Posted October 28, 2011 at 4:09pm by iClarified · 13 comments · Add Comment
Johan S - November 22, 2011 at 9:14am
Only two modifications are needed to make this work:
1. An echo cancellation type filter circuit that subtracts the TVs own sound .. this would eliminate the problem of the TV itself being able to trigger itself
2. Require a trigger word prior to any command so instead of just saying "Off" to turn the TV off, you would say the trigger word and then the command "off" ..like this: "TV, Off" or "TV, Discovery channel". Obviously you would make up a much rarer word than "TV" to minimize mistake commands.
Lol I love 30-rock. But clearly you would have the microphone chipset linked to the TV speakers so it would know what the TV was saying at the time and ignore it.
That doesn't solve the issue he was having. You expect people to be completely silent while their TV is on? If not the TV will do all sorts of unwanted things.
The TV would still come with a remote, and on the remote would be a button you would press to input a voice command. The TV would only listen to voice commands during that time. Problem solved.
No, the purpose was to be able to easily record and change channels with your voice instead of fumbling around with buttons. You will obviously still need a way to activate voice input since having the TV listen to all surrounding noise for voice commands is not exactly feasible.
The only thing you would have to do is add certain phrases before those voice commands and you wouldn't have that problem. You could easily have it filter out the sounds being broadcasted by the TV and listen solely to the individuals sitting in the room.
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