Patent ID: 11942092
Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A voice assistant comprising an electronic processor unit having a connection port connected to at least one microphone and at least one connection port connected to pieces of remote equipment, the electronic processor unit comprising both single detection modules for detecting respective keywords from an audio signal supplied by the microphone to the electronic processor unit, and also a control unit connected to the single detection modules to select predetermined actions as a function of detection signals supplied by the single detection modules and to make those actions done by a server and/or a peripheral device to be linked to the voice assistant, the control module also being arranged:
to detect whether actions are doable by the server and/or the peripheral device; and
to activate or deactivate the single detection modules as a function of the doability of the actions,
wherein the electronic control unit also comprises a multiple detection module for detecting multiple keywords, and
wherein, if at least one of the predetermined actions is associated with a keyword that is detectable solely by the multiple detection module, the control module is arranged:
when all of the actions are doable, to activate the multiple detection module and deactivate all of the single detection modules; and
when only some of the actions are doable, to activate the single detection module(s) for the keyword(s) corresponding to the doable action(s) and/or the multiple detection module if one of the doable actions is associated with a keyword that can be detected solely by the multiple detection module.