Orientation-responsive acoustic driver selection

摘要

An audio device incorporates a first acoustic driver having a first direction of maximum acoustic radiation and a second acoustic driver having a second direction of maximum acoustic radiation, where the first and second directions of maximum acoustic radiation are not in parallel, and where the audio device employs the first acoustic driver or the second acoustic driver in acoustically outputting a sound of a predetermined range of frequencies in response to the orientation of the casing of the audio device relative to the direction of the force of gravity.

主权项

1. An audio device comprising: a casing rotatable about an axis between a first orientation and a second orientation different from the first orientation; an orientation input device disposed on the casing to enable determination of an orientation of the casing relative to the direction of the force of gravity; a plurality of acoustic drivers disposed on the casing and facing a first direction, at least a portion of the plurality of acoustic drivers configured to form an acoustic interference array; and a first acoustic driver separate from the plurality of acoustic drivers, the first acoustic driver disposed on the casing and facing a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction; a processing device; a plurality of digital-to-analog converters accessible by the processing device; a plurality of audio amplifiers, of which each audio amplifier is coupled to an output of one of the digital-to-analog converters, and of which each audio amplifier is coupled to one of the acoustic drivers; and a storage accessible by the processing device in which is stored a control routine comprising a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processing device, causes the processing device to: monitor the orientation input device to determine the orientation of the casing; provide a first plurality of coefficients to a plurality of filters in response to determining that the casing is in the first orientation, wherein each filter of the plurality of filters is accessible by the processing device and an output of each filter of the plurality of filters is provided as an input to one of the digital-to-analog converters; and provide a second plurality of coefficients to the plurality of filters in response to determining that the casing is in the second orientation, and wherein: in response to the casing being in the first orientation, the first acoustic driver is enabled so that sound is acoustically output by the first acoustic driver when the casing is in the first orientation; and in response to the casing being in the second orientation, the first acoustic driver is disabled, so that sound is not acoustically output by the first acoustic driver when the casing is in the second orientation.