Patent ID: 11881219
Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. The system of claim 1,
wherein the array of microphones comprises an array of far-field microphones dispersed throughout the room, and further comprising
at least one computer communicatively coupled to the medical product and to the array of far-field microphones, the at least one computer being configured to (i) combine voice inputs received from the person by the array of far-field microphones, (ii) amplify and discern the voice inputs using beam-forming software, (iii) filter out ambient noise using barge-in software, (iv) execute speech recognition software to determine whether the medical product is to be controlled by the voice inputs, and (v) transmit a control message to the medical product to control a first function of the at least one function of the medical product based on the voice inputs.