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US 11,114,102 B2Granted
Appliance including voice recognition device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeongkuk Mun, Sujun Park
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Abstract
An appliance including a voice recognition device, the voice recognition device including a sound output device and a voice input device, wherein the sound output device is configured to output sound toward the inside of the panel, and the voice input device is configured to collect voice transmitted from the outside of the panel toward the panel.
Claims36
An appliance including a voice recognition device, comprising:
- a panel comprising a panel hole formed therein;
- and
- the voice recognition device configured to identify voice information and disposed on the panel,
- wherein the voice recognition device comprises:
- a body comprising a speaker accommodation portion and an opening portion, the opening portion being in communication with the speaker accommodation portion and opened in a direction towards an inside of the panel;
- a sound output device disposed on the speaker accommodation portion, the sound output device having a speaker;
- a plurality of mounting portions facing an inner surface of the panel, wherein the plurality of mounting portions and the speaker accommodation portion are integrally formed on the body;
- a plurality of voice input devices positioned in a space between the sound output device and the panel, the plurality of voice input devices installed on the plurality of mounting portions so as to contact the inner surface of the panel, each of the plurality of voice input devices comprising a microphone;
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- a partition wall that partitions a space between the plurality of voice input devices and the sound output device, the partition wall comprising a partition wall opening portion,
- wherein the speaker accommodation portion is positioned at a center line l1 of the voice recognition device along a vertical direction thereof,
- wherein the plurality of mounting portions are laterally spaced apart from each other about the center line l1,
- wherein the plurality of voice input devices are disposed between the partition wall and the panel, and the sound output device is disposed on an opposite side of the partition wall than are the plurality of voice input devices, and
- wherein the speaker accommodation portion is in communication with the plurality of mounting portions through the partition wall opening portion.
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