PRINT JOB PRINTING BASED ON HUMAN VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTED IN PROXIMITY TO PRINTING DEVICE

• US 20200133594A1
• Filed: 09/14/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Parthasarathy, Niraj, Charlton, Corey Alvin, Larimer, Tyson James
• Granted Patent: US 10,853,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/38 Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1238 Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques

Abstract

Human voice activity in proximity to a printing device is detected. Printing of the print job is based on the detected human voice activity. For instance, starting of print job printing can be based on the detected human voice activity. Controlling of print job printing after printing has started can also be based on the detected human voice activity.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

responsive to an instruction to print a print job using a printing device, detecting human voice activity in proximity to the printing device using a sound detection device associated with the printing device; and

printing the print job based on the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device, using the printing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein printing the print job based on the human voice activity comprises:

in response to no human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device, starting printing of the print job.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein printing the print job based on the human voice activity further comprises:

in response to any human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device, waiting until no human voice activity is detected in proximity to the printing device before starting printing of the print job.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein printing the print job based on the human voice activity further comprises:

determining an identity of each user whose voice is present within the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device; and

starting printing of the print job, based on the determined identity of each user whose voice is present within the human voice activity.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the identity of one user whose voice is present within the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device is unknown.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon completion of printing of the printing job, printing information regarding the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program instructions executable by a printing device to:

start printing a print job using the printing device;

while the print job is being printed, detect human voice activity in proximity to the printing device using a sound detection device associated with the printing device; and

control printing of the print job, based on the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium of claim 7, wherein the printing device is to control the printing of the print job, based on the human voice activity, by:

in response to any human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device, pausing printing of the print job until no human voice activity is detected in proximity to the printing device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium of claim 7, wherein the printing device is to control the printing of the print job, based on the human voice activity, by:

determining an identity of each user whose voice is present within the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device; and

pausing printing of the print job, based on the determined identity of each user whose voice is present within the human voice activity.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium of claim 7, wherein the printing device is further to:

upon completion of printing of the print job, print information regarding the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium of claim 10, wherein the printing device is to print the information regarding the human voice activity by:

determine a number of unique voices within the human voice activity,

wherein the printed information comprises the determined number of unique voices within the human voice activity.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium of claim 10, wherein the printing device is to print the information regarding the human voice activity by:

determining an identity of each user whose voice is present within the human voice activity detected in proximity to the printing device,

wherein the printed information comprises;

the identity of each user whose voice is present within the human voice activity and whose determined identity is known; and

a voiceprint of the voice of each user whose voice is present within the human voice activity and whose determined identity is unknown.

13. A printing device comprising:

a print engine to print a print job;

a sound detection device to detect human voice activity in proximity to the printing device; and

hardware logic to one or more of;

start printing the print job based on the detected human voice activity;

control printing of the print job based on the detected human voice activity after printing of the print job has been started.

14. The printing device of claim 13, wherein the hardware logic is to start printing the print job based on one or more of:

whether any human voice activity is detected in proximity to the printing;

a determined number of unique voices within the detected human voice activity;

determined identities of users whose voices are present within the detected human voice activity.

15. The printing device of claim 13, wherein the hardware logic is to control printing of the print job by pausing printing of the print job based on one or more of:

whether any human voice activity is detected in proximity to the printing;

a determined number of unique voices within the detected human voice activity;

determined identities of users whose voices are present within the detected human voice activity.