Sensor activated power reduction in voice activated mobile platform
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsQing Xu, Carlos Manuel Puig, Shankar Sadasivam
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Abstract
A method of controlling power consumption of a voice activation system in a mobile platform includes monitoring one or more sensors of the mobile platform. Next, it is determined whether a microphone of the mobile platform is concealed or obstructed in response to the monitoring of the one or more sensors. If so, the mobile platform transitions one or more components of the voice activation system from a normal power consumption power state to a low power consumption state.
Claims27
A method of controlling power consumption of a voice activation system in a mobile platform, the method comprising:
- monitoring one or more sensors of the mobile platform;
- determining concealment or obstruction of a microphone of the mobile platform in response to the monitoring of the one or more sensors;
- and
- transitioning a first component of the voice activation system from a normal power consumption state to a low power consumption state in response to determining concealment or obstruction of the microphone while a second component of the voice activation system remains in a normal power consumption state, and wherein the voice activation system allows a user to control the mobile platform via voice commands.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program code stored thereon for controlling power consumption of a voice activated system in a mobile platform, the program code comprising instructions to:
- monitor one or more sensors of the mobile platform;
- determine concealment or obstruction of a microphone of the mobile platform in response to the monitoring of the one or more sensors;
- and
- transition a first component of the voice activation system from a normal power consumption state to a low power consumption state in response to determining concealment or obstruction of the microphone while a second component of the voice activation system remains in a normal power consumption state, and wherein the voice activation system allows a user to control the mobile platform via voice commands.
A mobile platform, comprising:
- a voice activation system coupled to the microphone to enable a user to control the mobile platform via voice commands;
- a sensor system including one or more sensors;
- memory adapted to store program code for controlling power consumption of the voice activation system;
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- a processing unit adapted to access and execute instructions included in the program code, wherein when the instructions are executed by the processing unit, the processing unit directs the mobile platform to:
- monitor the one or more sensors of the sensor system;
- determine concealment or obstruction of a microphone of the mobile platform in response to the monitoring of the one or more sensors;
- and
- transition a first component of the voice activation system from a normal power consumption state to a low power consumption state in response to determining concealment or obstruction of the microphone while a second component of the voice activation system remains in a normal power consumption state, and wherein the voice activation system allows a user to control the mobile platform via voice commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.