response signal transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 17 ). 
     Now, the detail of the background noise measuring process (step S 2 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6  will be described with reference to the flowchart in  FIG. 8 . 
       FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of the background noise measuring process (step S 2 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     In the background noise measuring step (step S 2 ), processor  23  in control device  20  firstly records the background noise in the room using microphone  25  to measure the level of the background noise in the room (step S 21 ), as illustrated in the flowchart in  FIG. 8 . 
     In step S 21 , when playback device  10  stops a playback operation of a sound (that is, playback device  10  does not play back a sound signal such as music, test signals, and the like, and no sound is output through loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10 ), processor  23  in control device  20  records sounds (background noise) around control device  20  using microphone  25 . During recording, the sound signal (digital sound signal) acquired as the background noise is stored in storage device  24  in control device  20 , for example. The sound playback operation by playback device  10  may be stopped by user  102  operating playback device  10  using control device  20 , stopped by user  102  directly operating playback device  10 , or stopped by other means. 
     The level of the background noise is represented by a signal level within a time domain. Processor  23  in control device  20  compares the level of the background noise acquired in step S 21  with a predetermined threshold, and determines whether the background noise is less than or equal to the threshold (step S 22 ). 
     When determining in step S 22  that the level of the background noise is less than or equal to the threshold (YES in step S 22 ), processor  23  in control device  20  moves the process to step S 3  illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     When determining in step S 22  that the level of the background noise is larger than the threshold (NO in step S 22 ), processor  23  in control device  20  displays an error message in display  29  (step S 23 ). The error message displayed in display  29  in step S 23  is a message for notifying user  102  that the background noise is large, and it may be a message of “wait until there is silence in the room”, for example. 
     After executing the process in step S 23 , processor  23  in control device  20  returns the process back to step S 21 , and executes again the processes in step S 21  and subsequent steps. 
     Next, the detail of the playback sound volume adjusting process (step S 3 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6  will be described with reference to flowcharts in  FIGS. 9 and 10 . 
       FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a first part of a subroutine of the playback sound volume adjusting process (step S 3 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
       FIG. 10  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a second part of the subroutine of the playback sound volume adjusting process (step S 3 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     In the playback sound volume adjusting process (step S 3 ), processor  23  in control device  20  firstly transmits the first control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the first test signal illustrated in  FIG. 13 ) directing playback device  10  to play back the first test signal through loudspeaker  18  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 31 ), as illustrated in the flowchart in  FIG. 9 . The first control signal includes an instruction value of the sound volume of the first test signal. 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the first control signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 31  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  starts an operation for playing back the first test signal through loudspeaker  18  in response to the received first control signal (indicated as step S 81  in  FIG. 13 ). Processor  12  in playback device  10  plays back and outputs, through loudspeaker  18 , the first test signal at a sound volume based on the instruction value for the sound volume included in the received first control signal. For example, when the sound volume of playback device  10  can be set within a range from 0 to 100, and the instruction value included in the received first control signal is 35, processor  12  in playback device  10  plays back and outputs, through loudspeaker  18 , the first test signal at a volume of 35. Processor  12  in playback device  10  plays back the first test signal for a predetermined time (for example, for five seconds). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  starts to record the first test signal acquired through microphone  25  (step S 32 ) after the playback of the first test signal is started by playback device  10  or after the first control signal is transmitted to playback device  10  in step S 31 . The first test signal (digital sound signal) acquired in step S 32  is stored in storage device  24  in control device  20 , for example. 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  plays back the first test signal for a predetermined time (for example, for five seconds), and then, finishes the playback of the first test signal (indicated as step S 82  in  FIG. 13 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  finishes the recording of the first test signal (step S 33 ) after the playback of the first test signal by playback device  10  is finished. Processor  23  in control device  20  may finish the recording of the first test signal just after the playback of the first test signal by playback device  10  is finished or may finish the recording of the first test signal when a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, after about one second) after the playback of the first test signal by playback device  10  is finished. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  extracts a signal within a predetermined time from the recorded first test signal (digital sound signal). Processor  23  in control device  20  extracts a signal within about 1.5 seconds (for example, 65536 data items) after one second from the recording start position of the recorded first test signal, for example. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether the first test signal acquired in step S 32  is successfully recorded by checking, for example, whether the first test signal is normally recorded (step S 34 ). 
     When determining in step S 34  that the first test signal is successfully recorded (YES in step S 34 ), processor  23  in control device  20  moves the process to step S 36  illustrated in  FIG. 10 . 
     When determining in step S 34  that the recording of the first test signal fails (NO in step S 34 ), processor  23  in control device  20  displays an error message in display  29  (step S 35 ). The error message displayed in display  29  in step S 35  is, for example, a message for notifying user  102  of failure to record the first test signal. Control device  20  may fail to record the first test signal, when playback device  10  cannot at least partially play back the first test signal, when playback device  10  is not a DMP or DMR, or when the power source of playback device  10  is turned off, for example. 
     After executing the process in step S 35 , processor  23  in control device  20  returns the process back to step S 14  illustrated in  FIG. 7 , and executes again the processes in step S 14  and subsequent steps. 
     When determining in step S 34  that the first test signal is successfully recorded (YES in step S 34 ), processor  23  in control device  20  performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the first test signal recorded in step S 32  and the background noise recorded in step S 21  as illustrated in the flowchart in  FIG. 10  (step S 36 ). Thus, processor  23  in control device  20  can recognize the relation between frequency and signal level in the first test signal recorded in step S 32  and in the background noise recorded in step S 21 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then calculates signal level T 1  of the first test signal acquired in step S 32  (step S 37 ). Processor  23  in control device  20  can calculate signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal by using the result of the FFT executed in step S 36 . 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  estimates difference D(f) between signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal and signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal at the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) (step S 38 ). 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  calculates allowable signal level Na(f)=T 1 −D(f)−M of the background noise by subtracting predetermined measurement margin M from signal level T 2 ( f )=T 1 −D(f) of the second test signal based on D(f) estimated in step S 38  at the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) (step S 39 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then calculates signal level N(f) of the background noise at the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) (step S 40 ). Processor  23  in control device  20  can calculate signal level N(f) of the background noise acquired in step S 21  by using the result of the FFT executed in step S 36 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then compares signal level N(f) of the background noise acquired in step S 40  and allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise acquired in step S 39 , and determines whether signal level N(f) of the background noise is less than allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise (step S 41 ). The determination result in step S 41  is stored in storage device  24  in control device  20 , for example. 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether the determination in step S 41  is performed for all of the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) (step S 42 ). 
     When determining in step S 42  that there is a frequency for which the determination in step S 41  is not performed from among the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, frequency f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) (NO in step S 42 ), processor  23  in control device  20  returns the process back to step S 38 , and executes again the processes in step S 38  and subsequent steps. 
     When determining in step S 42  that the determination in step S 41  is performed for all of the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) (YES in step S 42 ), processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise is less than or equal to signal level N(f) of the background noise (that is, Na(f)≤N(f)) in at least one of the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) (step S 43 ). 
