Voice Control User Interface with Progressive Command Engagement
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1. A method comprising:
- operating a first processor in a sleep mode and operating a second processor that is operative to wake the first processor from the sleep mode in response to a speech command phrase;
identifying, by a speech recognition engine, a speech command phrase segment; and
performing, by the second processor, a control operation in response the segment.
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Abstract
A method include placing a first processor in a sleep operating mode and running a second processor that is operative to wake the first processor from the sleep operating mode in response to a speech command phrase. The method includes identifying, by the second processor, a speech command phrase segment and performing a control operation in response to detecting the segment in detected speech. The control operation is performed while the first processor is maintained in the sleep operating mode.
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1. A method comprising:
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operating a first processor in a sleep mode and operating a second processor that is operative to wake the first processor from the sleep mode in response to a speech command phrase; identifying, by a speech recognition engine, a speech command phrase segment; and performing, by the second processor, a control operation in response the segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a first processor having a sleep operating mode; a speech recognition engine operative to identify a speech command phrase segment while the first processor is operated in the sleep operating mode; a control system operatively coupled to the first processor, the control system operative to control equipment in response to the speech command phrase segment, while the first processor operates in the sleep operating mode; a second processor, operatively coupled to the first processor, the speech recognition engine and to the control system, the second processor operative to wake the first processor from the sleep operating mode in response to a speech command phrase, the second processor further operative to send control command data to the control system in response to the speech command phrase segment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a first processor having a sleep operating mode; a speech recognition engine operative to identify a speech command phrase segment while the first processor is operated in the sleep operating mode; display hardware and a display, the display hardware operatively coupled to the first processor and operative to store display data in a frame buffer for a most recently displayed image while the display is turned off; a second processor, operatively coupled to the first processor, the speech recognition engine and to the display hardware, the second processor operative to wake the first processor from the sleep operating mode in response to a speech command phrase, the second processor further operative to update a portion of the display data in the frame buffer in response to the speech command phrase segment and to turn at least a portion of the display on for a period of time to display the updated portion of the display data, the display being turned off again after expiration of the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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