ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,233, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Wireless antenna sensing in a playback device" was invented by Thomas Calatayud (Cambridge, Mass.) and Jonathon Reilly (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example embodiment includes a playback device comprising a wireless communications interface including a wireless (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) antenna), a capacitive sensor comprising an electrode that is coupled to the RF antenna, one or more processors, and a data storage having stored therein instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the playback device to perform operatio...