Variable wake word detectors
US12361928B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2015/223
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A second wake word detector, at a media-playback device, that plays audio (or other) content to a device, such as a voice-enabled device, detects false wake words in the audio content. The second wake word detector analyzes the audio stream to determine if the audio stream contains any audio that sounds like the wake word. If so, the second wake word detector can generate one of a plurality of instructions that describes the time period, within the audio content, in which the false wake word was encountered. The instruction can cause a first wake word detector to assume one of a plurality of configurations. The media-playback device can then instruct or inform the voice-enabled device of the presence of the false wake word. In this way, the wake word detector, at the voice-enabled device, is not activated to receive the false wake word or ignores the wake word.
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