Apple Inc.

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Arboretum Systems, Inc.

Aram M Lindahl

Anthony Joseph Guetta

Joseph M Williams

Sorin V Dusan

Baptiste Pierre Paquier

Richard Michael Powell

Andrew Bart Hodge

Anthony Michael Fadell

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Vasu Iyengar

Patrick L Coffman

James David Batson

Gregory R Chapman

Andrew E Rostaing

Meriko Borogove

Muthya K Girish

Policarpo Bonilla Wood

Sean Anthony Ramprashad

Benjamin A Rottler

Bryan J James

Arvindh Krishnaswamy

Alexander Kanaris

Kelvin C Chiu

Harvey D Thornburg

Jesse William Boettcher

David Gerard Conroy

Esge Brandt Andersen

Barry J Corlett

Shawn A Ellis

Bruce C Po

Steve Schell

Phillip A Kamp

Morgan Woodson

Jeffery Theodore Lee

Robert D Watson

Saurabh Gupta

Gints Valdis Klimanis

Andrew P Bright

Wang Chun Leung

Allen Paul Haughay, Jr

Fatos Myftari

Neil David Warren

Martin E Johnson

Wei Ey Li

Kourtny Minh Hicks

Justin Derry Crosby

Joshua D Atkins

Tomlinson M Holman

Douglas J Button

William E Bull

Michael Ignazio Ingrassia, Jr

Yang Lu

Eric A Allamanche

Tarun Pruthi

Andrew M Grignon

Ronald Nadim Isaac

Niel David Warren

Nicholas J Bryan

Adam E Kriegel

Ashrith Deshpande

Girault W Jones

Sarang S Ranade

Phillip George Tamchina

Allen P Haughay

David T Yeh

David J Rempel

Dubravko Biruski

Dmitriy B Solomonov

Kisun You

Vincent Y Wong

Kavitha Srinivasan

Hannes Breitschaedel

Todd P Marco

Pulkit Desai

Alex Kanaris

Dan Timis

Wendy Goh

Martin Ünsal

Frank Zening Li

Muthy K Girish

Chris Townsend

An electronic device may capture a voice command from a user. The electronic device may store contextual information about the state of the electronic device when the voice command is received. The electronic device may transmit the voice command and the contextual information to computing equipment such as a desktop computer or a remote server. The computing equipment may perform a speech recognition operation on the voice command and may process the contextual information. The computing equipment may respond to the voice command. The computing equipment may also transmit information to the electronic device that allows the electronic device to respond to the voice command.

Electronic devices with voice command and contextual data processing capabilities

An audio system and method of using the audio system to augment spatial audio rendition is described. The audio system can include a device to receive user inputs designating positions on an augmented reality view of a listening environment. Sound source icons can be presented in the augmented reality view at the designated positions. The sound source icons can visually represent sound sources at locations in the listening environment that correspond to, but are different than, the positions. One or more processors of the audio system can apply head-related transfer functions, which correspond to the locations in the listening environment, to audio input signals to generate binaural audio signals. The audio system can include a headset that uses the binaural audio signals to render spatialized audio localizing sounds to the locations in the listening environment. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Audio system and method of augmenting spatial audio rendition

Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for determining whether to interrupt a user of an audio device that is operating in a noise-cancelling mode of operation. For example, the user may desire to be interrupted by one or more pre-designated contacts that are identified at an associated electronic device as interrupt-authorized contacts, or by a person who speaks a designated keyword to the user.

Interrupt for noise-cancelling audio devices

A system and method is described for determining whether a loudspeaker device has relocated, tilted, rotated, or changed environment such that one or more parameters for driving the loudspeaker may be modified and/or a complete reconfiguration of the loudspeaker system may be performed. In one embodiment, the system may include a set of sensors. The sensors provide readings that are analyzed to determine 1) whether the loudspeaker has moved since a previous analysis and/or 2) a distance of movement and/or a degree change in orientation of the loudspeaker since the previous analysis. Upon determining the level of movement is below a threshold value, the system adjusts previous parameters used to drive one or more of the loudspeakers. By adjusting previous parameters instead of performing a complete recalibration, the system provides a more efficient technique for ensuring that the loudspeakers continue to produce accurate sound for the listener.

Method to determine loudspeaker change of placement

Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device including a microphone, a filter and a processor. The filter receives an audio signal including ambient noise and a voice of a user of the device from the microphone. At least a portion of ambient noise is filtered from the audio signal. The processor determines a level of the ambient noise in the received audio signal and dynamically adjusts a gain applied to the filtered audio signal based on the level of the ambient noise.

Self-voice adaptation

An automatic speech recognition (ASR) triggering system, and a method of providing an ASR trigger signal, is described. The ASR triggering system can include a microphone to generate an acoustic signal representing an acoustic vibration and an accelerometer worn in an ear canal of a user to generate a non-acoustic signal representing a bone conduction vibration. A processor of the ASR triggering system can receive an acoustic trigger signal based on the acoustic signal and a non-acoustic trigger signal based on the non-acoustic signal, and combine the trigger signals to gate an ASR trigger signal. For example, the ASR trigger signal may be provided to an ASR server only when the trigger signals are simultaneously asserted. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Automatic speech recognition triggering system

A method for automatically producing a video and audio mix at a first portable electronic device. The method receives a request to capture video and audio, performs a network discovery process to find a second portable electronic device, and sends a message to the second device indicating when to start recording audio for a double system recording session. The method initiates the recording session, such that both devices record concurrently. In response to the first device stopping the recording of audio and sound, signaling the second device to stop recording for the identified recording session. In response to the first device receiving a first audio track from the second device that contains an audio signal recorded during the recording session, automatically generating a mix of video and audio, such that one of the audio signals from the first and second tracks is ducked relative to the other.

Automatic processing of double-system recording

A system having a head-mounted display (HMD) mount and a mobile device, are described. A processor of the system can determine whether the mobile device is mounted on the HMD mount and handle an audio signal communicated from the mobile device to a wireless headphone based on whether the mobile device is mounted on the HMD mount. When the mobile device is not mounted on the HMD mount, the mobile device or the wireless headphone may operate in a first audio mode. When the mobile device is mounted on the HMD mount, the mobile device or the wireless headphone may operate in a second audio mode. The second audio mode can reduce audio signal latency between the mobile device and the wireless headphone and increase motion-to-sound quality. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

System having device-mount audio mode

Improved techniques for presenting sound effects at a portable media device are disclosed. The sound effects can be output as audio sounds to an internal speaker, an external speaker, or both. In addition, the audio sounds for the sound effects can be output together with other audio sounds pertaining to media assets (e.g., audio tracks being played). In one embodiment, the sound effects can serve to provide auditory feedback to a user of the portable media device. A user interface can facilitate a user's selection of sound effect usages, types or characteristics.

Techniques for presenting sound effects on a portable media player

Method and system for maintaining accuracy of voice recognition are described herein. The audio system reproducing sound using a loudspeaker array that is housed in a loudspeaker cabinet may selection from a number of sound rendering modes and changing the selected sound rendering mode based on the current playback volume set on the audio system. The sound rendering modes include at least one of: a number of free space modes and a number of complex modes. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

System and method for maintaining accuracy of voice recognition

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Aram M Lindahl