US 12,148,426 B2
Dialog system with automatic reactivation of speech acquiring mode
Ilya Gennadyevich Gelfenbeyn, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Artem Goncharuk, Mountain View, CA (US); and Pavel Aleksandrovich Sirotin, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,707.
Application 17/747,707 is a continuation of application No. 16/990,525, filed on Aug. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,355,117.
Application 16/990,525 is a continuation of application No. 16/137,069, filed on Sep. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,748,537, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 16/137,069 is a continuation of application No. 15/395,476, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,102,854, issued on Oct. 16, 2018.
Application 15/395,476 is a continuation of application No. 15/169,926, filed on Jun. 1, 2016, granted, now 9,570,090, issued on Feb. 14, 2017.
Application 15/169,926 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/901,026, granted, now 10,026,400, issued on Jul. 17, 2018, previously published as PCT/RU2013/000551, filed on Jun. 27, 2013.
Application 15/169,926 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/775,729, granted, now 9,875,741, issued on Jan. 23, 2018, previously published as PCT/RU2013/000202, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Application 15/169,926 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/721,012, filed on May 26, 2015, granted, now 9,564,149, issued on Feb. 7, 2017.
Application 15/169,926 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/721,044, filed on May 26, 2015, granted, now 9,946,511, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Application 14/721,044 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2012/056973, filed on Dec. 5, 2012.
Application 14/721,012 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2012/056955, filed on Dec. 4, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. RU2012150996 (RU), filed on Nov. 28, 2012; and application No. RU2012150997 (RU), filed on Nov. 28, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277745 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G10L 15/083 (2013.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
activating a speech acquiring mode of the dialog system in response to a user speaking an activation phrase;
receiving, via the speech acquiring mode after activating the speech acquiring mode, a first spoken input of a user;
deactivating, after receiving the first spoken input of the user, the speech acquiring mode;
processing the first spoken input, using an automatic speech recognizer, to generate a recognized input;
processing the recognized input, using a natural language processing module, to determine a meaning representation for the recognized input;
obtaining, based on the meaning representation, a response associated with the first spoken input;
delivering the response in response to receiving the first spoken input;
selecting, from a plurality of candidate time periods, a particular time period for the speech acquiring mode to last when the speech acquiring mode is automatically reactivated responsive to the first spoken input;
determining, in response to a conversation mode being activated, to automatically re-activate the speech acquiring mode responsive to the first spoken input; and
automatically re-activating the speech acquiring mode responsive to the first spoken input and in response to determining to automatically re-activate the speech acquiring mode,
wherein automatically re-activating the speech acquiring mode comprises causing the speech acquiring mode to last for the selected particular time period.