Bose Corporation

Paul William Larsen

Lino Antony Pucci

John Joyce

Michael S Danielson

Hector Andres Saint-Hilaire

Jonathan Cooper

Brian Robert White

Douglas Jeans Cunningham, Ii

Rebecca Kowalczyk

Nabin Sagar Sharma

Kyle Brian McNicholas

Meir Mechtinger

Dylan Maxwell Reilly

David Gerard Burkhardt

Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone

Karthik Ramana Sankar

Wen Shi

Isabel Anna Dunning

John Edward Fraize, Jr

Kenneth Andrew Taylor

John Edward Fraize

Jonathan Hilton Cooper

Various aspects include portable speakers and methods of controlling such speakers. In a particular implementation, a portable loudspeaker includes: a controller configured to control an audio output according to at least two distinct equalization profiles and in at least two distinct physical orientations, where the controller is configured to switch between two of the distinct equalization profiles in response to detecting a change in physical orientation of the portable loudspeaker between two of the distinct physical orientations, where the switch between the two distinct equalization profiles is either: a) modified by a hysteresis factor, or b) smoothed according to a predefined pattern.

Portable speaker with orientation-dependent equalization

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.

Portable smart speaker power control

Various implementations include approaches for controlling content via a playback device. In a particular implementation, a remote control device includes: a keypad having a set of actuatable buttons for controlling a playback device; and a control module, where the remote control device is operable in a plurality of different operating states, and where the control module is configured to highlight one or more distinct subsets of the set of actuatable buttons at the keypad based upon a current operating state of the remote control device.

Context-sensitive remote control device

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Paul William Larsen