Granted Patent B2

US 12,340,800 · App. 17/193,828 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Inventors: Sathwick Mahadeva (Bangalore, IN); Indira Preethi Jain Gargatti Ajith (Bangalore, IN); Vishwanath Pethri Kamath (Bangalore, IN); Bharath Kumar Natarajan (Bangalore, IN); Madhushree Suresh Gowda (Bangalore, IN); Vijetha Kannukere Vinaya Prasad (Bangalore, IN)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G10L15/22G06F21/6281G10L15/25G10L25/78G10L2015/223G10L2015/228

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A method of managing private data in a voice assistant device, the method comprising:

detecting a privacy triggering event while obtaining at least one voice input from a first user, based on a dialog-based verbal conversation input from the first user

obtaining a first plurality of parameters associated with the voice assistant device and a second plurality of parameters associated with an electronic device communicatively connected to the voice assistant device,

wherein the first plurality of parameters comprise at least one of a location of the voice assistant device, an indication of whether a non-voice input mode is supported by the voice assistant device, a distance between the voice assistant device and the first user, and a distance between the voice assistant device or a second user, and

wherein the second plurality of parameters comprise at least one of a location of the electronic device, an operational status of the electronic device, a current activity of the electronic device, a distance between the electronic device and the first user, and a distance between the electronic device or the second user;

determining that between the voice assistant device and the electronic device, only the electronic device is capable of receiving at least one non-voice input based on the first plurality of parameters and the second plurality of parameters; and

notifying the first user to communicate private data corresponding to the at least one non-voice input with the electronic device instead of the voice assistant device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-voice input mode comprises at least one of a lip-reading mode, a text mode, or a gesture mode, and

wherein the at least one non-voice input comprises at least one of lip movements of the first user, a text input of the first user, or a gesture input of the first user.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the non-voice input mode corresponds to the lip-reading mode, and the at least one non-voice input corresponds to the lip movements of the first user, and

wherein the at least one non-voice input is obtained by:

activating a camera to read the lip movements of the first user in the lip-reading mode.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the privacy triggering event comprises:

detecting a presence of the second user based on at least one of ambient noise, a voice input of the second user, or an input from the electronic device communicatively coupled with the voice assistant device.

5. A voice assistant device for managing private data, the voice assistant device comprising:

at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

detect a privacy triggering event while obtaining at least one voice input from a first user, based on a dialog-based verbal conversation input from the first user,

obtain a first plurality of parameters associated with the voice assistant device and a second plurality of parameters associated with an electronic device communicatively connected to the voice assistant device,

wherein the first plurality of parameters comprise at least one of a location of the voice assistant device, an indication of whether a non-voice input mode is supported by the voice assistant device, a distance between the voice assistant device and the first user, or a distance between the voice assistant device and a second user, and

wherein the second plurality of parameters comprise at least one of a location of the electronic device, an operational status of the electronic device, a current activity of the electronic device, a distance between the electronic device and the first user, or a distance between the electronic device and the second user;

determine that between the voice assistant device and the electronic device, only the electronic device is capable of receiving at least one non-voice input based on the first plurality of parameters and the second plurality of parameters; and

notify the first user to communicate the private data corresponding to the at least one non-voice input with the electronic device instead of the voice assistant device.

6. The voice assistant device of claim 5 , wherein the non-voice input mode comprises at least one of a lip-reading mode, a text mode, or a gesture mode, and

wherein the non-voice input comprises at least one of lip movements of the first user, a text input of the first user, or a gesture input of the first user.

7. The voice assistant device of claim 6 , wherein the non-voice input mode corresponds to the lip-reading mode, and the non-voice input corresponds to the lip movements of the first user,

wherein the voice assistant device further comprises or is connected to a camera, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to: activate the camera to read the lip movements of the first user in the lip-reading mode.

8. The voice assistant device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

detect a presence of the second user based on at least one of ambient noise, a voice input of the second user, or an input from the electronic device communicatively coupled with the voice assistant device.

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