1646 patents
Page 9 of 83
Utility
Volume management in a media playback system
3 Oct 23
Example techniques may provide volume enhancements to a media playback system.
Jerome Agustin, Jonathan P. Lang, Mark W. Triplett
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Systems and methods for authenticating and calibrating passive speakers with a graphical user interface
3 Oct 23
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: 3 Dec 21
Utility
Configuration of Playback Device Audio Settings
28 Sep 23
Example techniques describe may facilitate a playback device applying a determined audio setting.
Steven Beckhardt, Andrew Schulert, Ron Kuper, Jonathan Lang
Filed: 19 Dec 22
Utility
Contextual indexing of media items
26 Sep 23
Example techniques related to a sub-index of a media index.
Amber Brown, Diane Roberts
Filed: 30 Mar 22
Utility
Echo of tone interferance cancellation using two acoustic echo cancellers
26 Sep 23
Example techniques involve systems with multiple acoustic echo cancellers.
Saeed Bagheri Sereshki
Filed: 11 Apr 22
Utility
Systems and methods for power-efficient keyword detection
26 Sep 23
Systems and methods for audio processing include capturing first sound data via at least one microphone of a network microphone device (NMD) and determining, via a voice activity detection process, that the first sound data does not include voice activity.
Aaron Jones, Saeed Bagheri Sereshki, Daniele Giacobello
Filed: 30 Nov 22
Utility
Device impairment detection
26 Sep 23
Examples described herein involve detecting known environmental conditions of using a neural network.
Klaus Hartung, Greg Bright
Filed: 10 May 21
Utility
Immersive audio in a media playback system
26 Sep 23
Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone.
Jonathan Lang
Filed: 8 Aug 22
Utility
Networked Playback Device
21 Sep 23
An example playback device includes a first interface for receiving a first audio signal from a first audio source; a second interface for receiving a second audio signal from a second audio source; and a processor configured to: cause the playback device to playback the second audio signal; determine that the first audio signal is present at the first interface; in response to determining that the first audio signal is present at the first interface, (i) cease playback of the second audio signal being played by the playback device and (ii) cause the playback device to playback the first audio signal; receive an instruction to stop the playback device from playing the first audio signal while the first audio signal is still present at the first interface; and arm the playback device such that a subsequent presence of the first audio signal at the first interface causes the playback device to play the first audio signal.
Nicholas A. J. Millington, Tom Cullen, Robert Reimann, Brent Lehman
Filed: 19 Dec 22
Utility
Voice Controlled Media Playback System
21 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for receiving a voice command and determining an appropriate action for the media playback system to execute based on user identification.
Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Christopher Butts
Filed: 13 Jan 23
Utility
Playback Devices and Bonded Zones
21 Sep 23
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate configuration and naming of a multimedia playback device on a local playback network are disclosed.
Neil Griffiths, Mark Triplett
Filed: 6 Jan 23
Utility
Audio Settings Based On Environment
21 Sep 23
Techniques described herein may involve audio settings based on an environment.
William H. Bush
Filed: 24 May 23
Utility
Systems and methods for state detection via wireless radios
19 Sep 23
Systems and methods for localizing individuals in a region using wireless signals in accordance with embodiments are illustrated.
Niels van Erven, Connor Riley Northend
Filed: 13 Dec 22
Utility
Capacitive touch sensor with integrated antenna(s) for playback devices
19 Sep 23
Playback devices can include touch sensor assemblies with one or more integrated antennas.
Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Nicholas D'Amato
Filed: 17 Sep 20
Utility
Zone grouping
19 Sep 23
An example method involves causing a control device to display a graphical user interface that comprises an indication of a first zone of a media playback system, wherein the media playback system comprises the first zone and a second zone, and wherein the graphical user interface does not comprise an indication of the second zone.
Mark W. Triplett
Filed: 14 Jun 21
Utility
Wireless transmission to satellites for multichannel audio system
19 Sep 23
Some disclosed systems and methods include assigning channel streams to satellite playback devices, delaying initial transmission of surround sound content to satellite playback devices to accumulate audio samples for transmission in individual frames of surround sound content, and taking advantage of configured playback delays for different channels of surround sound content to prioritize transmission of channels of surround sound content having shorter configured playback delays over transmission of channels of surround sound content having longer configured playback delays.
Steven Beckhardt
Filed: 4 Oct 21
Utility
Synchronous Playback With Battery-Powered Playback Device
14 Sep 23
Example techniques related to battery-powered playback devices.
Hrishikesh Gossain
Filed: 29 Dec 22
Utility
Concurrency Rules for Network Microphone Devices Having Multiple Voice Assistant Services
14 Sep 23
Systems and methods for managing concurrent voice assistants are disclosed.
Joseph Dureau, Luis R. Vega Zayas
Filed: 25 Sep 21
Utility
Playback Device Supporting Concurrent Voice Assistants
14 Sep 23
Disclosed herein are example techniques to support multiple voice assistant services.
Dayn Wilberding
Filed: 14 Dec 22
Utility
Local Voice Data Processing
14 Sep 23
Example techniques relate to local voice control in a media playback system.
Sebastien Maury, Joseph Dureau, Thibaut Lorrain, Do Kyun Kim
Filed: 13 Jan 23