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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
D&m Holdings, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
D&M Holdings, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
[Problem] To provide an audio device having a voice operation receiving function with which the state of a voice recognition process can be notified in detail without affecting an audio playback environment, and which is inexpensive and has an excellent degree of freedom in design. [Solution] A wireless speakerhas a voice operation receiving function that receives an operation by a voice input into a microphone. The wireless speaker comprises: an LED; an LED control unitthat subjects the LEDto PWM control; and a lighting pattern storage unitthat stores a lighting pattern in which the brightness is changed on a time axis for each state of a voice recognition process. The LED control unitsubjects the LEDto PWM control in accordance with the lighting pattern stored in the lighting pattern storage unitcorresponding to the state of the voice recognition process performed on the voice input into the microphone