Patents by Inventor Vincent Shyu

Vincent Shyu 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).

  • Systems and methods for controlling playback and other features of a wireless headphone
    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
  • Systems and methods for controlling playback and other features of a wireless headphone
    Patent number: 10757499
    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: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodi Vautrin, Aki Laine, Dana Krieger, Philippe Vossel, Vincent Shyu
  • Headphone
    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
  • Headphone
    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
  • Headphone ear cushion attachment mechanism
    Patent number: D991214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Roberts, Jr., Patrice Billaudet, Dieter Rapitsch, Philippe Vossel, Vincent Shyu
  • Audio device wall mount
    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
  • Headphone
    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