TWI727326B - Method for activating voice assistant system and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure provides a method for activating a voice assistant system and an electronic device. The method includes: generating an posture signal of the electronic device based on an angle between the first body and the second body; in response to receiving an activating command for activating the voice assistant system, and the posture signal indicating the posture of the electronic device is a clamshell posture, enabling a first indicator unit and a second indicator unit, providing a startup sound effect of the voice assistant system, and controlling a first user interface unit to display a designated screen; in response to receiving the activating command, and the posture signal indicating the posture of the electronic device is not the clamshell posture, enabling the first indication unit, providing the startup sound effect of the voice assistant system, and controlling the first user interface unit to display the designated screen.

Description

Starting method and electronic device of voice assistant system

The present invention relates to an operating method and electronic device of a voice assistant system, and more particularly to a method of starting a voice assistant system and an electronic device.

At present, more and more electronic devices begin to use voice control, and voice control may become a way for most users to control electronic devices in the future, for example, voice control voice assistant system to complete certain designated tasks. At the same time, in order to increase consumers' purchase intentions, manufacturers of electronic devices are all committed to designing the appearance of electronic devices to be both fashionable and functional. However, in the prior art, there is no technique for changing the appearance of the electronic device with the activation or operation of the voice assistant system. Therefore, for those skilled in the art, if the external components of the electronic device can be changed in state in response to the operation of the voice assistant system, it is bound to bring a different operating experience to the user.

In view of this, the present invention provides a method and an electronic device for starting a voice assistant system, which can be used to solve the above technical problems.

The invention provides a method for starting a voice assistant system, which is suitable for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a first indicating unit, a second indicating unit, a first user interface unit, a second user interface unit, a voice assistant system, and a processor. The method includes: generating a posture signal of the electronic device based on a body angle between the first body and the second body; responding to receiving a start command for starting the voice assistant system, and the posture signal indicating the posture of the electronic device It is a flip posture, enabling the first and second instruction units, providing a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and controlling the first user interface unit to display a specified screen; responding to receiving the voice assistant system start The activation instruction, and the posture signal indicating that the posture of the electronic device is not the flip posture, enables the first indication unit, provides the activation sound effect of the voice assistant system, and controls the first user interface unit to display a designated screen.

The invention provides an electronic device including a first body, a second body, a detection module and a processor. The first body is provided with a first user interface unit, a first indicating unit, a second user interface unit and a second indicating unit. A second body is pivotally connected to the first body, and there is an angle between the second body and the first body. The detection module detects the angle of the body. The processor is coupled to the detection module, is arranged in the second body and runs a voice assistant system, wherein the processor is configured to: generate an attitude signal of the electronic device based on the angle between the first body and the second body ; In response to receiving an activation command for activating the voice assistant system, and the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device is a flip posture, enabling the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit to provide a voice assistant system activation sound effect, And controlling the first user interface unit to display a designated screen; responding to receiving a start command for starting the voice assistant system, and the posture signal indicating that the posture of the electronic device is not the flip posture, the first indication unit is enabled and the voice assistant is provided Start the sound effect of the system, and control the first user interface unit to display the specified screen.

Based on the above, the activation method of the voice assistant system of the present invention allows the electronic device to adjust the first indicator unit, second indicator unit, and second indicator unit according to the angle between the first body and the second body and the posture of the electronic device. The enabling situation of a user interface unit and a second user interface unit allows the user to get a different operating experience when starting the voice assistant system.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C, where FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an electronic device in a closed state according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of an electronic device in a semi-closed state according to FIG. 1A, and FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of the electronic device according to the flip state shown in FIG. 1A. In this embodiment, the electronic device 100 is, for example, a notebook computer, which may have a first body 110, a second body 120, a detection module 130, and a processor 199. The first body 110 is provided with a first user interface unit D1, a first indicator unit I1, a second user interface unit D2, and a second indicator unit I2. More specifically, the first body 110 has a first surface S1 and a second surface S2 opposite to each other. The first user interface unit D1 and the first indicator unit I1 can be disposed on the first surface S1, and the second user interface The unit D2 may be disposed on the second surface S2. In different embodiments, the first user interface unit D1 may be a touch screen, which can be used to receive a user's touch operation and display a specific screen according to the control of the processor 199. In one embodiment, the processor 199 can still run the voice assistant system of the electronic device 100, and when the voice assistant system is activated, the processor 199 can control the first user interface unit D1 to display the specified IM on the screen to indicate that the voice assistant system has been activated.

