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Granted Patent B2
US 12,501,216 · App. 18/530,560 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Managing speaker-induced vibration of an information handling system

Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken (Pflugerville, TX); Shiven Hiteshbhai Pandya (Austin, TX); Jack Nazarian (Tarzana, CA)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
H04R3/04G10L21/0216G10L25/51G10L2021/02163
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Patent No.
US 12,501,216
App. No.
18/530,560
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Managing speaker-induced vibration of an information handling system, including generating, based on an audio signal, an audio output at speakers; recording, by a microphone and concurrently with generating the audio output at the speakers, the audio output of the speakers to define a recorded audio signal; normalizing the recorded audio signal to define a normalized recorded audio signal; filtering the normalized recorded audio signal to remove frequencies corresponding to the generated audio signal to define a filtered normalized recorded audio signal; extracting, based on the filtering, a noise signal from the filtered normalized recorded audio signal; determining that the noise signal is correlated with the generated audio signal; determining that a ratio of an amplitude of the noise signal to an amplitude of the normalized recorded audio signal is above a threshold; and detecting a speaker-induced vibration of the information handling system.

Claims (67)

1 . A computer-implemented method of managing speaker-induced vibration of an information handling system, the method comprising:

generating an audio signal;

generating, based on the audio signal, an audio output at speakers of the information handling system;

recording, by a microphone of the information handling system and concurrently with generating the audio output at the speakers, the audio output of the speakers to define a recorded audio signal;

normalizing the recorded audio signal to define a normalized recorded audio signal;

filtering the normalized recorded audio signal to remove frequencies corresponding to the generated audio signal to define a filtered normalized recorded audio signal;

extracting, based on the filtering, a noise signal from the filtered normalized recorded audio signal;

determining that the noise signal is correlated with the generated audio signal;

in response to determining that the noise signal is correlated with the generated audio signal, determining that a ratio of an amplitude of the noise signal to an amplitude of the normalized recorded audio signal is above a threshold; and

in response to determining that the ratio of the amplitude of the noise signal to the amplitude of the normalized recorded audio signal is above the threshold, detecting a speaker-induced vibration of the information handling system.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further including, in response to detecting the speaker-induced vibration of the information handling system, providing a notification at the information handling system indicating the speaker-induced vibration.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the audio signal further includes:

generating a first audio portion, the first audio portion including i) frequencies of a first range and ii) amplitude attenuation over a time period of the first audio portion;

generating a second audio portion, the second audio portion including i) frequencies of a second range greater than the first range and ii) amplitude attention over a time period of the second audio portion;

combining the first audio portion and the second audio portion sequentially to defined a combined audio portion; and

repeating the combined audio portion two or more times to define the generated audio signal.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further including:

retrieving identifying information of the information handling system; and

generating the audio signal based on the identifying information.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the identifying information of the information handling system includes a service tag of the information handling system.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the service tag includes a plurality of symbols, where each symbol of the plurality of symbols is translated into a corresponding audio portion.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further including:

combining the corresponding audio portions to generate the audio signal.

8 . An information handling system comprising a processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations, comprising:

generating an audio signal;

generating, based on the audio signal, an audio output at speakers of the information handling system;

recording, by a microphone of the information handling system and concurrently with generating the audio output at the speakers, the audio output of the speakers to define a recorded audio signal;

normalizing the recorded audio signal to define a normalized recorded audio signal;

filtering the normalized recorded audio signal to remove frequencies corresponding to the generated audio signal to define a filtered normalized recorded audio signal;

extracting, based on the filtering, a noise signal from the filtered normalized recorded audio signal;

determining that the noise signal is correlated with the generated audio signal;

in response to determining that the noise signal is correlated with the generated audio signal, determining that a ratio of an amplitude of the noise signal to an amplitude of the normalized recorded audio signal is above a threshold; and

in response to determining that the ratio of the amplitude of the noise signal to the amplitude of the normalized recorded audio signal is above the threshold, detecting a speaker-induced vibration of the information handling system.

9 . The information handling system of claim 8 , the operations further including, in response to detecting the speaker-induced vibration of the information handling system, providing a notification at the information handling system indicating the speaker-induced vibration.

10 . The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein generating the audio signal further includes:

generating a first audio portion, the first audio portion including i) frequencies of a first range and ii) amplitude attenuation over a time period of the first audio portion;

generating a second audio portion, the second audio portion including i) frequencies of a second range greater than the first range and ii) amplitude attention over a time period of the second audio portion;

combining the first audio portion and the second audio portion sequentially to defined a combined audio portion; and

repeating the combined audio portion two or more times to define the generated audio signal.

11 . The information handling system of claim 8 , the operations further including:

retrieving identifying information of the information handling system; and

generating the audio signal based on the identifying information.

12 . The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the identifying information of the information handling system includes a service tag of the information handling system.

13 . The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the service tag includes a plurality of symbols, where each symbol of the plurality of symbols is translated into a corresponding audio portion.

14 . The information handling system of claim 13 , the operations further including:

combining the corresponding audio portions to generate the audio signal.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

generating an audio signal;

generating, based on the audio signal, an audio output at speakers of the information handling system;

recording, by a microphone of the information handling system and concurrently with generating the audio output at the speakers, the audio output of the speakers to define a recorded audio signal;

normalizing the recorded audio signal to define a normalized recorded audio signal;

filtering the normalized recorded audio signal to remove frequencies corresponding to the generated audio signal to define a filtered normalized recorded audio signal;

extracting, based on the filtering, a noise signal from the filtered normalized recorded audio signal;

determining that the noise signal is correlated with the generated audio signal;

in response to determining that the noise signal is correlated with the generated audio signal, determining that a ratio of an amplitude of the noise signal to an amplitude of the normalized recorded audio signal is above a threshold; and

in response to determining that the ratio of the amplitude of the noise signal to the amplitude of the normalized recorded audio signal is above the threshold, detecting a speaker-induced vibration of the information handling system.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further including, in response to detecting the speaker-induced vibration of the information handling system, providing a notification at the information handling system indicating the speaker-induced vibration.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein generating the audio signal further includes:

generating a first audio portion, the first audio portion including i) frequencies of a first range and ii) amplitude attenuation over a time period of the first audio portion;

generating a second audio portion, the second audio portion including i) frequencies of a second range greater than the first range and ii) amplitude attention over a time period of the second audio portion;

combining the first audio portion and the second audio portion sequentially to defined a combined audio portion; and

repeating the combined audio portion two or more times to define the generated audio signal.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further including:

retrieving identifying information of the information handling system; and

generating the audio signal based on the identifying information.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the identifying information of the information handling system includes a service tag of the information handling system.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the service tag includes a plurality of symbols, where each symbol of the plurality of symbols is translated into a corresponding audio portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2023
From: CHAIKEN, CRAIG LAWRENCE; PANDYA, SHIVEN HITESHBHAI; NAZARIAN, JACK
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 065779/0366 →
Continuity (1)
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