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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Human, Incorporated, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin S. Willis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joseph David Dieter, Seattle, WA (US);
Gelmont Rios, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen John Minarsch, Seattle, WA (US);
Kyle Marcolini, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam Abraham Jossem, Seattle, WA (US);
Eliza Arango Vargas, Redmond, WA (US);
Human, Incorporated, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide for an audio system and methods for facilitating a group-listening user experience. A first audio device and a second audio device may each include at least one speaker. The first audio device and the second audio device may be selectively coupled to each other via one or more coupling devices. In such embodiments, the respective speaker or speakers of each of the first and second audio devices may be configured to direct sound into the at least partial acoustic chamber formed by the first and second audio devices. The at least partial acoustic chamber may be configured to have a shape that is suitable for mixing, combining, blending, acoustically amplifying, and/or directing the sound from the speakers of the first and second audio devices in a direction that is away from the audio system.