The first indicator unit I1 can be arranged around the first user interface unit D1, for example, and can be controlled by the processor 199 to display specific information, such as light of a specific color, etc., but it is not limited thereto. The second user unit D2 may be the main screen of the electronic device 100.

In this embodiment, the first body 110 may have a first side SI1 and a second side SI2 opposite to each other, and the second indicator unit I2 may be disposed on the second side SI2 of the first body 110 and can be controlled by the processing The device 199 presents specific information, such as light with a specific color, but it is not limited to this. The second body 120 may have a first side SI1' and opposite third and fourth surfaces S3 and S4. The first side SI1' of the second body 120 can be pivotally connected to the first body 110 through the pivoting member 140. SI1 on one side.

As shown in FIG. 1C, there may be a body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. More specifically, the body angle AN1 exists between the second surface S2 of the first body 110 and the third surface S3 of the second body 120, and it can follow the distance between the first body 110 and the second body 120. Change with relative rotation.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the posture presented by the electronic device 100 can be roughly defined as the closed posture of Fig. 1A, the semi-closed posture of Fig. 1B or the flip cover of Fig. 1C according to the size of the included angle AN1 of the body. clamshell) posture.

It can be seen from FIG. 1A that if the body included angle AN1 is 0 degrees, the electronic device 100 will correspondingly assume a closed posture. In the embodiment of the present invention, if the body included angle AN1 is within a specific angle range, the current posture of the electronic device 100 can be referred to as the flip posture, and the aforementioned specific angle range can be defined according to the designer's needs. For ease of description, the following will assume that the above-mentioned specific angle range is between 45 degrees and 135 degrees. In other words, when the body included angle AN1 is between 45 degrees and 135 degrees, the posture of the electronic device 100 can be referred to as the flip posture, but the present invention is not limited to this. Correspondingly, when the body included angle AN1 is between 1 degree and 44 degrees, the posture of the electronic device 100 can be referred to as a semi-closed posture, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In this embodiment, the detection module 130 can be used to detect the body angle AN1. In different embodiments, the detection module 130 can detect the body angle AN1 based on a magnetic element, a gyroscope, or other similar elements, and the relevant details will be described in detail later.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may further include a plurality of radio units, which may be disposed on the first surface S1 of the first body 110. In this way, a better sound reception effect can be achieved.

The processor 199 is coupled to the detection module 130, and can be a general purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a traditional processor, a digital signal processor, multiple microprocessors, one or more combined digital Signal processor core microprocessors, controllers, microcontrollers, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), any other types of integrated circuits Circuits, state machines, processors based on Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) and similar products.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the processor 199 can load specific modules and program codes to implement the activation method of the voice assistant system proposed by the present invention. The details are described below.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method of this embodiment can be executed by the electronic device 100 shown in FIGS. 1A to 1C. The details of each step in FIG. 2 are described below with the components shown in FIGS. 1A to 1C.

First, in step S210, the processor 199 may generate an attitude signal of the electronic device 100 based on the body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. For example, if the body included angle AN1 is 0 degrees, the processor 199 can generate a posture signal showing the first state, and the posture signal can correspondingly indicate that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the closed posture. If the body included angle AN1 is between 1 degree and 44 degrees, the processor 199 can generate a posture signal showing the second state, and the posture signal can correspondingly indicate that the posture of the electronic device 100 is a semi-closed posture. If the body angle AN1 is between 45 degrees and 135 degrees, the processor 199 can generate, for example, a posture signal showing the third state, and this posture signal can correspondingly indicate that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture, but the present invention may not Limited to this.

In step S220, the processor 199 may determine whether the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture. If so, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S230, otherwise, it may continue to execute step S240.

In step S230, in response to receiving the activation instruction for activating the voice assistant system, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1 and the second instruction unit I2, provide the voice assistant system activation sound effect, and control the first use The user interface unit D1 displays the designated screen IM.

