A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. One or more inter-microphone gain-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals, thus defining one or more inter-microphone gain-augmented signals.

Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.

Example embodiments may include one or more of receiving sound emissions signals from channels via sound emitters, controlling the sound emission signals, via relay circuits, and one of the relay circuits is configured to interrupt one of the sound emission signals associated with one of the sound emitters while the other sound emissions signals pass to the other corresponding sound emitters, and receiving, via a sound detection circuit, an electrical ambient sound signal based on ambient sound sensed by the one of the sound emitters responsive to the interrupted one of the sound emission signals.

Methods and systems for performing at least one audio activity (e.g., conducting a phone call or playing music or other audio content) in an environment including by determining an estimated location of a user in the environment in response to sound uttered by the user (e.g., a voice command), and controlling the audio activity in response to determining the estimated user location. The environment may have zones which are indicated by a zone map and estimation of the user location may include estimating in which of the zones the user is located. The audio activity may be performed using microphones and loudspeakers which are implemented in or coupled to smart audio devices.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of audio output devices and at least one processor operatively connected to the plurality of audio output devices, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to identify orientation information of the electronic device, based on detecting an output of audio data, transmit, to each audio output device, channel information of audio data to be output by each of the plurality of audio output devices, based on the orientation information of the electronic device, and control the plurality of audio output devices so that each audio output device selects a channel and outputs audio data of the selected channel, based on the channel information.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of audio output devices and at least one processor operatively connected to the plurality of audio output devices, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to identify orientation information of the electronic device, based on detecting an output of audio data, transmit, to each audio output device, channel information of audio data to be output by each of the plurality of audio output devices, based on the orientation information of the electronic device, and control the plurality of audio output devices so that each audio output device selects a channel and outputs audio data of the selected channel, based on the channel information.

One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes acquiring, via at least one microphone, sound pressure data from a loudspeaker in a room. The sound pressure data is input into an artificial intelligence (AI) model. The AI model automatically estimates, without user interaction, at least one of energy average (EA) in a listening area or total sound power (TSP) produced by the loudspeaker. The AI model is trained prior to automatically estimating the at least one of the EA in the listening area or the TSP produced by the loudspeaker.

One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes acquiring, via at least one microphone, sound pressure data from a loudspeaker in a room. The sound pressure data is input into an artificial intelligence (AI) model. The AI model automatically estimates, without user interaction, at least one of energy average (EA) in a listening area or total sound power (TSP) produced by the loudspeaker. The AI model is trained prior to automatically estimating the at least one of the EA in the listening area or the TSP produced by the loudspeaker.

The invention is an apparatus used to send sound exterior to the vehicle to a location on the interior of a vehicle which corresponds with the sound’s external location. The apparatus adjusts for gain by frequency and shifts frequencies of the audio signals received exterior to the vehicle to generate a modified audio signal. The adjustments include compensation for hearing loss, compensation for audio in the interior of the vehicle, and attenuation adjustments for unwanted exterior noise. The modified audio signal is generated by filtering unwanted audio from the exterior audio, adjusting for gain by frequency and shifting/compressing frequencies according to hearing deficiencies, and adjusting for gain by frequency according to audio in the interior of the vehicle. The modified audio signal may be limited to a maximum gain and then amplified in the interior of the vehicle.

A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to acquire location information of the display apparatus inside a modular display apparatus including a plurality of display apparatuses, change an output set value of the speaker based on the location information, and control the speaker to output a sound signal received from an external apparatus based on the changed output set value, wherein the external apparatus includes at least one of another display apparatus adjacent to the display apparatus among the plurality of display apparatuses or a source apparatus.