US 11,988,841 B2
Voice input for AR wearable devices
Sharon Moll, Lachen (CH); Piotr Gurgul, Hergiswil (CH); and Tomasz Zakrzewski, Lachen (CH)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,914.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045217 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed on an augmented reality (AR) wearable device, the method comprising:
capturing, from a microphone of the AR wearable device, first audio data, the first audio data including utterances of a user of the AR wearable device;
processing, using a first processing component of the AR wearable device, the first audio data to determine the first audio data comprises a keyword;
responsive to the first audio data indicating the keyword, capturing, from the microphone, second audio data;
determining by processing, using a second processing component, the second audio data, an action from a plurality of actions;
associating one or more applications with the action;
selecting one or more applications associated with the action;
presenting indications of the one or more applications;
identifying input of the user as a selection of an application of the one or more applications; and
responsive to the selection of the application, invoking the application with access to the second audio data.