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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xuemei Ouyang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kuramoto, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shijing Xian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Smriti Narang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jiang Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel Barros, Redwood City, CA (US);
Guang Xie, San Jose, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for detection of conditions, and triggering role switch between wirelessly paired devices in response to detection of particular conditions. In response to detection of particular conditions, a primary device may switch roles with a secondary device. Such conditions may include battery level of each device, signal strength of each device, audio buffer levels, whether the devices are being worn by a user, whether a microphone is active, historic data, or any combination of these or other conditions.