Systems for fingerprint sensor triggered voice interaction in an electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11232186-B2
Application number	US-202117205985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2021
Priority date	Oct 18, 2019
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device includes an audio capture device operable to receive audio input, a fingerprint sensor operable to receive fingerprint data, and one or more processors, operable with the audio capture device and the fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor can authenticate a person as an authorized user of an electronic device while device commands are being received in the form of audio input to allow for secure voice interactions without requiring a trigger phrase. The fingerprint sensor can be used in combination with the receipt of voice input to perform two-factor authentication. The fingerprint sensor and audio capture device can be used in combination to enroll, or update enrollment, of a user interacting with a voice assistant as well.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
an audio capture device;
a fingerprint sensor receiving fingerprint data and, upon identifying the fingerprint data as belonging to an authorized user of the electronic device, causing the audio capture device to capture audio input;
a voice interface engine operable with the audio capture device, the voice interface engine, upon identifying a device command in the audio input, attempting identification of a source of the audio input from the audio input; and
one or more processors operable with the voice interface engine, the one or more processors executing a control operation in response to the device command identified in the audio input only when the voice interface engine identifies the source of the audio input as the authorized user of the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface, the one or more processors requiring capture of at least one additional authentication input by the user interface when the fingerprint sensor fails to identify the fingerprint data as belonging to the authorized user of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , the one or more processors executing the control operation only when the at least one additional authentication input matches a predefined criterion.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface, the one or more processors requiring capture of at least one additional authentication input by the user interface when the fingerprint sensor identifies the fingerprint data as belonging to the authorized user of the electronic device and the voice interface engine fails to identify the source of the audio input as the authorized user of the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , the one or more processors executing the control operation only when the at least one additional authentication input matches a predefined criterion.

Assignees

• Motorola Mobility Llc

Inventors

• Gorsica John
• Merrell Thomas
• Thomas Kathryn
• Wylder James

Classifications

• G06V40/10

  Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G10L17/22

  Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title