Electronic device with trigger phrase bypass and corresponding systems and methods
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsJohn Gorsica, Thomas Merrell
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Abstract
An electronic device includes an audio capture device receiving audio input. The electronic device includes one or more processors, operable with the audio capture device, and configured to execute a control operation in response to a device command preceded by a trigger phrase identified in the audio input when in a first mode of operation. The one or more processors transition from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in response to detecting a predefined operating condition of the electronic device. In the second mode of operation, the one or more processors execute the control operation without requiring the trigger phrase to precede the device command.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- an audio capture device receiving audio input;
- and
- one or more processors, operable with the audio capture device, and configured to execute a control operation in response to a device command preceded by a trigger phrase identified in the audio input when in a first mode of operation;
- the one or more processors transitioning from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in response to detecting a predefined operating condition of the electronic device and executing the control operation without requiring the trigger phrase to precede the device command;
- the predefined operating condition of the electronic device comprising a first device housing of the electronic device pivoting about a hinge relative to a second device housing from a closed position to an axially displaced open position.
A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- identifying, with one or more sensors of the electronic device, a predefined operating condition of the electronic device;
- and
- transitioning one or more processors operable with the one or more sensors from a first mode of operation, where the one or more processors execute control operations in response to device commands identified in audio input received by an audio capture device only when the device commands are preceded by a trigger phrase identified in the audio input, to a second mode of operation where the one or more processors execute the control operations without requiring the trigger phrase when the device commands are received while the electronic device is in the predefined operating condition;
- the predefined operating condition of the electronic device comprising a first device housing of the electronic device pivoting about a hinge relative to a second device housing from a closed position to an axially displaced open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.