Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to a unified loudspeaker and microphone apparatus which reduce acoustic coupling between the loudspeaker and microphone. In one example, the apparatus may include a housing, a loudspeaker integrated into the housing, a microphone integrated into the housing, and an air gap disposed in between the loudspeaker and the microphone. The loudspeaker, the microphone, and the air gap may be arranged along a common plane within the housing.

Abstract: An example operation may include controlling equalization of a loudspeaker within a location based on acoustic characteristics of the location and the loudspeaker, receiving audio measurements of the loudspeaker and location from at least one microphone that is also located in the location, calculating data for a time-domain metric of the location and loudspeaker in one or more fractional-octave frequency bands based on the audio measurements, and modifying at least one equalization setting of the loudspeaker based on relative values of the time-domain metric in the one or more fractional-octave frequency bands.

Abstract: An example apparatus may include one or more of a throat that includes an opening that receives sound, a bell that directs the sound, a mouth opening that outputs the sound, and a variable-width slot disposed between the throat and the bell which directs the sound, wherein the variable-width slot may include a lower portion with a first width and an upper portion with a second width which is greater than the first width.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a device that includes one or more of a first half-shell portion of an oval-shaped prism housing including one or more protrusions and one or more receiving slots, and a second half-shell portion of the oval-shaped prism housing including one or more additional protrusions and one or more additional receiving slots, and a number of cable splicer lanes configured to support corresponding cable splicers.

Abstract: One example process includes playing, via one or more loudspeakers, one or more audio frequencies at a particular sound pressure level, measuring, via a sensor, a displacement of a laser beam being emitted from a laser source through a slot of a soundbar housing the one or more loudspeakers during the playing, and determining, via a processor, one or more characteristic coefficients of a grommet based on the displacement.

Abstract: An example method of operation may include initiating an automated tuning procedure, detecting via one or more microphones a sound measurement associated with an output of one or more speakers at two or more locations, determining a number of speech transmission index (STI) values equal to a number of microphones, and averaging the speech transmission index values to identify a single speech transmission index value.

Abstract: An example method of operation may include determining a frequency response to a measured chirp signal detected from one or more speakers, determining an average value of the frequency response based on a high limit value and a low limit value, subtracting a measured response from a target response, and the target response is based on one or more filter frequencies; determining a frequency limited target filter with audible parameters based on the subtraction, and applying an infinite impulse response (IIR) biquad filter based on an area defined by the frequency limited target filter to equalize the frequency response of the one or more speakers.

Abstract: An example method of operation may include applying a set of initial power and gain parameters for a speaker, playing a stimulus signal via the speaker, determining a sound level at a microphone location and a sound level at a predefined distance from the speakers, determining a gain at the microphone location based on a difference of the sound level at the microphone location and the sound level at the predefined distance from the speaker, and applying the gain to the speaker output.

Abstract: An example method of operation may include receiving audio data at one or more microphones disposed in a corresponding plurality of network devices, identifying amplitude values of the audio data at each of the plurality of network devices, and each of the amplitude values identified at each of the plurality of network devices are different from each other of the amplitude values, determining at each of the plurality of network devices a location of the audio data based on a direction and amplitude of the received audio data, modifying the audio data for output via a plurality of loudspeakers disposed in each of the plurality of network device, and outputting, via the plurality of loudspeakers, the modified audio data, and each loudspeaker outputs different versions of the modified audio data.

Abstract: One example method of operation may include determining whether a received command will be locally processed by a control device, determining an audio stream is associated with the received command, forwarding the audio stream to a server, and forwarding an audio output to a termination device based on a processed audio stream.

Abstract: A process may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring audio performance levels of the one or more microphones and the one or more speakers to identify one or more of a noise floor and a reverberation level, identifying an initial room performance rating based on the audio performance levels, applying optimized speaker tuning levels to the one or more speakers and the one or more microphones, measuring, via the one or more microphones, optimized audio performance levels of the one or more speakers based on the applied optimized speaker tuning levels, and generating a report to identify an optimized room performance rating based on the applied optimized speaker tuning.

Abstract: An example may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring, via the one or more microphones, an initial frequency response of an audio signal generated by the one or more speakers inside the area and generating an initial room performance rating, comparing the initial frequency response to a target frequency response, creating audio compensation values to apply to the one or more speakers based on the comparison, and applying the audio compensation values to the one or more speakers.

Abstract: One example may include a method that includes initiating an audio recording to capture audio data, comparing the audio data received from a microphone of a mobile device to an audio data range, determining whether the audio data is above an optimal level based on a result of the comparison, and queuing the audio data in an audio data queue when the audio data is above the optimal level.

Abstract: An example may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring, via the one or more microphones, an initial frequency response of an audio signal generated by the one or more speakers inside the area and generating an initial room performance rating, comparing the initial frequency response to a target frequency response, creating audio compensation values to apply to the one or more speakers based on the comparison, and applying the audio compensation values to the one or more speakers.