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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Essential Products, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mara Clair Segal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Manuel Roman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dwipal Desai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew E. Rubin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/24 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 15/24 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ambient assistance is described. An assistant device can operate in an active experience mode in which a response to a user's speech is provided if it includes a hardware activation phrase. Based on characteristics of the environment, the mode can be adjusted to a passive experience mode in which a response to speech is provided even if it does not include the hardware activation phrase.