Connected device voice command support

• US 10,275,214 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2017
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Bjorkengren, Ulf
• Primary Examiner(s): Adesanya, Olujimi A
• Application Number:
  US15/804,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20180300103A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

Systems and techniques for connected device voice command support are described herein. A voice command may be received from a user. A set of connected devices proximate to the user may be identified. The voice command may be transformed into a command for the set of connected devices. The command may be communicated to the set of connected devices.

Claims

1. A system for connected device voice command support, the system comprising hardware implemented means that comprise:

means for receiving a voice command from a user;

means for identifying a set of connected devices proximate to the user;

means for transforming the voice command into a semantic representation of the voice command;

means for translating the semantic representation of the voice command into a command for the set of connected devices; and

means for communicating the command to the set of connected devices, the means communicating including;

means for transmitting the command to the set of connected devices;

means for receiving responses to the transmission of the command from a subset of the set of connected devices, the responses indicating that the command matches a supported command of members of the subset of connected devices;

means for identifying conflicts between a plurality of the subset of connected devices based on the command;

means for presenting the existence of the conflicts to the user via a haptic output;

means for observing a physical response of the user to select a connected device from the plurality of the subset of connected devices, the physical response being at least one of waving a hand or looking at the connected device; and

means for responding to the subset of connected devices to carry out the command by reissuing the command transmitted to the set of connected devices again to the connected device, the reissuing of the command being restricted to the connected device by the physical response of the user in response to the presentation of the conflicts.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for identifying the set of connected devices include means for requesting connected device information using a near field wireless technique.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for identifying the set of connected devices include:

means for obtaining geophysical positioning data on a superset of connected devices and the system; and

means for selecting connected devices from the superset to be members of the set of connected devices for connected devices within a geo-fence, using the obtained positioning data of the superset of connected devices, that includes the system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for identifying the set of connected devices include:

means for receiving a discovery request from the user;

means for broadcasting a discovery message; and

means for receiving device identifications for a group of connected devices in response to the discovery message.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the means for identifying the set of connected devices include:

means for presenting the device identifications for the group of connected devices to the user; and

means for adding members from the group of connected devices to the set of connected devices in response to user selections made in response to the presentation.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the broadcast is received by a connected device registry, and wherein the device identifications are received from the connected device registry.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the device identifications are derived from a user defined translation of a device characterization.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for identifying the set of connected devices include means for monitoring for connected device broadcasts.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the voice command includes a connected device characterization, and wherein the means for identifying the set of connected devices include means for filtering a superset of connected devices using the connected device characterization.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the characterization is a connected device type.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the characterization is a connected device function.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for transforming the voice command into the command include:

means for transmitting the voice command to an external device; and

means for receiving the command from the external device.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for transforming the voice command into a command for the set of connected devices include means for transforming the voice command into a semantic representation of the voice command.