IP Library Granted Patent US 11,126,398
Granted Patent B2
US 11,126,398 · App. 16/816,584 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Smart speaker

Inventors: Anders Boeen (Oslo, NO); Joachim Jacobsen (Oslo, NO); Helge Bod Vangen (Oslo, NO); Snorre Vevstad (Oslo, NO)
Assignee: Listen AS
G06F3/165G06N3/10G06N3/08
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Patent No.
US 11,126,398
App. No.
16/816,584
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments relate to an electronic device such a smart speaker. The electronic device may include a sensor to identify an environmental condition related to a location in which the electronic device is positioned. The electronic device may further include a processor to identify, based on a neural network, a sound-related parameter related to the environmental condition. The electronic device may further include a speaker to generate a sound based on the sound-related parameter. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

Claims (40)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a sensor to identify an environmental condition related to a location in which the electronic device is positioned;

a processor to identify, based on a neural network, a sound-related parameter related to the environmental condition; and

a speaker to generate a sound based on the sound-related parameter.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a microphone.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the environmental condition relates to a characteristic of a user of the electronic device, a sound level of the location, a characteristic of a sound at the location, or an acoustic characteristic of the location.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor includes a sound processor that is to generate the parameter.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the sound processor is a filter or an equalizer.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the parameter is a directional parameter related to a directional characteristic of the sound.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the directional characteristic is related to rotation of the speaker or beamforming of the sound.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is to run at least a portion of the neural network.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is to identify a data from the neural network that is received from a device that is remote from the electronic device.

10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, upon executions of the instructions by a processor of an electronic device that includes a speaker, are to cause the electronic device to:

identify an instruction by a user of the electronic device;

identify a sound that is to be generated by the speaker;

alter, based on the instruction, the sound to generate an altered sound; and

generate, by the speaker, the altered sound.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the instruction is an audio instruction provided by the user.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the instruction is provided by the user to a user interface (UI).

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the UI is a UI of a device that is separate from the electronic device.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the alteration is a change to a frequency of the sound or a change of volume of a portion of the sound to produce the altered sound.

15. The one or more non-transitory-computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the alteration is to be performed by a neural network that is running on the processor.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a speaker to generate a sound that is based on a sound-related parameter provided by a neural network;

a sensor coupled with the speaker, wherein the sensor is to detect an environmental condition of an environment in which the electronic device is located; and

a processor that is to process the environmental condition to identify an environmental data;

wherein the neural network is to update the sound-related parameter based on the environmental data.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is to run at least a portion of the neural network.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is to facilitate transmission of an indication of the environmental data to a database that is remote from the electronic device.

19. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is to facilitate presentation of an indication of the environmental condition to a user of the electronic device.

20. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the sensor is a microphone, a camera, or an accelerometer.

21. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of an electronic device, are to cause the electronic device to:

detect, by a sensor of the electronic device, an environmental condition of an environment in which the electronic device is located;

process the environmental condition to identify an environmental data;

identify a sound-related parameter provided by a neural network, wherein the sound-related parameter is based on the environmental data; and

facilitate generation of a sound that is based on the sound-related parameter.

22. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 21 , wherein the instructions are further to execute, on the one or more processors, at least a portion of the neural network.

23. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 21 , wherein the instructions are further to transmit an indication of the environmental data to a database that is remote from the electronic device.

24. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 21 , wherein the instructions are further to present an indication of the environmental condition to a user of the electronic device.

25. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 21 , wherein the sensor is a microphone, a camera, or an accelerometer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: LISTEN AS
To: PERSON-AIZ AS
Reel/Frame 067098/0239 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: BOEEN, ANDERS; JACOBSEN, JOACHIM; VANGEN, HELGE BOD; VEVSTAD, SNORRE
To: LISTEN AS
Reel/Frame 052683/0548 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62817640 · Mar 13, 2019
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