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Patent No.:

US 11394862 B1

Date of Patent:

Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2021

Voice input apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium for executing processing corresponding to voice instruction

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Daiyu Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;

Maiki Okuwaki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Usman A Khan

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04N 5/23218 (2018.08);

Abstract

A voice input apparatus inputs voice and performs control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a fixed period after a first voice instruction for enabling operations by voice on the voice input apparatus is input, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction. The voice input apparatus, in a case where it is estimated that a predetermined user issued the second voice instruction, executes processing corresponding to the second voice instruction when the second voice instruction is input, even in a case where the first voice instruction is not input.

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