The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2023
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Thomas Peterson, Watertown, MA (US);

Gengshen Fu, Sharon, MA (US);

Aaron Challenner, Melrose, MA (US);

Rong Chen, Boston, MA (US);

Cody Jacques, Westwood, MA (US);

Stefan M Bradstreet, Medford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/06 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/063 (2013.01); G10L 15/16 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device is configured to detect multiple different wakewords. A device may operate a joint encoder that operates on audio data to determine encoded audio data. The device may operate multiple different decoders which process the encoded audio data to determine if a wakeword is detected. Each decoder may correspond to a different wakeword. The decoders may use fewer computing resources than the joint encoder, allowing for the device to more easily perform multiple wakeword processing. Enabling/disabling wakeword(s) may involve the reconfiguring of a wakeword detector to add/remove data for respective decoder(s). Specific decoders may be activated/deactivated depending on device context, thereby efficiently managing device resources.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…