Electronic Device Wake Word Generation from Pre-Wake Audio

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users often struggle to accurately wake up electronic devices using pre-configured voice interaction wake words, leading to degraded user experience due to mispronunciation or semantic misunderstandings.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method that collects audio information before waking the device, stores it, and generates alternative wake words based on the input, allowing the device to switch from sleep mode to wake mode more efficiently.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If pre-configured wake words are used, then the device can be woken up, but the user experience degrades when users cannot accurately pronounce or remember the wake words

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewake-up reliabilityVSAvoiduser operation ease
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically collects audio information from user inputs, stores it, and generates alternative wake words without requiring manual configuration. The device serves itself by learning from user attempts and expanding its wake word vocabulary automatically, eliminating the need for users to precisely memorize wake words

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system collects audio information from user inputs (even failed attempts), stores this feedback data, and uses it to generate improved alternative wake words. This feedback loop continuously enhances the wake-up function by learning from actual user pronunciation patterns and semantic preferences

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple alternative wake words are generated, then the device becomes more adaptable to different user pronunciations, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewake word adaptabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential audio information from user inputs and stores it separately for processing. By extracting and storing only the necessary wake word data rather than processing all audio continuously, the system achieves high adaptability while maintaining relatively simple device architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing audio information during idle periods before wake-up events occur. This preliminary data collection and storage enables the generation of multiple alternative wake words in advance, reducing the complexity of real-time processing during actual wake-up scenarios

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11194378B2Information processing method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2021.12.07 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD
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AI summary

An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device and comprises collecting audio information received by the electronic device before waking up the electronic device; storing the audio information; and based on the stored audio information, generating alternative wake words. The wake words facilitate the electronic device to switch from a sleep mode to a wake mode.