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Utility
Audio Calibration of a Portable Playback Device
8 Dec 22
Disclosed herein are example techniques to facilitate calibrating a portable playback device.
Patrick McPherson, Aurelio Rafael Ramos
Filed: 17 Jun 22
Utility
Radio Coexistence Techniques for Playback Devices
8 Dec 22
The playback device includes a communication interface, an audio amplifier, a processor, and a storage medium.
Minho Cheong, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 6 Jun 22
Design
Carrying case for portable media playback device
6 Dec 22
Aki Laine, Karson Shadley, Jonathan S. Cotter
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Utility
Playback zone management
6 Dec 22
Some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods include displaying a graphical user interface comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section includes a first media icon corresponding to a first media item, and wherein the second section includes a first zone icon corresponding to a first zone comprising a first set of one or more playback devices; and in response to detecting a drag of the first media icon to the first zone icon, instructing at least one playback device in the first set of one or more playback devices to play the first media item corresponding to the first media icon.
Robert Reimann, Joni Hoadley
Filed: 4 Jan 22
Utility
Wireless earbud charging
6 Dec 22
Examples described herein relate to a charging system for wireless earbuds involving charging adapters that are attachable to the wireless earbuds.
Hilmar Lehnert
Filed: 29 Jun 20
Utility
Cable retraction mechanism for headphone devices
6 Dec 22
An example headphone device includes a first earpiece and a second earpiece, each earpiece including a respective antenna at least partially disposed within the earpiece.
Dieter Rapitsch, Patrice Billaudet
Filed: 19 Apr 21
Utility
Immersive Audio In a Media Playback System
1 Dec 22
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 8 Aug 22
Utility
Social Playback Queues
1 Dec 22
An example method involves monitoring, by a computing device, a communications feed for an indication of media and detecting, in the communications feed, the indication of the media.
Eric Clayton, Danny Valente
Filed: 13 Jun 22
Utility
Playback Device with Conforming Capacitive Touch Sensor Assembly
1 Dec 22
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to playback devices having a non-flat surface and comprising a flexible electronic assembly conforming to that surface.
Mark S. Viscusi, Randel W. Roberts, JR.
Filed: 28 Apr 22
Utility
Tone Interferance Cancellation
1 Dec 22
Example techniques involve systems with multiple acoustic echo cancellers.
Saeed Bagheri Sereshki
Filed: 11 Apr 22
Utility
Portable playback device power management
29 Nov 22
Example techniques related to portable playback device power management.
Joshua Nicholas, Brenda Stefani, Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 28 Jul 21
Utility
Portable playback device power management
29 Nov 22
Example techniques related to portable playback device power management.
Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, Jr., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
Filed: 28 Jul 21
Utility
Spatial antenna diversity techniques
29 Nov 22
Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies.
Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
Filed: 28 Apr 21
Utility
Calibration interface
29 Nov 22
Examples disclosed herein relate to playback device calibration.
Dayn Wilberding, Timothy Sheen
Filed: 27 Sep 20
Utility
Calibration state variable
29 Nov 22
Example techniques involve a calibration state variable.
Dayn Wilberding, Neil Griffiths
Filed: 12 Jul 21
Utility
Orientation-based playback device microphone selection
29 Nov 22
Aspects of a multi-orientation playback device including at least one microphone array are discussed.
Brendan Welch, Romi Kadri, Jonathon Reilly
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Providing a multi-channel and a multi-zone audio environment
29 Nov 22
A multi-channel and multi-zone audio environment is provided.
Simon Jarvis, Hilmar Lehnert, Aurelio Rafael Ramos, Luis Vega
Filed: 20 Jul 20
Utility
Calibration based on audio content
29 Nov 22
An example playback device is configured to (i) receive, via a network interface, data representing a command to play back audio content, where the audio content is a first type of audio content, (ii) during playback of the first type of audio content via an audio amplifier configured to drive a speaker, apply a first calibration and a second calibration to playback by the playback device, where the first calibration at least partially offsets one or more acoustic characteristics of an environment surrounding the playback device when applied to playback by the playback device, and where the second calibration corresponds to the first type of audio content, and (iii) during playback of a second type of audio content via the audio amplifier configured to drive the speaker, apply a third calibration to playback by the playback device, where the third calibration corresponds to the second type of audio content.
Klaus Hartung, Dayn Wilberding
Filed: 10 May 21
Utility
Smart music services preferences
29 Nov 22
In an example implementation, a computing device is configured to (i) transmit playback preference tracking information to a media service registered with a media playback system; and (ii) after transmitting the playback preference information: (a) determine a first time boundary corresponding to a beginning of a zone scene that causes a first playback device in a first zone of the media playback system to be configured for synchronous playback of media with a second playback device in a second zone of the media playback system, (b) determine a second time boundary corresponding to an end of the zone scene, and (c) transmit, to the media service registered with the media playback system, a request to remove playback preference tracking information received between the first time boundary and the second time boundary.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Audio response playback
29 Nov 22
A computing device is configured to perform functions comprising: receiving via a network microphone device of a media playback system, a voice command detected by at least one microphone of the network microphone device, wherein the media playback system comprises a plurality of zones, and the network microphone device may be a member of a default playback zone.
Jonathan P. Lang, Mark Plagge
Filed: 5 Apr 21