Mobile cluster-based audio adjusting method and apparatus

Abstract

The mobile cluster-based audio adjusting method and apparatus provides for a highly configurable sound management apparatus and process that combines standard computing devices such as laptops, tablets, and mobile phones to measure various aspects of sound waves across multiple points, allowing a single user to visualize and adjust sound output accordingly.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 at least one cluster of at least one computing device,
 said at least one computing device comprising:
 a sound sensing mechanism, capable of monitoring the amplitude and frequency of both a desired and an undesired frequency, 
 a wireless transceiver, capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data from an audio control source, 
 said data comprising at least one characteristic of at least one sound fingerprint; 
 
   at least one output device, comprising:
 a power source for operating the device, 
 a speaker for outputting sound, 
 a communication mechanism, for receiving electronic information from said audio control source; 
   said audio control source, in electronic communication said at least one cluster and said at least one output device, said audio control source comprising:
 a memory, containing computer-executable instructions for connecting to said at least one cluster, processing said at least one characteristic of at least sound fingerprint, visualizing said at least one sound fingerprint, varying the output of said at least one output device, providing an interface, 
 a processor, for executing said computer-executable instruction, 
 a interfacing mechanism, comprising:
 a network adapter, capable of transmitting and receiving electronic information through both wired and wireless communication; 
 
 a display, for showing said interface and said at least one visualized sound fingerprint, 
 at least one input mechanism, for manipulating said interface, and varying said output of said at least one output device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said sound-sensing mechanism is an omnidirectional transducer. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said display and said at least one input mechanism are one-in-the-same. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said wireless transceiver utilizes short-range wireless technologies. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 2 , said at least one computing device further comprising:
 an analog-to-digital converter, said analog-to-digital converter featuring an input structure selected from the group consisting of: fully-differential, pseudo-differential, wide input common mode, and single-ended.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , said at least one computing device further comprising:
 at least one audio codec,   at least one application processor, and   at least one baseband processor.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , said at least one computing device further comprising:
 software-defined radios,   superheterodyne architecture radios,   direct conversion architecture,   or some combination thereof.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , said at least one computing device further comprising a software-based radio,
 wherein said software-based radio isolates RF frequencies, said at least one computing device relays those frequencies to said audio control unit,   wherein said audio control unit ensures that predetermined frequency thresholds maintained.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein electronic communications between said at least one computing device, said at least one cluster, said at least one output device, and said audio control unit are sent and received using an ambient backscatter techniques. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said input device is a touch-sensitized screen. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one output device is located within said at least one cluster, such that said audio control source may alter the power supplied to said speaker in real-time. 
     
     
         12 . A method of maintaining consistent sound across, comprising the steps of:
 a) providing at least one cluster of at least one computing device, said at least one computing device comprising:
 a sound sensing mechanism, capable of monitoring the amplitude and frequency of ambient noise, 
 a wireless transceiver, capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data from a audio control source, 
 said data comprising at least one characteristic of at least one sound fingerprint; 
   at least one output device, comprising:
 a power source for operating the device, 
 a speaker for outputting sound, 
 a communication mechanism, for receiving electronic information from said audio control source; 
   said audio control source, in electronic communication said at least one cluster and said at least one output device, said audio control source comprising:
 a memory, containing computer-executable instructions for connecting to said at least one cluster, processing said at least one characteristic of at least sound fingerprint, visualizing said at least one sound fingerprint, varying the output of said at least one output device, providing an interface, 
 a processor, for executing said computer-executable instruction, 
 a interfacing mechanism, comprising:
 a network adapter, capable of transmitting and receiving electronic information through both wired and wireless communication; 
 
 a display, for showing said interface and said at least one visualized sound fingerprint, 
 at least one input mechanism, for manipulating said interface, and varying said output of said at least one output device; 
   b) sensing, measuring, and analyzing, by said at least one computing device, surrounding audio output signals;   c) determining, by said at least one computing device, whether a qualifying signal has been sensed;   d) identifying and categorizing said measurements, by said at least one computing device;   e) determining, by said at least one computing device, whether said measurements breach a predetermined threshold;   f) communicating, to other clusters, if present, and said audio control source, said breach;   g) determining, by said other clusters, if present, and said audio control source if a second breach has occurred;   h) adjusting said at least one output device, by said audio control source, based on said communicated measurements.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein step h) is done automatically based on predetermined values. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising the step of:
 i) entering, by said at least one computing device, sleep mode.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein said wireless transceiver utilizes short-range wireless technologies. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , said at least one computing device further comprising:
 an analog-to-digital converter, said analog-to-digital converter featuring an input structure selected from the group consisting of: fully-differential, pseudo-differential, wide input common mode, and single-ended.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , said at least one computing device further comprising:
 at least one audio codec,   at least one application processor, and   at least one baseband processor.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , said at least one computing device further comprising:
 software-defined radios,   superheterodyne architecture radios,   direct conversion architecture,   or some combination thereof.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein electronic communications between said at least one computing device, said at least one cluster, said at least one output device, and said audio control unit are sent and received using an ambient backscatter techniques. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 1 , said at least one computing device further comprising a software-based radio and a low-frequency antenna,
 wherein said software-based radio and said low-frequency antenna isolate sound frequencies, said at least one computing device relays those frequencies to said audio control unit,   
       wherein said audio control unit ensures that predetermined frequency thresholds are not breached