Reception of audio commands
AssigneeRoku, Inc.
InventorGregory M. GARNER
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for controlling a media device and a display device using audio commands. In so doing, some embodiments operate to suppress noise from the display device, and enhance audio commands from users. Some embodiments operate by determining a position of the display device and de-enhancing audio from the display device based on the display device position. The position of the user is determined, and audio from the user based on the user position is enhanced. Then, a command in the enhanced user audio is identified, and the media device and/or the display device are caused to operate according to the command.
Claims22
A method of controlling a media device and a display device using audio commands, comprising:
- determining a position of the display device;
- de-enhancing audio from the display device based on the display device position;
- determining a position of a user;
- enhancing audio from the user based on at least the user position and the audio including a trigger word;
- identifying a command in the enhanced user audio;
- and
- causing at least one of the media device and the display device to operate according to the command.
An audio remote control device to control a display device and a media server, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
- determine a position of the display device;
- de-enhance audio from the display device based on the display device position;
- determine a position of a user;
- enhance audio from the user based on at least the user position and the audio including a trigger word;
- identify a command in the enhanced user audio;
- and
- cause at least one of the media device and the display device to operate according to the command.
A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:
- determining a position of a display device;
- de-enhancing audio from the display device based on the display device position;
- determining a position of a user;
- enhancing audio from the user based on at least the user position and the audio including a trigger word;
- identifying a command in the enhanced user audio;
- and
- causing at least one of a media device and the display device to operate according to the command.
A method of controlling a media device and a display device using audio commands, comprising:
- identifying a trigger word;
- determining the trigger word is associated with the display device;
- determining a position of a user;
- de-enhancing audio from the user based on the user position;
- determining a position of display device;
- enhancing audio from the display device based on the display device position;
- identifying at least one command in the enhanced display device audio;
- and
- causing at least one of the media device and the display device to operate according to the at least one command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.