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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Mobile Communications Ab, Lund, SE;
Inventor:
Kenji Tokutake, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/3293 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2013.01); G06F 1/3293 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); Y02D 10/122 (2018.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that detects a voice command via a microphone in order to activate the device and execute certain applications. The apparatus comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) and a host controller which are responsible for processing the voice commands. The DSP recognizes and processes voice commands intermittently while the host processor is in a sleep state, thereby reducing the overall power consumption of the apparatus. Further, when the DSP is configured to recognize voice commands intended only to activate the device, a memory having a sufficiently lower storage capacity suffices.