Voice-Activated Display Assistant Layout for Visual Smart Home Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing voice-activated electronic devices lack the ability to constantly detect voice inputs from their surroundings and integrate visual feedback, limiting their functionality to Internet-based functions and failing to control other electronic devices in a smart home environment.
Innovation Solution
A voice-activated display assistant device with a display screen, microphone, and speaker, designed for a fixed location, constantly listens to surroundings, providing audio and visual feedback, and controls media and smart home devices through voice commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a voice-activated electronic device uses a complicated operating system to implement voice inputs, then the device can perform multiple tasks and provide comprehensive functionality, but the device structure becomes complex and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the voice processing functionality from a full operating system environment and implements it as a standalone voice-activated electronic device with dedicated hardware components (microphone, speaker, processing unit) that can perform voice-activated functions without requiring a complex OS
Solution Approach 2:
The voice-activated electronic device is designed to perform multiple functions including voice recognition, media playback, information display, and control of other electronic devices, providing comprehensive functionality through a single integrated device without requiring a complex operating system
2Device complexity
If a voice-activated electronic device is simplified to a combination of microphone and speaker, then the device structure becomes simple and cost decreases, but the device loses visual feedback capabilities and functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components (microphone for audio input, speaker for audio output, display screen for visual feedback, and processing unit for voice recognition) into a single integrated voice-activated electronic device, achieving both structural simplicity and functional versatility
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AI summary
This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.