One of Apple's new products is the HomePod, a smart speaker with which we can interact with Siri to perform different tasks, in addition to serving us for what it is: a magnificent speaker. Its technology is quite advanced with a large number of sensors and audio devices so that the sound quality is the best possible.
But also, from Apple they assure that the HomePod has what they call "Spatial awareness", a tool that allows the device determine where you are in a room and adjust automatically to play the sound with the highest possible quality, in terms of power, voice direction and location of the listener.
Patents are just that ... patents, will we finally see it on the HomePod?
La spatial awareness I am talking about aims to detect the location of the device itself in a certain room and automatically adjust the sound it plays. In this way, the HomePod will be able to adapt to a multitude of rooms in a matter of seconds. thus increasing the user experience in terms of listening to sounds from the device.
The patent in question shows how this spatial awareness works, in which the HomePod analyzes the environment around it, obtaining a clear image of where it is and what are the most appropriate specifications for the sound. at that location. But for this you need a sensor series among those who could be found a video camera, an imaging camera, a compass, accelerometer, light sensor, wireless antenna, thermometer, microphone, gyroscope, and barometer. All of these sensors would send information to the HomePod to determine its position changes.
It is a very interesting actuation system that guides the device through the route of artificial intelligence based on obvious facts such as the change of the loudspeaker from one place to another in a room. In this way, Apple intends to offer the user a really amazing sound experience by means of a small device.