公开(公告)号：US20200380992A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16868351

申请日：2020-05-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Myra C. Lukens ,  Shehryar Lasi ,  Kisun You

IPC: G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/725

Abstract: An appliance can include a microphone transducer configured to receive sound from an environment and to convert the received sound into an audio signal. The appliance can be configured to receive an input audio signal via the microphone transducer, responsive to an activation input. The appliance can be configured to initiate a bi-directional, wireless communication connection with an external device in parallel with receiving the input audio signal, and responsive to the activation input. The appliance can be configured to transmit an output audio signal corresponding to the input audio signal over the communication connection when the wireless communication connection is established. Related aspects also are described.

公开(公告)号：US12027166B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17402328

申请日：2021-08-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong Yu ,  Saurabh Adya ,  Shruti Bhargava ,  Myra C. Lukens ,  Jianpeng Cheng ,  Lin Li ,  Alkeshkumar M. Patel ,  Dhivya Piraviperumal ,  Stephen G. Pulman

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G10L15/18

CPC classification number: G10L15/22 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G10L15/1815 ,  G10L2015/228

Abstract: Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. An example process for performing a task includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving a spoken input including a request, receiving an image input including a plurality of objects, selecting a reference resolution module of a plurality of reference resolution modules based on the request and the image input, determining, with the selected reference resolution module, whether the request references a first object of the plurality of objects based on at least the spoken input, and in accordance with a determination that the request references the first object of the plurality of objects, determining a response to the request including information about the first object.

公开(公告)号：US11735187B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US16868351

申请日：2020-05-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Myra C. Lukens ,  Shehryar Lasi ,  Kisun You

IPC: G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/72412

CPC classification number: G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/72412

Abstract: An appliance can include a microphone transducer configured to receive sound from an environment and to convert the received sound into an audio signal. The appliance can be configured to receive an input audio signal via the microphone transducer, responsive to an activation input. The appliance can be configured to initiate a bi-directional, wireless communication connection with an external device in parallel with receiving the input audio signal, and responsive to the activation input. The appliance can be configured to transmit an output audio signal corresponding to the input audio signal over the communication connection when the wireless communication connection is established. Related aspects also are described.