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Granted Patent B2
US 12,205,593 · App. 18/318,440 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device

Inventors: Jangho Jin (Suwon-si, KR); Hyundon Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Gaeul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyungsun Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G10L15/22G06F3/167H04N21/42203G10L2015/223
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Patent No.
US 12,205,593
App. No.
18/318,440
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device including a speaker; a microphone; a memory configured to store a voice recognition model; and a processor configured to: identify, while a first sound signal is input through the microphone, whether a wake-up word is included in a second sound signal that is output through the speaker by inputting the second sound signal into a wake-up word detection model, and identify, based on identifying that the wake-up word is not included in the second sound signal, whether the wake-up word is included in the first sound signal by inputting the first sound signal into the wake-up word detection model.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a speaker;

a microphone;

at least one memory storing one or more instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:

receive a wake-up word through the microphone,

abased on the wake-up word being included in a first sound signal that is output through the speaker, cause a voice recognition function not to be activated, and

based on that the wake-up word being included in a second sound signal obtained from a user voice, active the voice recognition function regardless of whether the wake-up word is included in the first sound signal.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory further stores a plurality of voice recognition models, and

wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the electronic device to:

identify whether-a first wake-up word among a plurality of wake-up words corresponding to each of the plurality of voice recognition models is included in the first sound signal by inputting the first sound signal into a wake-up word detection model corresponding to each of the plurality of voice recognition models.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the electronic device to:

based on identifying that the first wake-up word is not included in the first sound signal, identify whether the first wake-up word is included in the second sound signal by inputting the second sound signal into the wake-up word detection model corresponding to each of the plurality of voice recognition models.

4. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving wake-up word through a microphone of the electronic device;

based on a wake-up word being included in a first sound signal that is output through a speaker of the electronic device, causing a voice recognition function not to be activated; and

based on the wake-up word being included in a second sound signal obtained from a user voice, activating the voice recognition function regardless of whether the wake-up word is included in the first sound signal.

5. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein a plurality of voice recognition models are stored in a memory of the electronic device, and

wherein the method further comprises:

identifying whether-a first wake-up word among a plurality of wake-up words corresponding to each of the plurality of voice recognition models is included in the first sound signal by inputting the first sound signal into a wake-up word detection model corresponding to each of the plurality of voice recognition models.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

based on identifying that the first wake-up word is not included in the first sound signal, identifying whether the first wake-up word is included in the second sound signal by inputting the second sound signal into the wake-up word detection model corresponding to each of the plurality of voice recognition models.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0179671 · Dec 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17121196 · Dec 14, 2020
Provisional Application 62947225 · Dec 12, 2019
Related Publication 20230282213A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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