     When determining in step S 43  that allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise is larger than signal level N(f) of the background noise (that is, Na(f)&gt;N(f)) at all of the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (NO in step S 43 ), processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal is greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB) (step S 44 ). 
     When determining in step S 44  that signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB) (NO in step S 44 ), processor  23  in control device  20  moves the process to step S 4  illustrated in  FIG. 6  while maintaining the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal at the current set value. 
     When determining in step S 44  that signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal is greater than the predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB) (YES in step S 44 ), processor  23  in control device  20  reduces the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal from the current set value, and moves the process to step S 4  illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     When determining in step S 43  that allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise is less than or equal to signal level N(f) of the background noise (that is, Na(f)≤N(f)) in at least one of the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (YES in step S 43 ), processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal is greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB) (step S 46 ). 
     When determining in step S 46  that signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB) (NO in step S 46 ), processor  23  in control device  20  increases the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal from the current set value, and moves the process to step S 4  illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     When determining in step S 46  that signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal is greater than the predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB) (YES in step S 46 ), processor  23  in control device  20  displays an error message in display  29  (step S 48 ). The error message displayed in display  29  in step S 48  is, for example, a message for notifying user  102  of something wrong in the measurement for the sound correction process. 
     After executing the process in step S 48 , processor  23  in control device  20  returns the process back to step S 14  illustrated in  FIG. 7 , and executes again the processes in step S 14  and subsequent steps. 
     Next, the processes executed by playback device  10  and control device  20  in steps S 31  to S 33  will be described with reference to the sequence diagram in  FIG. 13 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 13 , control device  20  transmits, to playback device  10 , the first control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the first test signal) directing playback device  10  to play back the first test signal through loudspeaker  18  (step S 31 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving the first control signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 31  starts to play back the first test signal in response to the received first control signal (step S 81 ). 
     Control device  20  starts to record the first test signal (step S 32 ). 
     Playback device  10  plays back the first test signal for a predetermined time (for example, for five seconds), and during this time, control device  20  continues to record the first test signal. 
     Playback device  10  finishes playback of the first test signal after a predetermined time (for example, about five seconds) has elapsed (step S 82 ). 
     Control device  20  finishes recording the first test signal (step S 33 ). 
     Next, the detail of the frequency characteristics measuring process (step S 4 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6  will be described with reference to the flowchart in  FIG. 11 . 
       FIG. 11  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of the frequency characteristics measuring process (step S 4 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     In the frequency characteristics measuring process (step S 4 ), processor  23  in control device  20  firstly transmits the second control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the second test signal) directing playback device  10  to play back the second test signal through loudspeaker  18  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 51 ), as illustrated in the flowchart in  FIG. 11 . The second control signal transmitted in step S 51  includes the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal determined in step S 3 . 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the second control signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 51  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  starts an operation for playing back the second test signal through loudspeaker  18  in response to the received second control signal (indicated as step S 83  in  FIG. 14 ). Processor  12  in playback device  10  plays back and outputs, through loudspeaker  18 , the second test signal at a sound volume based on the set value of the sound volume included in the received second control signal. Processor  12  in playback device  10  repeatedly plays back the second test signal a predetermined number of times (for example, a number of times corresponding to about ten seconds in total). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  starts to record the second test signal acquired through microphone  25  (step S 52 ) after the playback of the second test signal is started by playback device  10  or after the second control signal is transmitted in step S 51 . The second test signal (digital sound signal) acquired in step S 52  is stored in storage device  24  in control device  20 , for example. 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  repeatedly plays back the second test signal a predetermined number of times (for example, a number of times corresponding to about ten seconds in total), and then, finishes playback of the second test signal (indicated as step S 84  in  FIG. 14 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  finishes recording the second test signal (step S 53 ) after the playback of the second test signal by playback device  10  is finished. Processor  23  in control device  20  may finish the recording of the second test signal just after the playback of the second test signal by playback device  10  is finished or may finish the recording of the second test signal when a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, after one second) after the playback of the second test signal by playback device  10  is finished. 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether the second test signal acquired in step S 52  is successfully recorded by checking, for example, whether the second test signal is normally recorded (step S 54 ). 
     When determining in step S 54  that the recording of second test signal fails (NO in step S 54 ), processor  23  in control device  20  displays an error message in display  29  (step S 55 ). The error message displayed in display  29  in step S 55  is, for example, a message for notifying user  102  of failure to record the second test signal. Control device  20  may fail to record the second test signal, when playback device  10  cannot at least partially play back the second test signal, when playback device  10  is not a DMP or DMR, or when the power source of playback device  10  is turned off, for example. 
     After executing the process in step S 55 , processor  23  in control device  20  returns the process back to step S 14  illustrated in  FIG. 7 , and executes again the processes in step S 14  and subsequent steps. 
     When determining in step S 54  that the second test signal is successfully recorded (YES in step S 54 ), processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether frequency characteristics are measured at a plurality of positions in the room (step S 56 ). This determination may be made based on the instruction from user  102 , or may be made by processor  23  in control device  20  based on the measurement result so far or the like or based on a number of measurement times determined in advance by control device  20 . 
     When determining in step S 56  that the frequency characteristics are measured at the plurality of positions in the room (YES in step S 56 ), processor  23  in control device  20  returns the process back to step S 31  illustrated in  FIG. 9 . After user  102  moves to a position different from the current position in the room together with control device  20 , processor  23  in control device  20  executes again the processes from step S 31  to step S 56 . The processes from steps S 31  to S 56  are repeatedly executed at each of the plurality of positions in the room. When doing so, processor  23  in control device  20  may restart the processes in step S 31  and subsequent steps on receipt of an input operation performed on control device  20  by user  102  for indicating that user  102  has moved to the next position. 
     When determining in step S 56  that the frequency characteristics are measured at only one position in the room or that the processes from steps S 31  to S 54  are executed at all of the plurality of positions in the room (NO in step S 56 ), processor  23  in control device  20  performs synchronous averaging on the recorded second test signal (step S 57 ). 
     Now, the synchronous averaging executed in step S 57  will be described with reference to  FIG. 15 . 
       FIG. 15  is a diagram for describing the synchronous averaging executed in step S 57  illustrated in  FIG. 11 . In  FIG. 15 , a horizontal axis represents a time. 
     In general, a clock signal (reference clock) used in digital-to-analog converter  17  in playback device  10  and a clock signal (reference clock) used in analog-to-digital converter  26  in control device  20  are different signals independently generated in the respective devices. Therefore, it is highly likely that a frequency of a clock signal used in digital-to-analog converter  17  in playback device  10  (that is, a clock signal synchronized with the digital second test signal before being digital-to-analog converted which is played back by playback device  10 ) and a frequency of a clock signal used in analog-to-digital converter  26  in control device  20  (that is, a sampling frequency when the analog second test signal acquired through microphone  25  is analog-to-digital converted) are shifted from each other. 
