US Patent:
20140343949, Nov 20, 2014
Inventors:
- Sunnyvale CA, US
Edward DENG - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lung-Chu Joseph CHEN - Pleasanton CA, US
Assignee:
Fortemedia, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:
G10L 25/48
H04R 1/08
Abstract:
A smart microphone device is provided. The smart microphone device is coupled to a host, and includes: an analog microphone unit, receiving sounds; a voice detection unit, coupled to the analog microphone unit, detecting voices from the sounds; a speech detection unit, coupled to the voice detection unit, detecting a speech from the voices; and a channel select pin, coupled between the smart microphone device and the host, wherein an interrupt signal is sent from the smart microphone device to the host via the channel select pin to enable the host to operate in the normal mode when the speech detection unit detects the speech.