Patent ID: 11950033
Assignee: KOSS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A loudspeaker comprising:
an enclosure defined by a base surface, a smooth, topmost surface, and one or more sidewalls, wherein:
an entirety of the smooth, topmost surface is substantially smooth;
the enclosure defines a volume;
the enclosure is free-standing when sitting on the base surface; and
substantially all of the smooth, topmost surface of the loudspeaker comprises a dielectric material defining a capacitive touch user interface;

one or more speakers within the volume defined by the enclosure;
a wireless communication circuit inside the enclosure, wherein the wireless communication circuit is for receiving wirelessly an audio stream, wherein the one or more speakers are for playing the audio stream, wherein the wireless communication circuit causes data associated with a track currently being listened to on the loudspeaker to be sent to a server; and
at least one capacitive sense electrode, wherein the at least one capacitive sense electrode forms part of the capacitive touch user interface for the loudspeaker, with the dielectric material of the smooth top surface serving as a dielectric layer for the capacitive touch user interface, such that the capacitive touch user interface allows a user of the loudspeaker to control operation of the loudspeaker through touching the smooth topmost surface of the loudspeaker.