Device voice recognition systems and methods

• US 9,472,205 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2013
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Kolavennu, Soumitri N., Padmanabhan, Aravind
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhu, Richard
• Application Number:
  US13/888,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20140330569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1815 Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/16 Transforming into a non-visible representation devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F11/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2821 Avoiding conflicts related to the use of home appliances cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; protocols for network security H04L63/00

Abstract

Device voice recognition systems and methods are described herein. One example of a method for device voice recognition includes receiving a voice command, determining a number of devices relating to the voice command, and adjusting a setting of the number of devices based on the received voice command.

Claims

1. A method for device voice recognition, comprising:

a device receiving a voice command issued to the device from a user, the voice command describing an intended action, modifying an occupancy of a premises, that the user will perform without referencing any device or a particular setting change in the language of the command;

the device communicating the voice command to a computing device connected via a network;

the computing device determining a first device with a first function and a second device with a second function for adjustment based on the voice command, wherein the number of devices are not capable of receiving the voice command;

the computing device converting the voice command into a first instruction to adjust a first setting of the first device and a second instruction to adjust a second setting of the second device; and

adjusting the first setting and the second setting based on the intended action the user will perform described in the voice command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first device with the first function and the second device with the second function includes determining the first device and the second device based on the intended action described in the voice command.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the first setting of the first device and the second setting of the second device includes adjusting the first setting and the second setting based on the modification to the occupancy caused by the user performing the intended action described in the voice command.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first device is a different type than the second device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a cloud-based offsite computing resource executing a network manager.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the first setting and the second setting is based a number of user defined settings that correspond to the intended action described in the voice command.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions by a command receiving device to:

receive a voice command issued to the command receiving device from a user, the voice command describing an intended action, modifying an occupancy of a premises, that the user will perform without referencing any devices or a particular setting change in the language of the command;

determine, from the intended action described in the voice command, an adjustment of a first setting of a first device with a first function and an adjustment of a second setting of a second device with a second function, wherein the first device and the second device are incapable of receiving the voice command, and wherein the voice command is converted to a first instruction to the first device and a second instruction to the second device; and

send the first instruction to the first device and the second instruction to the second device to perform the adjustment of the first setting and the adjustment of the second setting based on user preferences for the described intended action that the user will perform.

8. The medium of claim 7, wherein to determine the adjustment of the first setting of the first device and the adjustment of the second setting of the second device includes comparing the voice command to a number of stored adjustments to the first setting of the first device and the second setting of the second device.

9. The medium of claim 7, wherein the first device and the second device are different device types.

10. The medium of claim 7, comprising instructions to analyze the received voice command and convert the received voice command to a natural language text message.

11. The medium of claim 7, wherein the voice command is received by the first device and converted to a natural language text message by the first device.

12. A system, comprising:

a computing device including instructions to;

receive a voice command issued to a command receiving device from a user, the voice command describing an intended action, modifying an occupancy of a premises, that the user will perform without referencing any devices or a particular setting change in the language of the command;

analyze the voice command and translate the voice command into a natural language text message;

determine, from the intended action described in the voice command, an adjustment of a first setting of a first device with a first function and an adjustment of a second setting of a second device with a second function based on the natural language text message, wherein the computing device is connected to the first device and the second device via a network, and wherein the first device and the second device are incapable of receiving a voice command;

convert the natural language text message into a first instruction to the first device and a second instruction to the second device; and

send the first instruction to the first device and the second instruction to the second device for adjusting the first setting and the second setting based on user preferences for the described intended action that the user will perform.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is a mobile device that is at a remote location from the first device and the second device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the functionality of the computing device is distributed between the computing device, the mobile device, and the first device and the second device.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the instructions deactivate the first device and the second device.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is in a first room of a building and the first device is in a second room of the building.

17. The system of claim 12, comprising instructions to confirm adjusting the determined setting to a user that provided the voice command.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein to confirm adjusting the determined setting includes sending a voice confirmation from the computing device.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device sends instructions to each of the first device and the second device based on the voice command.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the instructions to each of the first device and the second device includes instructions for a different setting adjustment based on the voice command.