DEVICE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20140330569A1
• Filed: 05/06/2013
• Published: 11/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Kolavennu, Soumitri N., Padmanabhan, Aravind
• Granted Patent: US 9,472,205 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1815 Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/16 Transforming into a non-visible representation devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F11/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2821 Avoiding conflicts related to the use of home appliances cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; protocols for network security H04L63/00

Abstract

Device voice recognition systems and methods are described herein. One example of a method for device voice recognition includes receiving a voice command, determining a number of devices relating to the voice command, and adjusting a setting of the number of devices based on the received voice command.

Claims

1. A method for device voice recognition, comprising:

receiving a voice command;

determining a number of devices relating to the voice command; and

adjusting a setting of the number of devices based on the received voice command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a number of devices includes receiving instructions to control multiple devices upon receiving the voice command.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting a setting of the number of devices includes adjusting a first setting on a first device and adjusting a second setting on a second device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first device is a different type than the second device.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising sending the voice command to a network manager.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the setting is based a number of user defined settings that correspond to the voice command.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions to:

receive a voice command corresponding to a plurality of devices;

determine a number of setting changes for the plurality of devices based on the voice command; and

send instructions to each of the plurality of devices to perform the number of setting changes.

8. The medium of claim 7, wherein to determine the number of setting changes includes comparing the voice command to a number of stored setting changes for the plurality of devices.

9. The medium of claim 7, wherein the plurality of devices includes a plurality of different device types.

10. The medium of claim 7, comprising instructions to analyze the received voice command and convert the received voice command to a natural language text message.

11. The medium of claim 7, wherein the voice command is received by one of the plurality of devices.

12. A system, comprising:

a computing device including instructions to;

receive a voice command;

analyze the voice command and translate the voice command into a natural language text message;

determine a setting change for the device based on the natural language text message; and

send instructions to the device for changing the determined setting.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is a mobile device that is at a remote location from the device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the functionality of the computing device is distributed between the computing device, the mobile device, and the device.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the instructions deactivate the device.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is in a first room of a building and the device is in a second room of the building.

17. The system of claim 12, comprising instructions to confirm changing the determined setting to a user that provided the voice command.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein to confirm changing the determined setting includes sending a voice confirmation from the computing device.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device sends instructions to each of a plurality of devices based on the voice command.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the instructions to each of the plurality of devices includes instructions for a different setting change based on the voice command.