     When a synchronous averaging process and convolutional calculation are performed for measuring frequency characteristics, it is desirable that a number of data (number of digital signals), per unit time (for example, one second), of the second test signal acquired through microphone  25  and analog-to-digital converted into a digital form by analog-to-digital converter  26  and a number of data (number of digital signals), per unit time (for example, one second), of the digital second test signal before being digital-to-analog converted by digital-to-analog converter  17  in playback device  10  match each other. 
     When the frequency of the digital second test signal played back by playback device  10  and the frequency (sampling frequency) of the clock signal used in analog-to-digital converter  26  in control device  20  do not match each other, the number of data (number of digital signals), per unit time (for example, one second), of the digital second test signal played back by playback device  10  and the number of data (number of digital signals obtained through sampling), per unit time (for example, one second), of the analog-to-digital converted digital second test signal by control device  20  do not match each other. Therefore, attenuation occurs in the measurement result of high-frequency characteristics, which makes it difficult to measure frequency characteristics with high accuracy. The clock deviation of a typical crystal oscillator is less than or equal to 50 ppm. When there is a shift of 50 ppm between the frequency of the clock signal used in playback device  10  and the frequency of the clock signal used in control device  20 , the high-frequency characteristics are reduced to less than or equal to one-tenth. 
     The first column from the top in  FIG. 15  indicates the digital second test signal before being digital-to-analog converted in playback device  10 . In the example illustrated in  FIG. 15 , the second test signal is repeatedly played back five times, for example. 
     In playback system  30 , in order to detect the shift occurring between the frequency of the digital second test signal in playback device  10  and the sampling frequency of analog-to-digital converter  26  in control device  20 , a trigger signal is inserted at the head and at the end of the digital second test signal (second test signal in one measurement) in playback device  10 . Here, M digital data items (hereinafter referred to as samples) including the trigger signal at the head are present between the trigger signal at the head and the trigger signal at the end. For example, when a simple pulse signal is used as the trigger signal, the trigger signal is buried in disturbance (noise) generated during the measurement of frequency characteristics, and it may be difficult to accurately detect the trigger signal by control device  20 . Therefore, in the present exemplary embodiment, a LOG-TSP signal having large energy is also used for the trigger signal. Thus, the possibility that the trigger signal is buried in noise can be reduced, whereby the trigger signal can be detected by control device  20  with high accuracy. 
     The second column from the top in  FIG. 15  indicates the second test signal acquired by control device  20  through microphone  25  and analog-to-digital converted by analog-digital converter  26 . Processor  23  in control device  20  calculates a cross-correlation between the acquired second test signal and the known trigger signal, determines the position having the maximum correlation as the trigger signal at the head, and thus detects the trigger signal at the head. The position of the second test signal can be calculated as a relative position from the trigger signal at the head. Processor  23  in control device  20  detects the position of the trigger signal at the end using the similar cross-correlation used for detecting the trigger signal at the head. Here, N digital data items (hereinafter referred to as samples) including the trigger signal at the head are present between the trigger signal at the head and the trigger signal at the end. 
     A ratio between a number of samples M of the second test signal indicated in the first column from the top in  FIG. 15  and a number of samples N of the second test signal indicated in the second column from the top in  FIG. 15  indicates a sampling frequency shift. In order to measure the impulse response with high accuracy by control device  20 , such a shift needs to be corrected. 
     The third column from the top in  FIG. 15  indicates the second test signal on which sampling rate conversion is performed by control device  20 . In control device  20 , in order to correct the sampling frequency shift, processor  23  in control device  20  performs asynchronous sample rate conversion by a factor of M/N on the second test signal acquired through microphone  25  and analog-to-digital converted by analog-digital converter  26 . Then, processor  23  converts the number of samples of the second test signal indicated in the second column from the top in  FIG. 15  into the number same as the number of samples of the second test signal indicated in the first column from the top in  FIG. 15 , and thus, the second test signal indicated in the third column from the top in  FIG. 15  is obtained. Control device  20  performs the abovementioned sampling rate conversion on the second test signal acquired through microphone  25  and analog-to-digital converted by analog-to-digital converter  26 , thereby enabling highly accurate measurement with less deterioration in the high-frequency characteristics caused by the sampling frequency shift. 
     Control device  20  needs a memory capacity about 64 times as large as that of the acquired digital data for the sampling rate conversion in the present exemplary embodiment. However, a smartphone is generally provided with a large-capacity memory, and therefore, the abovementioned sampling rate conversion process can be achieved using the memory provided to the smartphone. 
     The fourth column from the top in  FIG. 15  indicates a signal on which synchronous averaging is performed. Processor  23  in control device  20  performs arithmetic processing of synchronous averaging on a plurality of (for example, five) chronologically consecutive second test signals after the execution of the abovementioned sampling rate conversion, thereby being capable of reducing an influence of uncorrelated random noise during the measurement of frequency characteristics. Then, processor  23  in control device  20  calculates an impulse response by convoluting the second test signal on which synchronous averaging has been performed and a complex conjugate reversed signal. 
     The process in step S 57  and subsequent steps will be described with reference back to the flowchart in  FIG. 11 . 
     After executing the process in step S 57 , processor  23  in control device  20  performs the FFT on the second test signal (digital sound signal) recorded in step S 52  (step S 58 ). Thus, processor  23  in control device  20  can recognize the relation between the frequency and the signal level of the second test signal recorded in step S 52 . 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  calculates frequency characteristics of the room (step S 59 ). Processor  23  in control device  20  calculates the frequency characteristics of the room based on an impulse response of the room with respect to the second test signal. 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  calculates a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10  (step S 60 ). The correction coefficient can be theoretically calculated as a ratio between target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction and the measured frequency characteristics. 
       FIGS. 16 and 17  illustrate comparison between the target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction and the measured frequency characteristics in playback system  30 . 
       FIG. 16  is a graph schematically illustrating an example of the measured frequency characteristics before the correction coefficient calculated by the frequency characteristics measuring step (step S 4 ) in  FIG. 6  is set to playback device  10 , and an example of the target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction. 
       FIG. 17  is a graph schematically illustrating an example of the measured frequency characteristics after the correction coefficient calculated by the frequency characteristics measuring step (step S 4 ) in  FIG. 6  is set to playback device  10 , and the example of the target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction. In  FIGS. 16 and 17 , the target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction are indicated by a solid line, and the measured frequency characteristics are indicated by a broken line. In  FIGS. 16 and 17 , a vertical axis represents a signal level and a horizontal axis represents a frequency. 
     In playback system  30 , processor  23  in control device  20  executes the frequency characteristics measuring process in step S 4 , and sets the correction coefficient calculated by the frequency characteristics measuring process to processor  12  in playback device  10 . Thus, the frequency characteristics of the sound which is output through loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10  and which reaches the ears of user  102  can be made close to the target frequency characteristics to be obtained by correction, as can be seen from comparison between the frequency characteristics (broken line) illustrated in  FIG. 16  before the correction coefficient is set and the frequency characteristics (broken line) illustrated in  FIG. 17  after the correction coefficient is set. 
