Voice-Controlled Device Pairing via Audio Parsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing devices face challenges in efficiently and user-friendlyly connecting to remote devices over networks, particularly when devices are unknown or unnamed, leading to frustration and inefficiency due to the need for formal device names and complex GUI interactions.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating circuitry that parses audio signals for friendly names and types of devices, and analyzes network information to associate these names with remote devices, allowing for voice-controlled device-to-device connections with minimal GUI interaction, using speech recognition and natural language processing engines to identify and assign friendly names.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional GUI-based device connection methods are used, then formal device names and complex interactions are required, but this leads to user frustration and inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical GUI interaction system with an acoustic signal processing system. The microphone captures audio signals containing device names, speech recognition circuitry converts audio to text, and natural language processing identifies device identifiers. This substitution eliminates the need for manual GUI navigation while maintaining accurate device identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service device connection by automatically capturing device names from ambient audio signals without requiring user initiation through GUI. The speech recognition and natural language processing circuits autonomously extract device identifiers from spoken commands or ambient speech, and the system automatically establishes connections based on this extracted information.
2Ease of operation
If voice-controlled connection methods are implemented, then user-friendly connections are enabled, but additional circuitry for audio processing is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by integrating speech recognition, natural language processing, and device identification capabilities into a unified audio processing system. The same audio processing circuitry that recognizes device names can also process commands for establishing connections, making the system versatile while managing complexity through functional integration.
3Productivity
If audio signal parsing is used to identify device names, then connection speed is improved, but accuracy in noisy environments may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs feedback mechanisms where the natural language processing circuitry analyzes the confidence level of speech recognition results. When accuracy thresholds are not met, the system can request clarification or use contextual information from the network environment to disambiguate device identifiers, thereby maintaining accuracy while preserving fast connection establishment.
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AI summary
A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a microphone operatively coupled to the processor; a network interface operatively coupled to the processor; circuitry that parses audio signals received via the microphone for a name and a type of device; circuitry that analyzes network information associated with remote devices accessible via the network interface based at least in part on at least one of the name and the type of device to associate the name and the type of device with one of the remote devices; and circuitry that stores the name and the type of device to the memory in association with the one of the remote devices.