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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2019
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
John Edward Fraize, Jr., Northborough, MA (US);
Dylan Maxwell Reilly, Ashland, MA (US);
Jonathan Hilton Cooper, Newport, RI (US);
Karthik Ramana Sankar, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Hector Andres Saint-Hilaire, Waltham, MA (US);
Kenneth Andrew Taylor, Pepperell, MA (US);
David Gerard Burkhardt, Milford, MA (US);
Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone, Westborough, MA (US);
Wen Shi, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Isabel Anna Dunning, Arlington, MA (US);
Paul William Larsen, Watertown, MA (US);
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various aspects include a speaker including: an acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a set of microphones for detecting a user voice command; and a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer and the set of microphones, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to detecting a power down command, switch the set of microphones from an active listening mode to a standby mode for a parking period, in response to detecting a power up command during the parking period, switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a first time period, and in response to detecting the power up command after expiration of the parking period switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a second time period that is greater than the first time period.