US 11,682,395 B2
Electronic device, system, method and program for externally adding voice control functionality to another device
Brian Carroll, Quakertown, PA (US); and Joseph Petry, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/149,989.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,902, filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0225375 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device for externally adding voice control functionality to a source device, the electronic device comprising:
memory;
a processor;
an audio input interface;
a first communication interface;
a second communication interface; and
an audio encoder,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, by the first communication interface, first return audio data from a sink device;
receive, by the audio input interface, an audio signal corresponding to a voice command from a transducer;
encode, by the audio encoder, the audio signal to obtain second return audio data; and
output, by the second communication interface, the second return audio data to the source device as an instruction to control a function of the source device, and
wherein:
the electronic device is a stand-alone device that is external to at least the source device and the sink device;
the first communication interface is an HDMI-ARC interface;
the second communication interface is an HDMI-ARC interface; and
the processor is configured to encode, by the audio encoder, the audio signal to obtain the second return audio data in an HDMI-ARC format.