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US 12,666,217 B2Granted
Media playback based on sensor data
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsJonathon Reilly, Niels Van Erven
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Abstract
Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first network device and a second network device. A first network device may detect a presence of a user using a camera and/or infrared sensors. The first network device sends, in response to detecting the presence of the user, a particular signal via the first network interface. The second network device receives data corresponding to the particular signal and plays back an audio output corresponding to the particular signal.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first network device comprising a first network interface and a first audio transducer;
- a second network device comprising a second network interface and a second audio transducer;
- a third network device comprising a third network interface and at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor comprises one or both of (a) a radio frequency (RF) sensor configured to detect changes in a received signal strength indicative of movement and (b) an infrared sensor configured to detect movement;
- at least one processor;
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- at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the system is configured to perform functions comprising:
- detecting, via the at least one sensor of the third network device, movement within a floor area indicating a human presence;
- receiving, via the first network interface, a first signal corresponding to the detected movement;
- playing back, based on the received first signal, a first audio output via the first audio transducer;
- receiving, via the second network interface, a second signal corresponding to the detected movement;
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- playing back, based on the received second signal, a second audio output via the second audio transducer.
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A first network device comprising:
- a first audio transducer;
- a network interface;
- at least one processor;
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- at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions that are executable by the at least one processor such that the first network device is configured to perform functions comprising:
- receiving, via the network interface, a first signal, the first signal corresponding to an acoustic signal detected by a second network device;
- changing an operating state of the first network device based on receiving the first signal;
- receiving, via the network interface, a second signal, the second signal corresponding to a movement within a floor area indicating a human presence detected by at least one sensor of a third network device, wherein the at least one sensor of the third network device comprises one or both of (a) a radio frequency (RF) sensor configured to detect changes in a received signal strength indicative of movement and (b) an infrared sensor configured to detect movement;
- playing back, via the first audio transducer, a first audio output based on the received second signal;
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- based on the received second signal, causing, the second network device to play back a second audio output via a second audio transducer, wherein causing the second network device to play back the second audio output comprises transmitting, via the network interface, a third signal to the second network device.
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A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that are executable by at least one processor to configure a first network device to:
- receive, via a network interface, a first signal, the first signal corresponding to an acoustic signal detected by a second network device;
- change an operating state of the first network device based on receiving the first signal;
- receive, via the network interface, a second signal, the second signal corresponding to a movement within a floor area indicating a human presence detected by at least one sensor of a third network device, wherein the at least one sensor of the third network device comprises one or both of (a) a radio frequency (RF) sensor configured to detect changes in a received signal strength indicative of movement and (b) an infrared sensor configured to detect movement;
- play back, via an audio transducer, a first audio output based on the received second signal;
- and based on the received second signal, causing, the second network device to play back a second audio output via a second audio transducer, wherein causing the second network device to play back the second audio output comprises transmitting, via the network interface, a third signal to the second network device.
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