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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2010
Christian Klein, Duvall, WA (US);
Ali M. Vassigh, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason S. Flaks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vanessa Larco, Kirkland, WA (US);
Thomas M. Soemo, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian Klein, Duvall, WA (US);
Ali M. Vassigh, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason S. Flaks, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vanessa Larco, Kirkland, WA (US);
Thomas M. Soemo, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A multimedia entertainment system combines both gestures and voice commands to provide an enhanced control scheme. A user's body position or motion may be recognized as a gesture, and may be used to provide context to recognize user generated sounds, such as speech input. Likewise, speech input may be recognized as a voice command, and may be used to provide context to recognize a body position or motion as a gesture. Weights may be assigned to the inputs to facilitate processing. When a gesture is recognized, a limited set of voice commands associated with the recognized gesture are loaded for use. Further, additional sets of voice commands may be structured in a hierarchical manner such that speaking a voice command from one set of voice commands leads to the system loading a next set of voice commands.