Multi-modal interaction with intelligent assistants in voice command devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeffrey C. OLSON, Henry N. HOLTZMAN, Jean-David Hsu, Jeffrey A. MORGAN
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method comprising detecting an activation of an intelligent assistant on an electronic device, waking up the intelligent assistant from a sleep mode in response to the activation, and determining an amount of vocabulary the intelligent assistant acts upon during a listening mode based on a type of the activation.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- a microphone;
- a speaker;
- at least one sensor;
- at least one processor coupled to the display, the microphone, the speaker, and the at least one sensor, and
- memory storing instructions,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
- based on a first occurrence of a first event, provide a first feedback via at least one of the display or the speaker, the first event comprising identifying a wake word from a first speech signal obtained via the microphone;
- generate a first timeout based on no speech signal being obtained via the microphone within a first time duration after providing the first feedback;
- based on a first occurrence of a second event, provide a second feedback via at least one of the display or the speaker, the second event comprising detecting, via the at least one sensor, an external object within a proximity of the electronic device, and the second feedback being different from the first feedback, and
- generate a second timeout based on no speech signal being obtained via the microphone within a second time duration after providing the second feedback, wherein the first time duration is longer than the second time duration.
A non-transitory storage medium storing one or more program, the one or more program comprising computer-executable instructions, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
- based on a first occurrence of a first event, provide a first feedback via at least one of a display of the electronic device or a speaker of the electronic device, the first event including identifying a wake word from a first speech signal obtained via a microphone of the electronic device;
- generate a first timeout based on no speech signal being obtained via the microphone within a first time duration after providing the first feedback;
- based on a first occurrence of a second event, provide a second feedback via at least one of the display or the speaker, the second event including detecting, via at least one sensor of the electronic device, an external object within a proximity of the electronic device, and the second feedback being different from the first feedback, and
- generate a second timeout based on no speech signal being obtained via the microphone within a second time duration after providing the second feedback, wherein the first time duration is longer than the second time duration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.