Patents by Inventor Paul William Larsen

Paul William Larsen 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).

  • Portable smart speaker power control
    Patent number: 11310594
    Abstract: Various aspects include a speaker including: an acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a set of microphones for detecting a user voice command; and a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer and the set of microphones, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to detecting a power down command, switch the set of microphones from an active listening mode to a standby mode for a parking period, in response to detecting a power up command during the parking period, switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a first time period, and in response to detecting the power up command after expiration of the parking period switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a second time period that is greater than the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: John Edward Fraize, Jr., Dylan Maxwell Reilly, Jonathan Hilton Cooper, Karthik Ramana Sankar, Hector Andres Saint-Hilaire, Kenneth Andrew Taylor, David Gerard Burkhardt, Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone, Wen Shi, Isabel Anna Dunning, Paul William Larsen
  • PORTABLE SMART SPEAKER POWER CONTROL
    Publication number: 20210084406
    Abstract: Various aspects include a speaker including: an acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a set of microphones for detecting a user voice command; and a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer and the set of microphones, wherein the controller is configured to: in response to detecting a power down command, switch the set of microphones from an active listening mode to a standby mode for a parking period, in response to detecting a power up command during the parking period, switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a first time period, and in response to detecting the power up command after expiration of the parking period switch the set of microphones from the standby mode to the active listening mode after a second time period that is greater than the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: John Edward Fraize, JR., Dylan Maxwell Reilly, Jonathan Hilton Cooper, Karthik Ramana Sankar, Hector Andres Saint-Hilaire, Kenneth Andrew Taylor, David Gerard Burkhardt, Ajay Shrikar Khambadkone, Wen Shi, Isabel Anna Dunning, Paul William Larsen
  • Context-sensitive remote control device
    Patent number: 10741060
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for controlling content via a playback device. In a particular implementation, a remote control device includes: a keypad having a set of actuatable buttons for controlling a playback device; and a control module, where the remote control device is operable in a plurality of different operating states, and where the control module is configured to highlight one or more distinct subsets of the set of actuatable buttons at the keypad based upon a current operating state of the remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lino Antony Pucci, Douglas Jeans Cunningham, II, John D. Joyce, Brian Robert White, Paul William Larsen
  • CONTEXT-SENSITIVE REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190172339
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for controlling content via a playback device. In a particular implementation, a remote control device includes: a keypad having a set of actuatable buttons for controlling a playback device; and a control module, where the remote control device is operable in a plurality of different operating states, and where the control module is configured to highlight one or more distinct subsets of the set of actuatable buttons at the keypad based upon a current operating state of the remote control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Lino Antony Pucci, Douglas Jeans Cunningham, II, John D. Joyce, Brian Robert White, Paul William Larsen