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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael R. Bastian, Bothell, WA (US);
Roman Holenstein, Bellevue, WA (US);
Minwoo Jeong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Charles Maalouf, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon J. Newendorp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Heriberto Nieto, Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy Paek, Sammamish, WA (US);
Joanna Peterson, San Jose, CA (US);
Shawn Scully, Seattle, WA (US);
Srikrishna Sridhar, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandt M. Westing, Seattle, WA (US);
Shiwen Zhao, Seattle, WA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes detecting input representing motion of an electronic device and sampling an audio input with a microphone of the electronic device. The example process further includes determining, based on the audio input and the input representing motion of the electronic device, whether to initiate a virtual assistant session. In accordance with a determination to initiate the virtual assistant session, the example process includes initiating the virtual assistant session. In accordance with a determination not to initiate the virtual assistant session, the example process includes forgoing initiating the virtual assistant session.