# US 2022/0277752 A1 · Voice interaction method and related apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0277752 A1 - Document ID: US20220277752A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/628,115 - Filed: 2020-07-15 - Published: 2022-09-01 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-17 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Long ZHANG; Cunshou QIU; Yanxin WEN; Guangzhao BAO; Haibo MIAO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220277752A1 ## CPC - G10L 17/22: Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces - G06V 20/50: Context or environment of the image - G10L 13/033: Voice editing, e.g. manipulating the voice of the synthesiser - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - G10L 17/00: Speaker identification or verification techniques - G10L 17/04: Training, enrolment or model building - G10L 17/06: Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies - H04N 23/66: Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Embodiments of this application provide a voice interaction method. In the interaction method an electronic device receives a first voice signal, where the first voice signal includes a wake-up word. The electronic device switches from a standby state to a working state based on the wake-up word, and the electronic device outputs a second voice signal in a first tone, where the second voice signal is used to respond to the first voice signal. The first tone is obtained based on personal information associated with a voiceprint feature of the first voice signal, and the personal information includes personal information corresponding to a first registered voice signal. In a plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first voice signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A voice interaction method, comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, a first voice signal, wherein the first voice signal comprises a wake-up word; and switching, by the electronic device, from a standby state to a working state based on the wake-up word, and outputting, by the electronic device, a second voice signal in a first tone, wherein a content of the second voice signal is used to respond to a content of the first voice signal, the first tone is obtained based on personal information associated with a voiceprint feature of the first voice signal, the personal information associated with the voiceprint feature of the first voice signal comprises personal information corresponding to a first registered voice signal, and in a plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal is approximately the same as the voiceprint feature of the first voice signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the personal information comprises dialect information, and the first tone is a tone for outputting the second voice signal in a dialect indicated by the dialect information; or the personal information comprises language information, and the first tone is a tone for outputting the second voice signal in a language indicated by the language information; or the personal information comprises age information and/or gender information, and the first tone is a tone configured for an age bracket indicated by the age information and/or a gender indicated by the gender information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a tone of the first voice signal is a second tone; and before the outputting, by the electronic device, a second voice signal in a first tone, the method further comprises: determining, by the electronic device, that the first tone is the same as the second tone. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining, by the electronic device, that the first tone is different from the second tone, and outputting a third voice signal, wherein the third voice signal is used to prompt a user to determine whether to communicate by using a voice signal in the first tone; and receiving, by the electronic device, a fourth voice signal, wherein the fourth voice signal indicates to the electronic device to communicate by using a voice signal in the first tone. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein before the receiving, by an electronic device, a first voice signal, the method further comprises: receiving, by the electronic device, a fifth voice signal; and performing, by the electronic device, voice recognition on the fifth voice signal to obtain the personal information, and correspondingly storing the personal information and the first registered voice signal; or determining that the fifth voice signal comprises the personal information, and correspondingly storing the personal information in the fifth voice signal and the first registered voice signal, wherein in the plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the fifth voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal. ### Claim 6 A voice interaction method, comprising: establishing, by an electronic device, a first data connection to a terminal device; receiving, by the electronic device by using the first data connection, shared information sent by the terminal device, and outputting a first voice signal, wherein the first voice signal is used to prompt to the electronic device to correspondingly store the shared information and a first registered user identifier, the first registered user identifier is used to identify a voiceprint feature of a first registered voice signal in the electronic device, and the first registered user identifier is associated with the terminal device; receiving, by the electronic device, a second voice signal, wherein in a plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the second voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal; and outputting, by the electronic device, a third voice signal, wherein a content of the third voice signal is used to respond to a content of the second voice signal, and the content of the third voice signal is obtained based on the shared information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the shared information comprises one or more of song playing information on the terminal device, video playing information on the terminal device, memo information that is set on the terminal device, alarm clock information that is set on the terminal device, and address book information on the terminal device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6, 7) The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein before the outputting of a first voice signal, the method further comprises: outputting, by the electronic device, a fourth voice signal, wherein the fourth voice signal is used to prompt a user to select one registered user identifier from a plurality of registered user identifiers to be associated with the terminal device, and one registered user identifier is used to identify a voiceprint feature of one registered voice signal; and receiving, by the electronic device, a fifth voice signal comprising the first registered user identifier. