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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Cerence Operating Company, Burlington, MA (US);
Julien Prémont, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Tim Haulick, Blaubeuren, DE;
Emanuele Dalmasso, Moncaliero, IT;
Munir Nikolai Alexander Georges, Kehl, DE;
Andreas Kellner, Herzogenrath, DE;
Gaetan Martens, Geraardsbergen, DE;
Oliver Van Porten, Roetgen, DE;
Holger Quast, Merelbeke, DE;
Martin Roessler, Ulm, DE;
Tobias Wolff, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;
CERENCE OPERATING COMPANY, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
According to some aspects, a system for detecting a designated wake-up word is provided, the system comprising a plurality of microphones to detect acoustic information from a physical space having a plurality of acoustic zones, at least one processor configured to receive a first acoustic signal representing the acoustic information received by the plurality of microphones, process the first acoustic signal to identify content of the first acoustic signal originating from each of the plurality of acoustic zones, provide a plurality of second acoustic signals, each of the plurality of second acoustic signals substantially corresponding to the content identified as originating from a respective one of the plurality of acoustic zones, and performing automatic speech recognition on each of the plurality of second acoustic signals to determine whether the designated wake-up word was spoken.