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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.

Patent No.:

US 11256338 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2020

Voice-controlled electronic device

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig M. Stanley, Campbell, CA (US);

Simon K. Porter, San Jose, CA (US);

John H. Sheerin, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Glenn K. Trainer, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jason C. Della Rosa, Campbell, CA (US);

Ethan L. Huwe, Davis, CA (US);

Sean T. McIntosh, Cupertino, CA (US);

Erik L. Wang, Redwood City, CA (US);

Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);

Molly J. Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick, Townsend and Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Duc Nguyen

Assistant Examiner:

Assad Mohammed

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/26 (2006.01); H04R 1/30 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 7/12 (2006.01); H04R 7/18 (2006.01); H04R 9/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); F21V 3/00 (2015.01); F21V 5/00 (2018.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H01H 13/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); F21V 3/00 (2013.01); F21V 5/007 (2013.01); F21V 23/0485 (2013.01); F21V 33/0056 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H01H 13/023 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/026 (2013.01); H04R 1/26 (2013.01); H04R 1/2811 (2013.01); H04R 1/2826 (2013.01); H04R 1/2888 (2013.01); H04R 1/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 7/12 (2013.01); H04R 7/127 (2013.01); H04R 7/18 (2013.01); H04R 9/022 (2013.01); H04R 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01); H04R 31/006 (2013.01); H05K 1/0274 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960785 (2013.01); H04R 2201/028 (2013.01); H04R 2201/34 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2400/13 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H05K 1/141 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09063 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10378 (2013.01);
Abstract

A voice-controlled electronic device that includes an axisymmetric device housing having a longitudinal axis bisecting opposing top and bottom surfaces and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The device can further include a plurality of microphones disposed within the device housing and distributed radially around the longitudinal axis; a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in a computer-readable memory for interacting with a user and processing voice commands received by the plurality of microphones and first and second transducers configured to generate sound waves within different frequency ranges.

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