Multiple stage network microphone device with reduced power consumption and processing load

N D'amato, D Giacobello, J Fainberg… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, methods, and devices with reduced power consumption in network
microphone devices. In one embodiment, a network microphone device is configured to …

Home appliance and method for voice recognition thereof

LEE Nokhaeng - US Patent 11,404,054, 2022 - Google Patents
A home appliance including a communication device configured to communicate with
another home appliance, a microphone configured to receive a voice from a user, and a …

Robust multichannel linear prediction for online speech dereverberation using weighted householder least squares lattice adaptive filter

J Wung, A Jukić, S Malik, M Souden… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Speech dereverberation has been an important component of effective far-field voice
interfaces in many applications. Algorithms based on multichannel linear prediction (MCLP) …

Acoustic echo cancellation with loudspeaker canceling beamformer

M Mansour, R Ayrapetian - US Patent 10,657,981, 2020 - Google Patents
Techniques for improving acoustic echo cancellation to attenuate an echo signal generated
by a loudspeaker included in a device are described. A system may determine a …

Audio device with wakeup word detection

R Carreras, A Ganeshkumar - US Patent 10,789,949, 2020 - Google Patents
An audio device with at least one microphone adapted to receive sound from a sound field
and create an output, and a processing system that is responsive to the output of the …

Electronic device and voice command identification method thereof

YH Liu, YW Chen, YJ Hong, RF Liu… - US Patent 10,902,853, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A voice command identification method for an electronic device having a
microphone matrix is provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of sound signals …

Residual echo suppression for keyword detection

M Mansour - US Patent 11,380,312, 2022 - Google Patents
A system configured to improve wakeword detection. The system may selectively rectify (eg,
attenuate) a portion of an audio signal based on energy statistics corresponding to a …

Cascaded adaptive interference cancellation algorithms

R Ayrapetian, PR Hilmes, M Mansour… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Techniques for improving adaptive interference cancellation (AIC) using cascaded AIC
algorithms are described. To improve an accuracy of detecting speech, a device may …

Method and device for generating far-field speech data, computer device and computer readable storage medium

J Sun, C Li, X Li, W Zhu, M Wen - US Patent 10,861,480, 2020 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for generating far-
field speech data, a computer device and a computer readable storage medium. The …

Network device interaction by range

S Maury, V Fage, DF Castro, BW Kamwa… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Examples described herein relate to triggering voice assistant (s) on a network microphone
device (NMD). An NMD is a networked computing device that typically includes an …