Kohler Company

Jessica Schroeder

Rafael A Rexach

Marwan Estiban

Shi Chao Zhang

Miguel Arciniega

Ashley Springer

Perry D Erickson

Eric M Plate

Marwan E Estiban

Anne Krauter

Anil Pendyala

Erin Geiger

A voice controlled device comprises a housing, a dock, a coupling mechanism, and a microphone. The dock is configured to connect the housing to a plurality of host appliances. The coupling mechanism is configured to receive an identification value indicative of docking between the voice controlled device and a currently connected host appliance of the plurality of host appliances. The microphone is configured to receive one or more voice inputs for the currently connected host appliance. A command is provided based on the one or more voice inputs and the identification value.

Sink device

Bathroom speaker

A voice controlled device comprises a plurality of microphones, a communication interface, and a controller. The plurality of microphones are configured to receive voice inputs from one or more users for operation of the voice controlled device. The communication interface is configured to receive sensor data from an external device, the sensor data describing an environment of the voice controlled device. The controller is configured to operate a first subset of the plurality of microphones in response to first sensor data and a second subset of the plurality of microphones in response to second sensor data.

Power operation of intelligent devices

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Sheboygan, WI, United States of America

Jessica Schroeder