     Next, communication performed in steps S 51  to S 53  between playback device  10  and control device  20  will be described with reference to the sequence diagram in  FIG. 14 . 
       FIG. 14  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of communication performed between playback device  10  and control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment when processes in steps S 4  and S 5  illustrated in  FIG. 6  are executed. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 14 , control device  20  transmits, to playback device  10 , the second control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the second test signal) directing playback device  10  to play back the second test signal (step S 51 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving the second control signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 51  starts to play back the second test signal in response to the received second control signal (step S 83 ). 
     Control device  20  starts to record the second test signal (step S 52 ). 
     Playback device  10  repeatedly plays back the second test signal a predetermined number of times (for example, a number of times corresponding to about ten seconds in total). During this period, control device  20  continues to record the second test signal. 
     Playback device  10  repeatedly plays back the second test signal the predetermined number of times (for example, the number of times corresponding to about ten seconds in total), and then, finishes playback of the second test signal (step S 84 ). 
     Control device  20  finishes the recording of the second test signal (step S 53 ). 
     Next, the detail of the correction coefficient setting process (step S 5 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6  will be described with reference to the flowchart in  FIG. 12 . 
       FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a subroutine of the correction coefficient setting process (step S 5 ) illustrated in  FIG. 6 . 
     In the correction coefficient setting process (step S 5 ), processor  23  in control device  20  firstly transmits a third control signal (correction coefficient notification signal) notifying playback device  10  of the correction coefficient calculated in step S 60  in  FIG. 11  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 71 ), as illustrated in the flowchart in  FIG. 12 . Processor  23  in control device  20  includes a signal directing playback device  10  to set the correction coefficient included in the third control signal to DSP  16  in playback device  10  and a signal directing playback device  10  to store the correction coefficient into storage device  11  in playback device  10  into the third control signal, when transmitting the third control signal to playback device  10 . 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the third control signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 71  via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  transmits, to control device  20 , a signal (correction coefficient response signal) providing a response indicating that the third control signal is received to control device  20  via communication circuit  13  and antenna  14 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  receives, via antenna  21  and communication circuit  22 , the correction coefficient response signal transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 72 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  sets the correction coefficient included in the received third control signal to DSP  16  in playback device  10 , and stores the correction coefficient into storage device  11  of playback device  10 , in response to the third control signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 71  (indicated as step S 85  in  FIG. 14 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  may repeat the operation for transmitting the third control signal to playback device  10  a predetermined number of times (for example, three times) until receiving a response signal to the third control signal from playback device  10 . When unable to receive the response signal to the third control signal from playback device  10  despite the predetermined number of times of executions (for example, three executions) of the operation for transmitting the third control signal to playback device  10 , control device  20  may display, in display  29 , an error message indicating that control device  20  cannot receive the response signal. Also, control device  20  may subsequently end the process. 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  receiving in step S 72  the response signal transmitted from playback device  10  transmits a signal (an instruction signal directing playback of a setting complete sound (a sound indicating that the correction coefficient setting is completed)) directing playback device  10  to play back the setting complete sound to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 73 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives the instruction signal, which directs playback of the setting complete sound and which is transmitted from control device  20  in step S 73 , via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 . Processor  12  in playback device  10  plays back the setting complete sound in response to the received instruction signal. When doing so, processor  12  in playback device  10  may play back the setting complete sound at a sound volume same as that when the second test signal is played back, for example. Further, the setting complete sound may be any sound such as a beep, melody, or a sound message, as long as it can tell user  102  that the setting of the correction coefficient is completed. 
     Then, processor  23  in control device  20  displays a setting complete message (a message indicating that the setting of the correction coefficient is completed) in display  29  (step S 74 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then determines whether tone control has been set to playback device  10  before the start of the acoustic correction process (step S 75 ). 
     When determining in step S 75  that the tone control has been set to playback device  10  (YES in step S 75 ), processor  23  in control device  20  determines whether the original set value of the tone control is set again to playback device  10  (step S 76 ). The determination in step S 76  may be made based on an instruction from user  102 , based on the result of the determination in step S 75  (for example, if the determination in step S 75  is YES, YES determination is also made in step S 76 ), or based on other criteria. 
     When determining in step S 76  that the original set value of the tone control is set again to playback device  10  (YES in step S 76 ), processor  23  in control device  20  reads the set value of the tone control stored in storage device  24  of control device  20  in step S 13  illustrated in  FIG. 7  from storage device  24 . Processor  23  in control device  20  then transmits a signal (a notification signal indicating the set value of the tone control) notifying playback device  10  of the read set value of the tone control to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 77 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives, via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 , the notification signal indicating the set value of the tone control transmitted from control device  20  in step S 77 . After receiving the notification signal, processor  12  in playback device  10  transmits a signal (a response signal of the set value of the tone control) responding to the received notification signal to control device  20  via communication circuit  13  and antenna  14 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  receives, via antenna  21  and communication circuit  22 , the response signal of the set value of the tone control transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 78 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  sets, in response to the notification signal indicating the set value of the tone control transmitted from control device  20  in step S 77 , the set value of the tone control included in the notification signal to DSP  16  (indicated as step S 86  in  FIG. 14 ). 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  then reads the set values of the input selector and the sound volume stored in storage device  24  of control device  20  in step S 13  illustrated in  FIG. 7  from storage device  24 . Then, processor  23  in control device  20  transmits a signal (a notification signal indicating the set values of the input selector and the sound volume) notifying playback device  10  of the read set values of the input selector and the sound volume to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22  and antenna  21  (step S 79 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  receives, via antenna  14  and communication circuit  13 , the notification signal indicating the set values of the input selector and the sound volume transmitted from control device  20  in step S 79 . After receiving the notification signal, processor  12  in playback device  10  transmits a signal (a response signal of the set values of the input selector and the sound volume) responding to the received notification signal to control device  20  via communication circuit  13  and antenna  14 . 
     Processor  23  in control device  20  receives, via antenna  21  and communication circuit  22 , the response signal of the set values of the input selector and the sound volume transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 80 ). 
     Processor  12  in playback device  10  sets, in response to the notification signal indicating the set values of the input selector and the sound volume transmitted from control device  20  in step S 79 , the set values of the input selector and the sound volume included in the notification signal to DSP  16  (indicated as step S 87  in  FIG. 14 ). 
     Next, the processes executed by playback device  10  and control device  20  in steps S 71  to S 80  will be described with reference to the sequence diagram in  FIG. 14 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 14 , control device  20  transmits, to playback device  10 , the third control signal (correction coefficient notification signal) notifying playback device  10  of the correction coefficient calculated in step S 60  (step S 71 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving the third control signal transmitted from control device  20  in step S 71  transmits the signal (correction coefficient response signal) responding to the received third control signal to control device  20 . 
     Control device  20  receives the correction coefficient response signal transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 72 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving in step S 71  the third control signal transmitted from control device  20  sets the correction coefficient included in the third control signal to DSP  16  in playback device  10  and stores the correction coefficient into storage device  11  of playback device  10 , in response to the received third control signal (step S 85 ). 
