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Utility
Handling of loss of pairing between networked devices
16 Dec 21
Systems and methods disclosed herein include (i) receiving a voice command via at least one microphone of a networked microphone device, wherein the networked microphone device is configured to receive voice commands for a media playback system, and wherein the media playback system comprises the networked microphone device and a first playback device configured to play back content, (ii) determining that the networked microphone device is not configured to play back the content, (iii) in response to determining that the networked microphone is not configured to play back the content, determining that the first playback device is available to play back the content, (iv) causing the first playback device to play back the content, (v) determining that the first playback device is no longer available to play back the content, and (vi) selecting a second playback device to play back the content.
Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Christopher Butts
Filed: 21 Jun 21
Utility
Playback device with device base
14 Dec 21
Example techniques relate to changing a playback device mode based on a device base.
Jonathan P. Lang, Christopher D. Butts
Filed: 12 Apr 21
Utility
Playback device
14 Dec 21
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements.
Nicholas A. J. Millington
Filed: 3 May 21
Utility
Dilated convolutions and gating for efficient keyword spotting
14 Dec 21
A method for detection of a keyword in a continuous stream of audio signal, by using a dilated convolutional neural network (DCNN), implemented by one or more computers embedded on a device, the dilated convolutional network (DCNN) comprising a plurality of dilation layers (DL), including an input layer (IL) and an output layer (OL), each layer of the plurality of dilation layers (DL) comprising gated activation units, and skip-connections to the output layer (OL), the dilated convolutional network (DCNN) being configured to generate an output detection signal when a predetermined keyword is present in the continuous stream of audio signal, the generation of the output detection signal being based on a sequence (SSM) of successive measurements (SM) provided to the input layer (IL), each successive measurement (SM) of the sequence (SSM) being measured on a corresponding frame from a sequence of successive frames extracted from the continuous stream of audio signal, at a plurality of successive time steps.
Alice Coucke, Mohammed Chlieh, Thibault Gisselbrecht, David Leroy, Mathieu Poumeyrol, Thibaut Lavril
Filed: 15 Nov 19
Utility
Network microphone device with command keyword eventing
14 Dec 21
In one aspect, a playback device includes a voice assistant service (VAS) wake-word engine and a command keyword engine.
Connor Smith, John Tolomei, Kurt Soto
Filed: 12 Jun 19
Utility
Offline voice control
14 Dec 21
As noted above, example techniques relate to offline voice control.
Connor Smith
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Manipulation of playback device response using signal processing
14 Dec 21
Example techniques involve outputting multiple audio channels using a multiple driver playback device.
Mike Chamness, Romi Kadri
Filed: 24 Aug 20
Utility
Group Coordinator Selection
9 Dec 21
A first playback device may include at least one battery, a network interface, at least one processor, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium.
Hrishikesh Gossain, Gary Fox, Jeff Derderian, Jeffrey Peters
Filed: 17 Jun 21
Utility
Playlist generation based on a desired emotional state
9 Dec 21
In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a first signal indicative of a current emotional state of a user, receiving a second signal corresponding to a desired emotional state of the user, and based on the first and second signals, generating a playlist of media content including a first item and an nth item.
Phoebe K. Piercy, Nicholas D'Amato
Filed: 23 Aug 21
Utility
Wakewordless Voice Quickstarts
9 Dec 21
As noted above, example techniques relate to local voice control.
Alice Coucke, Theodore Bluche, Julien Balian, Raffaele Tavarone
Filed: 7 Jun 21
Utility
Audio-Based and Video-Based Social Experiences in a Networked Media Playback System
9 Dec 21
An example video communication device is configured to (i) receive, from a computing platform via a wide area network (WAN), video and audio content corresponding to a video call, (ii) render the video content via at least one graphical display and render the audio content via at least one speaker, (iii) while rendering the video and audio content, determine that a user of the video communication device is located more closely to an audio playback device than to the video communication device, where the audio playback device is connected to the video communication device via a local area network (LAN), and (iv) based on determining that the user is located more closely to the audio playback device than to the video communication device, transmit the received audio content to the audio playback device via the LAN and cause the audio playback device to play back the audio content.
James Nesfield, Dayna Bateman, Klaus Hartung, Nicholas D'Amato, Seth Kaplan
Filed: 8 Jun 21
Utility
Simulation of Device Removal
9 Dec 21
In one aspect, a computing device is configured to, while operating as a control device of a networked media playback system that includes a first set of network devices and a second set of network devices, (i) transmit a first message to each network device in the first set of network devices, wherein the first message comprises a command to, at a first time, temporarily disconnect from the computing device via a particular communication protocol, (ii) transmit a second message to each network device in the second set of network devices, wherein the second message comprises a command for the network device in the second set of network devices to, at a second time, test connectivity with the computing device; and (iii) after the second time, determine whether each network device in the second set of network devices was connected to the computing device.
Lee Keyser-Allen, Arthur L. Coburn, IV, Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 8 Jun 21
Design
Speaker grill
7 Dec 21
Dana Krieger
Filed: 23 Aug 18
Design
Media player device
7 Dec 21
Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
Filed: 25 Feb 20
Design
Media cable
7 Dec 21
Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
Filed: 21 May 20
Utility
Systems and methods of distributing audio to one or more playback devices
7 Dec 21
An example method includes receiving data indicating a configuration of one or more playback devices.
Ted Lin, Romi Kadri
Filed: 5 Feb 20
Utility
Transferring playback from a mobile device to a playback device
7 Dec 21
A network device is configured to (i) play back a media item indicated by a remote playback queue provided by a cloud-based computing system, (ii) receive an indication that a playback device is available for playback, (iii) display a now playing screen including (a) information identifying the media item, and (b) an icon that indicates that the network device is not in a connected state with any other network device, (iv) receive a first input selecting the icon, (v) in response to the first input, display a list of one or more available network devices including the playback device, (vi) receive a second input selecting the playback device from the list (vii) after receiving the second input, update the list to indicate that the playback device is selected for playback of the remote playback queue, and (viii) transfer playback of the remote playback queue from the network device to the playback device.
Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Systems and methods for associating playback devices with voice assistant services
7 Dec 21
Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include detecting a first wake word via a first network microphone device of a first playback device, detecting a second wake word via a second network microphone device of a second playback device, and forming a bonded zone that includes the first playback device and the second playback device.
Sein Woo, John G. Tolomei
Filed: 18 May 20
Utility
Validation of audio calibration using multi-dimensional motion check
7 Dec 21
Examples described herein involve validating motion of a microphone during calibration of a playback device.
Jonathan Downing, Timothy Sheen, Daniel Valente
Filed: 13 Sep 19
Utility
Systems and methods for authenticating and calibrating passive speakers with a graphical user interface
7 Dec 21
Systems and methods for detecting and configuring passive speakers within a playback system using a graphical user interface are disclosed.
Jodi Vautrin, Jennifer McDevitt, Daniel Valente
Filed: 21 May 20