Collaborative sound system

摘要

In general, techniques are described for forming a collaborative sound system. A headend device comprising one or more processors may perform the techniques. The processors may be configured to identify mobile devices that each includes a speaker and that are available to participate in a collaborative surround sound system. The processors may configure the collaborative surround sound system to utilize the speaker of each of the mobile devices as one or more virtual speakers of this system and then render audio signals from an audio source such that when the audio signals are played by the speakers of the mobile devices the audio playback of the audio signals appears to originate from the one or more virtual speakers of the collaborative surround sound system. The processors may then transmit the processed audio signals rendered to the mobile device participating in the collaborative surround sound system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying one or more mobile devices, each of the one or more mobile devices is separate from a headend device of a collaborative surround sound system, includes a speaker, and is available to participate in the collaborative surround sound system; configuring the collaborative surround sound system to utilize the speaker of each of the one or more mobile devices as one or more virtual speakers of the collaborative surround sound system; receiving mobile device data from one of the identified one or more mobile devices that specifies a power level of the corresponding one of the identified mobile devices; rendering audio signals from an audio source based on the determined power level of the identified mobile device so as to control playback of the audio signals from the audio source to accommodate the power level of the mobile device and such that when the audio signals are played by the speakers of the one or more mobile devices, the audio playback of the audio signals appears to originate from the one or more virtual speakers of the collaborative surround sound system; and transmitting the processed audio signals rendered from the audio source to each of the one or more mobile devices participating in the collaborative surround sound system.