公开(公告)号：US20250111851A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18978916

申请日：2024-12-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jared S. Grubb ,  Robert M. Stewart ,  Gabriel Sanchez ,  Anshul Jain ,  Zaka ur Rehman Ashraf ,  David J. Chandler ,  Andrew Byrne ,  Anumita Biswas ,  Minsub Lee ,  Mahesh Shanbhag

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F21/44 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G10L15/30

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for coordinating interactions between a user device and a plurality of accessory devices. In one example, a user device receives information identifying one or more accessory devices in communication with the user device. The user device may implement accessory interaction instances for each of the identified accessories. A first accessory interaction instance can be associated with a first accessory among the identified accessories and receive a first audio input from the first accessory corresponding to a user request. The first accessory interaction instance can process a portion of the received audio input and receive a first response from a server computer. The user device may then transmit the first response to the first accessory device.

公开(公告)号：US20240248866A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18583468

申请日：2024-02-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jared S. Grubb ,  Robert M. Stewart ,  Gabriel Sanchez ,  Zaka ur Rehman Ashraf ,  David J. Chandler

IPC: G06F13/38 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F11/34 ,  G06F13/40

CPC classification number: G06F13/385 ,  G06F11/3041 ,  G06F11/3055 ,  G06F11/3404 ,  G06F13/4063

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for managing the connection assignments of a plurality of accessory devices to one or more hub devices. In one example, a user device acting as a leader device receives an assignment request from an accessory device. The user device may obtain information corresponding to hub attributes from the one or more hub devices. The user device may also obtain accessory traits from the accessory device. The user device can compare the accessory traits with the hub attributes to determine a connection score for each hub device. The user device can then assign the accessory device to the hub device with the highest connection score.

公开(公告)号：US20190253778A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16387423

申请日：2019-04-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vincenzo Giuliani ,  David Jeon ,  Gabriel Sanchez

IPC: H04R1/00

CPC classification number: H04R1/00 ,  H04R2420/07

Abstract: A loudspeaker system can have first and second loudspeakers selectively operable in a single-channel mode or in a multi-channel mode. In the single-channel mode, the first and the second loudspeakers are configured to simultaneously reproduce a substantially identical signal. In the multi-channel mode, the first loudspeaker reproduces a first-channel signal and the second loudspeaker reproduces a second-channel signal. The first-channel signal and the second-channel signal can constitute respective portions of a multi-channel signal. Such loudspeaker systems can also have a mode selector configured to select one of the single-channel mode and the multi-channel mode. In some embodiments, such selection can occur in response to one or more detected proximities of another loudspeaker system. Multi-zone loudspeaker systems are also disclosed.