Timothy T List

US Patent:

20150279387, Oct 1, 2015

Filed:

Jun 12, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/738669

Inventors:

- Wilmington DE, US
Timothy Theodore List - Santa Cruz CA, US

International Classification:

G10L 21/0208
H04R 3/00
H04R 1/08
G10L 15/08
G10L 17/22

Abstract:

A voice controlled assistant has a housing to hold one or more microphones, one or more speakers, and various computing components. The housing has an elongated cylindrical body extending along a center axis between a base end and a top end. The microphone(s) are mounted in the top end and the speaker(s) are mounted proximal to the base end. The microphone(s) and speaker(s) are coaxially aligned along the center axis. The speaker(s) are oriented to output sound directionally toward the base end and opposite to the microphone(s) in the top end. The sound may then be redirected in a radial outward direction from the center axis at the base end so that the sound is output symmetric to, and equidistance from, the microphone(s).