# US 2021/0241765 A1 · Voice input apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium for executing processing corresponding to voice instruction > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241765 A1 - Document ID: US20210241765A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/156,885 - Filed: 2021-01-25 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-05 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Daiyu Ueno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241765A1 ## CPC - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - G10L 15/08: Speech classification or search - G10L 2015/088: {Word spotting} - G10L 2015/223: {Execution procedure of a spoken command} - G10L 2015/228: {of application context} - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A voice input apparatus includes a voice input device configured to input voice and performs control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a predetermined period after a first voice instruction is input to the voice input apparatus, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction. The voice input apparatus changes a length of the predetermined period, according to the first voice instruction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A voice input apparatus comprising: a voice input device configured to input voice; one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the voice input apparatus to function as: a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a predetermined period after a first voice instruction is input to the voice input apparatus, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction, wherein the control unit changes a length of the predetermined period, according to the first voice instruction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The voice input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first voice instruction includes a voice instruction for enabling operation by voice on the voice input apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The voice input apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first voice instruction includes a first wake word for setting the predetermined period to a first length representing a normal length, and a second wake word for setting the predetermined period to longer than the normal length. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The voice input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first voice instruction includes a voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus a voice instruction for enabling operation by voice on the voice input apparatus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The voice input apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a manual setting unit configured to enable a user to set the predetermined period to different values for different voice instructions included in the first voice instruction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The voice input apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic setting unit configured to set the predetermined period to different values for different voice instructions included in the first voice instruction, based on a history of past voice instructions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The voice input apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the history of past voice instructions includes an input interval between a plurality of voice instructions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The voice input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit executes processing corresponding to the second voice instruction, in a case where, when the second voice instruction is input, the voice input apparatus is in a state corresponding to the input second voice instruction, and does not execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction, in a case where the voice input apparatus is not in the state corresponding to the input second voice instruction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The voice input apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the state corresponding to the second voice instruction includes an operating mode of the voice input apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The voice input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an operating mode of the voice input apparatus includes a mode for displaying content on a display unit of the voice input apparatus, and a mode for displaying a setting value of the voice input apparatus on the display unit of the voice input apparatus. ### Claim 11 A control method of a voice input apparatus, the voice input apparatus comprising a voice input device configured to input voice, the control method comprising: performing control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a predetermined period after a first voice instruction is input to the voice input apparatus, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction, in the controlling, a length of the predetermined period is changed, according to the first voice instruction. ### Claim 12 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for performing a control method of a voice input apparatus, the voice input apparatus comprising a voice input device configured to input voice, the control method comprising: performing control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a predetermined period after a first voice instruction is input to the voice input apparatus, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction, in the controlling, a length of the predetermined period is changed, according to the first voice instruction.