Patent ID: 8831418
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G03B,G06F,G10L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: (a) a portable device that is operable to take and store pictures, and that includes a lens, a plurality of microphones, and a controller coupled to each of: (b) the controller including a control program having instructions to control and respond to at least the voice recognition unit, the touch sensitive display screen, and the wireless network interface; (c) wherein the voice-recognition unit is coupled to at least two microphones, and is configured to (i) receive and process sounds transduced by the at least two microphones, (ii) apply a voice-recognition algorithm based on the energy detected at each of two microphones, and (iii) recognizes a first human spoken word as a specific word that is assigned by the control program to be a voice-activated command for the camera; and (d) wherein the controller is configured to: (e) the controller automatically causing an email to be sent to a particular email account regarding the picture.