PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160107
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["381", "058000"]

Abstract:
Aspects of a multi-orientation playback device including at least one microphone array are discussed. A method may include determining an orientation of the playback device which includes at least one microphone array and determining at least one microphone training response for the playback device from a plurality of microphone training responses based on the orientation of the playback device. The at least one microphone array can detect a sound input, and the location information of a source of the sound input can be determined based on the at least one microphone training response and the detected sound input. Based on the location information of the source, the directional focus of the at least one microphone array can be adjusted, and the sound input can be captured based on the adjusted directional focus.

Claim (Index 16):
A method comprising:\n determining, by a playback device, that the playback device is in a horizontal orientation based on an indication from an orientation sensor on the playback device sensor that a longest face of the playback device is substantially parallel to a surface on which the playback device is positioned, wherein, in the horizontal orientation, a bottom face of the playback device is substantially parallel to the surface and a side face is substantially perpendicular to the surface, wherein, in the horizontal orientation, a bottom face of the playback device is substantially parallel to the surface and a side face of the playback device is substantially perpendicular to the surface, wherein the bottom face comprises a longest face and is opposite a top face of the playback device, and wherein the side face is perpendicular to the top face and the bottom face; selecting, by the playback device, a first subset of one or more microphones positioned along the top face instead of a second subset of one or more microphones positioned along the side face for sound input detection based on the determination that the playback device is in the horizontal orientation; detecting, by the playback device via the first subset of one or more microphones, a sound input; processing, by the playback device, the sound input detected via the first subset of one or more microphones; and based on the sound input, executing, by the playback device, one or more commands.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 52.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.72549
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15946599', '15681937', '15282554', '15670361', '16056862']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6321005897111737
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5227067763837282
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6211612083784291
- Mean Citation Score: 236.75342
- Max Citation Score: 307.0035
- Similarity Product: 215.53803805992004

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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