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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Jay Nelson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David Bures, Ceska, CZ;
Petr Kasparik, Brno, CZ;
Soumitri Kolavennu, Blaine, MN (US);
Roman Konecny, Brno, CZ;
Amit Kulkarni, Plymouth, MN (US);
Daniel Becvar, Brno, CZ;
Martin Adamek, Pelhrimov, CZ;
Juraj Buno, Stara Tura, SK;
Steven Hoglund, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Libor Horky, Brno, CZ;
Jan Malek, Brno, CZ;
Adam Nemcek, Ostrava, CZ;
Martin Skala, Olomouc, CZ;
Tomas Losak, Breclav, CZ;
Josef Novotny, Kuncina, CZ;
Thomas Gessner, Plymouth, MN (US);
Preston Gilmer, Delano, MN (US);
Ix, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Hari Thiruvengada, Plymouth, MN (US);
Christopher Goh, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Robert D. Juntunen, Minnetonka, MN (US);
David Mulhouse, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Cary Leen, Hammond, WI (US);
Heidi Finch, Champlin, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
An HVAC controller may be controlled in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller. The HVAC controller may be a thermostat including a housing that houses a temperature sensor, a microphone, and a controller. The controller may identify a trigger phrase in an audio stream provided by the microphone. In response to identifying the trigger phrase, the controller initiates processing of the audio stream to identify a command following the trigger phrase and to generate a command understandable by the thermostat that instructs the controller to perform the identified command. The controller then executes the generated command understandable by the thermostat. A user may communicate with the thermostat via the microphone of the thermostat and/or a remote device having a microphone.