Method and apparatus for activating a particular wireless communication device to accept speech and/or voice commands using identification data consisting of speech, voice, image recognition

Abstract

An apparatus, method, and computer program for initiating a word spotting algorithm () on one or more wireless communication devices in a first power mode to detect a keyword data sequence () embedded within a sampled audio signal (). In response to detecting the keyword data sequence (), the word spotting algorithm is terminated and a plurality of identification algorithms () consisting of speech, voice, image recognition and a predetermined isolation time criterion are initiated on the one or more wireless communication devices operating in a second power mode to detect the presence of identification data (). If identification data is detected on a particular wireless communication device it is activated to accept speech and/or voice commands (). On the other hand, if identification data is not detected, the plurality of identification algorithms are terminated, and the word spotting algorithm is reinitiated on the one or more wireless communication devices that are then operating in the first power mode ().