Voice Response Volume Control Across Multiple Smart Speakers
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Solution Overview
Problem
With multiple voice-operated user devices in a home, it becomes challenging to coordinate which device should respond to a voice command and at what volume, often leading to cumbersome manual adjustments by the user.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that determine the response volume of voice-operated user devices based on the volume level of the voice command, allowing the nearest device to respond at an appropriate volume without manual adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple voice-operated user devices are deployed in a home, then device coverage and accessibility are improved, but device coordination complexity and response volume determination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from multiple devices detecting the same voice command to determine which device should respond. Each device provides information about detecting the voice command, and the system uses this feedback to coordinate the response, preventing multiple devices from responding simultaneously and reducing coordination complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Voice-operated user devices automatically determine their own response volume based on the volume level of the detected voice command without requiring manual user adjustment. The nearest device to the user automatically responds at an appropriate volume, eliminating the need for manual intervention.
2Ease of operation
If response volume is automatically adjusted based on voice command volume, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability of response volume determination may deteriorate due to background noise
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines the volume level of the voice command separately at each voice-operated user device that detects the command. By analyzing the local conditions at each device location and comparing volume levels across devices, the system can more reliably determine the appropriate response volume while accounting for background noise variations at different locations.
3Measurement precision
If the nearest device responds to the voice command, then response accuracy to user intent is improved, but device complexity increases due to volume level comparison requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The media guidance application serves multiple functions: it detects voice commands, determines volume levels at each device, identifies the nearest device based on volume comparison, and coordinates the response. By consolidating these functions in a single application, the system reduces overall device complexity while maintaining accurate proximity detection.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided herein for responding to a voice command at a volume level based on a volume level of the voice command. For example, a media guidance application may detect, through a first voice-operated user device of a plurality of voice-operated user devices, a voice command spoken by a user. The media guidance application may determine a first volume level of the voice command. Based on the volume level of the voice command, the media guidance application may determine that a second voice-operated user device of the plurality of voice-operated user devices is closer to the user than any of the other voice-operated user devices. The media guidance application may generate an audible response, through the second voice-operated user device, at a second volume level that is set based on the first volume level of the voice command.