Paul M Larsen

US Patent:

20230061241, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Sep 2, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/465813

Inventors:

- Framingham MA, US
Nabin Sagar Sharma - Shrewsbury MA, US
Michael Stephen Danielson - Wrentham MA, US
Paul Larsen - Medford MA, US
Rebecca Kowalczyk - Ashland MA, US
Meir Mechtinger - Ashland MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/16
H04R 29/00
H04R 3/00
H04R 5/04

Abstract:

Various aspects include portable speakers and methods of controlling such speakers. In a particular implementation, a portable loudspeaker includes: a controller configured to control an audio output according to at least two distinct equalization profiles and in at least two distinct physical orientations, where the controller is configured to switch between two of the distinct equalization profiles in response to detecting a change in physical orientation of the portable loudspeaker between two of the distinct physical orientations, where the switch between the two distinct equalization profiles is either: a) modified by a hysteresis factor, or b) smoothed according to a predefined pattern.

US Patent:

20210084406, Mar 18, 2021

Filed:

Sep 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/574273

Inventors:

- Framingham MA, US
Dylan Maxwell Reilly - Ashland MA, US
Jonathan Hilton Cooper - Newport RI, US
Karthik Ramana Sankar - Shrewsbury MA, US
Hector Andres Saint-Hilaire - Waltham MA, US
Kenneth Andrew Taylor - Pepperell MA, US
David Gerard Burkhardt - Milford MA, US
Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone - Westborough MA, US
Wen Shi - Wellesley Hills MA, US
Isabel Anna Dunning - Arlington MA, US
Paul William Larsen - Watertown MA, US

International Classification:

H04R 3/00
H04R 1/08
G06F 3/16
G06F 1/3287

Abstract:

Various aspects include a speaker including: an acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a set of microphones for detecting a user voice command; and a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer and the set of microphones, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to detecting a power down command, switch the set of microphones from an active listening mode to a standby mode for a parking period, in response to detecting a power up command during the parking period, switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a first time period, and in response to detecting the power up command after expiration of the parking period switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a second time period that is greater than the first time period.

US Patent:

20190172339, Jun 6, 2019

Filed:

Dec 5, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/832311

Inventors:

- Framingham MA, US
John D. Joyce - Canton MA, US
Brian Robert White - Hudson MA, US
Paul William Larsen - Watertown MA, US

International Classification:

G08C 17/02

Abstract:

Various implementations include approaches for controlling content via a playback device. In a particular implementation, a remote control device includes: a keypad having a set of actuatable buttons for controlling a playback device; and a control module, where the remote control device is operable in a plurality of different operating states, and where the control module is configured to highlight one or more distinct subsets of the set of actuatable buttons at the keypad based upon a current operating state of the remote control device.