US 12,230,270 B1
Voice-controlled device switching between modes based on speech input
Valere Joseph Vanderschaegen, Kalama, WA (US); Kazim Das, San Jose, CA (US); Donald L. Cantrell, Oakland, CA (US); Johan Le Nerriec, Milpitas, CA (US); and Joseph Pedro Tavares, Kenmore, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/471,065.
Application 18/471,065 is a continuation of application No. 17/222,282, filed on Apr. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,810,560.
Application 17/222,282 is a continuation of application No. 16/143,840, filed on Sep. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,978,062, issued on Apr. 13, 2023.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by an input device, first speech input, the input device being operated in a first mode and coupled to a first port of an output device, the first speech input requesting at least video content;
determining, by the input device, that a video response is to be presented at the output device based at least in part on the first speech input;
causing, by the input device in the first mode, an audio message to be presented over a speaker, the audio message indicating that the video response will be presented at the output device;
switching, by the input device, to a second mode from the first mode by at least sending a control signal to the output device, the control signal associated with changing an active input port of the output device to the first port; and
sending, by the input device in the second mode, the video response to the output device over the first port.