Abstract: Agate driving circuit and a display device are disclosed. The gate driving circuit includes a shift register including a plurality of stages. Among the stages, an Nth stage includes a first transistor charging a Q node and a junction stress control circuit. A pull-up transistor using the Q node as a gate input controls an output signal of a stage output terminal. The junction stress control circuit includes a first, second, and third control transistors. The first control transistor, the second control transistor, the third control transistor, and the first transistor are connected to each other through a common node. The second control transistor adjusts junction stresses for the first control transistor and the first transistor by controlling a voltage of the common node. When the second control transistor is turned off, the third control transistor discharges the voltage of the common node.

Abstract: A scan driver includes a plurality of stages, each outputting a scan signal in response to a scan start pulse and clock signals. Each stage includes a first input circuit applying a high gate voltage to a first node in response to the scan start pulse or the scan signal from a previous stage, a second input circuit applying a first clock signal to a second node based on the first node's voltage, a first output circuit outputting a second clock signal as the scan signal in response to the first node's voltage, a second output circuit outputting a low gate voltage as the scan signal in response to the second node's voltage, and a leakage circuit coupled to the high gate voltage and providing a current from the high gate voltage to the second node in response to the voltage of the second node having a high level.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose various display devices with adjustable pixel density and methods for adjusting display pixel density. One of the display devices with adjustable pixel density comprises: a plurality of display pixels distributed in an array form, and a controllably-deformable material part being separately connected to the plurality of display pixels, wherein the controllably-deformable material part may deform under an effect of an external field, so as to accordingly adjust density distribution of the plurality of display pixels.

Abstract: Electric power consumed in display of image data is suppressed. The present invention includes: a command receiving section (10) which receives, from a host, a command indicative of whether or not an LCD (3) is to be caused to update an image displayed by the LCD (3); and a data processing section (40) carries out at least through-output or writing of the image data in a VRAM (50), with reference to (a) the command and (b) whether or not the image is to be updated in (i) a frame period in which the image data is received or (ii) a frame period coming next to the frame period.

Abstract: A drive circuit classifies frame periods as a drive period and a pause period, and applies a selection voltage to scanning lines in turn and applies voltages according to a video signal (a measurement voltage in the case of measurement targets) to data lines in turn during the drive period. During the pause period, the drive circuit applies the selection voltage to one scanning line corresponding to measurement target pixel circuits, and a measurement circuit measures drive currents outputted to the data lines from the measurement target pixel circuits. The drive circuit may set a write period and a measurement period in the pause period. During the write period, the drive circuit may apply the measurement voltage to the data lines. During the measurement period, the measurement circuit may measure drive currents outputted to the data lines from the measurement target pixel circuits.

Abstract: A sub-pixel for an LED display, the sub-pixel comprising a first light emitting device having a first emission beam angle and a second light emitting device having a second beam angle, the second emission beam angle being different to the first emission beam angle. There is also described a display using a plurality of the sub-pixels.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a display panel having a display region and a peripheral region, an OLED at the display region and including an end connected to a first voltage, a pixel circuit at the display region, a repair pixel circuit at the peripheral region, a repair line for connecting the repair pixel circuit to the OLED, and a switching circuit configured to apply a second voltage to the repair line during a power-up of the OLED display device.

Abstract: Discussed is a flexible organic light emitting display device. The flexible organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment includes a panel, a data driver configured to drive data lines included in the panel, a gate driver configured to drive gate lines included in the panel, a sensing unit, and a controller. The sensing unit may sense bending of the panel in a blank period of one frame period by using a pixel driving circuit included in each of a plurality of pixels included in the panel, for sensing a characteristic change of a driving transistor driving an organic light emitting diode included in each of the plurality of pixels, the one frame period including the blank period and a display period. The controller may sense the characteristic change of the driving transistor or analyze whether the panel is bent, based on pieces of sensing data transferred from the sensing unit.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of circuit units in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel electrodes, respectively, each of the plurality of circuit units being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of lower power supply lines extending in one direction so as to be electrically connected to some circuit units from among the plurality of circuit units, the some circuit units being along the one direction, and a plurality of upper power supply lines extending in the one direction, the upper power supply lines being over the plurality of lower power supply lines, and electrically connected to the plurality of lower power supply lines.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a circuit and method for generating a light emission control signal for an AMOLED pixel circuit having in-cell touch sensors, as well as a pixel circuit driving method. The circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor and a first capacitor. Under control of a control signal transferred by a first control line, a first clock signal, a second clock signal, a voltage of a first level, a voltage of a second level and a control signal transferred by a second control line, the circuit outputs the desired light emission control signal via a light emission control line. The light emission control signal may turn off the OLED in the pixel circuit during a touch sense phase such that an influence of the capacitance between the anode and cathode of the OLED on the touch sensor-to-ground capacitance is reduced.

