Voice activated clock
AssigneeIDT Technologies Limited
InventorRaymond Chan
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Abstract
A voice activated clock has a body, a clock projector for displaying time, and an electronic operating circuit that includes a clock circuit for performing various clock functions including operating the projector to display time. The operating circuit further includes a voice input circuit for inputting a voice command issued by a user, a memory, and a voice processing circuit for associating an input voice command with a corresponding one of the clock function, storing the command in the memory, and comparing voice command later input by the voice input circuit with the command stored in the memory for matching, and operating the clock circuit to perform the associated clock function in the event of a match.
Claims11
A voice activated clock comprising:
- a body;
- a display device associated with the body for displaying time;
- and
- an electronic operating circuit in the body, the electronic operating circuit including:
- a clock circuit for performing a plurality of clock functions including operating the display device to display time;
- a voice input circuit for inputting a voice command issued by a user;
- a memory;
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- a voice processing circuit for associating an input voice command with a corresponding one of the clock functions, storing the voice command in the memory, and. subsequently comparing a voice command input later by the voice input circuit with the voice command stored in the memory for matching to operate the clock circuit to perform an associated clock function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.