VOICE FOCUS ENABLED BY PREDETERMINED TRIGGERS

• US 20150348545A1
• Filed: 03/03/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fox, James E., Bush, Hobert III, Shergill, Vishavpal S., Smith, Justin P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,514,745 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/20 Speech recognition techniques specially adapted for robustness in adverse environments, e.g. in noise, of stress induced speech G10L21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2021/02087 the noise being separate speech, e.g. cocktail party
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0208 Noise filtering

Abstract

Provided are techniques for voice focus enabled by predetermined triggers. Voice recognition is used to identify one or more pre-determined triggers from a voice of a speaker. In response to identifying the one or more pre-determined triggers, a voice recognition template is dynamically created for the voice of the speaker, and the voice recognition template and voice isolation are used to focus on the voice from the speaker.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

using, with a processor of a computer, voice recognition to identify one or more pre-determined triggers from a voice of a speaker; and

in response to identifying the one or more pre-determined triggers,

dynamically creating a voice recognition template for the voice of the speaker; and

using the voice recognition template and voice isolation to focus on the voice from the speaker.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more pre-determined triggers include one or more words that address a listener.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein focusing on the voice includes cancelling out background noise.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein focusing on the voice includes isolating words from the speaker.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the voice recognition template exists for the speaker; and

dynamically updating the voice recognition template for the speaker.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying, the locating, and the using are performed in a hearing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein software is provided as a service in a cloud environment.

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