Invention Application
- Patent Title: DETECTING A TRIGGER OF A DIGITAL ASSISTANT
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Application No.: US18080550Application Date: 2022-12-13
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Publication No.: US20230111509A1Publication Date: 2023-04-13
- Inventor: Yoon KIM , John BRIDLE , Joshua D. ATKINS , Feipeng LI , Mehrez SOUDEN
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Priority: DKPA201770420 20170531,DKPA201770421 20170531
- Main IPC: G10L15/22
- IPC: G10L15/22 ; H04R1/40 ; G10L15/08 ; G10L15/04 ; H04R3/00 ; G10L15/30 ; G10L15/18 ; G10L15/28 ; G10L21/0216

Abstract:
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors, memory, and a plurality of microphones, sampling, at each of the plurality of microphones of the electronic device, an audio signal to obtain a plurality of audio signals; processing the plurality of audio signals to obtain a plurality of audio streams; and determining, based on the plurality of audio streams, whether any of the plurality of audio signals corresponds to a spoken trigger. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of audio signals corresponds to the spoken trigger, initiating a session of the digital assistant; and in accordance with a determination that the plurality of audio signals does not correspond to the spoken trigger, foregoing initiating a session of the digital assistant.
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