Devices and methods for interacting with an HVAC controller

An HVAC controller may be controlled in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller. The HVAC controller may be a thermostat includ...

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Hauptverfasser:	Novotny, Josef, Gessner, Thomas, Becvar, Daniel, Konecny, Roman, Losak, Tomas, Leen, Cary, Nelson, Jay, Kolavennu, Soumitri, Buno, Juraj, Thiruvengada, Hari, Nemcek, Adam, Finch, Heidi, Malek, Jan, Horky, Libor, Mulhouse, David, Bures, David, Juntunen, Robert D, Ix, Goh, Christopher, Adamek, Martin, Hoglund, Steven, Kulkarni, Amit, Gilmer, Preston, Kasparik, Petr, Skala, Martin
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACOUSTICS AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING BLASTING CALCULATING COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS COMPUTING CONTROLLING COUNTING DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATINGSYSTEMS ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS HEATING LIGHTING LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PHYSICS RANGES REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS REFRIGERATION OR COOLING REGULATING SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES VENTILATING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An HVAC controller may be controlled in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller. The HVAC controller may be a thermostat including a housing that houses a temperature sensor, a microphone, and a controller. The controller may identify a trigger phrase in an audio stream provided by the microphone. In response to identifying the trigger phrase, the controller initiates processing of the audio stream to identify a command following the trigger phrase and to generate a command understandable by the thermostat that instructs the controller to perform the identified command. The controller then executes the generated command understandable by the thermostat. A user may communicate with the thermostat via the microphone of the thermostat and/or a remote device having a microphone.