In step S240, in response to receiving the activation instruction for activating the voice assistant system, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1, provide the voice assistant system activation sound effect, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the specified Picture IM.

In different embodiments, the above-mentioned activation instruction may correspond to the wake-up word of the voice assistant system (for example, "Hello! Kotana"), the touch signal received by the first user interface unit D1, or the electronic device The pressing operation received by a certain physical button on 100, but not limited to this.

In addition, the way for the processor 199 to enable the first indicating unit I1 and/or the second indicating unit I2 may be to control the first indicating unit I1 and/or the second indicating unit I2 to display a light signal of a specific color, for example, a blue display. Lights, etc., but not limited to this.

In different embodiments, the activation sound effect can be set to any sound effect and content according to the designer's needs, such as "Hello, do you need my help?", but it is not limited to this. Moreover, the content of the designated screen IM can also be adjusted according to the needs of the designer, and is not limited to the aspect shown in FIG. 1B.

In addition, in different embodiments, the flow of FIG. 2 may also have various different implementation manners, which will be described below with the first to sixth embodiments respectively.

Please refer to FIG. 3A, which is a flowchart of a method for starting the voice assistant system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S310, the processor 199 may generate an attitude signal of the electronic device 100 based on the body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. Next, in step S320, the processor 199 can determine whether the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture. If so, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S330, otherwise, it may continue to execute step S360.

In step S330, the processor 199 may receive the user's voice and generate a voice command accordingly. In different embodiments, the processor 199 may use any known voice recognition algorithm to convert the user's voice into a corresponding voice command. After that, in step S340, the processor 199 may determine whether the voice command is a wake-up word of the voice assistant system. In one embodiment, if the wake-up word preset by the voice assistant system is "Hello! Ketana", the processor 199 can determine whether the above-mentioned voice command matches the wake-up word. If yes, it means that the processor 199 has received the start instruction of the voice assistant system, so the processor 199 can continue to execute step S350, otherwise, it determines that the start instruction of the voice assistant system has not been received, and can return to step S330 to receive the user again. voice.

In step S350, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1 and the second instruction unit I2, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM. After that, in step S399, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S310, but it is not limited to this.

On the other hand, if the judgment result of step S320 is no, then in step S360, the processor 199 may disable the second instruction unit I2. For example, the processor 199 may turn off the second indication unit I2, so that the second indication unit I2 cannot display any color light, etc., but it is not limited to this.

Next, in step S370, the processor 199 may receive the user's voice and generate a voice command accordingly. After that, in step S380, the processor 199 may determine whether the voice command is a wake-up word of the voice assistant system. If so, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S390, otherwise, it may return to step S370 to receive the user voice again.

In step S390, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM. After that, in step S399, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S310, but it is not limited to this.

Please refer to FIG. 3B, which is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S310, the processor 199 may generate an attitude signal of the electronic device 100 based on the body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. Next, in step S320, the processor 199 can determine whether the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture. If so, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S330, otherwise, it may continue to execute step S360.

In step S330, the processor 199 may receive the user's voice and generate a voice command accordingly. In different embodiments, the processor 199 may use any known voice recognition algorithm to convert the user's voice into a corresponding voice command. After that, in step S340, the processor 199 may determine whether the voice command is a wake-up word of the voice assistant system. In one embodiment, if the wake-up word preset by the voice assistant system is "Hello! Ketana", the processor 199 can determine whether the above-mentioned voice command matches the wake-up word. If so, it means that the processor 199 has received the start instruction of the voice assistant system, so the processor 199 can continue to execute step S350, otherwise, it can return to step S330 to receive the user's voice again.

In step S350, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1 and the second instruction unit I2, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM. After that, in step S399, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S310, but it is not limited to this.

On the other hand, if the judgment result of step S320 is no, then in step S370, the processor 199 may receive the user's voice and generate a voice command accordingly. After that, in step S380, the processor 199 may determine whether the voice command is a wake-up word of the voice assistant system. If so, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S390, otherwise, it may return to step S370 to receive the user voice again.

In step S390, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM. After that, in step S399, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S310, but it is not limited to this.

In short, in the second embodiment, the executed process is roughly the same as that of the first embodiment, but after the judgment result of step S320 is no, the second instruction unit I2 is not separately disabled, and step S370 is directly executed. .

