Raise to speak

• Main Authors: Scully, Shawn, Nieto, Heriberto, Lemay, Stephen O, Jeong, Minwoo, Westing, Brandt M, Maalouf, Charles, Newendorp, Brandon J, Bastian, Michael R, Paek, Timothy, Peterson, Joanna, Sridhar, Srikrishna, Holenstein, Roman, Zhao, Shiwen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2022
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes detecting input representing motion of an electronic device and sampling an audio input with a microphone of the electronic device. The example process further includes determining, based on the audio input and the input representing motion of the electronic device, whether to initiate a virtual assistant session. In accordance with a determination to initiate the virtual assistant session, the example process includes initiating the virtual assistant session. In accordance with a determination not to initiate the virtual assistant session, the example process includes forgoing initiating the virtual assistant session.