Patent ID: 11899519
Assignee: SONOS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. The network microphone device of claim 3, wherein a first microphone of the one or more microphones is in an enabled state and a second microphone of the one or more microphones is in a disabled state, wherein the program instructions that are executable by the one or more processors such that the network microphone device is configured to capture the audio content via the one or more microphones comprise program instructions that are executable by the one or more processors such that the network microphone device is configured to capture first audio content via the enabled first microphone, and wherein the program instructions stored on the at least one tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprise further program instructions that are executable by the one or more processors such that the network microphone device is configured to:
responsive to determining that the captured audio content includes voice activity, enable the disabled second microphone, wherein capturing the audio content via the one or more microphones further comprises capturing second audio content via the enabled first and second microphones.