(57) ABSTRACT A device having a voice-based interface activates or “wakes” when it
detects an utterance that includes a wake word. The device includes a digital-signal …

Abstract Systems, methods, and devices with reduced power consumption in network
microphone devices. In one embodiment, a network microphone device is configured to …

In one aspect, a playback device includes at least one microphone configured to detect
sound. The playback detects sound via the one or more microphones and determines …

Techniques for implementing multiple wakeword detectors on a single device are described.
A digital signal processor (DSP) of the device may implement a wakeword detection …

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US11501773B2 - Network microphone device with command keyword conditioning - Google
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A system and method for spoken language understanding using recurrent neural networks
(“RNNs”) is disclosed. The system and method jointly performs the following three functions …

Abstract Systems and methods for distributed voice processing are disclosed herein. In one
example, the method includes detecting sound via a microphone array of a first playback …

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An example system is configured to cause a first playback device in a first playback zone to
operate in a given playback state including play back of media items identified in a playback …