Method and Apparatus for Increasing Audio Output of a Device

    公开(公告)号:US20170134857A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-11

    申请号:US14938423

    申请日:2015-11-11

    Abstract: A method and apparatus increase audio output of a device. A mode of audio output operation of a device can be determined. Audio output can operate in a determined first mode of audio output operation that powers at least one first speaker at a first bandwidth and at a first output level below a first output level threshold. The audio output can operate in a determined second mode of audio output operation. The second mode of audio output operation can power the at least one first speaker at a high pass filtered second bandwidth that filters out low frequencies of the first bandwidth. The second mode of audio output operation can power the at least one first speaker at a second output level below a second output level threshold. The second output level threshold can be higher than the first output level threshold. The second output level can exceed the first output level threshold at least once. The second mode of audio output operation can power at least one second speaker at a low pass filtered second speaker bandwidth that includes at least the low frequencies of the first bandwidth.

    Voice controlled multimedia content creation

    公开(公告)号:US10432560B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US14801995

    申请日:2015-07-17

    Abstract: Voice controlled multimedia content creation techniques are discussed in which a multimedia package is created and shared to a specified destination responsive to voice commands. The voice commands can be received by a device as a single stream (e.g., a single phrase) that causes automatic performance of a sharing sequence or as a series of multiple voice commands that are input in response to prompts for voice input as part of the sharing sequence. The voice commands can be recognized and handled by a content creation system of the device to select a clip for tagging of content (such as captured audio or video). The selected clip is then combined with the content to create the multimedia package. Voice commands can also be employed to specify a destination for sharing of the content, such as one or more contacts or a particular sharing site.

    Circuit Substrate and Method for Managing the Placement of One or More Capacitors

    公开(公告)号:US20170171984A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-15

    申请号:US14969390

    申请日:2015-12-15

    Abstract: The present application provides a circuit substrate and a method of managing the placement of one or more groupings of a plurality of capacitors coupled to a circuit substrate. Each capacitor has a pair of terminals, as well as a component shape which changes as a voltage difference is selectively applied across the pair of terminals. When a voltage difference is applied across the pair of terminals, the component shape of the capacitor will contract in a first direction and expand in a second direction, where the second direction is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. When the voltage difference is removed from the pair of terminals, the component shape of the capacitor will return to an uncontracted state in the first direction and an unexpanded state in the second direction. Each of the plurality of capacitors in a particular grouping is driven by a complementary signal. The method includes arranging each of the plurality of capacitors in the particular grouping, which are positioned within a relative distance of one another that is less than or equal to a quarter wavelength of a predetermined frequency, where at least some of the plurality of capacitors in the particular grouping are positioned to exert opposite influences on the circuit substrate relative to other capacitors in the particular group, in response to the plurality of capacitors in the particular grouping being driven by the complementary signal.

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