Methods and systems for controlling an electronic device in response to detected social cues
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1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving, with an audio capture device, audio input, wherein the audio capture device comprises a microphone in an always ON state;
identifying, with one or more processors, whether a device command is present in the audio input;
determining, with a voice interface engine, an identity of a user from the audio input;
detecting, with one or more sensors, one or more multi-modal social cues from an environment about the electronic device;
where the device command is present in the audio input, corroborating, from the one or more multi-modal social cues, that the device command is intended for the electronic device; and
executing, with the one or more processors, a control operation in response to the device command only where the user is identified as an owner of the electronic device and corroboration from the one or more multi-modal social cues confirms that the device command is intended for the electronic device.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes an audio capture device, one or more physical sensors or context sensors, and one or more processors. A method of operating the electronic device includes receiving audio input, identifying a device command from the audio input, and detecting one or more multi-modal social cues from an environment about the electronic device. Where the one or more multi-modal social cues match one or more predefined criteria, the method executes a control operation in response to the device command.
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18 Claims
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1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving, with an audio capture device, audio input, wherein the audio capture device comprises a microphone in an always ON state; identifying, with one or more processors, whether a device command is present in the audio input; determining, with a voice interface engine, an identity of a user from the audio input; detecting, with one or more sensors, one or more multi-modal social cues from an environment about the electronic device; where the device command is present in the audio input, corroborating, from the one or more multi-modal social cues, that the device command is intended for the electronic device; and executing, with the one or more processors, a control operation in response to the device command only where the user is identified as an owner of the electronic device and corroboration from the one or more multi-modal social cues confirms that the device command is intended for the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method in an electronic device, comprising:
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receiving, with an audio capture device, audio input; determining, with one or more processors, whether the audio input comprises a device command; determining, with a voice interface engine operable with the audio capture device, whether a predefined user can be identified from the audio input; where both the audio input comprises the device command and the predefined user is identified, actuating, with one or more processors, an intelligent imager; receiving, with the intelligent imager, one or more multi-modal social cues and confirming, with the intelligent imager, the predefined user is an owner of the electronic device; determining, with the one or more processors, whether the one or more multi-modal social cues match one or more predefined criteria; and where both the one or more multi-modal social cues match the one or more predefined criteria and the predefined user is confirmed as the owner of the electronic device, executing, with the one or more processors, a control operation in response to the device command. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic device, comprising:
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one or more processors; an audio capture device, operable with the one or more processors; and one or more sensors, operable with the one or more processors, the one or more sensors cascaded in a predefined order to detect a plurality of multi-modal social cues to determine whether a device command is intended for the electronic device; the one or more processors; causing the audio capture device to receive an audio input; identifying, from signals from the audio capture device, the device command from the audio input; determining an identity of a user from the audio input, and where the user and the device command are identified, delivering an audio prompt requesting confirmation that the device command should be executed; receiving additional audio input; identifying, from signals from the audio capture device, a confirmation command from the additional audio input; detecting, with the one or more sensors, one or more multi-modal social cues from an environment about the electronic device; and where the one or more multi-modal social cues match one or more predefined criteria, the confirmation command is identified from the additional audio input, and the user is identified from the audio input, executing a control operation in response to the device command; the one or more processors further distinguishing, with the one or more sensors, whether the device command is directed at the electronic device as a function of the one or more multi-modal social cues, and to execute the control operation only when the device command is directed to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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