Abstract: In a pixel circuit, TFTs are connected and driven such that a threshold voltage Vth of a TFT, which is a drive transistor, can be held in a threshold holding capacitor having a capacitance value c1, voltages, including a data potential Vdata representing an image to be displayed, can be held in a data holding capacitor having a capacitance value c2, and charges in the data holding capacitor and the threshold holding capacitor are redistributed at the time of light emission. As a result, a potential obtained by multiplying the data potential Vdata by c1/(c1+c2) is provided to a gate potential of the TFT.

Abstract: Provided is a data driver (102) configured to be used for driving a display unit that includes pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, the data driver including: a resistance circuit (102E) to which a plurality of reference voltages with different values are applied, the resistance circuit including a plurality of output nodes configured to output the reference voltages and voltages obtained by dividing the reference voltages; a selector unit (102G) configured to select one of the plurality of output nodes in accordance with a value of an input gradation signal, and cause a voltage corresponding to the value of the gradation signal to be output; and a phase difference control unit (102C) configured to perform control to delay an output node selection operation by the selector unit (102G) in the case where an input gradation signal is included in a predetermined high tonal range or a predetermined low tonal range.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an enable signal generation circuit, comprising: an input module configured to input a direct current signal from the first input terminal to a first node; a transmission module configured to transmit the direct current signal at the first node to an output terminal; a first conducting module and a second conducting module configured to conduct signals in an alternating current signal from the second input terminal to the first node; a first filter module configured to filter the signal at the first node such that, at the first node, the alternating current signal from the second input terminal is conducted to a common terminal. The second input terminal is connected to the output terminal. The present disclosure simplifies the circuit structure and solves the problem caused by the difference between timing sequences of inputted signals.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a display device improving a bright difference. An exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept provides a display device, including a panel including a plurality of pixel areas having different widths, and a data driver supplying data signals having different voltages to the plurality of pixel areas in response to a same grayscale.

Abstract: In a display apparatus provided with an electrophoresis layer, such a display apparatus as to improve the response performance of a touch detection is provided. A driving unit included in a display apparatus alternately repeats a display driving process for supplying a first driving signal to a driving electrode disposed in a selected partial display region and a detection driving process for supplying a second driving signal to a driving electrode disposed in another selected partial display region while successively cyclically changing the partial display region and successively cyclically changing another partial detection region. Moreover, in the detection driving process, a touch detection unit included in the display apparatus detects an input position at another selected partial detection region based on an electrostatic capacitance of the driving electrode disposed at another selected detection region.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a plurality of light sources; a display device irradiated with light from the light sources; and a controller. The display area includes a plurality of partial areas corresponding to the light sources on a one-to-one basis. Each of the partial areas includes a first area and a second area, the first area being irradiated with light from a first light source that corresponds thereto, and the second area being irradiated with light from the first light source and a second light source adjacent to the first light source. The controller controls an operation of the first light source based on whether the first area requires the light from the first light source and whether the second area obtains light required for display output by receiving the light from the second light source.

Abstract: A display apparatus suppresses flicker, and includes a display part in which a first plurality of main pixels PX1 to PX4 including subpixels R1 to R4, G1 to G4 and B1 to B4 of a first to an N-th color are arrayed in a line, the “N” being an integer larger than 1; and a demultiplexer including distribution units 41-46 distributing a drive signal CKH, driving any one of a plurality of subpixels included in a subpixel group to the one of the plurality of subpixels. The subpixel group includes multiple subpixels SPX1 and SPX2 included in a second plurality of main pixels PX1 and PX3 among the first plurality of main pixels, one or more main pixels being interposed between the second plurality of main pixels, the subpixels SPX1 and SPX 2 being subpixels having the same color to which drive signals of the same polarity are input.

