MULTIMODALITY IN DIGITAL ASSISTANT SYSTEMS

Patent №

US 11,348,573

Granted

2022-05-31

Filed 2019

Owner

APPLE INC.

Lab

AI components

5

ml · nlp · speech · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16441461

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process for determining user intent includes receiving a natural language input and detecting an event. The process further includes, determining, at a first time, based on the natural language input, a first value for a first node of a parsing structure; and determining, at a second time, based on the detected data event, a second value for a second node of the parsing structure. The process further includes in accordance with a determination that the first time and the second time are within the predetermined time: determining, using the parsing structure, the first value, and the second value, a user intent associated with the natural language input; initiating a task based on the determined intent; and providing an output indicative of the task.

Machine learningNatural languageSpeechPlanningAI hardwareG10L 15/1815G06F 40/30G10L 15/1822G10L 15/22G10L 15/30G06F 40/205G10L 2015/223

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Speech1.00
Planning1.00
AI hardware1.00
Machine learning0.88
Evolutionary computation0.06
Knowledge representation0.06
Vision0.02

Ownership

APPLE INC.

assignment · 500580115

Assignors

GREBORIO, PIERRE P., GUZZONI, DIDIER RENE, PIERNOT, PHILIPPE P.

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