US 12,439,002 B2
Audiovisual device
Rahul Gupta, Bothell, WA (US); Oszkar Tiberius Bajko, Issaquah, WA (US); Kristina Perez de Tagle, Kent, WA (US); Hung-Bing Tan, Seattle, WA (US); Mona Mayeh, Seattle, WA (US); Martin Peter Aalund, Seattle, WA (US); Sudarshan Rangaraj, Seattle, WA (US); Arivazhagan Chandrashekaran, Issaquah, WA (US); and Pierre Della Nave, London (GB)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/838,529.
Application 17/838,529 is a continuation of application No. 17/201,174, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,368,651.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311969 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/142 (2013.01) [H04N 9/3144 (2013.01); H04N 9/3176 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first housing having a front surface;
a second housing coupled to the first housing;
a projector residing at least partially within the second housing and oriented to output content within a projection area that is in front of the device, the projector being offset from the front surface of the first housing;
a first sensor residing within the second housing, the first sensor having a first field of view (FOV) that at least partially overlaps with the projection area, the first sensor being offset from the front surface of the first housing;
an emitter residing within the first housing and configured to output infrared (IR) light in front of the first housing;
a second sensor residing within the second housing, the second sensor having a second FOV that at least partially overlaps with the projection area, the second sensor being offset from the front surface of the first housing and configured to receive at least a portion of the IR light to detect touch input on the content;
at least one microphone residing proximate a top of the device;
at least one loudspeaker residing within the first housing;
one or more proximity sensors residing within the second housing;
one or more processors; and
one or more computer readable media storing processor executable instructions which, when executed using the one or more processors, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
determining, based on the one or more proximity sensors, that an object is within proximity to the projector, and
based on the determining that the object is within proximity to the projector, causing the projector to cease emitting light.