     Control device  20  receiving in step S 72  the correction coefficient response signal transmitted from playback device  10  transmits the signal (the instruction signal directing playback of a setting complete sound) directing playback device  10  to play back the setting complete sound to playback device  10  (step S 73 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving the instruction signal directing playback of the setting complete sound transmitted from control device  20  in step S 73  starts to play back the setting complete sound. 
     Control device  20  then transmits the signal (the notification signal indicating the set value of the tone control) notifying playback device  10  of the set value of the tone control read from storage device  24  to playback device  10  (step S 77 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving in step S 77  the notification signal indicating the set value of the tone control transmitted from control device  20  transmits the signal (the response signal of the set value of the tone control) responding to the received notification signal to control device  20 . 
     Control device  20  receives the response signal of the set value of the tone control transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 78 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving in step S 77  the notification signal indicating the set value of the tone control transmitted from control device  20  sets, in response to the received notification signal, the set value of the tone control included in the notification signal to DSP  16  in playback device  10  (step S 86 ). 
     Then, control device  20  transmits the signal (the notification signal indicating the set values of the input selector and the sound volume) notifying playback device  10  of the set values of the input selector and the sound volume which are read from storage device  24  to playback device  10  (step S 79 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving in step S 79  the notification signal indicating the set values of the input selector and the sound volume transmitted from control device  20  transmits the signal (the response signal of the set values of the input selector and the sound volume) responding to the received notification signal to control device  20 . 
     Control device  20  receives the response signal of the set values of the input selector and the sound volume transmitted from playback device  10  (step S 80 ). 
     Playback device  10  receiving in step S 79  the notification signal indicating the set values of the input selector and the sound volume transmitted from control device  20  sets, in response to the received notification signal, the set values of the input selector and the sound volume included in the notification signal to DSP  16  in playback device  10  (step S 87 ). 
     [1-6. Effects and Others] 
     As described above, the control device in the present exemplary embodiment is a control device that controls frequency characteristics of a playback device that is connected to or integrated with a loudspeaker installed in a room. The control device is provided with a first communication circuit that communicates with the playback device, a microphone that acquires a sound signal generated through the loudspeaker, and a first control circuit. The first control circuit: acquires background noise in the room through the microphone and calculates a signal level of the background noise at a plurality of predetermined frequencies; transmits, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a first control signal directing playback of a first test signal having a predetermined sound volume through the loudspeaker; acquires the first test signal through the microphone and calculates a signal level of the acquired first test signal; estimates a signal level of a second test signal having a predetermined sound volume and predetermined frequency characteristics at the plurality of predetermined frequencies using the signal level of the first test signal as a reference; increases a set value of the sound volume of the second test signal when a signal level obtained by subtracting a predetermined value from the estimated signal level of the second test signal is less than or equal to the signal level of the background noise in at least one of the plurality of predetermined frequencies; transmits, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a second control signal directing playback of the second test signal having a sound volume corresponding to the set value through the loudspeaker; acquires the second test signal through the microphone, calculates a frequency response of the room based on the acquired second test signal, and calculates a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to the playback device based on the calculated frequency response of the room; and transmits, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a third control signal including the correction coefficient of the frequency characteristics to be set to the playback device. 
     Control device  20  is an example of the control device. Playback device  10  is an example of the playback device. Loudspeaker  18  is an example of the loudspeaker connected to or integrated with the playback device. Communication circuit  22  is an example of the first communication circuit. Microphone  25  is an example of the microphone. Processor  23  is an example of the first control circuit. 100 Hz and 10 kHz are an example of the plurality of predetermined frequencies. The instruction signal directing playback of the first test signal illustrated in  FIG. 13  is an example of the first control signal. Signal level T 1  is an example of the signal level of the first test signal. Signal level T 2 ( f ) is an example of the signal level of the second test signal at a plurality of predetermined frequencies f. Measurement margin M is an example of the predetermined value subtracted from the signal level of the second test signal. Allowable signal level Na(f) of background noise is an example of the signal level obtained by subtracting the predetermined value from the signal level of the second test signal, and calculation formula Na(f)=T 1 −D(f)−M is an example of the calculation formula for calculating allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise. The instruction signal directing playback of the second test signal illustrated in  FIG. 14  is an example of the second control signal. Calculation formula T 2 ( f )=T 1 −D(f) is an example of the calculation formula used for estimating the signal level of the second test signal at a plurality of predetermined frequencies f. The correction coefficient notification signal illustrated in  FIG. 14  is an example of the third control signal. 
     For example, in the example described in the first exemplary embodiment, control device  20  controls playback device  10  which is connected to or integrated with loudspeaker  18  installed in the room to control frequency characteristics of a sound played back through loudspeaker  18 . Control device  20  is provided with first communication circuit  22  that communicates with playback device  10 , microphone  25  that acquires a sound signal generated through loudspeaker  18 , and processor  23 . Processor  23  acquires background noise in the room through microphone  25 , and calculates a signal level of the background noise at a plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, 100 Hz and 10 kHz). Processor  23  also transmits the first control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the first test signal) directing playback of the first test signal having a predetermined sound volume through loudspeaker  18  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22 . Further, processor  23  acquires, through microphone  25 , the first test signal played back through loudspeaker  18  and calculates signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal. Processor  23  also estimates signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal having a predetermined sound volume and predetermined frequency characteristics at a plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz) based on signal level T 1  of the first test signal. Processor  23  also calculates, for each of the plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, 100 Hz and 10 kHz), allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise by subtracting predetermined measurement margin M from estimated signal level T 2 ( f ) of the second test signal, and when allowable signal level Na(f) of the background noise is less than or equal to the signal level of the background noise in at least one of the plurality of predetermined frequencies f, processor  23  increases the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal. Processor  23  also transmits the second control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the second test signal) directing playback of the second test signal having a sound volume according to the set value through loudspeaker  18  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22 . Further, processor  23  acquires, through microphone  25 , the second test signal played back through loudspeaker  18 . Processor  23  also calculates a frequency response of the room based on the acquired second test signal, and calculates a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10  based on the frequency response of the room obtained through calculation. 
     Processor  23  also transmits the third control signal (correction coefficient notification signal) including the correction coefficient of the frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10  to playback device  10  via communication circuit  22 . 
     In the control device, the first control circuit may decrease the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal when the signal level of the acquired first test signal exceeds a predetermined threshold. 
     For example, in control device  20  described in the first exemplary embodiment, processor  23  decreases the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal from the current set value, when signal level T 1  of the acquired first test signal exceeds a predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB). 
     In the control device, the first test signal may be a sine wave. 
     For example, in control device  20  described in the first exemplary embodiment, the first test signal is a sine wave having a frequency set to 1 kHz. 
     In the control device, the second test signal may be a LOG-TSP signal. 
     For example, in control device  20  described in the first exemplary embodiment, the second test signal is a LOG-TSP signal. 
     The control device may be a smartphone or a tablet computer. 
     For example, control device  20  described in the first exemplary embodiment is a smartphone provided with microphone  25 . 
