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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Varn Khanna, Vallejo, CA (US);
Atif M Noori, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/04 (2013.01); G01P 15/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04R 2201/109 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for determining an in-ear status of wearable audio devices includes determining that the devices are each proximate a portion of a body of a user. Each device determines its orientation; if both orientations correspond to ears of the user, the devices output corresponding audio.