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US 2015/0106089 A1Published application
Name Based Initiation of Speech Recognition
OwnerEvan H. Parker, Michal R. Grabowskiinventors
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes listening for audio name information indicative of a name of a computer, with the computer configured to listen for the audio name information in a first power mode that promotes a conservation of power; detecting the audio name information indicative of the name of the computer; after detection of the audio name information, switching to a second power mode that promotes a performance of speech recognition; receiving audio command information; and performing speech recognition on the audio command information.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- obtaining particular audio information using a client computing device in a first power mode in which obtained audio information is not transcribed into text;
- detecting, in the particular audio information, audio name information indicative of a name of the client computing device without transcribing the particular audio information into text;
- switching, based on detecting, to a second power mode that differs from the first power mode and in which obtained audio information is transcribed into text;
- obtaining, in the second power mode, additional audio information;
- transmitting the additional audio information to a server computing device;
- following transmittal of the additional audio command information and prior to receipt from the server computing device of a response to the additional audio information:
- generating, by the client computing device in the second power mode, an audio acknowledgement of processing of the additional audio information, wherein generation of the audio acknowledgement is independent of information received from the server computing device;
- and
- providing, for output by the client computing device, the audio acknowledgement for a user of the client computing device;
- receiving, from the server computing device, the response to the additional audio information, with the response differing from the audio acknowledgement;
- and
- providing, for output, the response to the user of the client computing device.
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One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that are executable by a client computing device to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining particular audio information using the client computing device in a first power mode in which obtained audio information is not transcribed into text;
- detecting, in the particular audio information, audio name information indicative of a name of the client computing device without transcribing the particular audio information into text;
- switching, based on detecting, to a second power mode that differs from the first power mode and in which obtained audio information is transcribed into text;
- obtaining, in the second power mode, additional audio information;
- transmitting the additional audio information to a server computing device;
- following transmittal of the additional audio information and prior to receipt from the server computing device of a response to the additional audio information:
- generating, by the client computing device in the second power mode, an audio acknowledgement of processing of the additional audio information, wherein generation of the audio acknowledgement is independent of information received from the server computing device;
- and
- providing, for output by the client computing device, the audio acknowledgement for a user of the client computing device;
- receiving, from the server computing device, the response to the additional audio information, with the response differing from the audio acknowledgement;
- and
- providing, for output, the response to the user of the client computing device.
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An electronic system comprising:
- a client computing device;
- and
- one or more machine-readable media storing instructions that are executable by the client computing device to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining particular audio information using the client computing device in a first power mode in which obtained audio information is not transcribed into text;
- detecting, in the particular audio information, audio name information indicative of a name of the client computing device without transcribing the particular audio information into text;
- switching, based on detecting, to a second power mode that differs from the first power mode and in which obtained audio information is transcribed into text;
- obtaining, in the second power mode, additional audio information;
- transmitting the additional audio information to a server computing device;
- following transmittal of the additional audio information and prior to receipt from the server computing device of a response to the additional audio information:
- generating, by the client computing device in the second power mode, an audio acknowledgement of processing of the additional audio information, wherein generation of the audio acknowledgement is independent of information received from the server computing device;
- and
- providing, for output by the client computing device, the audio acknowledgement for a user of the client computing device;
- receiving, from the server computing device, the response to the additional audio information, with the response differing from the audio acknowledgement;
- and
- providing, for output, the response to the user of the client computing device.
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