     The playback system according to the present exemplary embodiment is a playback system including a playback device which is connected to or integrated with a loudspeaker installed in a room, and the abovementioned control device. The playback device is provided with a second communication circuit that communicates with the control device, a signal processing circuit having variable frequency characteristics, and a second control circuit. The second control circuit plays back the first test signal through the loudspeaker in response to the first control signal received from the control device via the second communication circuit, plays back the second test signal through the loudspeaker in response to the second control signal received from the control device via the second communication circuit, and corrects the frequency characteristics of the signal processing circuit in response to the third control signal received from the control device via the second communication circuit. 
     Playback system  30  is an example of the playback system. Communication circuit  13  is an example of the second communication circuit. DSP  16  is an example of the signal processing circuit. Processor  12  is an example of the second control circuit. 
     For example, in the example in the first exemplary embodiment, playback system  30  includes playback device  10  connected to or integrated with loudspeaker  18  installed in a room, and control device  20 . Playback device  10  is provided with communication circuit  13  that communicates with control device  20 , DSP  16  having variable frequency characteristics, and processor  12 . Processor  12  plays back the first test signal through loudspeaker  18  in response to the first control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the first test signal) received from control device  20  via communication circuit  13 , plays back the second test signal through loudspeaker  18  in response to the second control signal (the instruction signal directing playback of the second test signal) received from control device  20  via communication circuit  13 , and corrects the frequency characteristics of DSP  16  in response to the third control signal (correction coefficient notification signal) received from control device  20  via communication circuit  13 . 
     The control method according to the present exemplary embodiment is a control method for controlling frequency characteristics of a playback device that is connected to or integrated with a loudspeaker installed in a room using an external control device of the playback device. The control device is provided with a first communication circuit that communicates with the playback device, a microphone that acquires a sound signal generated through the loudspeaker, and a first control circuit. The control method includes: a step of acquiring background noise in the room through the microphone and calculating a signal level of the background noise at a plurality of predetermined frequencies (for example, steps S 2  and S 40 ); a step of transmitting, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a first control signal directing playback of a first test signal having a predetermined sound volume through the loudspeaker (for example, step S 31 ); a step of acquiring the first test signal through the microphone and calculating a signal level of the acquired first test signal (for example, steps S 32  and S 37 ); a step of estimating a signal level of the second test signal having a predetermined sound volume and predetermined frequency characteristics at a plurality of predetermined frequencies using the signal level of the first test signal as a reference (for example, step S 38 ); a step of increasing a set value of the sound volume of the second test signal when a signal level obtained by subtracting a predetermined value from the estimated signal level of the second test signal is less than or equal to the signal level of the background noise in at least one of the plurality of predetermined frequencies (for example, steps S 43  and S 47 ); a step of transmitting, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a second control signal directing playback of the second test signal having a sound volume corresponding to the set value through the loudspeaker (for example, step S 51 ); a step of acquiring the second test signal through the microphone, calculating a frequency response of the room based on the acquired second test signal, and calculating a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to the playback device based on the calculated frequency response of the room (for example, steps S 52 , S 59 , and S 60 ); and a step of transmitting, to the playback device via the first communication circuit, a third control signal including the correction coefficient of the frequency characteristics to be set to the playback device (for example, step S 71 ). 
     The program according to the present exemplary embodiment is a program for a control device that controls frequency characteristics of a playback device that is connected to or integrated with a loudspeaker installed in a room. The control device is provided with a first communication circuit that communicates with the playback device, a microphone that acquires a sound signal generated through the loudspeaker, and a first control circuit that executes the program. The program is stored in a storage device readable by the first control circuit and causes the first control circuit to execute the steps in the abovementioned control method. 
     According to the playback system, the control device, the control method, and the program which are configured as described above, the frequency characteristics of the room can be measured using any general-purpose device provided with a microphone, such as a smartphone, without using a measuring device such as a microphone specialized for measurement, whereby the frequency characteristics of the room can be measured with less effort than ever before. Accordingly, convenience for a user using the playback system can be improved. 
     For example, in playback system  30  in the exemplary embodiment, a smartphone or a tablet computer can be used as control device  20 . Thus, playback system  30  can measure the frequency characteristics of the room without using a device specialized for measurement which has been conventionally used for measuring frequency characteristics. 
     Further, the program that executes the measuring method described in the present exemplary embodiment can be provided to user  102  who uses playback system  30  as application software which runs on the smartphone or the tablet computer used as control device  20 . Therefore, user  102  who uses playback system  30  can measure the frequency characteristics of the room in a relatively simple way by operating the smartphone or the tablet computer that executes the application software. Accordingly, convenience for user  102  who uses playback system  30  for measuring the frequency characteristics can be improved. 
     The application software used on the smartphone or the tablet computer for measuring the frequency characteristics can be configured to display, in display  29 , a screen designed to give guidance for an input operation required for user  102  during the measurement of frequency characteristics, when the application software is running. Playback system  30  provided with the application software thus configured enables user  102  who uses playback system  30  and who lacks specialized knowledge about the measurement of frequency characteristics to measure the frequency characteristics of the room in a relatively simple way and adjust frequency characteristics of a sound played back through loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10  only by performing an input operation in accordance with the guidance provided by the application software. 
     With playback system  30  in the present exemplary embodiment, the user can adjust a playback sound volume of the second test signal using the first test signal, thereby being capable of measuring frequency characteristics of the room, while reducing an influence of background noise in the room. 
     In playback system  30 , control device  20  sets, to DSP  16  in playback device  10 , the correction coefficient of the frequency characteristics calculated based on the frequency characteristics of the room measured in this way, whereby the frequency characteristics of the sound played back through loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10  can be controlled. Thus, in playback system  30 , playback device  10  can output, through loudspeaker  18  connected to playback device  10 , the playback sound which has been appropriately corrected according to the position of loudspeaker  18  and the position of user  102  in the room where playback system  30  is installed. 
     Further, playback system  30  in the exemplary embodiment uses a LOG-TSP signal as the second test signal. Thus, playback system  30  can measure the frequency characteristics of the room while ensuring a satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio throughout the entire frequency band which can be played back by playback device  10 . 
     When signal level T 1  of the first test signal exceeds a predetermined threshold (for example, −6 dB), signal level T 1  may be saturated (clipped). In such a case, when the sound volume of the second test signal still keeps the current set value, the frequency characteristics of the room may not be accurately measured. However, in such a case, processor  23  in control device  20  in playback system  30  described in the exemplary embodiment decreases the set value of the sound volume of the second test signal from the current set value, whereby the frequency characteristics of the room can be measured with high accuracy. 
     Now, examples of the measurement result of the frequency characteristics of the room by playback system  30  in the exemplary embodiment will be described as measured example 1 and measured example 2. 
