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Patent No.:

US 9565284 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2014

Systems and methods for automatically connecting a user of a hands-free intercommunication system

Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Craig J. Mundie, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);

Eric D. Rudder, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Desney S. Tan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Andrew Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeannette M. Wing, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

ELWHA LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Binh Tieu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 9/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 11/02 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/6041 (2013.01); H04M 1/0291 (2013.01); H04M 11/025 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 2217/03 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hands-free intercom may include a user-tracking sensor, a directional microphone, a directional sound emitter, and a communication interface. The user-tracking sensor may determine a location of a user so the directional microphone can measure vocal emissions by the user and the directional sound emitter can deliver audio to the user. The hands-free intercom may determine whether the user is communicatively coupled via a mobile device to a remote entity. The hands-free intercom may be configured to receive a handoff of the communicative coupling, for example, by acting as a peripheral of the mobile device, by requesting the handoff, and/or the like. The hands-free intercom may be configured to deliver communications from the user to an appliance and vice versa. The hands-free intercom may manage access rights of the various entities to prevent unauthorized communications.

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