US 11,789,695 B2
Automatic adjustment of muted response setting
Michael Schaer, Pfaffikon (CH); Vitaly Gatsko, Zurich (CH); and Ágoston Weisz, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,349.
Application 17/965,349 is a continuation of application No. 16/948,089, filed on Sep. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,474,773.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033396 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G06F 16/909 (2019.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 16/909 (2019.01); G06F 16/90332 (2019.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented using one or more processors, comprising:
receiving a spoken query from a user via a user interface of an automated assistant;
determining that, among multiple assistant devices, a first assistant device is closest to the user at a time of the spoken query;
determining that a first response volume setting, of the automated assistant at the first assistant device, is muted;
determining that a second response volume setting, of the automated assistant at a second assistant device, of the multiple assistant devices, is non-muted;
determining, based on a metric derived from historical information having a determined relationship to the spoken query, whether audibly perceiving an audible response to the spoken query is critical;
in response to determining that audibly perceiving the audible response to the spoken query is critical, and in response to determining that the first assistant device is muted and the second assistant device is non-muted:
rendering, at the second assistant device, the audible response to the spoken query.