Patents by Inventor Aki Laine

Aki Laine has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11758317
    Abstract: Wireless headphones with user controls and methods for using are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless headphone includes a left earcup comprising a left speaker driver and a left earcup housing; and a right earcup comprising a right speaker driver and a right earcup housing; a processor; a microphone; user controls including: a voice assistant activator control; a volume slider; a play control slider; a play-pause control; and instructions configuring the processor to: commence a voice assistant recognition routine when sound received by the microphone matches a wake word, and perform an action based on instructions returned from the voice assistant; update a current volume of the headphone to a higher volume when the volume slider receives a swipe; skip to a next track of a current media content when the play control slider receives a swipe; and toggle playback of the media content when the play-pause control is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodi Vautrin, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel, Vincent Shyu
  • Patent number: 11360522
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide a retractable structure for a computing device. The computing device can include a base member and a hinge assembly to couple a display member to the base member. The structure can be disposed within the base member such that the structure can be retractable within a rear sidewall of the base member and extendable from the rear sidewall when the hinge assembly is in an open position with respect to the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Comany, L.P.
    Inventors: Chi-Chung Ho, Chih-Hsiang Chien, Aki Laine, Dimitre Mehandjiysky, Michael Delpier
  • Publication number: 20210311528
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide, a retractable structure r a computing device. The computing device can include a base member and a hinge assembly to couple a display member to the base member. The structure can be disposed within the base member such that the structure can be retractable within a rear sidewall of the base member and extendable from the rear sidewall when the hinge assembly is an open position with respect to the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: CHI-CHUNG HO, CHIH-HSIANG CHIEN, AKI LAINE, DIMITRE MEHANDJIYSKY, MICHAEL DELPIER
  • Patent number: D906278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D910590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D910591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell, Dana Krieger, Aki Laine
  • Patent number: D937247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: D937838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D954019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Shyu, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: D959405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell, Dana Krieger, Aki Laine
  • Patent number: D971601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Karson Shadley, Jonathan S. Cotter
  • Patent number: D974327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Shyu, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: D975046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Daehoo Kim, Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D982546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D995479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Daehoo Kim, Aki Laine, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D1007290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Shyu, Edward Mitchell, Aki Laine, Nicolas Morgan Jones
  • Patent number: D1007856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Karson Shadley, Jonathan S. Cotter
  • Patent number: D1013657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Aki Laine, Philippe Vossel, Edward Mitchell
  • Patent number: D1019600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Shyu, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel
  • Patent number: D1022960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONOS, INC.
    Inventors: Daehoo Kim, Eduardo Salazar, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger