US 2019/0172457 A1Published application

Notebook computer and driving method of voice assistant system

AssigneeCompal Electronics, Inc.

InventorsYu-Wen Cheng, Wang-Hung Yeh, Hsin-Chieh Fang, Shu-Hsien Chu, Chun-Wen Wang

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Abstract

A notebook computer including a foldable body, a display unit, a touch pad, a keyboard, a first control unit, a wake-up unit, and a voice-assistant system, a second control unit electrically connected to the first control unit, the wake-up unit, and the voice-assistant system is provided. The first control unit is electrically connected to the display unit, the touch pad, and the keyboard. When the foldable body is in a folded and closed state, the display unit, the touch pad, and the keyboard are inactivated, the notebook computer is in a first mode. In the first mode, a user drives the wake-up unit to generate a wake-up signal being transmitted to the second control unit to activate the first control unit and the voice-assistant system. The notebook computer is transformed to a second mode, wherein the display unit, the touch pad, and the keyboard are still inactivated or sleeping.

Claims31

Dependent claims

A notebook computer, comprising:

a foldable body;
a display unit, a touch pad, a keyboard, and a first control unit, respectively disposed in the foldable body, the first control unit electrically connected to the display unit, the touch pad and the keyboard;
a second control unit, disposed in the foldable body and electrically connected to the first control unit;
a wake-up unit, disposed in the foldable body, and electrically connected to the second control unit;
and
a voice-assistant system, electrically connected to the second control unit,
when the foldable body is in a folded and closed state, and the display unit, the touch pad, and the keyboard are in a power-off state or a sleep state, the notebook computer being in a first mode;
in the first mode, an user driving the wake-up unit to generate a wake-up signal being transmitted to the second control unit, so that the second control unit activates the voice-assistant system and the first control unit, thus the notebook computer is transformed to a second mode, wherein the display unit, the touch pad, and the keyboard are still in the power-off state or the sleep state.

5 more elements

A driving method of voice-assistant system, suitable for a notebook computer, the notebook computer comprising a foldable body and a display unit, a touch pad, a keyboard, a first control unit, a second control unit, a wake-up unit and a voice-assistant system disposed in the foldable body, the display unit, the touch pad, and the keyboard electrically connected to the first control unit respectively, the wake-up unit and the voice-assistant system electrically connected to the second control unit respectively, and the first control unit electrically connected to the second control unit, the driving method of voice assistant system comprising:

when the foldable body is folded and closed, the display unit, the touch pad and the keyboard are in a power-off state or a sleep state, so that the notebook computer is in a first mode;
in the first mode, an external trigger provided to the wake-up unit to transmit a wake-up signal to the second control unit;
and
the second control unit activating the voice-assistant system and the first control unit after receiving the wake-up signal, so that the notebook computer is transformed to a second mode, and the display unit, the touch pad, and the keyboard are still in the power-off state or the sleep state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/205,185Filed 29 Nov 2018
Priority: 30 Nov 2017
Published: 6 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G10L 15/22
Speech recognition: procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
G06F 1/1616
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with folding flat displays,…
G06F 1/26
Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00: power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
G06F 1/3265
Power saving in peripheral device: power saving in display device

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Application62/593,208Us provisional application · filed 30 Nov 2017
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