US 12,452,520 B2
Selectively using sensors for contextual data
Saurabh Adya, San Jose, CA (US); Myra C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US); Aswath Manoharan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Alkeshkumar M. Patel, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,371.
Application 18/112,371 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/046959, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,589, filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199297 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/63 (2023.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01)
CPC H04N 23/631 (2023.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory; and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving a spoken input including a request;
performing a semantic analysis on the spoken input;
determining, based on the semantic analysis and movement of the electronic device during the reception of the spoken input, a likelihood that the electronic device requires additional contextual data to satisfy the request;
in accordance with the determined likelihood exceeding a threshold:
enabling a camera of the electronic device; and
determining a response to the request based on contextual data received by the camera of the electronic device.