公开(公告)号：US20240146776A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18407281

申请日：2024-01-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bryan HANSEN ,  Nikrouz GHOTBI ,  Yifeng GUI ,  Xinyuan HUANG ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS ,  Eugene RAY ,  Mahesh Ramaray SHANBHAG ,  Jaireh TECARRO ,  Sumit WATTAL

IPC: H04L65/1069 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L65/401 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L67/52

CPC classification number: H04L65/1069 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L65/4015 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L67/52 ,  G10L15/1815 ,  G10L2015/223

Abstract: This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to intelligent context sharing and task performance among a collection of devices with intelligent automated assistant capabilities. An example method includes, at a first electronic device participating in a context-sharing group associated with a first location: receiving a user voice input; receiving, from a context collector, an aggregate context of the context-sharing group; providing at least a portion of the aggregate context and data corresponding to the user voice input to a remote device; receiving, from the remote device, a command to perform one or more tasks and a device identifier corresponding to a second electronic device; and transmitting the command to the second electronic device based on the device identifier, wherein the command causes the second electronic device to perform the one or more tasks.

公开(公告)号：US20190371331A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-05

申请号：US16504782

申请日：2019-07-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Karl Ferdinand SCHRAMM ,  Justin BINDER ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS ,  Po Keng SUNG

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  H04M3/42 ,  G10L15/18

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to using voice interaction to access call functionality of a companion device. In an example process, a user utterance is received. Based on the user utterance and contextual information, the process causes a server to determine a user intent corresponding to the user utterance. The contextual information is based on a signal received from the companion device. In accordance with the user intent corresponding to an actionable intent of answering the incoming call, a command is received. Based on the command, instructions are provided to the companion device, which cause the companion device to answer the incoming call and provide audio data of the answered incoming call. Audio is outputted according to the audio data of the answered incoming call.

公开(公告)号：US20250111625A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18890601

申请日：2024-09-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas G. SALTER ,  Jeffrey S. NORRIS ,  Christopher I. WORD ,  Peter BURGNER ,  Michael R. ALGER ,  Thomas J. MOORE ,  Evan JONES ,  Ashwin K. VIJAY ,  Tigran KHACHATRYAN ,  Michael J. ROCKWELL ,  Anshu K. CHIMALAMARRI ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS ,  Sanjana WADHWA ,  Jessica TRINH

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06V20/20

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for performing one or more actions in response to detecting a product in a physical environment. For example, performing the one or more actions include presenting one or more virtual elements in an environment. For example, performing the one or more actions include storing information associated with the product. In some examples, the one or more actions are performed in accordance with one or more criteria being satisfied. For example, the one or more criteria include a criterion that is satisfied when one or more indications of user interest in the product are detected. In some examples, one or more virtual elements are presented in an environment indicating a location of a product within a region of the physical environment. The methods of the disclosure are optionally performed at an electronic device including a head-mounted display.

公开(公告)号：US20230409283A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18242300

申请日：2023-09-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Robert GRUBER ,  Christopher Dean BRIGHAM ,  Daniel S. KEEN ,  Gregory NOVICK ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06Q10/107 ,  G06Q10/109 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/10 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0485

CPC classification number: G06F3/167 ,  G06F16/9562 ,  G10L15/1822 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06Q10/107 ,  G06F2203/0381 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/10 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06Q10/109

Abstract: The digital assistant displays a digital assistant object in an object region of a display screen. The digital assistant then obtains at least one information item based on a speech input from a user. Upon determining that the at least one information item can be displayed in its entirety in the display region of the display screen, the digital assistant displays the at least one information item in the display region, where the display region and the object region are not visually distinguishable from one another. Upon determining that the at least one information item cannot be displayed in its entirety in the display region of the video display screen, the digital assistant displays a portion of the at least one information item in the display region, where the display region and the object region are visually distinguishable from one another.

