Rockin’ Patent – “Suspending Noise Cancellation”

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 9,398,367 Filed: 25 July 2014 In the name of: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Assignee) Title: Suspending Noise Cancellation Using Keyword Spotting What’s claimed: “A method, comprising: receiving a first external audio signal from a microphone of a noise-cancelling device; determining that the first external audio signal does not comprise a keyword corresponding to suspension of noise cancellation; generating a noise-cancellation signal for cancelling the first external audio signal; causing a speaker of the noise-cancelling device to generate audio corresponding to the noise-cancellation signal; receiving a second external audio signal from the microphone of the noise-cancelling device; determining that the second external audio signal comprises the […]