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S410, the processor 199 may receive the user's voice and generate a voice command accordingly. Next, in step S420, the processor 199 may determine whether the voice command is a wake-up word of the voice assistant system. If so, it means that the processor 199 has received the start instruction of the voice assistant system, so step S430 can be executed continuously, otherwise, it can return to step S410 to receive the user's voice again.

In step S430, the processor 199 may generate an attitude signal of the electronic device 100 based on the body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. After that, in step S440, the processor 199 may determine whether the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture. If yes, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S450, otherwise, it may continue to execute step S460.

In step S450, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1 and the second instruction unit I2, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM.

In step S460, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM. After that, in step S499, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S410, but it is not limited to this.

For details of the steps in FIG. 4, reference may be made to the description of the corresponding steps in FIG. 3A, which will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S510, the processor 199 may generate an attitude signal of the electronic device 100 based on the body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. Next, in step S520, the processor 199 may receive the user's voice and generate a voice command accordingly. Next, in step S530, the processor 199 may determine whether the voice command is a wake-up word of the voice assistant system. If so, it means that the processor 199 has received the start instruction of the voice assistant system, so step S540 can be executed continuously, otherwise, it can return to step S510 to generate the posture signal of the electronic device 100 again.

In step S540, the processor 199 may determine whether the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture. If yes, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S550, otherwise, it may continue to execute step S560.

In step S550, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1 and the second instruction unit I2, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM.

In step S560, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM. After that, in step S599, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S510, but it is not limited to this.

For details of the steps in FIG. 5, reference may be made to the description of the corresponding steps in FIG. 3A, which will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S610, the processor 199 may generate an attitude signal of the electronic device 100 based on the body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. Next, in step S620, the processor 199 may determine whether the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture. If so, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S630, otherwise, it may continue to execute step S660.

In step S630, the processor 199 may receive the touch operation by the first user interface unit D1, and generate a touch command accordingly. In step S640, the processor 199 may determine whether the touch command corresponds to the start command of the voice assistant system. If yes, step S650 can be executed continuously, otherwise, step S630 can be returned to receive the touch operation again.

In one embodiment, the first user interface unit D1 can be designed to have a screen button dedicated to starting the voice assistant system, and when the screen button is pressed, the processor 199 can generate a starting command corresponding to the voice assistant system Touch commands. In other embodiments, the first user interface unit D1 may also allow the user to activate the voice assistant system by inputting a specific touch operation combination. In this case, the processor 199 can determine that the touch commands corresponding to these touch operations correspond to the start commands of the voice assistant system.

Therefore, in step S650, the processor 199 can enable the first instruction unit I1 and the second instruction unit I2, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the specified screen IM. After that, in step S699, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S610, but it is not limited to this.

On the other hand, if the determination result of step S620 is no, then in step S660, the processor 199 may disable the second instruction unit I2. After that, in step S670, the processor 199 may receive the touch operation by the first user interface unit D1, and generate a touch command accordingly. In step S680, the processor 199 may determine whether the touch command corresponds to the start command of the voice assistant system. If yes, step S690 can be executed continuously, otherwise, step S670 can be returned to receive the touch operation again.

In step S690, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM. After that, in step S699, if the voice command is not continuously received, it can return to step S610, but it is not limited to this.

For details of each step in FIG. 6, reference may be made to the description of the corresponding step in FIG. 3A, which will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 7, which is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S710, the processor 199 may generate an attitude signal of the electronic device 100 based on the body angle AN1 between the first body 110 and the second body 120. Next, in step S720, the processor 199 may receive the pressing operation of the physical button, and generate a pressing instruction accordingly.

In one embodiment, the above-mentioned physical button is, for example, a button dedicated to starting the voice assistant system on the electronic device 100. In this case, when the aforementioned physical button receives a pressing operation, the processor 199 can generate a pressing instruction corresponding to the start instruction of the voice assistant system. In other embodiments, the aforementioned physical buttons may also be other buttons (for example, power button, volume button, etc.) that allow the user to activate the voice assistant system in a specific pressing manner (for example, long press), but it is not limited thereto. When the user presses the physical button in the above-mentioned specific pressing manner, the processor 199 may also generate a pressing instruction corresponding to the activation instruction of the voice assistant system.

