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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Anurupa Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Drucker, Escondido, CA (US);
Subum Park, Dublin, CA (US);
Jiger Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sanditi Khandelwal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Amita Pawar, San Jose, CA (US);
Kei Yamamoto, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wentao Cheng, Shenzen, CN;
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for display devices with transverse planar microphone arrays. In one embodiment, an example device may include a frame that forms a rear portion of the device, a display assembly coupled to the frame, where the display assembly forms a front portion of the device, and a first microphone hole extending through a front face of the display assembly. The device may include a second microphone hole extending through the front face of the display assembly, a speaker coupled to the frame, a power adapter receptacle coupled to the frame, and a fabric cover disposed over the frame, the fabric cover comprising an aperture aligned with the power adapter receptacle. Sound output from the speaker may be directed towards the rear portion of the device.