Abstract: A method of driving a display panel and a display apparatus having a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines that cross the gate lines. The method includes determining whether to compensate a gate signal or not according to input image data displayed on a display panel, transmitting a first gate signal having a first falling waveform to a first gate line and a second gate signal having a second falling waveform different from the first falling waveform to the second gate line. A first gate clock signal may be adjusted when the gate signal is determined to be compensated. A timing controller may compensate the first gate signal when an artifact would be displayed based on a variation in brightness when a first subpixel row to which the first gate signal is applied is brighter than a second subpixel row for a same target luminance.

Abstract: A host control section (30) is a control device for a display device (1). The host control section (30) includes an image determining section (35) for calculating a density of pixels, which have intermediate grayscale levels (i.e., grayscale levels of a first range), among a plurality of pixels in an image; and a driving changing section (36) for changing a refresh rate of the display device (1) in accordance with the density which has been calculated.

Abstract: The electronic device includes a first housing including a solar battery, a first display device, and a first structure body and a second housing including a second display device, a coil, an electric double-layer capacitor, a signal processing circuit, a charge and discharge control circuit, and a second structure body. The electronic device can be folded so that display surfaces of the first housing and the second housing face each other and the first structure body and the second structure body face each other. The solar battery is provided on a surface of the first housing on the rear side of the first display device. A pixel included in the first display device and a pixel included in the second display device each include a liquid crystal element, a first pixel circuit, a light-emitting element, and a second pixel circuit. The liquid crystal element includes a reflective electrode having an opening and can perform display by reflecting external light.

Abstract: A shift register unit, a gate line driving device includes multiple stages of the shift register units, and a driving method for being applied to the shift register unit; the shift register unit includes: an input module connected between an input terminal and a pull-up node, and configured to charge the pull-up node; an output module connected between the pull-up node, a first clock signal terminal and an output terminal, and configured to output to the output terminal a first clock signal received at the first clock signal terminal; a pull-up node reset module connected between a reset terminal, a pull-down node and the pull-up node, and configured to reset the pull-up node; and an output reset module connected between a second clock signal terminal, the pull-down node and the output terminal, and configured to reset the output terminal.

Abstract: A level shift circuit includes first and second NMOS transistors that are coupled between a first supply terminal, and first and second output nodes, respectively, and have respective control terminals receiving input signals of a low amplitude, third and fourth PMOS transistors which are coupled between a second supply terminal, and the first and second output nodes outputting signals of high amplitude, respectively, a fifth PMOS transistor which is coupled between a gate of the third PMOS transistor and the second output node, and has a gate coupled to the first output node, a sixth PMOS transistor which is coupled between a gate of the fourth PMOS transistor and the first output node, and has a gate coupled to the second output node, and first and second load elements which are coupled between the second supply terminal and the gates of the third and fourth PMOS transistors, respectively.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a method and system for the delivery of virtual reality content that enables a more immersive experience to the user by adaptively changing display parameters of virtual reality content using resolution-defined projections. The resolution-defined projections are two-dimensional and virtual reality content agnostic. According to some aspects, the projections can be used to generate virtual reality content images and video that can be encoded and/or compressed for processing and transmission with lower or without increasing bandwidth requirements, and to be perceived of a higher resolution. Additional aspects include, the adaptive focus via the resolution-defined projections using the user's viewing direction and/or orientation, optimization data from a feedback loop and/or crowdsourcing data.

Abstract: A display device (10) includes: an integrated control unit (31) that allows selection from among at least a high-luminance mode and a luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode in accordance with an input instruction; and an unevenness correction unit (36) that performs color unevenness correction for each pixel in both the high-luminance mode and the luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode. In the luminance-unevenness-suppression-preferred mode, the unevenness correction unit (36) performs a pixel value limitation process for uniformly shifting, for each pixel, a pixel value in image data to a lower pixel value to thereby decrease the pixel value to a pixel value lower than that in the high-luminance mode, and thereafter, performs the color unevenness correction. Accordingly, even if the use of the display device varies, image processing that is appropriate for various uses is implemented.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array, a scan driving unit, a light emitting driving unit and a light emitting switch unit. The scan driving unit is configured to provide a scan signal to the pixel array, the light emitting driving unit is configured to provide a light emitting signal to the pixel array, and the light emitting switch unit is configured to provide a switch signal to the pixel array, wherein the display device performs a progressive displaying when the light emitting driving unit is enabled and performs a simultaneous displaying when the light emitting switch unit is enabled.

