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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

May. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/22 (2013.01); G01B 11/00 (2013.01); G05B 11/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); G08C 2201/32 (2013.01); G08C 2201/50 (2013.01); G08C 2201/91 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
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.


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