Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voice controlled assistant
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Application No.: US15691383Application Date: 2017-08-30
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Publication No.: US10375471B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Kelly Erin Johnson , Christopher Mann Chamberlin , Aashish Nataraja , Duane Everard Whyte , Alexandra Hall Hoster
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04R1/34
- IPC: H04R1/34 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R3/12 ; G06F3/16 ; H04R1/08

Abstract:
An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190069078A1 VOICE CONTROLLED ASSISTANT Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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