     Measured Example 1 
       FIG. 18  is a graph illustrating an example of a signal level of background noise measured by control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
       FIG. 19  is a graph illustrating an example of a signal level of the second test signal measured by control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
       FIG. 20  is a graph illustrating an example of signal levels of the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise measured by control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
       FIGS. 18 to 20  illustrate an example of signal levels of the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise measured using a smartphone as control device  20  and measured by a built-in microphone of the smartphone. In  FIGS. 18 to 20 , a vertical axis represents a signal level and a horizontal axis represents a frequency. 
     The signal level of the second test signal illustrated in  FIG. 19  shows the measurement result of the second test signal played back with the sound volume being adjusted by the control method described in the first exemplary embodiment.  FIG. 19  also illustrates a signal level of the second test signal estimated by the control method described in the first exemplary embodiment in a solid diagonal line. As is understood from the graph in  FIG. 19 , the estimated signal level of the second test signal is approximate to the measured signal level of the second signal. Note that the second test signal represented by a solid diagonal line in  FIG. 20  is the same as the second test signal represented by the solid diagonal line in  FIG. 19 . In  FIG. 20 , an allowable signal level of background noise calculated by subtracting a predetermined measurement margin from the estimated signal level of the second test signal is represented by a broken diagonal line. 
     In the example illustrated in  FIG. 20 , the signal level of the background noise is relatively larger in a low-frequency region having relatively a low frequency than in a high-frequency region having relatively a high frequency, and a difference (margin) between the background noise and the second test signal is smaller in the low-frequency region than in the high-frequency region. 
     However, as illustrated in  FIG. 20 , the signal level of the background noise is less than the allowable signal level of the background noise at a plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz), and this shows that playback system  30  can measure frequency characteristics while reducing an influence of the background noise by playing back the second test signal with the adjusted sound volume. 
     As described above, playback system  30  according to the exemplary embodiment can measure the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise using the microphone provided to the smartphone. Through the adjustment of the playback sound volume of the second test signal by using the measured first test signal, frequency characteristics of the room can be measured with less affected by the background noise. 
     Measured Example 2 
       FIG. 21  is a graph illustrating another example of a signal level of background noise measured by control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
       FIG. 22  is a graph illustrating another example of a signal level of the second test signal measured by control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
       FIG. 23  is a graph illustrating another example of signal levels of the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise measured by control device  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
       FIGS. 21 to 23  illustrate an example of signal levels of the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise measured using a smartphone as control device  20  and measured by a microphone externally provided to the smartphone without using a built-in microphone of the smartphone. In  FIGS. 21 to 23 , a vertical axis represents a signal level and a horizontal axis represents a frequency. 
     The signal level of the second test signal illustrated in  FIG. 22  shows the measurement result of the second test signal played back with the sound volume being adjusted by the control method described in the first exemplary embodiment.  FIG. 22  also illustrates a signal level of the second test signal estimated by the control method described in the first exemplary embodiment in a solid diagonal line. As is understood from the graph in  FIG. 22 , the estimated signal level of the second test signal is approximate to the measured signal level of the second signal. Note that the second test signal represented by a solid diagonal line in  FIG. 23  is the same as the second test signal represented by the solid diagonal line in  FIG. 22 . In  FIG. 23 , an allowable signal level of background noise calculated by subtracting a predetermined measurement margin from the estimated signal level of the second test signal is represented by a broken diagonal line. 
     In the example illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the signal level of the background noise is relatively larger in a low-frequency region having relatively a low frequency than in a high-frequency region having relatively a high frequency, and a difference (margin) between the background noise and the second test signal is smaller in the low-frequency region than in the high-frequency region. 
     However, as illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the signal level of the background noise is less than the allowable signal level of the background noise at a plurality of predetermined frequencies f (for example, f=100 Hz and 10 kHz), and this shows that playback system  30  can measure frequency characteristics while reducing an influence of the background noise by playing back the second test signal with the adjusted sound volume. 
     As described above, even when the microphone externally provided to the smartphone is used, playback system  30  according to the exemplary embodiment can measure the first test signal, the second test signal, and the background noise, as in the case where the built-in microphone of the smartphone is used. Through the adjustment of the playback sound volume of the second test signal by using the measured first test signal, frequency characteristics of the room can be measured with less affected by the background noise. 
     Other Exemplary Embodiments 
     The first exemplary embodiment has been described above as an example of the technique disclosed in the present application. However, the technique in the present disclosure is not limited to the above exemplary embodiment, and is also applicable to other exemplary embodiments including appropriate modifications, substitutions, additions, or omissions. In addition, new exemplary embodiments can be made by combining the constituent elements described in the first exemplary embodiment. 
     Accordingly, other exemplary embodiments will be described below. 
     In the exemplary embodiment, a flash memory is used as storage device  11  and storage device  24 . However, storage device  11  and storage device  24  are not limited to the flash memory. At least one of storage device  11  and storage device  24  may be a semiconductor storage device other than the flash memory, or may be, for example, a storage device using magnetism such as a hard disk. 
     In the exemplary embodiment, source device  15  is described as a source of generation of a sound signal (digital sound signal) such as music. Source device  15  may be a CD drive, a hard disk drive, a drive for a detachable storage medium, or the like. Alternatively, source device  15  may be a communication circuit connected to an external sound signal generating source of playback device  10  via wired local area network (LAN), wireless LAN, Bluetooth (registered trademark), or the like. 
     According to the configuration example described in the exemplary embodiment, digital-to-analog converter  17  and loudspeaker  18  are directly connected to each other in playback device  10 , and digital-to-analog converter  27  and loudspeaker  28  are directly connected to each other in control device  20 . However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. A signal amplifier may be provided between digital-to-analog converter  17  and loudspeaker  18 . A signal amplifier may be provided between digital-to-analog converter  27  and loudspeaker  28 . 
     According to the configuration example described in the first exemplary embodiment, control device  20  has display  29  integrated with a touch panel. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. Control device  20  may be provided with, in place of or in addition to the touch panel, an input device provided separately from display  29 , such as a keyboard or a pointing device. 
     According to the configuration example described in the first exemplary embodiment, a smartphone or a tablet computer is used as control device  20 . However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. Control device  20  may be any general-purpose device, other than smartphones or tablet computers, which is provided with a microphone and which can communicate with playback device  10 , for example. Control device  20  may be a lap-top computer, for example. 
     According to the configuration example described in the first exemplary embodiment, a plurality of predetermined frequencies f is two, that is, 100 Hz and 10 kHz. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. The plurality of predetermined frequencies f may be three or more frequencies different from one another, and may be frequencies other than 100 Hz or 10 kHz. 
     According to the configuration example described in the first exemplary embodiment, the playback time of the first test signal played back by playback device  10  is set to about five seconds. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. The playback time of the first test signal is not limited to five seconds, and it may be shorter or longer than five seconds. 
     According to the configuration example described in the first exemplary embodiment, the playback time of the second test signal repeatedly played back by playback device  10  is set to about ten seconds. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. The playback time of the repeatedly played back second test signal is not limited to ten seconds, and it may be shorter or longer than ten seconds. 
     Control device  20  may be provided with a buffer memory (not illustrated). When recording the second test signal by executing step S 52  in  FIG. 11 , processor  23  in control device  20  may temporarily store the second test signal to be recorded into the buffer memory in order to prevent interruption of the recording operation. 
