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Biometric voice command and control switching device and method of use

  • US 9,043,210 B1
  • Filed: 10/02/2012
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A biometric voice command and control switching device for operably controlling a controlled device in response to a currently spoken challenge utterance by correlating and comparing the currently spoken challenge utterance to at least one previously stored reference utterance, the biometric voice command and control switching device comprising:

  • a microphone assembly for receiving the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance;

    a voice processing circuit for creating an electronic signal indicative of the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance;

    a memory for storing the electronic signals of the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance;

    a processor for comparing the electronic signals of the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance and determining if there is a match;

    an interface circuit for operably controlling the controlled device in response to the currently spoken challenge utterance when a match is determined by the processor; and

    a housing containing the microphone assembly, the housing having an acoustic vent that enables the microphone assembly to receive sound, the acoustic vent having a weatherproof fabric cover covering the acoustic vent.

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