Bose Corporation

Naganagouda B Patil

Douglas Warren Young

Rebecca DeVeer Crimmin

Santiago Carvajal

Graeme Reed

Sanjay Chaudhry

Joshua James Deane

Ilissa Brooke Bruser

Christopher Scott Mucaria

Andre Todman

Pramodh Guruswamy Alathur

Bernice A Cramer

Benjamin Colin Burns

Mary-Ellen Prescott

Nathan A Blagrove

Maya Antara Mukhopadhaya

Daniel B Pierson

Mark E Dukeshire

Teoman Bal

Ryan Boyle

Don Lovis Drinkwater

Matthew Christopher Smith

Daniel Winchell Tellier

Hiren Harshad Patel

John Gordon

Louis Gwo-chung Chen

Prateek Gupta

Erich Andrew Wiernasz

Jason Robinson

Paul G Yamkovoy

Todd Richard Reily

Mitchell Joseph Silva

Andrew D Dominijanni

Joel H Miller

Keith Dana Martin

Joji Ueda

Steven H Isabelle

Pelham Norville

Jeremy Kemmerer

William Berardi

Elio Dante Querze

Thomas David Chambers

Daniel James Buckley

Rameshwar Sundaresan

Glenn Gomes-Casseres

Michelle Gelberger

Marko Orescanin

Matthew Neil Ruwe

Eric E Dolecki

Christine M Hostage

Bruce C Levens

Stephen Andrew McDonald

Shuo Zhang

George Sean Garrett

Tambet Ingo

Paul William Calnan, Iii

Isaac Julien

Shaun Fisher

Christopher Gindel

Laurie Jakubiak

Elizabeth Nielsen

Vijayan P Sarathy

Marina Sanjiv Shah

David Paul Datta

Kapil Krishnamurthy

Juan Carlos Rodero Sales

Maura Elston Cass

Kama Gabriela Kaczmarczyk

Chloe Elizabeth Blanchard

Mikkel Lunding

Kendra Jean Winn

Maureen Margaret Brenner

Denis Mathieu Lirette

Tian Hung Lim

Ramiz Kamal Khan

Robert Timothy Bettridge

Nathan Holstein

Carlos Guilherme Batista Heil

Lindsey Turner

Carrie Ann Olson

Andrew Porter Hlynsky

Shanthi Chandrababu

Ryan K Burns

Mark Sydorenko

Louis Gwo-Chung Chen

Rebecca Deveer Crimmin

Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a trigger at a first BT device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from a set of additional BT devices paired to the first BT device, and in response to determining a first additional BT device has a highest RSSI from the set of additional BT devices, attempting at the first BT device to make a BT connection with the first additional BT device.

Proximity-based connection for Bluetooth devices

The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes presenting a first user-interface that includes a user-selectable menu of multiple virtual personal assistant (VPA) service providers, and receiving a user-selection identifying a particular VPA service provider. The method also includes receiving a first signal representing input speech data, and processing the first signal to generate a first electronic file that includes at least a portion of the input speech data, the first electronic file being generated in accordance with a specification of the particular VPA service provider. The method further includes transmitting the first electronic file to one or more remote computing devices associated with the particular VPA service provider, receiving at least a second electronic file including a response to the input speech data, and causing an acoustic transducer to generate an acoustic output based on the second electronic file.

Accessing multiple virtual personal assistants (VPA) from a single device

Methods and apparatus are provided for an open ear audio device outputting audio using an external audio speaker, bone conduction speaker, or both an external audio speaker and bone conduction speaker. In an aspect, sound is output using either the audio speaker or the bone conduction speaker based on the type of sound. Audio the user desires to keep private are configured to be output using the bone conduction speaker. In an aspect, the audio device simultaneously outputs a first sound using the audio speaker and a second sound using the bone conduction speaker. The user receives both streams of audio and selects which sound to focus on. In an aspect, the audio device determines how to output audio based on the SPL of the user's environment.

Open ear audio device with bone conduction speaker

Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a BT trigger at a first BT device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from a set of additional BT devices paired to the first BT device; if an RSSI from a first additional BT device is a highest RSSI from the set and exceeds an RSSI from a second additional BT device with a second-highest RSSI by a threshold, selecting the first additional BT device for connection with the first BT device; and if a difference between the RSSI from the first additional BT device and the RSSI from the second additional BT devices does not exceed the threshold, selecting either the first additional BT device or the second additional BT device for connection based on a BT connection hierarchy.

