US 11,818,524 B2
Portable speaker with dynamic display characteristics
Scott Anthony Puckett, Coventry, RI (US); James F. Martin, Westborough, MA (US); Randy Kulchy, Shrewsbury, MA (US); and Jayesh Dilip Sarode, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
Filed by Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/583,529.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239601 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/02 (2013.01) [H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable speaker, comprising:
an enclosure housing:
at least one electro-acoustic transducer for providing an audio output,
a processor coupled with the at least one transducer;
an audio input module coupled with the processor for receiving audio input signals; and
a battery configured to power the at least one transducer, the processor, and the audio input module;
an input channel for receiving a hard-wired audio input connection;
at least one wireless input channel for receiving an audio input from a source device via a wireless connection; and
a display on the enclosure coupled with the processor, wherein the processor adjusts an orientation of the display between a first orientation and a second orientation in response to detecting a change in orientation of the portable speaker.