AI Robot Voice Recognition False Activation Prevention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Artificial intelligence robots inadvertently activate their voice recognition function when they hear a wake-up word guidance message from another robot, leading to erroneous operations without user intention.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating voice identification information into wake-up commands to differentiate between user-uttered and robot-uttered commands, preventing activation of the voice recognition function when the command is determined to be from another robot.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If an artificial intelligence robot outputs a wake-up word guidance message, then users can learn the wake-up word, but another artificial intelligence robot may mistakenly recognize it as a user utterance and activate voice recognition function

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewake-up word guidanceVSAvoidvoice recognition activation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces voice identification information as an intermediary element that mediates between the wake-up word guidance message and the voice recognition activation. This intermediary carries source identification data that allows the receiving robot to distinguish whether the wake-up word was uttered by a user or by another robot, thereby preventing false activation while maintaining the guidance function

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary action by embedding voice identification information into the wake-up command before it is output as a guidance message. This pre-processing ensures that when another robot receives the message, the source identification is already available, allowing immediate differentiation without requiring additional user input or complex real-time analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11810575B2Artificial intelligence robot for providing voice recognition function and method of operating the same
Publication Date: 2023.11.07 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

An artificial intelligence robot for providing a voice recognition service includes a memory configured to store voice identification information, a microphone configured to receive a voice command; and a processor configured to extract voice identification information from a wake-up command included in the voice command and used to activate the voice recognition service and operate the voice recognition function in a deactivation state when the extracted voice identification information does not match the voice identification information stored in the memory.