US 12,217,598 B2
Visual indication of audibility
Devin William Chalmers, Oakland, CA (US); Dhruv Aditya Govil, San Mateo, CA (US); and Rahul Nair, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/367,408.
Application 18/367,408 is a continuation of application No. 17/387,139, filed on Jul. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,804,113.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,198, filed on Aug. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419793 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 5/22 (2006.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01)
CPC G08B 5/22 (2013.01) [G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G08B 1/08 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a device including a display, an audio sensor, a processor and a non-transitory memory:
receiving, via the audio sensor, an audible signal and converting the audible signal to electronic signal data;
determining a set of one or more audio characteristic values associated with the electronic signal data; and
displaying, on the display, an indicator that indicates whether the audible signal is detectable by a voice-activated device located at a distance from a source of the audible signal, wherein displaying the indicator is based on the set of one or more audio characteristic values.