公开(公告)号：US20170358300A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15266926

申请日：2016-09-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Peter Allan LAURENS ,  Christopher VERWYMEREN ,  Susan L. BOOKER ,  Jonathan J. MOORE ,  Roshni MALANI ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/26

Abstract: Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. In one example process, a speech input is received from a user. A user intent is determined based on the speech input. Determining the user intent includes generating text based on the speech input, performing natural language processing of the text, and determining the user intent based on a result of the natural language processing. In accordance with the user intent, status information associated with at least one of the one or more electronic devices is requested. The status information associated with the at least one of the one or more electronic devices is received. A spoken output is generated and represents the status information associated with the at least one of the one or more electronic devices. The spoken output is caused to be provided to the user.

公开(公告)号：US20220021978A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17131267

申请日：2020-12-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yifeng GUI ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS

IPC: H04R5/04 ,  H04S7/00

Abstract: This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to the intelligent coordination of audio signal output adjustments among multiple electronic devices. An example method includes, generating a local audio intent object associated with a software application stored on a first electronic device, the local audio intent object including one or more local audio parameters; determining that a second electronic device that is outputting an audio signal is proximate to the first electronic device; generating a proximate audio intent object corresponding to the second electronic device based on the one or more local audio adjustment parameters and a round-trip time (RTT) of a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and transmitting the proximate audio intent object to the second electronic device via the communication connection, wherein the proximate audio intent object causes the second electronic device to adjust the output of the audio signal.

公开(公告)号：US20210350810A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17073092

申请日：2020-10-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin S. PHIPPS ,  Sachin KAJAREKAR ,  Eugene RAY ,  Mahesh Ramaray SHANBHAG ,  Kisun YOU ,  Patrick L. Coffman

IPC: G10L17/22 ,  G10L17/18

Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intercom system via a digital assistant are provided. The intercom system is trigger-free, in that users communicate, in real-time, via devices without employing a trigger to speak. Acoustic fingerprints are employed to associate users with devices. Acoustic fingerprints include vector embeddings of speech input in an acoustic-feature vector space. Speech heard at multiple devices, as embedded in a fingerprint, may be clustered in the vector space, and the structure of the clusters is employed to associate users and devices. Based on the fingerprints, a device is mapped to a user, and the user employs that device to participate in a conversation, via the intercom service.

公开(公告)号：US20200382513A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16673811

申请日：2019-11-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anumita BISWAS ,  Karl F. SCHRAMM ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G10L15/22

Abstract: A device implementing a system for sharing a voice profile includes a processor configured to receive a request to share a first voice profile corresponding to a first user account associated with a first device, with a second device associated with a second user account, the second device being voice-enabled, the first voice profile being stored on a first data store associated with the first user account. The processor is further configured to update a second data store associated with the second user account to include a reference to the first voice profile stored on the first data store, and to send, to the second device, a notification that the second data store has been updated to include the reference to the first voice profile.

公开(公告)号：US20180332118A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15675649

申请日：2017-08-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin S. PHIPPS ,  Gennaro FRAZZINGARO ,  Karl F. SCHRAMM

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G10L15/30

Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a first instance of a digital assistant operating on a first electronic device receives a natural-language speech input indicative of a user request. The first electronic device obtains a set of data corresponding to a second instance of the digital assistant on a second electronic device, and updates one or more settings of the first instance of the digital assistant based on the received set of data. The first instance of the digital assistant performs one or more tasks based on the updated one or more settings and provides an output indicative of whether the one or more tasks are performed.

公开(公告)号：US20250104549A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18893788

申请日：2024-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas G. SALTER ,  Jeffrey S. NORRIS ,  Christopher I. WORD ,  Alexandria G. HESTON ,  Thomas J. MOORE ,  Michael J. ROCKWELL ,  Anshu K. CHIMALAMARRI ,  Benjamin S. PHIPPS ,  Jessica TRINH ,  Sanjana WADHWA

IPC: G08B21/18 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06V20/20 ,  G06V20/50 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G10L25/51

Abstract: This relates generally to systems and methods of presenting extended reality environments and, more particularly, to displaying notifications while operating in different modes while presenting an extended reality environment. In some situations, the electronic device detects an event that satisfies one or more first criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when detecting an interaction with a person using at least an optical sensor. In some examples, in response to detecting the event, the electronic device transitions from a first mode to a second mode. In some examples, the electronic device receives a notification while operating in the second mode. In some examples, if one or more second criteria are satisfied, then the electronic device does not present the notification while in the second mode.