Patents by Inventor Hywel Richards

Hywel Richards has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SUPPRESSION OF VOICE RESPONSE BY DEVICE RENDERING TRIGGER AUDIO
    Publication number: 20190371324
    Abstract: An electronic device with voice trigger suppression capability has a wireless communication module and a voice trigger response suppression module. The voice trigger suppression module is to monitor a signal to the speaker, to detect a voice trigger phrase therein and in response send a message through the wireless communication module that communicates to one or more wireless receiving devices that the electronic device, with voice trigger response suppression capability, will handle a voice trigger. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Richard M. Powell, Kisun You, Hywel Richards, Kurt W. Piersol