US 11,812,241 B2
Audio signal limiter
Aurelio Ramos, Jamaica Plain, MA (US); and Paul MacLean, Quincy, MA (US)
Assigned to Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed by Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,388.
Application 17/710,388 is a continuation of application No. 17/063,189, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,297,433.
Application 17/063,189 is a continuation of application No. 16/146,047, filed on Sep. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,798,486, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Application 16/146,047 is a continuation of application No. 15/858,202, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,123,118, issued on Nov. 6, 2018.
Application 15/858,202 is a continuation of application No. 15/479,458, filed on Apr. 5, 2017, granted, now 9,860,644, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225028 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 3/14 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01); H03G 9/02 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 3/14 (2013.01) [H03G 5/165 (2013.01); H03G 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by the at least one processor such that the computing device is configured to:
receive an indication of an operational limit of a given playback device, wherein the given playback device is included in a group of at least two playback devices that are configured for synchronous playback of audio content;
receive a first audio signal for playback by the group of at least two playback devices;
generate a dry signal based on the first audio signal;
filter the dry signal to generate a wet signal;
based on the operational limit of the given playback device, mix the dry signal and the wet signal to generate a second audio signal; and
transmit the second audio signal to at least the given playback device for synchronous playback by the group of at least two playback devices.