Patents by Inventor Cédric BOUCHON

Cédric BOUCHON 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).

  • Computing resource-saving voice assistant
    Patent number: 11942092
    Abstract: A voice assistant includes an electronic processor unit connected to at least one microphone and to remote equipment. The electronic processor unit includes both single detection modules for detecting respective single keywords from an audio signal supplied by the microphone, and also a control unit connected to the single detection modules to select predetermined actions as a function of the detected keywords and to perform those actions. The control module is also arranged to detect whether actions are doable and to activate or deactivate the single detection modules as a function of the doability of the actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventors: Jérôme Berger, Cédric Bouchon
  • COMPUTING RESOURCE-SAVING VOICE ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20220406312
    Abstract: A voice assistant includes an electronic processor unit connected to at least one microphone and to remote equipment. The electronic processor unit includes both single detection modules for detecting respective single keywords from an audio signal supplied by the microphone, and also a control unit connected to the single detection modules to select predetermined actions as a function of the detected keywords and to perform those actions. The control module is also arranged to detect whether actions are doable and to activate or deactivate the single detection modules as a function of the doability of the actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jérôme BERGER, Cédric BOUCHON