US 11,795,670 B2
Voice-controlled electronic faucet, voice-controlled electronic faucet assembly, and voice-controlled electronic faucet module
Rong-Chyan Tzeng, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to NCIP INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed by NCIP INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/943,729.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034075 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E03C 1/05 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01)
CPC E03C 1/057 (2013.01) [G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02082 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A voice-controlled electronic faucet including:
a body, including a cold water inlet, a hot water inlet and a spout, the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet respectively fluidly connected to a cold water source and a hot water source, the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet communicating with the spout;
an electronic mixing valve, disposed in the body, the electronic mixing valve including a valve body moving relative to the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet to control a fluid from the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet to the spout; and
a control module, without networking function, the control module including a sound receiving component, an echo elimination unit, and a processing unit, the sound receiving component receiving a sound, the echo elimination unit coupled to the sound receiving component and processing an echo elimination on the sound, and the processing unit coupled to the echo elimination unit and receiving an audio signal after processing with the echo elimination;
wherein the processing unit performs an offline voice recognition on the audio signal based on a database and generates a comparison result, and the processing unit outputs a control signal to the electronic mixing valve according to the comparison result for controlling the electronic mixing valve to perform an action correspondingly.