Patent ID: 11955121
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computing device, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
receive audio data that corresponds to an utterance of a predefined hotword followed by a voice command,
determine that the audio data includes the predefined hotword,
calculate, in response to determining that the audio data includes the predefined hotword, a first score reflecting a loudness of the audio data,
activate a listening mode lasting for a duration of a delay period, the duration of the delay period being based on the loudness of the audio data received at the computing device,
receive, via radio signals from a different computing device that shares a same radio signal network with the computing device, a second score reflecting a loudness of audio data received at the different computing device, the audio data received at the different computing device corresponding to the utterance of the predefined hotword followed by the voice command, and
process, when the first score is greater than the second score, at least a portion of the audio data using an automated speech recognizer.