System and method for using multiple audio input devices for synchronized and position-based audio
A system for operating multiple audio input devices for synchronized and position-based audio comprising a media computing device comprising a processor, a memory, wireless network interfaces, a data store, a virtual screen driver, audio input devices connected to the media computing device, each comprising at least a microphone, and audio output devices connected to the media computing device, comprising at least a speaker, and an audio controller further comprising an operating system, an interaction manager and a synchronization manager configured to synchronize a series of audio stream inputs into a singular audio output.
1. A media computing device, comprising:
a processor;
a memory;
a plurality of wireless network interfaces;
an audio controller; and
an operating system comprising programming instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor and configured to:
receive audio input streams from a plurality of audio input devices;
analyze at least a portion of the received audio input streams;
produce a position model describing the relative locations of each at least a portion of the plurality of audio input devices, the position model being based at least in part on at least a portion of the analysis; and
direct operation of the audio controller based at least in part on the position model.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis comprises at least an analysis of an audio input device's hardware properties.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis comprises at least a comparison between two or more audio input streams.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis comprises at least an identification of audio characteristics within an audio input stream.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the audio characteristics comprise at least background and foreground audio content.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the audio controller is configured to provide audio content for rendering via at least a wireless network interface.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the audio content is based at least in part on the position model.
8. A media computing device, comprising:
a processor;
a memory;
a high definition media controller operating a high definition media interface;
a plurality of wireless network interfaces;
an audio controller;
a virtual screen driver; and
an operating system comprising programming instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor and configured to:
receive audio input streams from a plurality of audio input devices;
analyze at least a portion of the received audio input streams;
direct operation of the audio controller based at least in part on the analysis;
send screen graphics via the virtual screen driver to a plurality of mobile devices;
send media content to a high definition media display device via the high definition media controller and the high definition media interface; and
receive user interaction events from a mobile device via the wireless network interface;
wherein the high definition media interface is physically coupled by insertion into a high definition media input port of the high definition media display device.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the analysis comprises at least an analysis of an audio input device's hardware properties.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the analysis comprises at least a comparison between two or more audio input streams.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the analysis comprises at least an identification of audio characteristics within an audio input stream.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the audio characteristics comprise at least background and foreground audio content.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the audio controller is configured to provide audio content for rendering via at least a wireless network interface.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operating system is further configured to produce a position model describing the relative locations of each at least a portion of the plurality of audio input devices, the position model being based at least in part on at least a portion of the analysis.
15. The system of claim 13 and claim 14 , wherein the audio content is based at least in part on the position model.
16. A method for utilizing multiple microphones for synchronized and position-based audio, comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a media computing device comprising a processor, a memory, a plurality of wireless network interfaces, an audio controller configured to transmit audio content via at least a wireless network interface, and an operating system configured to receive audio input streams from a plurality of audio input devices, analyze at least a portion of the received audio input streams, and direct operation of the audio controller based at least in part on the analysis, a plurality of audio input streams;
analyzing at least a portion of the received audio input streams;
producing a position model based at least in part on at least a portion of the analysis results; and
directing the operation of the audio controller based at least in part on the position model.