Patents by Inventor Mirko Knoll

Mirko Knoll 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).

  • Patent number: 11501778
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic assistance device includes: outputting, at a foreground volume, a first output audio stream provided by a voice-controlled first assistance application of the electronic assistance device, the first assistance application exclusively accepting a first wake-up word; continuously detecting an ambient sound and providing the detected ambient sound as an input audio stream; recognizing a second wake-up word as the only wake-up word in a user's voice input recognized in the provided input audio stream, wherein the second wake-up word is exclusively accepted by a voice-controlled second assistance application of the assistance device; and recognizing, in the voice input a command word following the second wake-up word, the command word being accepted by the first assistance application and by the second assistance application, and controlling the first output audio stream via the recognized voice input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Dirk A. Boettger, Henning Ralf, Mirko Knoll, Bernhard Hochstaetter
  • Publication number: 20210256974
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic assistance device includes: outputting, at a foreground volume, a first output audio stream provided by a voice-controlled first assistance application of the electronic assistance device, the first assistance application exclusively accepting a first wake-up word; continuously detecting an ambient sound and providing the detected ambient sound as an input audio stream; recognizing a second wake-up word as the only wake-up word in a user's voice input recognized in the provided input audio stream, wherein the second wake-up word is exclusively accepted by a voice-controlled second assistance application of the assistance device; and recognizing, in the voice input a command word following the second wake-up word, the command word being accepted by the first assistance application and by the second assistance application, and controlling the first output audio stream via the recognized voice input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Dirk A. Boettger, Henning Ralf, Mirko Knoll, Bernhard Hochstaetter