REFRIGERATORS FOR PROVIDING DISPENSING IN RESPONSE TO VOICE COMMANDS
First Claim
1. An appliance comprising:
- a dispensing system for dispensing liquid into a dispensing area;
a sensor configured to provide an output signal indicating whether a receptacle is present in the dispensing area;
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising;
obtaining the output signal from the sensor;
determining whether the receptacle is present in the dispensing area of the appliance based at least in part on the output signal;
when it is determined that the receptacle is present in the dispensing area, beginning to listen for voice commands;
receiving a human speech signal; and
determining one or more operations requested by the human speech signal.
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Abstract
Generally the present disclosure is directed to refrigerators and other appliances configured to provide dispensing in response to a voice command. One example appliance includes a sensor configured to provide an output signal indicating whether a receptacle is present in a dispensing area of the appliance. The appliance includes a microphone for receiving a human speech signal. The appliance includes a speech-to-text module configured to convert the human speech signal into textual information. The appliance includes a feature processing module configured to determine one or more requested actions based on the textual information. When the one or more requested actions comprise dispensing, the appliance is configured to perform the dispensing only when the output signal from the sensor indicates that the receptacle is present in the dispensing area.
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20 Claims
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1. An appliance comprising:
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a dispensing system for dispensing liquid into a dispensing area; a sensor configured to provide an output signal indicating whether a receptacle is present in the dispensing area; one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising; obtaining the output signal from the sensor; determining whether the receptacle is present in the dispensing area of the appliance based at least in part on the output signal; when it is determined that the receptacle is present in the dispensing area, beginning to listen for voice commands; receiving a human speech signal; and determining one or more operations requested by the human speech signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for operating an appliance, the method comprising:
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obtaining an output signal from a sensor included in the appliance; determining whether a receptacle is present in a dispensing area of the appliance based at least in part on the output signal; when it is determined that the receptacle is present in the dispensing area, beginning to listen for voice commands; receiving a human speech signal; determining one or more operations requested by the human speech signal; and performing the one or more operations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An appliance comprising:
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a sensor configured to provide an output signal indicating whether a receptacle is present in a dispensing area of the appliance; a microphone for receiving a human speech signal; a speech-to-text module configured to convert the human speech signal into textual information; and a feature processing module configured to determine one or more requested actions based on the textual information; wherein, when the one or more requested actions comprise dispensing, the appliance is configured to perform the dispensing only when the output signal from the sensor indicates that the receptacle is present in the dispensing area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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