PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16406989
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["381", "304000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of systems and methods are described for estimating a position of a loudspeaker and notifying a listener if an abnormal condition is detected, such as an incorrect loudspeaker orientation or an obstruction in a path between the loudspeaker and a microphone array. For example, a front component of a multi-channel surround sound system may include the microphone array and a position estimation engine. The position estimation engine may estimate the distance between the loudspeaker and the microphone array. In addition, the position estimation engine may estimate an angle of the loudspeaker using a first technique. The position estimation engine may also estimate an angle of the loudspeaker using a second technique. The two angles can be processed to determine whether the abnormal condition exists. If the abnormal condition exists, a listener can be notified and be provided with suggestions for resolving the issue in a graphical user interface.

Claim (Index 17):
Non-transitory physical computer storage comprising executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a hardware processor, are configured to at least:\n instruct a loudspeaker to transmit a test signal; determine a first angle based on a first audio signal recorded from a first microphone and a second audio signal recorded from a second microphone using a first technique; determine a second angle based on the first audio signal and the second audio signal using a second technique; determine that an abnormal condition corresponding to the loudspeaker exists; and cause a rerouting of an internal wiring of an audio/visual (A/V) component coupled to the loudspeaker to resolve the abnormal condition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10526
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15968999', '15366818', '14332098', '13698401', '15379633']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7243818123152628
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5704819474047212
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7089918258242087
- Mean Citation Score: 308.820422
- Max Citation Score: 459.9308
- Similarity Product: 422.3600885133981

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test