Voice Analysis for User State Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current content consumption devices lack the ability to effectively determine and respond to users' physical and emotional characteristics through voice inputs, limiting their capacity to provide timely and relevant audio or visual content.

Innovation Solution

The system employs voice processing algorithms and signal processing profiles to analyze voice inputs, determining physical and emotional characteristics such as sore throats or emotional states, and uses these determinations to select and present targeted content to users, integrating with behavioral and contextual targeting criteria.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If voice processing algorithms and signal processing profiles are implemented to determine physical and emotional characteristics, then content relevance and timeliness are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoidprocessing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex voice analysis task into distinct components: voice data acquisition, signal processing profile application, algorithm-based characteristic determination, and content selection. Each component handles a specific aspect of the overall process, making the system more manageable and implementable despite the complexity of the full solution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If voice input analysis is used to determine user characteristics, then user engagement is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Signal processing profiles are applied to voice data in real-time as it is captured, performing preliminary analysis and feature extraction before the main algorithmic processing occurs. This preliminary action reduces the computational burden and time required for subsequent characteristic determination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10096319B1Voice-based determination of physical and emotional characteristics of users
Publication Date: 2018.10.09 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for voice-based determination of physical and emotional characteristics of users. Example methods may include determining first voice data, wherein the first voice data is generated by a user, determining a first real-time user status of the user using the first voice data, generating a first data tag indicative of the first real-time user status, determining first audio content for presentation at a speaker device using the first data tag and the first voice data, and causing presentation of the first audio content via a speaker of the speaker device.