     When executing the correction coefficient setting process in step S 5 , processor  23  in control device  20  may display, in display  29 , graphs similar to the graphs illustrated in  FIGS. 16 and 17  to confirm user  102  whether user  102  intends to correct the frequency characteristics of playback device  10 . Processor  23  in control device  20  may determine whether the correction coefficient is set to playback device  10  according to an input operation performed by user  102  in response to the confirmation, such as an input operation performed by user  102  using the touch panel of display  29 . Processor  23  in control device  20  may change the correction coefficient based on the input operation performed by user  102 . 
     When executing step S 76  in  FIG. 12 , processor  23  in control device  20  may display, in display  29 , a message for confirming user  102  whether user  102  intends to set again the tone control. Processor  23  in control device  20  may determine whether the tone control is set again to playback device  10  according to an input operation performed by user  102  in response to the confirmation, such as an input operation performed by user  102  using the touch panel of display  29 . 
     In a smartphone or a tablet computer, at least one of a method for mounting a microphone and performance of the microphone may differ according to the model. Therefore, there may be a difference in measured frequency characteristics according to the model of a smartphone or a tablet computer used as control device  20  in playback system  30 . Such a difference may be acquired in advance as correction data according to the model of the smartphone or tablet computer. When playback system  30  measures frequency characteristics, processor  23  in control device  20  may execute a process for convoluting correction data of the model of control device  20  on the second test signal acquired through microphone  25  and correct the frequency characteristics of microphone  25 . 
     The acoustic correction process described with reference to  FIGS. 6 to 17  may be implemented in control device  20  as an acoustic correction program executed by processor  23  in control device  20 . The acoustic correction program may be a part of a control program entirely controlling playback device  10 . The acoustic correction program may be provided as application software for a smartphone or a tablet computer. 
     According to the configuration example described in the exemplary embodiment, a LOG-TSP signal is used as the second test signal. However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. The second test signal may be a signal which has a plurality of frequency components and with which an impulse response of the room can be measured. For example, the second test signal may be an impulse signal or white noise. 
     According to the configuration example described in the exemplary embodiment, loudspeaker  18  is provided outside playback device  10  in  FIG. 1 . However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. Loudspeaker  18  may be integrated with playback device  10 . 
     According to the configuration example described in the exemplary embodiment, playback system  30  is configured such that control device  20  calculates a sound volume when the second test signal is played back through loudspeaker  18 . However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. For example, playback system  30  may be configured such that the first test signal acquired by control device  20  or signal level T 1  of the first test signal acquired by control device  20  is transmitted to playback device  10  from control device  20 , and playback device  10  calculates a sound volume when the second test signal is played back through loudspeaker  18 . 
     According to the configuration example described in the exemplary embodiment, playback system  30  is configured such that control device  20  measures the frequency characteristics of the room and calculates a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10 . However, the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. For example, playback system  30  may be configured such that the second test signal acquired by control device  20  or the signal level of the second test signal acquired by control device  20  is transmitted to playback device  10  from control device  20 , and playback device  10  calculates a correction coefficient of frequency characteristics to be set to playback device  10 . 
     According to the configuration example described in the exemplary embodiment, playback system  30  is installed in a room and frequency characteristics of the room are measured. However, the place where playback system  30  is used is not limited to the interior of a house. Playback system  30  can also be used in, for example, a space in a vehicle, a ship, a train, an airplane, or the like. 
     In the exemplary embodiment, how functional blocks are divided in each of the block diagrams is merely an example. For example, a plurality of functional blocks may be implemented as one functional block, one functional block may be divided into a plurality of functional blocks, or a part of the functions may be transferred to another functional block. The functions of a plurality of functional blocks may be processed in parallel or in a time-sharing manner by single piece of hardware or software. 
     The software program for causing processor  23  in control device  20  to execute the control method described in the exemplary embodiment may be recorded in a recording medium (for example, an optical disk, a magnetic disk, a magnetic tape, or a semiconductor memory) readable by a computer or a control device, and distributed or put into circulation. Alternatively, the software program may be transmitted through, for example, a telecommunication line, a wireless or wired communication line, a network such as the Internet, and data broadcasting. Alternatively, another stand-alone computer system may execute the software program to execute various pieces of processing. 
     Further, computer-readable recording media in which the software program is recorded are included in the scope of the present disclosure. 
     Examples of such computer-readable recording media include: flexible disks; hard disks; compact disk read-only memories (CD-ROMs); magneto-optical disks (MOs); digital versatile disks (DVDs); DVD-ROMs; DVD-RAMs; Blu-ray (registered trademark) discs (BDs); and semiconductor memories. 
     A part or all of the constituent elements constituting the above-described devices may be configured with an integrated circuit (IC) card detachable from each of the devices, or a single module. 
     A part or all of the components constituting the above-described devices may be configured with a single-chip large scale integration (LSI). 
     Each processor is not limited to the LSI or the IC, but may be configured with a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. Alternatively, each processor may be constructed with a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in which a circuit configuration can be programmed or a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure connection and setting of circuit cells in the LSI. 
     An execution order of each step in the flowcharts illustrated in the drawings in the exemplary embodiments is merely an example. The steps may be executed in order different from the orders described in the exemplary embodiments. Furthermore, some of the above steps may be executed simultaneously (in parallel) with the other steps. 
     The exemplary embodiments have been described above as examples of the technique in the present disclosure. For that purpose, the accompanying drawings and detailed descriptions have been provided. 
     Accordingly, the components described in the accompanying drawings and the detailed description may include not only the components essential for solving the problem but also components that are not essential for solving the problem in order to illustrate the technique. It should not be therefore determined that the unessential constituent elements in the accompanying drawings and the detailed description are essential only based on the fact that these constituent elements are included in the drawings and the description. 
     The above exemplary embodiments are provided to exemplify the technique according to the present disclosure, and various changes, replacements, additions, omissions, and the like can be made within the scope of the claims and equivalents thereof. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     The present disclosure is applicable to a playback system, a control device, a control method, and a program with which frequency characteristics of a room are measured and based on the results frequency characteristics of a sound to be played back by a playback device are corrected. Specifically, the present disclosure is applicable to audio devices for home use, digital television sets, hard disk recorders, optical disk playback devices, AV amplifiers, set-top boxes, in-vehicle audio devices, smartphones, tablet computers, lap-top computers, or other portable terminal devices. 
     REFERENCE MARKS IN THE DRAWINGS 
       10  playback device 
       11  storage device 
       12  processor 
       13  communication circuit 
       14  antenna 
       15  source device 
       16  DSP 
       17  digital-to-analog converter 
       18  loudspeaker 
       20  control device 
       21  antenna 
       22  communication circuit 
       23  processor 
       24  storage device 
       25  microphone 
       26  analog-to-digital converter 
       27  digital-to-analog converter 
       28  loudspeaker 
       29  display 
       30  playback system 
       100  room 
       101  loudspeaker 
       102  user 
       103  wall 
       104  furniture