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Amazon patents system to pick best audio from multiple devices

Amazon describes a method for combining audio from several devices in one room into a single, clear stream. The system asks each device to send its audio data and details, then picks the best sound for each moment to create a continuous feed.

Why it mattersThis could improve the quality of group video calls or smart home audio by automatically selecting the clearest voice from multiple microphones.

In the filing’s own words

Systems and methods are provided to output audio data based on metadata associated with the audio data. A system can provide a buffer command to a plurality of computing devices. Based on providing the buffer command, the system can obtain, from the plurality of computing devices, a plurality of sets of audio data and a plurality of sets of metadata. The system can identify, for each time period of a plurality of time periods, a respective audio frame from the plurality of sets of audio data based on the plurality of sets of metadata. The system can generate a continuous audio stream based on identifying the respective audio frames and can route an output based on the continuous audio stream to a computing system.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A system comprising: data processing hardware; and memory in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to: identify a plurality of first computing devices located within a first environment; provide a buffer command to the plurality of first computing devices, wherein each computing device of the plurality of first computing devices is configured to synchronously flush a respective buffer based on the buffer command; obtain, from the plurality of first computing devices, a plurality of first sets of audio data and associated metadata based on the buffer command, wherein each first set of audio data of the plurality of first sets of audio data comprises a respective audio frame for each time period of a plurality of time periods; dynamically select, for each time period of the plurality of time periods, a respective audio frame from the plurality of first sets of audio data based on the associated metadata; determine a second set of audio data based on dynamically selecting, for each time period of the plurality of time periods, the respective audio frame, wherein the second set of audio data comprises at least one respective audio frame obtained from each first computing device of the plurality of first computing devices; generate a continuous audio stream based on the second set of audio data; perform one or more of noise suppression, automatic gain control, or echo cancellation to the continuous audio stream and subsequently generate an output; and route the output to one or more second computing devices located within a second environment.

Facts

Company
Amazon (Amazon Technologies, Inc.)
Official title
Audio output based on dynamic audio frame selection
Patent number
US12730605B2
Application number
18893358
Filed
Sep 23, 2024
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 3/165 Physics & computingG06F 16/683 Physics & computingG10K 11/17823 Physics & computingH03G 3/3089 Electricity & electronics

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