IP Library Granted Patent US 9,326,063
Granted Patent B2
US 9,326,063 · App. 14/243,552 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Microphone with voice wake-up function

Inventor: Jinghua Ye (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: Shanghai Sniper Microelectronics Co. Ltd.; Zilltek Technology Corp.
H04R3/00G06F1/32G10L25/48G10L25/78H04R2499/11
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Patent No.
US 9,326,063
App. No.
14/243,552
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
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 (8)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2014
From: YE, JINGHUA
To: SHANGHAI SNIPER MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; ZILLTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 033084/0579 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0360826 · Aug 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150049884A1 · Feb 19, 2015