Abstract: A system includes a spatial light modulator and a controller. The spatial light modulator is configured to perform phase modulation of a light that passes through a liquid crystal by applying individual voltages to the liquid crystal from each of a plurality of electrodes. The controller is configured to control the voltages applied to the liquid crystal from each of the plurality of electrodes based on phase image data. The phase image data represents values of each pixel corresponding to each of the plurality of electrodes by predetermined gradations. The controller converts gradation values, which are the values of each pixel, into voltages input to the electrodes corresponding to each pixel. The controller is configured to change a fluctuation width from a minimum value to a maximum value of the input voltages corresponding to a fluctuation width from a minimum value to a maximum value of the gradation values.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense ambient light, a display configured to provide a screen including a first area which displays content and a second area outside the first area and a processor configured to change a size of the second area based on the sensed ambient light.

Abstract: An HDR display is a combination of technologies including, for example, a dual modulation architecture incorporating algorithms for artifact reduction, selection of individual components, and a design process for the display and/or pipeline for preserving the visual dynamic range from capture to display of an image or images. In one embodiment, the dual modulation architecture includes a backlight with an array of RGB LEDs and a combination of a heat sink and thermally conductive vias for maintaining a desired operating temperature.

Abstract: Herein disclosed an image display including: row scan lines configured to supply a control signal; column signal lines configured to supply a video signal; and pixel circuits configured to be disposed at intersections between the scan lines and the signal lines, wherein each of the pixel circuits has at least a drive transistor, a sampling transistor connected to a gate of the drive transistor, a capacitive part connected between the gate and a source of the drive transistor, and a light-emitting element connected to the source of the drive transistor.

Abstract: An electronic paper display apparatus comprises an electronic paper display unit, a control unit electrically connected to the electronic paper display unit and including a power-level detection circuit, a storage unit at least storing an identification/alert information and electrically connected to the control unit, a wireless communication module and a power unit. The wireless communication module is electrically connected to the control unit and includes a satellite positioning receiving unit, which receives a current satellite positioning signal of the electronic paper display apparatus. The power unit is at least electrically connected to the power-level detection circuit of the control unit. When a power of the power unit is greater than or equal to a first power threshold and less than or equal to a second power threshold, the control unit loads the identification/alert information and a satellite positioning information in the storage unit into the electronic paper display unit.

Abstract: A display system displays, on each of a plurality of display devices arranged side by side, among image data of a plurality of pages, each of image data of the number of display devices, and reflects input information, which indicates information input by a user, on image data displayed on a master display device among the plurality of display devices. Moreover, the display system displays, on each of the plurality of display devices, among the image data of the plurality of pages, each of image data which is obtained by shifting the image data of the number of display devices in accordance with an operation on a page operation unit. Thereby, a viewer is able to view image data of several pages at once, and it is possible to reflect information input by a user even when image data of a target page is shifted backward or forward.

Abstract: Complementary near-field and far-field light field displays (LFDs) are provided. A distributed LFD system is disclosed in which the light field is cooperatively displayed by a direct view LFD and a near-eye LFD. The two display components of the system work together synchronously to display a high-fidelity 3D experience to one or multiple viewers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems to for automatic key transposition. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to determine compatibility between a known melody capable of being generated by a pitch generation system and a first performance profile associated with a first performer that performs in conjunction with the pitch generation system. Embodiments of the present invention can be further used to determine an appropriate key to update one or more pitches associated with the known melody, to be generated by the pitch generation system during the performance by the first performer, based on the compatibility between the first performance profile and the known melody.

