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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth Mixter, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/20 (2006.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G06F 16/632 (2019.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G06F 16/632 (2019.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 15/20 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02161 (2013.01); G10L 2025/783 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method at an electronic device with one or more microphones and a speaker, the electronic device configured to be responsive to any of a plurality of affordances including a voice-based affordance, includes determining background noise of an environment associated with the electronic device, and before detecting the voice-based affordance: determining whether the background noise would interfere with recognition of the hotword in voice inputs detected by the electronic device, and if so, indicating to a user to use an affordance other than the voice-based affordance.