Abstract:
A method for activating a voice assistant function in a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input sound stream by a sound sensor and determining a context of the mobile device. The method may determine the context based on the input sound stream. For determining the context, the method may also obtain data indicative of the context of the mobile device from at least one of an acceleration sensor, a location sensor, an illumination sensor, a proximity sensor, a clock unit, and a calendar unit in the mobile device. In this method, a threshold for activating the voice assistant function is adjusted based on the context. The method detects a target keyword from the input sound stream based on the adjusted threshold. If the target keyword is detected, the method activates the voice assistant function.
Abstract:
A device includes a memory, a receiver, a processor, and a display. The memory is configured to store a speaker model. The receiver is configured to receive an input audio signal. The processor is configured to determine a first confidence level associated with a first portion of the input audio signal based on the speaker model. The processor is also configured to determine a second confidence level associated with a second portion of the input audio signal based on the speaker model. The display is configured to present a graphical user interface associated with the first confidence level or associated with the second confidence level.
Abstract:
A method for controlling an application in a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving environmental information, inferring an environmental context from the environmental information, and controlling activation of the application based on a set of reference models associated with the inferred environmental context. In addition, the method may include receiving a sound input, extracting a sound feature from the sound input, transmitting the sound feature to a server configured to group a plurality of mobile devices into at least one similar context group, and receiving, from the server, information on a leader device or a non-leader device and the at least one similar context group.
Abstract:
A method of detecting a target keyword from an input sound for activating a function in a mobile device is disclosed. In this method, a first plurality of sound features is received in a buffer, and a second plurality of sound features is received in the buffer. While receiving each of the second plurality of sound features in the buffer, a first number of the sound features are processed from the buffer. The first number of the sound features includes two or more sound features. Further, the method may include determining a keyword score for each of the processed sound features and detecting the input sound as the target keyword if at least one of the keyword scores is greater than a threshold score.
Abstract:
A device includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store a threshold. The processor is configured to authenticate a user based on authentication data. The processor is also configured to, in response to determining that the user is authenticated, generate a correlation score indicating a correlation between a first signal received from a first sensor and a second signal received from a second sensor. The processor is also configured to determine liveness of the user based on a comparison of the correlation score and the threshold.
Abstract:
A method of providing a channel program recommendation in real-time for a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of multimedia signal streams for a plurality of channel programs, and generating in real-time at least one video and audio content tag based on at least one of video and audio contents from the multimedia signal streams. The display device generates the channel program recommendation including at least one of the channel programs based on the at least one video and audio content tag and at least one of a plurality of viewing criteria. A notification of the channel program recommendation is then output.
Abstract:
A method for providing object information for a scene in a wearable computer is disclosed. In this method, an image of the scene is captured. Further, the method includes determining a current location of the wearable computer and a view direction of an image sensor of the wearable computer and extracting at least one feature from the image indicative of at least one object. Based on the current location, the view direction, and the at least one feature, information on the at least one object is determined Then, the determined information is output.
Abstract:
A method for controlling voice activation by a target keyword in a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input sound stream. When the input sound stream indicates speech, the voice activation unit is activated to detect the target keyword and at least one sound feature is extracted from the input sound stream. Further, the method includes deactivating the voice activation unit when the at least one sound feature indicates a non-target keyword.
Abstract:
A method includes receiving an alarm sound including information related to an emergency event. The method also includes transmitting, to a server, identification information of the mobile device and the information. The method further includes receiving, from the server, an instruction for responding to the emergency event. The method further includes outputting the instruction.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for performing a function in a mobile device are disclosed. A media sound from a sound output device external to the mobile device is captured and a sound feature is extracted from the captured media sound. A function to be performed in the mobile device is determined by identifying at least one reference sound feature in a set of reference sound features based on the extracted sound feature, each reference sound feature in the set of reference sound features being associated with at least one of a plurality of media sounds and at least one of a plurality of functions. Further, the determined function is performed in the mobile device.