US 12,260,870 B2
Interrupt for noise-cancelling audio devices
Baptiste P. Paquier, Saratoga, CA (US); Aram M. Lindahl, Menlo Park, CA (US); Adam E. Kriegel, Mountain View, CA (US); Kisun You, Campbell, CA (US); and Sarang S. Ranade, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,634.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,269, filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/053,459, filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0020387 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 17/02 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 21/0208 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 17/02 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device of a first user, the device comprising:
secure memory storing a plurality of contacts including contacts designated at the device as interrupt-authorized contacts for a peripheral device; and
one or more processors configured to:
provide audio content to the peripheral device, the audio content to be played without noise canceling content by the peripheral device in a first mode of operation of the peripheral device or to be played combined with the noise cancelling content by the peripheral device in a second mode of operation of the peripheral device;
receive, from the peripheral device, information associated with a voice input received by the peripheral device from a person other than the first user during operation of the peripheral device in the second mode of operation, wherein the information associated with the voice input comprises a voice profile and an indication from a first acoustic model stored in secure memory at the peripheral device that the person is a potential interrupt-authorized contact;
determine, with a second acoustic model at the device at least in part based on the voice profile and the indication received from the peripheral device, whether the person is one of the interrupt-authorized contacts;
in response to determining that the peripheral device is operating in the second mode of operation:
automatically transmit an instruction to the peripheral device to switch from the second mode of operation to the first mode of operation to allow the voice input to pass through if it is determined that the person is one of the interrupt-authorized contacts; and
transmit an instruction to the peripheral device to continue operation in the second mode of operation if it is determined that the person is not one of the interrupt-authorized contact.