Voice activated device
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1. An image capture device comprising:
- a first receiver operable to receive a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
a second receiver operable to receive a speech signal representative of an utterance of the user;
a processor operable to process the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the user'"'"'s utterance;
an image capture operable to capture an image; and
a controller responsive to said first receiver and said processor and operable to control said image capture;
wherein said controller is operable, in response to said user input, to set the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which said image capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user and, after said period of time, is operable to set the image capture devise listening state in which the controller is operable to cause said image capture to capture an image when said processor detects said spoken keyword.
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Abstract
An image capture device is described having a remote photograph mode in which images can be captured without physical contact with the device. The device activated by the user speaking a keyword. The image capturing device is arranged so that after being initialised in the remote capture mode of operation, it enters a standby state for a period of time in which it is unresponsive to utterances and, after a period of time sets itself into a listening state in which it can capture images in response to detecting spoken keywords.
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38 Claims
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1. An image capture device comprising:
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a first receiver operable to receive a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
a second receiver operable to receive a speech signal representative of an utterance of the user;
a processor operable to process the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the user'"'"'s utterance;
an image capture operable to capture an image; and
a controller responsive to said first receiver and said processor and operable to control said image capture;
wherein said controller is operable, in response to said user input, to set the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which said image capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user and, after said period of time, is operable to set the image capture devise listening state in which the controller is operable to cause said image capture to capture an image when said processor detects said spoken keyword. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An image capturing method carried out in an image capturing device, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
receiving a speech signal representative of an utterance of the user;
processing the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the user'"'"'s utterance; and
controlling the image capture device to capture an image in response to the user input and a detected keyword;
wherein said controlling step sets, in response to said user input, the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which said image capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user and, after said period of time, sets the image capture device into a listening state in which the controlling step causes the image capture device to capture an image when said processing step detects said spoken keyword. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for causing a programmable image capturing device to carry out an image capturing method, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
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receiving a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
receiving a speech signal representative of an utterance of the user;
processing the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the user'"'"'s utterance; and
controlling the image capture device to capture an image in response to the user input and a detected keyword;
wherein said controlling step sets, in response to said user input, the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which said image capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user and, after said period of time, sets the image capture device into a listening state in which the controlling step causes the image capture device to capture an image when said processing step detects said spoken keyword.
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36. Computer executable instructions for causing a programmable image capturing device to carry out an image capturing method, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
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receiving a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
receiving a speech signal representative of an utterance of the user;
processing the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the user'"'"'s utterance; and
controlling the image capture device to capture an image in response to the user input and a detected keyword;
wherein said controlling step sets, in response to said user input, the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which said image capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user and, after said period of time, sets the image capture device into a listening state in which the controlling step causes the image capture device to capture an image when said processing step detects said spoken keyword.
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37. An image capture device comprising:
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means for receving a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
means for receiving a speech signal representative of an utterance of the user;
means for processing the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the user'"'"'s utterance;
means for capturing an image; and
a controller responsive to said user input receiving means and said speech processing means and operable to control said image capture means;
wherein said controller is operable, in response to said user input, to set the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which said image capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user and, after said period of time, is operable to set the image capture device into a listening state in which the controller is operable to cause said image capture means to capture an image when said speech processing means detects said spoken keyword.
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38. An image capture device comprising:
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a first receiver operable to receive a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
a second receiver operable to receive a speech signal representative of an utterance of the user;
a processor operable to process the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the user'"'"'s utterance;
an image capture operable to capture an image; and
a controller responsive to said first receiver and said processor and operable to control said image capture;
wherein said controller is operable, in response to said user input, to set the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which said image capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user and, after said period of time, is operable to set the image capture device into an active state.
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