Personalized operation of a mobile device using acoustic and non-acoustic information

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Patent No.: US 9,772,815
App. No.: 14/542,327
Granted: Sep 26, 2017
Kind: B1

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Abstract

Systems and methods for performing personalized operations of a mobile device are provided. An example method includes determining a user-defined signature has been received. The user-defined signature can include a combination of an acoustic input and non-acoustic input. The method can further include performing, in response to the determination, operations of the mobile device, the operations being associated with the user-defined signature. Exemplary acoustic input includes a voice sound with at least one spoken keyword. The spoken keyword is used to identify the operations. Exemplary non-acoustic input includes motions of the mobile device detected by an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer. Exemplary motions include vibrations of the mobile device, tapping the mobile device, rotations of the mobile device, movements of the mobile device as to draw a figure in a space.

Claims (48)

1. A method for performing operations of a mobile device, the method comprising:

determining that a signature has been received, the signature being a combination of an acoustic input and a non-acoustic input, the non-acoustic input including at least vibrations due to being held by a hand, wherein the determining that the signature has been received comprises:

comparing the acoustic input to a user-defined acoustic input sample; and

comparing the non-acoustic input to a user-defined non-acoustic input sample;

in response to the determination, performing operations of the mobile device, the operations being associated with the signature;

training the mobile device to perform the operations, the training comprising:

presenting lists of one or more applications associated with the operations and one or more sensor types via a user interface of the mobile device;

receiving a selection of one or more applications and one or more sensor types from a user via the user interface;

recording acoustic data and non-acoustic sensor data based at least on the one or more sensor types selected by the user via the user interface; and

generating the signature based at least on the acoustic data and non-acoustic sensor data, the signature being a user-defined signature, the user-defined signature being a combination of the user-defined acoustic input sample and the user-defined non-acoustic input sample; and

associating the generated signature with the selection of one or more applications.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic input includes a voice sound.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the voice sound includes at least a spoken keyword, the spoken keyword being used to identify the operations.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the acoustic sound is captured by at least one microphone of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-acoustic input is detected by one or more sensors associated with mobile device, the sensors including one or more of the following: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and a proximity sensor.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signature further includes a predetermined window of time between the acoustic input and non-acoustic input.

7. A system for performing operations of a mobile device, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled with the processor, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor performs a method comprising:

determining that a signature has been received, the signature being a combination of an acoustic input and non-acoustic input, the non-acoustic input including at least vibrations due to being held by a hand, wherein the determining that the signature has been received comprises:

comparing the acoustic input to a user-defined acoustic input sample; and

comparing the non-acoustic input to a user-defined non-acoustic input sample;

in response to determination, performing operations of the mobile device, the operations being associated with the signature;

training the mobile device to perform the operations, the training comprising:

presenting lists of one or more applications associated with the operations and one or more sensor types via a user interface of the mobile device;

receiving a selection of one or more applications and one or more sensor types from a user via the user interface;

recording acoustic data and non-acoustic sensor data based at least on the one or more sensor types selected by the user via the user interface; and

associating the generated signature with the selection of one or more applications.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the acoustic input includes a voice sound captured by at least one microphone of the mobile device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the voice sound includes at least one spoken keyword, the at least one spoken keyword being used to identify the operations.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the non-acoustic input is detected by one or more of sensor associated with the mobile device, the one or more sensors including one or more of the following: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and a proximity sensor.

11. The system, of claim 7 , wherein the signature further includes a predetermined window of time between the acoustic input and non-acoustic input.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, perform steps of a method, the method comprising: