Patents by Inventor Yingbin Pan

Yingbin Pan 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).

  • Method and system for controlling home assistant devices
    Patent number: 10796702
    Abstract: System and method for controlling a home assistant device include: receiving an audio input; performing speaker recognition on the audio input; in accordance with a determination that the audio input includes a voice input from a first user that is authorized to control the home assistant device: performing speech-to-text conversion on the audio input to obtain a textual string; and searching for a predefined trigger word for activating the home assistant device in the textual string; and in accordance with a determination that the audio input includes a voice input from the home assistant device: forgoing performance of speech-to-text conversion on the audio input; and forgoing search for the predefined trigger word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baojie Li, Yingbin Pan, Haisong Gu
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HOME ASSISTANT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190206412
    Abstract: System and method for controlling a home assistant device include: receiving an audio input; performing speaker recognition on the audio input; in accordance with a determination that the audio input includes a voice input from a first user that is authorized to control the home assistant device: performing speech-to-text conversion on the audio input to obtain a textual string; and searching for a predefined trigger word for activating the home assistant device in the textual string; and in accordance with a determination that the audio input includes a voice input from the home assistant device: forgoing performance of speech-to-text conversion on the audio input; and forgoing search for the predefined trigger word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Baojie LI, Yingbin Pan, Haisong Gu