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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Joseph Verbeke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Davide Di Censo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Pye, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US);
Carsten Schwesig, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hakim Raja, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An audio device includes a sensor communicatively coupled to a processor and configured to generate a presence signal in response to detecting an object within an interaction region, a loudspeaker communicatively coupled to the processor, at least one light-emitting device that is communicatively coupled to the processor, and the processor. The processor is configured to vary light output of the at least one light-emitting device based on the presence signal.