Next, in step S730, the processor 199 may determine whether the pressing instruction corresponds to the start instruction of the voice assistant system. If so, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S740, otherwise, it may return to step S710.

In step S740, the processor 199 may determine whether the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device 100 is the flip posture. If yes, the processor 199 may continue to execute step S750, otherwise, it may continue to execute step S760.

In step S750, the processor 199 can enable the first instruction unit I1 and the second instruction unit I2, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM.

In step S760, the processor 199 may enable the first instruction unit I1, provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit D1 to display the designated screen IM.

The details of each step in FIG. 7 can be referred to the description of the corresponding step in FIG. 3A, which will not be repeated here.

表1In different embodiments, the horizontal direction DI of the designated screen IM in FIG. 1B can be rotated according to the placement of the electronic device 100. Specifically, there may be a specific included angle between the horizontal direction DI and the axial direction DD of the pivoting member 140. Taking FIG. 1B as an example, in the context of FIG. 1B, the aforementioned specific included angle is, for example, 180 degrees. Taking FIG. 1C as an example again, in the context of FIG. 1C, the aforementioned specific included angle is, for example, 0 degrees. Moreover, in different embodiments, the processor 199 may rotate the horizontal direction DI of the designated screen IM in response to the posture signal to adjust the above-mentioned specific included angle. In one embodiment, the posture signal can indicate the posture of the electronic device 199. Therefore, the following table 1 lists the posture of the electronic device 199 and the possible corresponding specific angles.

Table 1

Please refer to FIG. 8, which is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the detection module 130 of the electronic device 100 may include a first magnetic device 810 and a second magnetic device 820. The first magnetic device 810 may be disposed on the second surface S2 of the first body 110, and the second magnetic device 820 may be disposed on the third surface S3 of the second body 120, and is disposed corresponding to the first magnetic device 810. In this embodiment, the magnetic field between the first magnetic device 810 and the second magnetic device 820 can be changed according to the distance between the first magnetic device 810 and the second magnetic device 820, and the output electronic signal is generated accordingly.

It can be seen from FIG. 8 that as the body included angle AN1 increases, the distance between the first magnetic device 810 and the second magnetic device 820 will also increase accordingly, so that the distance between the first magnetic device 810 and the second magnetic device 820 The magnetic field is correspondingly weakened. In this case, the processor 199 can obtain the body angle AN1 based on the output electronic signal corresponding to the above-mentioned magnetic field.

Please refer to FIG. 9, which is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the detection module 130 of the electronic device 100 may include a first gyroscope 910 and a second gyroscope 920. The first gyroscope 910 may be disposed on the first surface S1 of the first body 110 and used to measure the first normal direction N1 of the first surface S1 of the first body 110. The second gyroscope 920 can be disposed on the third surface S3 of the second body 120 and can be used to measure the second normal direction N2 of the third surface S3 of the second body 120.

It can be seen from FIG. 9 that as the body angle AN1 increases, the angle between the first normal direction N1 and the second normal direction N2 will also increase accordingly. Therefore, the processor 199 can obtain the body included angle AN1 based on the first normal direction N1 and the second normal direction N2.

Please refer to FIG. 10A, which is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the detection module 130 of the electronic device 100 may include a first pivot sleeve 1010 and a second pivot sleeve 1020. The first pivoting member sleeve 1010 is disposed on the pivoting member 140 and has a conductive protrusion 1010a. The second pivot member sleeve 1020 is sleeved on the first pivot member sleeve 1010 and has a rotating groove 1020a for accommodating the conductive protrusion 1010a. A part of the rotating groove 1020a is provided with a conductive metal layer 1020b, and the conductive protrusion 1010a slides in the rotating groove 1020a in response to the rotating operation of the first body 110 relative to the second body 120. In one embodiment, by appropriately designing the position of the conductive metal layer 1020b on the rotating groove 1020a, the processor 199 can obtain the body included angle AN1 based on the contact between the conductive protrusion 1010a and the conductive metal layer 1020b.

