Sound controllable apparatus particularly useful in controlling toys and robots
OwnerOmri Rothschildinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for controling a device by sound commands includes a microphone for receiving the sound command, and a processor for analysing the received sound commands and for determining the number of space-separated words or other interrupted sounds in a received sound command. The processor measures the time of interruption between the received sounds and determines that the end of a word has occurred if the interruption is above a first predetermined time period, and that the end of a command has occurred if the interruption is above a second, higher, predetermined time period. A control system controls the device in accordance with the number of space-separated words in the received sound command.
Claims12
Apparatus for controlling a device according to different sound commands, comprising:
- a microphone for receiving sounds;
- a processor including means for measuring the time of interruption between the received sounds, and means for determining that the end of a sound has occurred if the interruption is within a first predetermined time period, and that the end of a command has occurred if the interruption is within a second, larger, predetermined time period;
- said first predetermined time period being a fraction of one second, and said second predetermined time period being between 1-3 seconds;
- and a control system for controlling the device in accordance with the number of interrupted sounds in the received sound command.
A toy robot comprising:
- a drive for driving the robot over a surface;
- a microphone carried by the robot for receiving different sound commands;
- a processor for analyzing the received sound commands and for determining the number of interrupted sounds in a received sound command;
- said processor including means for measuring the time of interruption between the received sounds and means for determining that the end of a sound has occurred if the interruption is above a first predetermined time period, and that the end of a command has occurred if the interruption is above a second, larger, predetermined time period;
- and control system for controlling said drive in accordance with the number of interrupted sounds in the received sound command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.