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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
Rawles Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Stan Weidner Salvador, Tega Cay, SC (US);
Jeffrey Paul Lilly, Seattle, WA (US);
Frederick V. Weber, New York, NY (US);
Jeffrey Penrod Adams, Tyngsborough, MA (US);
Ryan Paul Thomas, Redmond, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Natural language controlled devices may be configured to activate command recognition in response to one or more wake words. Techniques are provided to receive a candidate word for evaluation as a wake word that activates a natural language control functionality of a computing device. The candidate word may include one or more words or sounds. Values for multiple wake word metrics are then determined. The candidate word is evaluated based on the various wake word metrics.