US 11,232,776 B2 · Soundproof cover for voice devices

Abstract

This disclosure describes, in part, covers for electronic devices. For instance, a portion of a cover may attach to a portion of an electronic device. In some instances, the portion of the electronic device is associated with receiving sound. The cover may include one or more speakers that are configured to output sound towards one or more microphones of the electronic device. By outputting the sound towards the one or more microphones, the one or more microphones may receive more of the sound than sound (e.g., user speech) located in an environment that includes the electronic device. The cover may also include one or more microphones for generating audio data representing commands. For example, the commands may cause the cover to output the sound using the one or more speakers and/or cease outputting the sound using the one or more speakers.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device cover comprising:

a portion that is configured to secure the device cover to a voice-controlled device;
one or more speakers;
one or more microphones;
one or more processors;
and
one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving first audio data using the one or more microphones;
based at least in part on receiving the first audio data, causing the one or more speakers to output the sound;
receiving second audio data using the one or more microphones;
and
based at least in part on receiving the second audio data, causing the one or more speakers to cease outputting the sound.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/941,657Filed 12 Aug 2020 · continuation

Priority

25 Apr 2019

Published

US 2020/0342841 A13 Dec 2020

Granted

25 Jan 2022

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

G10K 11/162
Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general: selection of materials
G10K 11/1754
Masking: speech masking
G10L 15/22
Speech recognition: procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
G10L 2015/223
Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue: execution procedure of a spoken command

Family

Application62/838,464Us provisional application · filed 25 Apr 2019

Application16/398,416Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 30 Apr 2019

Application16/420,579Parent of this continuation · filed 23 May 2019

Application16/584,604Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 26 Sep 2019

US 10,468,007 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Nov 2019

Application16/712,623Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2019

US 10,593,316 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Mar 2020

US 2020/0380944 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 Dec 2020

Application16/712,623Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application16/584,604Parent of this continuation

Application16/420,579Parent of this continuation-in-part

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Soundproof cover for voice devices

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Soundproof cover for voice devices

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Abstract

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