Apple has been granted a patent (quantity US 11640275 B2) for “units with enhanced audio.”
Concerning the patent
Within the patent Apple notes that digital units, akin to computer systems, cell phones, audio gamers, laptops, pill computer systems, televisions (hereinafter an “digital machine”) usually could have an built-in audio output machine (e.g., audio system) or could possibly talk with an audio output machine. Moreover, many digital units can also embody a visible or video output machine or talk with a video show machine.
Many audio/visible output units could possibly have an improved audio or video output, if the audio output is ready to be adjusted to the surroundings, environment, circumstances, program, and/or surroundings. Nonetheless, Apple notes that many audio and video output units could require a consumer enter or interplay with a view to change a selected output or could not have variable output settings.
In these situations the audio and/or video output is probably not performing or outputting the highest quality sound or pictures for the actual surroundings, packages, circumstance, or the like. Apple needs its numerous units to be outfitted with sensors and techniques for outputting and enhancing audio.
Abstract of the patent
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent: “ system for enhancing audio together with a plurality of sensors, an output machine, and a processor in communication with the plurality of sensors and the output machine. The processor is configured to course of information captured by the plurality of sensors, and based mostly on that, modify an output of the output machine. The processor is also configured to find out whether or not there are a plurality of customers related to a video conferencing session, decide which consumer of the plurality of customers is talking, and improve the audio or video output of the talking consumer on the output machine.”
