Wall clock AI voice assistant

US11782391B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. · KR

Inventors

• Brian Harms · San Jose, US
• Cathy Kim · San Jose, US
• Curtis Aumiller · San Jose, US
• Jack Thrun · Flanders, US
• Jiawei Zhang · Sunnyvale, US
• Michael Noh · San Jose, US
• Pranav Mistry · Saratoga, US
• Praveen Jayakumar · Fremont, US
• Robert Wang · Castro Valley, US
• Ruokan He · Palo Alto, US
• Sajid Sadi · San Jose, US
• Thomas Brenner · Lörrach, DE
• Anthony S. Liot · Cupertino, US
• Marc Estruch Tena · San Jose, US
• Ik-Seon Kang · Seojong-myeon, KR
• Cheoljun Lee · Seojong-myeon, KR
• Younseong Kim · Seoul, KR
• Bola Yoo · Seoul, KR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2499/15
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method for a wall clock AI voice assistant, such as a computing device, is provided herein. The wall-mountable electronic clock includes an optical sensor, a microphone, a digital display and a speaker. The optical sensor captures image data representing at least a portion of a user. The microphone receives an audio input from the user when certain criteria is met, such as when the image data representing at least a portion of the user is captured. The digital display provides visual information to the user provided in response to the captured image data or the audio input. The speaker provides audio information provides from a digital voice assistant in response to the captured image data or the audio input.