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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Avnera Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Manpreet S. Khaira, Portland, OR (US);
Shawn O'Connor, Portland, OR (US);
Frank Prestrelski, Portland, OR (US);
Patrick Allen Quinn, Aloha, OR (US);
Richard Andrew Sorensen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Eric Sorensen, Portland, OR (US);
AVNERA CORPORATION, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A tabletop speaker system includes an amplifier, proximity and acceleration detectors, and a processor. The processor is operatively coupled to receive signals from the proximity and accelerometer detectors, and in response to the proximity and acceleration signals, activate various functions local to the tabletop speaker system to operate and control various behaviors or features of the tabletop speaker system. In this way, the tabletop speaker system can respond to user gestures for a very natural control interface.