Portable smart speaker power control

US11310594B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bose Corporation · US

Inventors

• John Edward Fraize, Jr. · Northborough, US
• Dylan M. Reilly · Middletown, US
• Jonathan Cooper · Newport, US
• Karthik Ramana Sankar · Shrewsbury, US
• Hector Saint-Hilaire · Waltham, US
• Kenneth Andrew Taylor · Pepperell, US
• David Gerard Burkhardt · Milford, US
• Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone · Westborough, US
• Wen Shi · Wellesley, US
• Isabel Anna Dunning · Arlington, US
• Paul Larsen · Medford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2420/07
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various aspects include a speaker including: an acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a set of microphones for detecting a user voice command; and a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer and the set of microphones, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to detecting a power down command, switch the set of microphones from an active listening mode to a standby mode for a parking period, in response to detecting a power up command during the parking period, switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a first time period, and in response to detecting the power up command after expiration of the parking period switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a second time period that is greater than the first time period.