Voice Interaction System Eliminates Wake-Up Words via Feature Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current voice interaction methods require a wake-up word for each interaction, making them complicated and prone to incorrect responses, especially when false wake-ups occur at inappropriate times, leading to a poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method that determines a text corresponding to a voice signal based on its features, calculates a matching degree between reference and target voice features, and assesses the possibility of the signal being an executable command, allowing for more accurate and intelligent voice interaction control by deciding whether and how to respond to the signal.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If wake-up word is required for each voice interaction, then false wake-up responses can be prevented, but interaction complexity increases and user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of voice command executionVSAvoidinteraction complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the wake-up word requirement from the voice interaction process, allowing voice commands to be executed without requiring users to say a wake-up word first. The system continuously monitors voice signals and directly processes them as potential commands, eliminating the unnecessary wake-up word step while maintaining accurate command execution through voice feature analysis and matching degree calculation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If wake-up word is required for each interaction, then incorrect responses are reduced, but usage threshold increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of voice command executionVSAvoidusage threshold
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by continuously monitoring and analyzing voice signals without requiring user initiation through wake-up words. The voice interaction device automatically detects voice features, calculates matching degrees against reference features, and executes commands when confidence thresholds are met, making the system self-activating and reducing the usage threshold to near-zero.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If wake-up word is required, then system can distinguish valid commands, but information processing efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommand identification accuracyVSAvoidinformation processing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing reference voice features for various commands during system initialization. When a voice signal is received, the system quickly compares it against the pre-prepared reference features using efficient matching degree calculation, eliminating the need for complex real-time analysis and significantly improving information processing efficiency while maintaining accurate command identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11393490B2Method, apparatus, device and computer-readable storage medium for voice interaction
Publication Date: 2022.07.19 BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECH (BEIJIBG) CO LTD
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AI summary

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method, apparatus, device, and computer readable storage medium for voice interaction are provided. The method includes: determining a text corresponding to the voice signal based on a voice feature of a received voice signal. The method further includes: determining, based on the voice feature and the text, a matching degree between a reference voice feature of an element in the text and a target voice feature of the element. The method further includes: determining a first possibility that the voice signal is an executable command based on the text. The method further includes: determining a second possibility that the voice signal is the executable command based on the voice feature.