HOTWORD DETECTION ON MULTIPLE DEVICES
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for hotword detection on multiple devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a first computing device, audio data that corresponds to an utterance. The actions further include determining a first value corresponding to a likelihood that the utterance includes a hotword. The actions further include receiving a second value corresponding to a likelihood that the utterance includes the hotword, the second value being determined by a second computing device. The actions further include comparing the first value and the second value. The actions further include based on comparing the first value to the second value, initiating speech recognition processing on the audio data.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by a first computing device that (i) is in sleep mode and (ii) is configured to disable the sleep mode and respond to voice queries upon receipt of a particular, predefined hotword, audio data that corresponds to an utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; while the first computing device remains in the sleep mode, and in response to receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword, transmitting a message by the first computing device to a second computing device that (i) is in short-range electronic communication with the first computing device, and (ii) is also configured to respond to voice queries that are preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; and determining, by the first computing device, to remain in the sleep mode despite receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of the voice command that is preceded by the particular predefined keyword, based at least on transmitting the message. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising; receiving, by a first computing device that (i) is in sleep mode and (ii) is configured to disable the sleep mode and respond to voice queries upon receipt of a particular, predefined hotword, audio data that corresponds to an utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; while the first computing device remains in the sleep mode, and in response to receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword, transmitting a message by the first computing device to a second computing device that (i) is in short-range electronic communication with the first computing device, and (ii) is also configured to respond to voice queries that are preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; and determining, by the first computing device, to remain in the sleep mode despite receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of the voice command that is preceded by the particular predefined keyword, based at least on transmitting the message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, by a first computing device that (i) is in sleep mode and (ii) is configured to disable the sleep mode and respond to voice queries upon receipt of a particular, predefined hotword, audio data that corresponds to an utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; while the first computing device remains in the sleep mode, and in response to receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of a voice command that is preceded by the particular, predefined hotword, transmitting a message by the first computing device to a second computing device that (i) is in short-range electronic communication with the first computing device, and (ii) is also configured to respond to voice queries that are preceded by the particular, predefined hotword; and determining, by the first computing device, to remain in the sleep mode despite receiving the audio data that corresponds to the utterance of the voice command that is preceded by the particular predefined keyword, based at least on transmitting the message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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