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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2017
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Craig Gunther, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Examples include controlling voice input detection in a voice agent network including a plurality of voice agents. An example voice agent includes an audio sensor, a communication interface, a processor, and a memory device storing instructions executable by the processor to detect, via the audio sensor, audio data corresponding to a voice input, and responsive to determining that at least one other voice agent of a voice agent network is detecting audio data corresponding to the voice input determine a signal strength at which the audio data is detected, compare the signal strength to a reported signal strength from the at least one other voice agent, and selectively transmit one or more of an indication of the signal strength and the detected audio data based on comparing the signal strength to the reported signal strength from the at least one other voice agent.