System and method for providing a shared audio experience

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10812906-B2
Application number	US-201916447653-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2019
Priority date	Oct 10, 2018
Publication date	Oct 20, 2020
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020

Abstract

A system and method providing a shared audio experience that include analyzing at least one audio stream that is associated with at least one application that is executed on at least one portable device. The system and method also include determining a plurality of audio elements associated with the at least one audio stream based on the analysis of the at least one audio stream. The system and method further include controlling at least one audio source to provide the shared audio experience.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for providing a shared audio experience, comprising:
analyzing at least one audio stream that is associated with at least one application that is executed on at least one portable device to determine a plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream;
determining a plurality of audio elements associated with the at least one audio stream based on the determined plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream; and
controlling at least one audio source to provide the shared audio experience, wherein the at least one audio source is controlled to provide audio associated with the plurality of audio elements through at least one of: a vehicle and the at least one portable device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one audio stream includes at least one audio clip of at least one length and at least one size that corresponds to content displayed through the at least one portable device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the at least one audio stream includes generating a sound wave associated with the at least one audio stream, wherein the sound wave is analyzed to determine a number of oscillations per second of the sound wave to determine the plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein determining a plurality of audio elements includes analyzing frequency measurements of each of the plurality of audio frequencies against a plurality of frequency range threshold values to determine the plurality of audio elements.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of audio elements include at least one of: a low-bass audio element, a mid-bass audio element, an upper-bass audio element, a lower midrange audio element, a middle midrange audio element, an upper midrange audio element, a lower treble audio element, a middle treble audio element, an upper treble audio element and an top octave audio element.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the at least one audio source to provide the audio includes controlling at least one speaker of the vehicle to provide the audio associated with the plurality of audio elements based on a location of an occupant within an interior cabin of the vehicle.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further including receiving data associated with a plurality of audio streams that include different audio content, wherein it is determined if at least one audio element from at least two audio streams of the plurality of audio streams is within at least one frequency similarity threshold.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further including analyzing the at least one audio element of each of the at least two audio streams occurs within a particular timespan and determining playback synchronization of the two audio streams, wherein the at least one audio element is played back through at least one speaker of the vehicle.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further including controlling a presentation of content to be displayed through at least one of: the vehicle and the at least one portable device, wherein the presentation of the content is displayed simultaneously with the playback of the at least one audio element.

10. A system for providing a shared audio experience, comprising:
a memory storing instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
analyze at least one audio stream that is associated with at least one application that is executed on at least one portable device to determine a plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream;
determine a plurality of audio elements associated with the at least one audio stream based on the determined plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream; and
control at least one audio source to provide the shared audio experience, wherein the at least one audio source is controlled to provide audio associated with the plurality of audio elements through at least one of: a vehicle and the at least one portable device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one audio stream includes at least one audio clip of at least one length and at least one size that corresponds to content displayed through the at least one portable device.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein analyzing the at least one audio stream includes generating a sound wave associated with the at least one audio stream, wherein the sound wave is analyzed to determine a number of oscillations per second of the sound wave to determine the plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein determining a plurality of audio elements includes analyzing frequency measurements of each of the plurality of audio frequencies against a plurality of frequency range threshold values to determine the plurality of audio elements.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of audio elements include at least one of: a low-bass audio element, a mid-bass audio element, an upper-bass audio element, a lower midrange audio element, a middle midrange audio element, an upper midrange audio element, a lower treble audio element, a middle treble audio element, an upper treble audio element and an top octave audio element.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein controlling the at least one audio source to provide the audio includes controlling at least one speaker of the vehicle to provide the audio associated with the plurality of audio elements based on a location of an occupant within an interior cabin of the vehicle.

16. The system of claim 10 , further including receiving data associated with a plurality of audio streams that include different audio content, wherein it is determined if at least one audio element from at least two audio streams of the plurality of audio streams is within at least one frequency similarity threshold.

17. The system of claim 16 , further including analyzing the at least one audio element of each of the at least two audio streams occurs within a particular timespan and determining playback synchronization of the two audio streams, wherein the at least one audio element is played back through at least one speaker of the vehicle.

18. The system of claim 17 , further including controlling a presentation of content to be displayed through at least one of: the vehicle and the at least one portable device, wherein the presentation of the content is displayed simultaneously with the playback of the at least one audio element.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer, which includes a processor perform a method, the method comprising:
analyzing at least one audio stream that is associated with at least one application that is executed on at least one portable device to determine a plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream;
determining a plurality of audio elements associated with the at least one audio stream based on the determined plurality of audio frequencies associated with the at least one audio stream; and
controlling at least one audio source to provide a shared audio experience, wherein the at least one audio source is controlled to provide audio associated with the plurality of audio elements through at least one

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murrish Robert Wesley

Classifications

• H04S7/306 Primary

  For headphones · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04R2499/13

  Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles · CPC title

• H04R2499/11

  Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's · CPC title

• H04S2400/13

  Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in stereophonic sound systems · CPC title