Customizable keyword spotting system with keyword adaptation
US11217245B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2015/088
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wake-up word for a digital assistant may be specified by a user to trigger the digital assistant to respond to the wake-up word, with the user providing one or more initial pronunciations of the wake-up word. The wake-up word may be unique, or at least not determined beforehand by a device manufacturer or developer of the digital assistant. The initial pronunciation(s) of the keyword may then be augmented with other potential pronunciations of the wake-up word that might be provided in the future, and those other potential pronunciations may then be pruned down to a threshold number of other potential pronunciations. One or more recordings of the initial pronunciation(s) of the wake-up may then be used to train a phoneme recognizer model to better recognize future instances of the wake-up word being spoken by the user or another person using the initial pronunciation or other potential pronunciations.
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