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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rahul Nair, Hayward, CA (US);
Golnaz Abdollahian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Avi Bar-Zeev, Oakland, CA (US);
Niranjan Manjunath, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an exemplary technique, speech input including one or more instructions is received. After the speech input has stopped, if it is determined that one or more visual characteristics indicate that further speech input is not expected, a response to the one or more instructions is provided. If it is determined that one or more visual characteristics indicate that further speech input is expected, a response to the one or more instructions is not provided.