Devices, systems, and methods provide synchronization of multiple voice-controlled devices
to establish priority of one of the devices to respond to an acoustic signal, preventing other …

A speech recognition system for resolving impaired utterances can have a speech
recognition engine configured to receive a plurality of representations of an utterance and …

One method of operation includes beamforming a plurality of microphone outputs to obtain a
plurality of virtual micro phone audio channels. Each virtual microphone audio chan nel …

A speech processing system that performs adaptations based upon non-sound external
input, such as weather input. In the system, an acoustic environment can include a …

The disclosure is directed to a directional keyword verifi cation method and an electronic
device using the same method. According to an exemplary embodiment, the pro posed …

In an automatic speech recognition (ASR) processing system, ASR processing may be
configured to process speech based on multiple channels of audio received from a …

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US9736578B2 - Microphone-based orientation sensors and related techniques - Google Patents …

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Embodiments of the invention include a device and a method for translating words spoken in
one language to a graphic or audible version of the words in a second language. A planar …

(57) ABSTRACT A Voice enhancement logic improves the perceptual quality of a processed
Voice. The Voice enhancement system includes a noise detector and a noise attenuator …