IoT Voice Interface Inferring Implicit Commands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional human interface devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) do not fully utilize interconnectedness with external sensors to infer user intent from a combination of commands and sensor data, limiting their ability to send instructions to other devices effectively.
Innovation Solution
An IoT human interface device that receives voice input, identifies explicit and implicit commands, and generates instructions for applicable IoT devices using a combination of explicit and implicit commands, leveraging sensors and AI to determine user intent and communicate with multiple IoT devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional human interface devices are used for IoT control, then device simplicity is maintained, but user intent interpretation accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the intent interpretation function into multiple independent components: explicit command extraction from voice input, implicit command inference from sensor data, and combination logic. This allows complex analysis to be performed through modular processing units rather than a monolithic system, improving accuracy while managing complexity through functional decomposition
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that combines explicit commands with sensor data (environmental context, user behavior patterns, device state) to infer implicit intentions. This intermediary analysis layer acts as a mediator between raw input and device control, enhancing interpretation accuracy without requiring direct complex processing at the interface device level
2Measurement precision
If sensor data integration is added to infer user intent, then command interpretation accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal sensor integration framework that can process multiple sensor types (environmental sensors, motion sensors, biometric sensors) through a common interpretation architecture. This multi-functional approach allows the same system structure to handle diverse sensor inputs, improving command interpretation accuracy while avoiding the need for separate processing paths for each sensor type, thus controlling system complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple IoT devices are controlled through a single interface, then system coordination capability is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service mechanisms where IoT devices automatically provide their own status information, capabilities, and control interfaces through standardized protocols. The human interface device queries and receives this information autonomously, reducing the burden on the user to manually configure or monitor each device. This self-configuration capability enhances multi-device coordination while keeping the user interface simple
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AI summary
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, microphones of an IoT human interface device might receive user voice input. The IoT human interface device and/or a computing system might identify explicit commands in the voice input, identify first IoT-capable devices to which the explicit commands are applicable, receive sensor data from IoT sensors, and analyze the voice input in view of previous user voice inputs and in view of the sensor data to determine whether the voice input contains any implicit commands. If so, second IoT-capable devices to which an implicit command is additionally applicable might be identified, instructions based on a combination of the explicit and implicit commands may be generated and sent to the second IoT-capable devices. Instructions based only on the explicit commands are generated and sent to first IoT-capable devices to which implicit commands are not applicable.