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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Calatayud, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01); H03K 17/955 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01); G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); G06F 1/182 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 15/02 (2013.01); H03K 17/941 (2013.01); H03K 17/955 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); H03K 2017/9602 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94036 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960755 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1242 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1289 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example embodiment includes a playback device that includes a capacitive proximity sensor; one or more speakers; a conductive speaker grille; and a control system that decouples a grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor from the conductive speaker grille while the one or more speakers are rendering audio and couples the grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor to the conductive speaker grille while the one or more speakers are not rendering audio.