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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2017
Applicants:

Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd., Qingdao, CN;

Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation, Misawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hidehito Izawa, Hanno Saitama, JP;

Reiko Kawachi, Nishitama Tokyo, JP;

Kunio Honsawa, Ome Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyuki Nomoto, Sayama Saitama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/10 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/10 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 2015/221 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device determines whether one or more devices should be controlled based on a second utterance input subsequent to a first utterance input from outside in accordance with the first utterance. The electronic device includes a management unit and a controller. The management unit prepares and manages a determination audio data item for determining whether the first utterance is a desired utterance by utterances input from outside at a plurality of times, and determines whether the first utterance is the desired utterance using the prepared and managed determination audio data item. The controller controls the one or more devices based on the second utterance.


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