IP Library Granted Patent US 11,811,463
Granted Patent B2
US 11,811,463 · App. 17/579,584 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Speaker output fault monitoring

Inventors: Jacob Peter Campbell (Beaverton, OR); Aaron Faulstich (Beaverton, OR)
Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
H04B17/309G10L25/18G10L25/21H04R3/12H04R5/04H04R29/002H04R29/007
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Patent No.
US 11,811,463
App. No.
17/579,584
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example process includes receiving a voltage input and a current input associated with one or more audio signals, bandpass filtering the voltage input and the current input, determining a root means square of the bandpass filtered portion, dividing the determined root means square of the voltage by the root means square of the current to identify an impedance value, and determining whether a fault has occurred based on the impedance value.

Claims (49)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a voltage input and a current input associated with one or more audio signals;

bandpass filtering the voltage input and the current input;

determining a root means square of the bandpass filtered portion;

dividing the determined root means square of the voltage by the root means square of the current to identify an impedance value; and

determining whether a fault has occurred based on the impedance value;

wherein the voltage input is time delayed and clipped prior to the bandpass filtering.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising

determining a root means square of the voltage input and the current input without performing bandpass filtering;

dividing the determined root means square of the non-filtered voltage by the root means square of the non-filtered current to identify a non-filtered impedance value; and

determining whether a fault has occurred based on the non-filtered impedance value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the impedance value corresponds to a narrowband signal.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the non-filtered impedance value corresponds to a broadband signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising

determining a fault has occurred with a high confidence designation when the voltage or the current value is above a noise floor threshold value.

6. The method of claim 2 , comprising

determining a fault has occurred with a high confidence designation when the non-filtered impedance value demonstrates a fault.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a voltage input and a current input associated with one or more audio signals; and

a processor configured to bandpass filter the voltage input and the current input;

determine a root means square of the bandpass filtered portion;

divide the determined root means square of the voltage by the root means square of the current to identify an impedance value; and

determine whether a fault has occurred based on the impedance value;

wherein the voltage input is time delayed and clipped prior to the bandpass filtering.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to

determine a root means square of the voltage input and the current input without a bandpass filter operation;

divide the determined root means square of the non-filtered voltage by the root means square of the non-filtered current to identify a non-filtered impedance value; and

determine whether a fault has occurred based on the non-filtered impedance value.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the impedance value corresponds to a narrowband signal.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the non-filtered impedance value corresponds to a broadband signal.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to

determine a fault has occurred with a high confidence designation when the voltage or current value is above a noise floor threshold value.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to

determine a fault has occurred with a high confidence designation when the non-filtered impedance value demonstrates a fault.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

receiving a voltage input and a current input associated with one or more audio signals;

bandpass filtering the voltage input and the current input;

determining a root means square of the bandpass filtered portion;

dividing the determined root means square of the voltage by the root means square of the current to identify an impedance value; and

determining whether a fault has occurred based on the impedance value;

wherein the voltage input is time delayed and clipped prior to the bandpass filtering.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform

determining a root means square of the voltage input and the current input without performing bandpass filtering;

dividing the determined root means square of the non-filtered voltage by the root means square of the non-filtered current to identify a non-filtered impedance value; and

determining whether a fault has occurred based on the non-filtered impedance value.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the impedance value corresponds to a narrowband signal.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the non-filtered impedance value corresponds to a broadband signal.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform

determining a fault has occurred with a high confidence designation when the voltage or current value is above a noise floor threshold value.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2024
From: BIAMP SYSTEMS, LLC
To: MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067308/0631 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: CAMPBELL, JACOB PETER; FAULSTICH, AARON
To: BIAMP SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 058714/0603 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63139805 · Jan 21, 2021
Related Publication 20220232335A1 · Jul 21, 2022