IP Library Granted Patent US 11,126,260
Granted Patent B2
US 11,126,260 · App. 16/732,011 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Control method and apparatus of intelligent device, and storage medium

Inventors: Lu Qian (Beijing, CN); Gang Zhang (Beijing, CN); Shasha Wang (Beijing, CN); Mingwei Li (Beijing, CN); Yibo Chen (Beijing, CN); Fenglei Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
G06F3/013G06F3/165
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Patent No.
US 11,126,260
App. No.
16/732,011
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a control method and apparatus of an intelligent device, and a storage medium. The control method includes: determining a state of a target function to acquire target function state information; detecting an operation of a user gazing at a local screen to acquire gazing operation information; and controlling the state of the target function to switch according to the gazing operation information and the target function state information.

Claims (47)

1. A control method of an intelligent speaker, comprising:

determining a state of a target function of the intelligent speaker to acquire target function state information;

detecting an operation of a user gazing at a local screen to acquire gazing operation information; and

controlling the state of the target function to switch according to the gazing operation information and the target function state information, comprising:

determining whether the target function is automatic deactivation or manual deactivation when the target function state information indicates an OFF state, wherein the automatic deactivation indicates that the target function is deactivated automatically from the ON state to the OFF state in response to a duration of the user not gazing at the local screen exceeding a first duration, and the manual deactivation indicates that the target function is deactivated manually from the ON state to the OFF state in response to a deactivating command of the user;

switching the target function from the OFF state to the ON state in response to a duration of the user gazing at the local screen exceeding a second duration in a case that the target function is the automatic deactivation;

controlling the target function to remain in the OFF state to refuse to be waked up through the gazing operation information even if the duration of the user gazing at the local screen exceeding the second duration in case that the target function is the manual deactivation, so as to avoid an incorrect wake-up of the target function,

wherein the method further comprises:

when the target function of the intelligent speaker is in an ON state, resetting timing of a deactivating duration upon detecting that the user gazes at a screen of the intelligent speaker;

upon detecting that the user gazes at the screen of the intelligent speaker continuously, setting the timing of the deactivating duration to start from a last time of the user gazing at the screen of the intelligent speaker; and

deactivating the target function of the intelligent speaker after the timing is finished.

2. The control method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the state of the target function to switch according to the gazing operation information and the target function state information comprises:

when the target function state information indicates an ON state, in response to the user gazing at the local screen, delaying a time of deactivating the target function.

3. The control method of claim 2 , wherein delaying the time of deactivating the target function comprises:

in response to a timing result exceeding the first duration, deactivating the target function automatically.

4. The control method of claim 2 , comprising:

displaying a time-addition text and a time-addition animation upon detecting that the user starts to gaze at the local screen.

5. A control apparatus of an intelligent deviccspeaker, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

determine a state of a target function of the intelligent speaker to acquire target function state information;

detect an operation of a user gazing at a local screen to acquire gazing operation information; and

control the state of the target function to switch according to the gazing operation information and the target function state information by performing acts of:

determining whether the target function is automatic deactivation or manual deactivation when the target function state information indicates an OFF state, wherein the automatic deactivation indicates that the target function is deactivated automatically from the ON state to the OFF state in response to a duration of the user not gazing at the local screen exceeding a first duration, and the manual deactivation indicates that the target function is deactivated manually from the ON state to the OFF state in response to a deactivating command of the user;

switching the target function from the OFF state to the ON state in response to a duration of the user gazing at the local screen exceeding a second duration in a case that the target function is the automatic deactivation;

controlling the target function to remain in the OFF state to refuse to be waked up through the gazing operation information even if the duration of the user gazing at the local screen exceeding the second duration in case that the target function is the manual deactivation, so as to avoid an incorrect wake-up of the target function,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

when the target function of the intelligent speaker is in an ON state, reset timing of a deactivating duration upon detecting that the user gazes at a screen of the intelligent speaker;

upon detecting that the user gazes at the screen of the intelligent speaker continuously, set the timing of the deactivating duration to start from a last time of the user gazing at the screen of the intelligent speaker; and

deactivate the target function of the intelligent speaker after the timing is finished.

6. The control apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors control the state of the target function to switch according to the gazing operation information and the target function state information by performing an act of:

when the target function state information indicates an ON state, in response to the user gazing at the local screen, delaying a time of deactivating the target function.

7. The control apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors delay the time of deactivating the target function by performing acts of:

in response to a timing result exceeding a first duration, deactivating the target function automatically.

8. The control apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to display a time-addition text and a time-addition animation upon detecting that the user starts to gaze at the local screen.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a control method of an intelligent speaker, the control method comprising:

determining a state of a target function of the intelligent speaker to acquire target function state information;

detecting an operation of a user gazing at a local screen to acquire gazing operation information; and

controlling the state of the target function to switch according to the gazing operation information and the target function state information, comprising:

determining whether the target function is automatic deactivation or manual deactivation when the target function state information indicates an OFF state, wherein the automatic deactivation indicates that the target function is deactivated automatically from the ON state to the OFF state in response to a duration of the user not gazing at the local screen exceeding a first duration, and the manual deactivation indicates that the target function is deactivated manually from the ON state to the OFF state in response to a deactivating command of the user;

switching the target function from the OFF state to the ON state in response to a duration of the user gazing at the local screen exceeding a second duration in a case that the target function is the automatic deactivation;

controlling the target function to remain in the OFF state to refuse to be waked up through the gazing operation information even if the duration of the user gazing at the local screen exceeding the second duration to in case that the target function is the manual deactivation, so as to avoid an incorrect wake-up of the target function,

wherein the control method further comprises:

when the target function of the intelligent speaker is in an ON state, resetting timing of a deactivating duration upon detecting that the user gazes at a screen of the intelligent speaker;

upon detecting that the user gazes at the screen of the intelligent speaker continuously, setting the timing of the deactivating duration to start from a last time of the user gazing at the screen of the intelligent speaker; and

deactivating the target function of the intelligent speaker after the timing is finished.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2021
From: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
To: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.; SHANGHAI XIAODU TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 056811/0772 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2019
From: QIAN, LU; ZHANG, GANG; WANG, SHASHA; LI, MINGWEI; CHEN, YIBO; WANG, FENGLEI
To: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051395/0212 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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