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US 11,848,022 B2Granted
Personal audio assistant device and method
AssigneeStaton Techiya LLC
InventorSteven Wayne Goldstein
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Abstract
A system includes a first microphone that captures audio, a communication module communicatively coupled to the first microphone, a logic circuit communicatively coupled to the first microphone and communication module, a speaker operatively coupled to the logic circuit, and an interaction element. The interaction element and logic circuit are configured to initiate control of audio content for output from the speaker in response to at least one voice command detected in captured audio. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims12
A personal audio assistant (PAA) device comprising:
- a visual display configured to accept user input;
- a memory that stores instructions;
- a microphone configured to measure the ambient acoustic environment, generating a microphone signal;
- a speaker configured to receive an audio content signal and emit an audio content;
- an interaction element;
- a logic circuit operatively connected to the display, the memory, the microphone, the speaker and the interaction element, wherein the logic circuit is configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a user input to activate a speech recognition system;
- receiving a modified microphone signal;
- sending the modified microphone signal to an input buffer;
- analyzing data in the input buffer to detect a user's voice;
- converting the data into text if the user's voice is detected;
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- sending the text to a communication device.
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