Systems and methods are provided for distributing audio. An audio system is provided that includes one or more audio interfaces, at least one of which is a wireless audio interface. An audio hub couples to the one or more audio interfaces and detects the presence of one or more headphones coupled to the wireless audio interfaces. The audio hub selectively establishes communication channel(s) to convey audio content between a plurality of devices coupled to the audio interfaces. The plurality of devices may include one or more headphones, an infotainment head unit, a microphone, and a speaker. Accordingly, headphone users may hold conversations with each other and/or other occupants of a vehicle, and various users may share audio content with headphone users and/or other occupants of a vehicle.

Audio hub

Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a trigger at a first Bluetooth (BT) device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from each of a set of additional Bluetooth (BT) devices paired to the first BT device, in response to determining the RSSI for a first additional BT device and a second additional BT device in the set of additional BT devices, determining if the RSSI of each of the first additional BT device and the second additional BT device satisfies a threshold, and in response to determining that the RSSI of both the first additional BT device and the second additional BT device satisfy the threshold, selecting either the first additional BT device or the second additional BT device for connection with the first BT device.

Various aspects include wearable audio devices and related systems. In particular implementations, a wearable audio device includes: a base having: an acoustic transducer; a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer; and terminals for connecting a power source; and a first cap including: an antenna; and a battery including terminals for connecting with the terminals in the base, where the first cap is removably coupled to the base.

Wearable audio device with modular battery and electronics

Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a trigger at a first BT device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a second BT device paired to the first BT device, the second BT device having a highest priority on a list of one or more BT devices paired to the first BT device; in response to determining the RSSI for the second BT device, determining if the RSSI of the second BT device satisfies a threshold; and in response to determining that the RSSI of the second BT device satisfies the threshold, attempting to establish a BT connection between the first BT device and the second BT device.

Proximity-based connection for bluetooth devices

Various implementations include approaches for training a surface detection classifier and detecting characteristics of a surface, along with related micromobility vehicles. Certain implementations include a method including: comparing: i) detected movement of a micromobility (MM) vehicle or a device located with a user at the MM vehicle while operating the MM vehicle, with ii) a surface detection classifier for the MM vehicle; and in response to detecting that the MM vehicle is traveling on a restricted surface type for a threshold period, performing at least one of: a) notifying an operator of the MM vehicle about the travel on the restricted surface type, b) outputting a warning at an interface connected with the MM vehicle or the device, c) limiting a speed of the MM vehicle, or d) disabling operation of the MM vehicle.

Surface detection for micromobility vehicles

A method is provided for detecting at least one fitness related activity is provided. Data is obtained from at least one sensor of a wearable device, wherein the at least one sensor detects the data based on at least one body movement of a user wearing the wearable device. Based on the obtained data, the at least one fitness related activity is detected from a set of fitness related activities, wherein the detection is performed without pre-training by the user for the detecting.

Automated activity detection and tracking

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for the creation of a localized audio message for use in a personal audio device. The system includes: a database of information relating to a pre-determined subject obtained from online media content; one or more processors; and a personal audio device configured to receive a localized audio message. The processors extract a dataset comprising information relating to a pre-determined subject from online media content; generate one or more summaries of the information relating to the pre-determined subject; generate a localized audio message based on the one or more summaries; and send the localized audio message to a personal audio device of a user.

Systems and methods for augmented reality content harvesting and information extraction

A method of operating an audio system that includes a non-wearable acoustic system and a wearable acoustic device, each having at least one acoustic driver, includes generating, at the at least one acoustic driver of the non-wearable acoustic system, a first acoustic signal having a range of acoustic frequencies. In response to a request of a change of operational mode of the non-wearable acoustic system, a second acoustic signal having a first sub-range of the acoustic frequencies is generated at the at least one acoustic driver of the non-wearable acoustic system and a third acoustic signal having a second sub-range of the acoustic frequencies is generated at the at least one acoustic driver of the wearable acoustic device. The first sub-range of acoustic frequencies is different from the second sub-range of acoustic frequencies and the range of acoustic frequencies is inclusive of the first and second sub-ranges of acoustic frequencies.

Wearable personal acoustic device having outloud and private operational modes

A software tool includes a plurality of pre-coded API sensor modules for obtaining information from the sensors coupled to a mobile device and a pre-coded API audio module for playing audio content based on the information obtained from at least one of the sensors.

Augmented reality software development kit

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Naganagouda B Patil