US 12,087,284 B1
Environment aware voice-assistant devices, and related systems and methods
Narimene Lezzoum, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Sylvain J. Choisel, Palo Alto, CA (US); Richard Powell, Mountain View, CA (US); Ashrith Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US); and Ameya Joshi, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/955,509.
Application 17/955,509 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,052, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,501,758.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,246, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/08 (2013.01) [G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining an audio signal;
analyzing the audio signal to identify a sound; and
in response to identifying the sound in the audio signal:
classifying a speech mode of the sound, the speech mode indicating a first volume of the sound;
determining an acoustic cue from the audio signal;
determining respective directions of arrival for the sound and the acoustic cue; and
selecting a speech output mode, wherein the speech output mode indicates a second volume based on the first volume, the acoustic cue, and the determined respective directions of arrival.