Multiple stage network microphone device with reduced power consumption and processing load

N D'amato, D Giacobello, J Fainberg… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, methods, and devices with reduced power consumption in network
microphone devices. In one embodiment, a network microphone device is configured to …

Methods and devices for reverberation suppression

V Iyengar, ME Johnson, RN Isaac… - US Patent 9,491,545, 2016 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a process for Suppressing reverbera tions begins with a microphone of
a device of a user 30 obtaining a reverberant speech signal that originates from a clean …

Sound emission and collection device, and sound emission and collection method

S Ukai, T Yamakawa - US Patent 9,807,215, 2017 - Google Patents
A sound emission and collection device includes a speaker, a filter processing a sound
emission signal, microphones, echo cancellers cancelling regression sound signals of the …

Speech processing device, method, and program for correction of reverberation

K Nakadai, K Nakamura, R Gomez - US Patent 9,646,627, 2017 - Google Patents
A speech processing device includes a distance acquisition unit configured to acquire a
distance between a sound collection unit configured to record speech from a sound source …

Network device interaction by range

S Maury, V Fage, DF Castro, BW Kamwa… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Examples described herein relate to triggering voice assistant (s) on a network microphone
device (NMD). An NMD is a networked computing device that typically includes an …

Robust short-time fourier transform acoustic echo cancellation during audio playback

D Giacobello - US Patent 11,646,045, 2023 - Google Patents
Example techniques involve noise-robust acoustic echo cancellation. An example
implementation may involve causing one or more speakers of the playback device to play …

Estimation of reverberation decay related applications

CX Gao, G Kannan, Y Lu, T Thormundsson… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A method for continuously estimating reverberation decay comprising receiving a sequence
of audio data samples. Determining whether a plateau is present in the sequence of audio …

Playback device supporting concurrent voice assistants

D Wilberding - US Patent 11,934,742, 2024 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are example techniques to support multiple voice assistant services. An
example implementation may involve a playback device capturing audio from the one or …

Echo of tone interferance cancellation using two acoustic echo cancellers

SB Sereshki - US Patent 11,769,505, 2023 - Google Patents
Example techniques involve systems with multiple acoustic echo cancellers. An example
implementation captures first audio within an acoustic environment and detecting, within the …

Systems and methods for selective wake word detection using neural network models

J Fainberg, D Giacobello, K Hartung - US Patent 11,790,911, 2023 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for media playback via a media playback system include
capturing sound data via a network microphone device and identifying a candidate wake …