US 12,436,730 B2
Audio device
Yuji Ota, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to D&M HOLDINGS INC., Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 18/044,238
Filed by D&M Holdings INC., Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/012843
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/054321, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-151986 (JP), filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333807 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio device for outputting audio data, comprising:
a microphone;
a camera;
voice command recognition means for recognizing a voice command of a user from a voice signal input to the microphone;
motion command recognition means for recognizing a motion command of the user from a video signal captured by the camera; and
control means for executing control of an own device based on the voice command recognized by the voice command recognition means and the motion command recognized by the motion command recognition means,
wherein the control means is configured to:
operate, during a stop of output of the audio data, or, during the output of the audio data, when an output volume of the audio data is smaller than a predetermined value, in a voice command recognition mode in which the control of the own device is executed based on the voice command recognized by the voice command recognition means; and
operate, during the output of the audio data, when the output volume of the audio data is equal to or larger than the predetermined value, in a motion command recognition mode in which the control of the own device is executed based on the motion command recognized by the motion command recognition means.