Microphone with voice wake-up function

• US 9,326,063 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2014
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai Sniper Microelectronics Co., Ltd., ZillTek Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Sniper Microelectronics Co., Ltd., ZillTek Technology Corp.
• Inventors: Ye, Jinghua
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thang
• Application Number:
  US14/243,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20150049884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/32 Means for saving power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2410/00 Microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones

Abstract

This present disclosure relates to the speech processing technology, more specifically, to a microphone. A microphone with voice wake-up function includes a microphone body with at least one transducer for collecting sound signals, a control module and a determining module. The microphone body is performed in a sleeping mode or an operating mode through the control module in accordance with the determined result. The invention enables the microphone body to switch between the sleeping mode and the operating mode. The sleeping mode reduces unnecessary power consumption and saves electrical energy. When a certain condition is satisfied, the body of the microphone is activated from the sleeping mode and enters into the normal operating mode.

Claims

1. A microphone with voice wake-up function, said microphone comprising:

a microphone body, the microphone body comprising at least one transducer for collecting a sound signal and producing a transformed audio signal, a control module and a determining module, the signal output of the transducer is connected to the control module; and

wherein the determining module determines whether the transducer, in a predetermined time range, receives the sound signal or the transformed audio signal satisfies with a predetermined condition, which concludes with a determined result; and

wherein the microphone body is performed in a sleeping mode or an operating mode through the control module in accordance with the determined result.

2. The microphone with voice wake-up function as disclosed in claim 1, wherein when the determining module determines that the transducer in the predetermined time range receives no sound signal or the transformed audio signal does not satisfy with the predetermined condition, the control module is performed to enter into the sleeping mode.

3. The microphone with voice wake-up function as disclosed in claim 2, wherein once the determining module determines that the transformed audio signal meets the predetermined condition, by transmitting an interrupt signal or an enable signal, the determining module drives the control module and activates the control module from the sleeping mode into the operating mode.

4. The microphone with voice wake-up function as disclosed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition comprises a predetermined frequency range, and/or a predetermined amplitude range, and/or a continuous audio signal with predetermined duration range.

5. The microphone with voice wake-up function as disclosed in claim 4, wherein the predetermined frequency range is from 300 Hz to 4 KHz.

6. The microphone with voice wake-up function as disclosed in claim 1, further comprising a storage module which stores the predetermined condition.

7. The microphone with voice wake-up function as disclosed in claim 1, wherein the microphone body adopts an analog microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone or an analog electret condenser microphone.