Personal mobile computing device having antenna microphone and speech detection for improved speech recognition
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1. A mobile computing device comprising:
- an antenna adapted to be oriented toward a user;
a first microphone positioned on the antenna and adapted to convert audible speech from the user into speech signals;
a speech sensor outputting a sensor signal indicative of whether the user is speaking based on a non-audio input generated by speech action of the user;
a speech detector component outputting a speech detection signal indicative of whether the user is speaking based on the sensor signal;
a speech recognition component coupled to the first microphone and adapted to perform speech recognition algorithms on the speech signals to generate speech recognition data; and
an analog-to-digital converter coupling the first microphone to the speech recognition component and digitizing the speech signals, the analog-to-digital converter providing the digitized speech signals to the speech recognition component, and the speech recognition component performing the speech recognition algorithms on the digitized speech signals to generate the speech recognition data.
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Abstract
A mobile computing device, adapted to be held in the palm of a user'"'"'s hand, includes an antenna for transmission of information from the mobile computing device. A first microphone, adapted to convert audible speech from the user into speech signals, is positioned at a distal end of the antenna. The antenna is rotatable, while the mobile computing device is held by the user, into a position which directs the first microphone toward the mouth of the user. A speech sensor outputs a sensor signal indicative of whether the user is speaking.
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1. A mobile computing device comprising:
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an antenna adapted to be oriented toward a user; a first microphone positioned on the antenna and adapted to convert audible speech from the user into speech signals; a speech sensor outputting a sensor signal indicative of whether the user is speaking based on a non-audio input generated by speech action of the user; a speech detector component outputting a speech detection signal indicative of whether the user is speaking based on the sensor signal; a speech recognition component coupled to the first microphone and adapted to perform speech recognition algorithms on the speech signals to generate speech recognition data; and an analog-to-digital converter coupling the first microphone to the speech recognition component and digitizing the speech signals, the analog-to-digital converter providing the digitized speech signals to the speech recognition component, and the speech recognition component performing the speech recognition algorithms on the digitized speech signals to generate the speech recognition data. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A mobile computing device comprising:
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an antenna adapted to be oriented toward a user; a first microphone positioned on the antenna and adapted to convert audible speech from the user into speech signals; a speech sensor outputting a sensor signal indicative of whether the user is speaking based on a non-audio input generated by speech action of the user; and a speech detector component outputting a speech detection signal indicative of whether the user is speaking based on the sensor signal, wherein the speech detector component outputs the speech detection signal based on a first characteristic of the sensor signal and based on the speech signals from the first microphone, wherein the first characteristic of the sensor signal has a first level when the user is speaking and a second level when the user is not speaking and wherein the speech detector component outputs the speech detection signal based on a level of the first characteristic of the sensor sienal relative to a baseline level of the first characteristic that comprises a predetermined one of the first and second levels of the first characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of performing speech recognition, the method comprising:
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providing a mobile computing device; rotating an antenna of the mobile computing device toward the user such that a first microphone positioned at a distal end of the antenna is directed toward a mouth of the user; converting audible speech from the user into speech signals using the first microphone positioned at the distal end of the antenna; digitizing the speech signals; providing a sensor signal based on a non-audio input generated by speech action of the user and indicative of whether the user is speaking; and performing speech recognition algorithms on the digitized speech signals using a microprocessor positioned within the mobile computing device to generate speech recognition data if the sensor signal is indicative of the user speaking. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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