Patent ID: 9043210
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,G10L

Abstract:
1. A biometric voice command and control switching device for operably controlling a controlled device in response to a currently spoken challenge utterance by correlating and comparing the currently spoken challenge utterance to at least one previously stored reference utterance, the biometric voice command and control switching device comprising: a microphone assembly for receiving the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance; a voice processing circuit for creating an electronic signal indicative of the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance; a memory for storing the electronic signals of the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance; a processor for comparing the electronic signals of the currently spoken challenge utterance and the at least one previously stored reference utterance and determining if there is a match; an interface circuit for operably controlling the controlled device in response to the currently spoken challenge utterance when a match is determined by the processor; and a housing containing the microphone assembly, the housing having an acoustic vent that enables the microphone assembly to receive sound, the acoustic vent having a weatherproof fabric cover covering the acoustic vent.