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein before the establishing, by an electronic device, a first data connection to a terminal device, the method further comprises: establishing, by the electronic device, a second data connection to the terminal device; receiving, by the electronic device by using the second data connection, a voiceprint registration request triggered by the terminal device; outputting, by the electronic device, a sixth voice signal in response to the voiceprint registration request, wherein the sixth voice signal is used as a prompt to input a registered user identifier; receiving, by the electronic device, a seventh voice signal comprising the first registered user identifier; and outputting, by the electronic device, an eighth voice signal, wherein the eighth voice signal is used as a prompt to associate the first registered user identifier with the terminal device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6, 7) The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein an application corresponding to the electronic device is installed on the terminal device, the application is logged in to by using a first account, the first account is bound to a device code of the electronic device, and before the establishing, by an electronic device, a first data connection to a terminal device, the method further comprises: establishing, by the electronic device, a third data connection to the terminal device; receiving, by the electronic device by using the third data connection, a voiceprint registration request triggered by the terminal device, wherein the voiceprint registration request comprises the first account; and outputting, by the electronic device, a ninth voice signal, wherein the ninth voice signal is used to prompt the user to use the first account as the first registered user identifier. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein before the receiving, by the electronic device by using the third data connection, a voiceprint registration request triggered by the terminal device, the method further comprises: receiving, by the electronic device, a tenth voice signal, wherein the tenth voice signal is used to indicate to the electronic device to output the device code of the electronic device; and outputting, by the electronic device, an eleventh voice signal comprising the device code of the electronic device, to trigger the terminal device to bind the first account to the device code of the electronic device, and outputting, by the electronic device, a graphic code comprising the device code of the electronic device, to trigger the terminal device to scan the graphic code to bind the first account to the device code of the electronic device. ### Claim 12 A voice interaction method, comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, a first voice signal, wherein the first voice signal is used to indicate to the electronic device to obtain personal information by collecting an image; collecting, by the electronic device, a first image of a photographed object; outputting, by the electronic device, a second voice signal, wherein the second voice signal is used to prompt the electronic device to correspondingly store first personal information and a first registered user identifier, the first personal information is obtained by identifying the first image, the first registered user identifier is used to identify a voiceprint feature of a first registered voice signal in the electronic device, and in a plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the first voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal; receiving, by the electronic device, a third voice signal, wherein in the plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the third voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal; and outputting, by the electronic device, a fourth voice signal, wherein a content of the fourth voice signal is used to respond to a content of the third voice signal, and the content of the fourth voice signal is obtained based on the first person information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the photographed object comprises a photographed person, a photographed picture, or a photographed real object. ### Claim 14 (canceled) ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 (canceled) ### Claim 18 A computer device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and that can be run on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the computer program, the computer device is enabled to implement: receiving, by an electronic device, a first voice signal, wherein the first voice signal comprises a wake-up word; and switching, by the electronic device, from a standby state to a working state based on the wake-up word, and outputting, by the electronic device, a second voice signal in a first tone, wherein a content of the second voice signal is used to respond to a content of the first voice signal, the first tone is obtained based on personal information associated with a voiceprint feature of the first voice signal, the personal information associated with the voiceprint feature of the first voice signal comprises personal information corresponding to a first registered voice signal, and in a plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first voice signal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer device according to claim 18, wherein the personal information comprises dialect information, and the first tone is a tone for outputting the second voice signal in a dialect indicated by the dialect information; or the personal information comprises language information, and the first tone is a tone for outputting the second voice signal in a language indicated by the language information; or the personal information comprises age information and/or gender information, and the first tone is a tone configured for an age bracket indicated by the age information and/or people corresponding to a gender indicated by the gender information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The computer device according to claim 18, wherein a tone of the first voice signal is a second tone; and the computer device is further enabled to implement: determining, by the electronic device, that the first tone is the same as the second tone. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The computer device according to claim 20, wherein the computer device is further enabled to implement: determining, by the electronic device, that the first tone is different from the second tone, and outputting a third voice signal, wherein the third voice signal is used to prompt a user to determine whether to communicate by using a voice signal in the first tone; and receiving, by the electronic device, a fourth voice signal, wherein the fourth voice signal indicates to the electronic device to communicate by using a voice signal in the first tone. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The computer device according to claim 19, the computer device is further enabled to implement: receiving, by the electronic device, a fifth voice signal; and performing, by the electronic device, voice recognition on the fifth voice signal to obtain the personal information, and correspondingly storing the personal information and the first registered voice signal; or determining that the fifth voice signal comprises the personal information, and correspondingly storing the personal information in the fifth voice signal and the first registered voice signal, wherein in the plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the fifth voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal.