IP Library Granted Patent US 10,127,920
Granted Patent B2
US 10,127,920 · App. 15/401,366 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Acoustic parameter adjustment

Inventors: Jean-Michel Trivi (Boulder Creek, CA); Moonseok Kim (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
G10L21/0232G10L21/0364G10L25/51G10L25/72H04M3/002G10L2021/02082
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Patent No.
US 10,127,920
App. No.
15/401,366
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting acoustic parameters. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an identifier associated with an enclosure for a computing device, transmitting data identifying the identifier associated with the enclosure for the computing device, and receiving one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device. The method also includes based on the one or more physical parameters of the enclosure for the computing device, determining, one or more acoustic parameter adjustments of the computing device in the enclosure, the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments being configured to preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the computing device out of the enclosure while the computing device is in the enclosure, and based on the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments, adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters of the computing device.

Claims (60)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, an identifier of a case for the mobile device;

transmitting, by the mobile device, the identifier of the case for the mobile device;

receiving, by the mobile device, one or more physical parameters of the case of the mobile device;

based on the one or more physical parameters of the case of the mobile device, determining, by the mobile device, one or more acoustic parameter adjustments that preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the mobile device unattached to the case, while the case is attached to the mobile device;

determining, by the mobile device, that the case is attached to the mobile device; and

based on determining that the case is attached to the mobile device, adjusting, by the mobile device, the one or more acoustic parameters of the mobile device according to the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining that a use mode of the mobile device is speakerphone mode,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on determining that the use mode of the mobile device is speakerphone mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining that a use mode of the mobile device is handset mode or headset mode; and

based on determining that the use mode of the mobile device is handset mode or headset mode, setting, by the mobile device, the adjusted one or more acoustic parameters to the one or more acoustic parameters.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

generating, by a speaker of the mobile device, reference audio;

receiving, by one or more microphones of the mobile device, the generated reference audio; and

comparing, by the mobile device, the reference audio to the received reference audio;

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical parameters of the case include one or more of a material type of the case, dimensions of the case, and physical properties of the case.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the case includes one or more of a web address, a tag, a barcode, a matrix barcode, a uniquely identifiable series of characters, and a wireless passive communication tag.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments include one or more of echo cancellation, echo reduction, noise cancellation, noise reduction, feedback cancellation, feedback reduction, adaptive gain control, speaker protection, frequency response calibration and wind noise suppression.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations including:

receiving, by a mobile device, an identifier of a case for the mobile device;

transmitting, by the mobile device, the identifier of the case for the mobile device;

receiving, by the mobile device, one or more physical parameters of the case of the mobile device;

based on the one or more physical parameters of the case of the mobile device, determining, by the mobile device, one or more acoustic parameter adjustments that preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the mobile device unattached to the case, while the case is attached to the mobile device;

determining, by the mobile device, that the case is attached to the mobile device; and

based on determining that the case is attached to the mobile device, adjusting, by the mobile device, the one or more acoustic parameters of the mobile device according to the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the mobile device is speakerphone mode,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on determining that the use mode of the mobile device is speakerphone mode.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the mobile device is handset mode or headset mode; and

based on determining that the use mode of the mobile device is handset mode or headset mode, setting, by the mobile device, the adjusted one or more acoustic parameters to the one or more acoustic parameters.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations comprise:

generating, by a speaker of the mobile device, reference audio;

receiving, by one or more microphones of the mobile device, the generated reference audio; and

comparing, by the mobile device, the reference audio to the received reference audio;

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more physical parameters of the case include one or more of a material type of the case, dimensions of the case, and physical properties of the case.

13. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, an identifier of a case for the mobile device;

transmitting, by the mobile device, the identifier of the case for the mobile device;

receiving, by the mobile device, one or more physical parameters of the case of the mobile device;

based on the one or more physical parameters of the case of the mobile device, determining, by the mobile device, one or more acoustic parameter adjustments that preserve one or more acoustic characteristics of the mobile device unattached to the case, while the case is attached to the mobile device;

determining, by the mobile device, that the case is attached to the mobile device; and

based on determining that the case is attached to the mobile device, adjusting, by the mobile device, the one or more acoustic parameters of the mobile device according to the one or more acoustic parameter adjustments.

14. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the mobile device is speakerphone mode,

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on determining that the use mode of the mobile device is speakerphone mode.

15. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise:

determining that a use mode of the mobile device is handset mode or headset mode; and

based on determining that the use mode of the mobile device is handset mode or headset mode, setting, by the mobile device, the adjusted one or more acoustic parameters to the one or more acoustic parameters.

16. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations comprise:

generating, by a speaker of the mobile device, reference audio;

receiving, by one or more microphones of the mobile device, the generated reference audio; and

comparing, by the mobile device, the reference audio to the received reference audio;

wherein adjusting the one or more acoustic parameters is based on comparing the reference audio to the received reference audio.

17. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more physical parameters of the case include one or more of a material type of the case, dimensions of the case, and physical properties of the case.

Assignments (3)
CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION - CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2018
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 045008/0470 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044567/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2017
From: TRIVI, JEAN-MICHEL; KIM, MOONSEOK
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 040904/0131 →
Continuity (1)
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