Abstract: A stick-on guitar stand is made from a rubberized material and designed to attach to the bottom edge of a guitar body where the same would rest on a floor or other horizontal surface. The inventive stand has a bottom substrate joined to a back substrate at a generally right angle to match the bottom edge of most styles of guitar bodies. The bottom substrate and back substrate are attached using a common adhesive for musical instruments. Protrusions or foot pads extend from the bottom of the guitar stand to provide increased friction against smoot or low-friction surfaces upon which the guitar is rested. The rest of the guitar can them be leaned against an elevated surface as a table, amp, or wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing musical data, which includes a glove equipped with touch sensors and a terminal device. In the glove there are touch sensors in at least two rows the format of a selected musical scale, which touch sensors are arranged to be pushed with a finger of the other hand, connection means for connecting the touch sensors to a selected terminal device in order to produce musical data according to the format. The touch sensors are arranged in such a way that in an order from the index finger to the little finger, the tips of the fingers correspond to the consecutive notes of a first octave C, D, E, F, so that the semitone E-F is located between the ring finger and the little finger.

Abstract: A system and method for interfacing and controlling multiple musical instrument effects modules on a common platform. The system includes: a system processor; a backplane coupled with the system processor; a plurality of musical instrument effects modules removably inserted into the backplane, each of the plurality of musical instrument effects modules including an audio input signal interface and an audio output signal interface, at least one of the musical instrument effects modules including a programmable potentiometer and/or programmable switch to modify an audio output signal; and a user interface configured to enable a user to apply a desired setting on the programmable potentiometer of the musical instrument effects modules via the system processor and the backplane.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated karaoke device, including a microphone and a sound box. The sound box includes a sound chamber (400) containing a loudspeaker (500). The integrated karaoke device further includes a connecting part (100) made of flexible material that is fixedly connected between a bottom of the microphone and a top of the sound chamber (400). The use of a flexible material connecting part (100) rather than a solid structural part reduces the transmission to the microphone of sound vibration generated by the sound box.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for determining an audio portion based on a request received from a consumer or user of an operating device where the requests comprise a set of lyrics, then effect the streaming of the determined audio portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of audio recognition, in particular to computer implemented note recognition methods in a gaming application. Furthermore, the present invention relates to improving latency of such audio recognition methods. One of the embodiments of the invention described herein is a method for note recognition of an audio source.

Abstract: Electroacoustic bouzouki with perforated vessel, for exercise as well as for concerts having a neck (1) which reaches until tailpiece (2), head (3), tuning keys for fastening strings (4), electromagnet (5) and bridge (6) on the front part (7) over which the strings pass (4), preamplifier (9) and amplifier (10) in its body, output (12), electric signal and battery (16), bearing, a rear part called vessel (13). The vessel carries on its surface at least one user-defined opening of any shape and is mounted on the front part (7) of the body by gluing or screwing. The best use of the electroacoustic bouzouki with perforated vessel takes place when the number of openings ranges from 2 to 6.

Abstract: A resonator (1, 1?, 1?) for reducing airborne noise has at least one first ring-shaped chamber (2, 2?, 2?) arranged between an inlet piece (6, 6?) and an outlet piece (7, 7?). An inner tube (3) or inner tube pieces (4, 4?, 5) are arranged between the inlet piece (6, 6?) and outlet piece (7, 7?) and have wall apertures (18, 19, 28, 28?, 29, 29?, 30, 30?) as a connection to the adjacent ring-shaped chamber (2, 2?, 2?). The first ring-shaped chamber (2, 2?, 2?) is divided by at least one radially encircling dividing rib (13, 13?, 13?) into at least two sub-chambers (14, 14?, 14?, 15, 15?, 15?). The dividing rib (13, 13?, 13?) has a free end that, relative to the wall that is adjacent in a radial direction, forms an encircling annular space (16) for receiving an air layer that co-resonates in steady-state.

Abstract: A meta atom for controlling acoustic parameters and metamaterials comprising the same, which includes a first resonator assembly having a pair of resonators configured of two resonators disposed apart from each other with respect to an axis direction; a second resonator assembly positioned inside the pair of resonators included in the first resonator assembly, and having at least one resonator; and partitions connected between the first resonator assembly and the second resonator assembly, and supporting the first and second resonator assembly.

