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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2012
Bjorn Erik Bringert, Bath, GB;
Pawel Pietryka, London, GB;
Peter John Hodgson, London, GB;
Simon Tickner, Whitstable, GB;
Henrique Penha, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Zarek Cohen, London, GB;
Luca Zanolin, London, GB;
Dave Burke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bjorn Erik Bringert, Bath, GB;
Pawel Pietryka, London, GB;
Peter John Hodgson, London, GB;
Simon Tickner, Whitstable, GB;
Henrique Penha, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Zarek Cohen, London, GB;
Luca Zanolin, London, GB;
Dave Burke, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application describes systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for continuous speech recognition for mobile computing devices. One embodiment includes determining whether a mobile computing device is receiving operating power from an external power source or a battery power source, and activating a trigger word detection subroutine in response to determining that the mobile computing device is receiving power from the external power source. In some embodiments, the trigger word detection subroutine operates continually while the mobile computing device is receiving power from the external power source. The trigger word detection subroutine includes determining whether a plurality of spoken words received via a microphone includes one or more trigger words, and in response to determining that the plurality of spoken words includes at least one trigger word, launching an application corresponding to the at least one trigger word included in the plurality of spoken words.