AMBIENT ASSISTANT DEVICE
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1. A home assistant device, comprising:
- a camera;
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to;
operate the home assistant device in an active experience mode, the active experience mode corresponding to the home assistant device providing a first response to first speech based on the first speech including a hardware activation phrase indicating an expectation of a user providing the first speech to receive the first response responsive to the first speech;
determine characteristics of an environment of the home assistant device using the camera, the characteristics of the environment including determining that the user is looking at or towards the home assistant device; and
switch operation of the home assistant device from the active experience mode to a passive experience mode based on the determined characteristics, the passive experience mode corresponding to the home assistant device providing a second response to second speech, the second speech not including the hardware activation phrase.
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Abstract
Ambient assistance is described. An assistant device can operate in an active experience mode in which a response to a user'"'"'s speech is provided if it includes a hardware activation phrase. Based on characteristics of the environment, the mode can be adjusted to a passive experience mode in which a response to speech is provided even if it does not include the hardware activation phrase.
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1. A home assistant device, comprising:
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a camera; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to; operate the home assistant device in an active experience mode, the active experience mode corresponding to the home assistant device providing a first response to first speech based on the first speech including a hardware activation phrase indicating an expectation of a user providing the first speech to receive the first response responsive to the first speech; determine characteristics of an environment of the home assistant device using the camera, the characteristics of the environment including determining that the user is looking at or towards the home assistant device; and switch operation of the home assistant device from the active experience mode to a passive experience mode based on the determined characteristics, the passive experience mode corresponding to the home assistant device providing a second response to second speech, the second speech not including the hardware activation phrase.
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2. An electronic device, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to; operate the electronic device in an active experience mode providing a first response to first speech based on the first speech including a hardware activation phrase; determine characteristics of an environment of the electronic device, the characteristics of the environment including a determination that a user that provided the first speech is looking at or towards the electronic device; and adjust operation of the electronic device from the active experience mode to a passive experience mode based on the characteristics, the passive experience mode configured to provide a second response to second speech not including the hardware activation phrase. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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operating an electronic device in an active experience mode providing a first response to first speech based on the first speech including a hardware activation phrase; determining, by a processor, characteristics of an environment of the electronic device the characteristics of the environment including a determination that a user that provided the first speech is providing a second speech that is spoken at or towards the electronic device; and adjusting operation of the electronic device from the active experience mode to a passive experience mode based on the characteristics, the passive experience mode configured to provide a second response to the second speech not including the hardware activation phrase. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product, comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer program instructions stored therein, the computer program instructions being configured such that, when executed by one or more computing devices, the computer program instructions cause the one or more computing devices to:
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operate the computing device in an active experience mode providing a first response to first speech based on the first speech including a hardware activation phrase, wherein the first response to the first speech is a speech-based response; determine characteristics of an environment of the computing device; and adjust operation of the computing device from the active experience mode to a passive experience mode based on the characteristics, the passive experience mode configured to provide a second response to second speech not including the hardware activation phrase, wherein the second response is a visual-based response. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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