Abstract: A speech reproduction device for reproducing speech based on a received speech signal so that the reproduced speech is intelligible in a clear speech zone and unintelligible in a masked speech zone includes an audio processing module configured for receiving the speech signal; a set of speech loudspeakers configured for reproducing the speech based on one or more speech loudspeaker signals; and a set of masking sound loudspeakers configured for producing a masking sound based on one or more masking sound loudspeaker signals, wherein the masking sound masks the speech in the masked speech zone; wherein the audio processing module includes a speech signal analysis module configured for producing one or more analysis signals based on spectral and/or temporal characteristics of the speech signal; wherein the audio processing module includes a masking sound generator configured for producing one or more masking sound signals based on the one or more analysis signals.

Abstract: In some implementations, a language proficiency of a user of a client device is determined by one or more computers. The one or more computers then determines a text segment for output by a text-to-speech module based on the determined language proficiency of the user. After determining the text segment for output, the one or more computers generates audio data including a synthesized utterance of the text segment. The audio data including the synthesized utterance of the text segment is then provided to the client device for output.

Abstract: A dialog device comprises a natural language interfacing device (chat interface or a telephonic device), and a natural language output device (the chat interface, a display device, or a speech synthesizer outputting to the telephonic device). A computer stores natural language dialog conducted via the interfacing device and constructs a current utterance word-by-word. Each word is chosen by applying a plurality of language models to a context comprising concatenation of the stored dialog and the current utterance thus far. Each language model outputs a distribution over the words of a vocabulary. A recurrent neural network (RNN) is applied to the distributions to generate a mixture distribution. The next word is chosen using the mixture distribution. The output device outputs the current natural language utterance after it has been constructed by the computer.

Abstract: One or more processors receive recording data of a meeting between a professional and a client. One or more processors analyze the recording data to make one or more determinations. One or more processors identify one or more characteristics of the professional based on the one or more determinations. One or more processors match the one or more characteristics of the professional to one or more preferences of an individual seeking one or more professionals. One or more processors build a profile of the professional based on the one or more characteristics and store the profile in a database. One or more processors search the database for one or more profiles that provide a match of the one or more preferences of the individual seeking one or more professionals and display the one or more profiles.

Abstract: A method for generating dialogs for learning a dialog policy includes, for each of at least one scenario, in which annotators in a pool of annotators serve as virtual agents and users, generating a respective dialog tree in which each path through the tree corresponds to a dialog and nodes of the tree correspond to dialog acts provided by the annotators. The generation includes computing a measure of uncertainty for nodes in the dialog tree, identifying a next node to be annotated, based on the measure of uncertainty, selecting an annotator from the pool to provide an annotation for the next node, receiving an annotation from the selected annotator for the next node, and generating a new node of the dialog tree based on the received annotation. A corpus of dialogs is generated from the dialog tree.

Abstract: The embodiments of the invention allows retrieval of information or processing of commands through a speech interface and/or a combination of a speech interface and a non-speech interface. Thus, facilitating verbal search of religious and non-religious texts, and publishing resulting finds, along with exegesis and/or explanations. Beneficial uses can be gotten in the fields of, but not limited to those fields, of religious worship, and education. The embodiments of the invention eases interaction of the user(s) with the text(s) and allows for chances of in-depth comprehension and greater access to knowledge, but not limited only to those benefits. The scope and ramifications of the use(s) and benefits cannot be measured in a limited manner. As technology and imagination increases, the true scope and ramifications would increase as well.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of a system that uses an accelerometer in a mobile device to detect hotwords, which activate a voice interface to recognize subsequent voice input. During operation, the system gathers samples comprising readings from the accelerometer in the mobile device. Next, the system calculates features from the gathered samples. The system then classifies the calculated features using a classifier, which has been trained to detect hotwords based on calculated features. Finally, if the classifier detects one or more hotwords, the system causes the mobile device to launch a voice-control system that recognizes subsequent voice input received from an audio microphone.

Abstract: Computing devices and methods for providing speech recognition data from one computing device to another device are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, audio input is received at a client device and processed to generate speech recognition data. An estimated confidence level is determined for a portion of the data, where the confidence level exceeds a predetermined confidence threshold corresponding to a valid result. At least one statistically improbable characteristic associated with the portion of data is identified. Based on identifying the statistically improbable characteristic, the portion of data is provided to a server computing device for evaluation.