Please refer to FIG. 10B, which is a schematic diagram of obtaining the angle of the body based on the contact between the conductive protrusion and the conductive metal layer shown in FIG. 10A. In this embodiment, as shown on the left side of FIG. 10B, when the conductive protrusion 1010a slides in the rotating groove 1020a but does not contact the conductive metal layer 1020b, the processor 199 can correspondingly know that the body angle AN1 is between 0 Between degrees and 44 degrees. In addition, as shown on the right side of FIG. 10B, when the conductive protrusion 1010a slides in the rotating groove 1020a and contacts the conductive metal layer 1020b, the processor 199 can correspondingly know that the body included angle AN1 is between 45 degrees and 135 degrees. However, the present invention may not be limited to this.

In summary, the activation method of the voice assistant system of the present invention allows the electronic device to adjust the first and second instruction units according to the angle between the first body and the second body and the posture of the electronic device. , The enabling situation of the first user interface unit and the second user interface unit.

Specifically, the two surfaces of the first body of the electronic device of the present invention may be respectively provided with a first user interface unit and a second user interface unit. When the electronic device receives the start instruction of the voice assistant system and the posture of the electronic device is the flip posture, the present invention can cause the first user interface unit located on the first surface (outer surface) of the first body to display the designated screen, and Enable the second indicator unit (located on the side of the first body) and the first indicator unit (circumscribed around the first user interface unit) to allow the first and second indicator units to provide light with a specific color, etc. Operate to indicate that the voice assistant system has been activated.

On the other hand, when the electronic device receives the start instruction of the voice assistant system, but the posture of the electronic device is not the flip posture, the present invention can make the first user interface unit located on the first surface (outer surface) of the first body The designated screen is displayed, and only the first indication unit (circled around the first user interface unit) is enabled to allow the first indication unit to perform operations such as providing light with a specific color to indicate that the voice assistant system has been activated. In this way, the user can get a different operating experience when starting the voice assistant system.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

100‧‧‧Electronic device 110‧‧‧First Body 120‧‧‧Second Body 130‧‧‧Detection Module 140‧‧‧Pivot piece 199‧‧‧Processor 810‧‧‧The first magnetic device 820‧‧‧Second magnetic device 910‧‧‧First Gyroscope 920‧‧‧Second Gyroscope 1010‧‧‧First pivot sleeve 1020‧‧‧Second pivot sleeve 1010a‧‧‧Conductive protrusion 1020a‧‧‧Rotating groove 1020b‧‧‧Conductive metal layer AN1‧‧‧Body angle D1‧‧‧First User Interface Unit D2‧‧‧Second User Interface Unit DI‧‧‧Horizontal direction DD‧‧‧Axial I1‧‧‧The first indicator unit I2‧‧‧The second indicator unit IM‧‧‧Designated screen N1‧‧‧First normal direction N2‧‧‧The second normal direction S1‧‧‧First surface S2‧‧‧Second surface S3‧‧‧The third surface S4‧‧‧Fourth surface SI1, SI1’‧‧‧First side SI2‧‧‧Second side S210~S240, S310~S399, S410~S499, S510~S599, S610~S699, S710~S760‧‧‧Step

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an electronic device in a closed state according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of the electronic device in a semi-closed state shown in FIG. 1A. FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of the electronic device according to the flip state shown in FIG. 1A. Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3B is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for starting a voice assistant system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 9 is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 10A is a side view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 10B is a schematic diagram of obtaining the included angle of the body based on the contact between the conductive protrusion and the conductive metal layer shown in FIG. 10A.

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A method for starting a voice assistant system is suitable for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a detection module, a first body, a second body, a first indication unit, a second indication unit, and a first use The user interface unit, a second user interface unit, a voice assistant system, and a processor. The method includes: generating a posture signal of the electronic device based on a body angle between the first body and the second body , Wherein the included angle of the body is detected by the detection module, and the detection module includes: a first pivoting member sleeve, which is disposed on the pivoting member and has a conductive protrusion; Two pivot sleeves, which are sleeved on the first pivot sleeve and have a rotating groove for accommodating the conductive protrusion, a part of the rotating groove is provided with a conductive metal layer, and The conductive protrusion slides in the rotation groove in response to a rotation operation of the first body relative to the second body; wherein, the processor is based on a contact condition between the conductive protrusion and the conductive metal layer The body angle is obtained; in response to receiving an activation command for activating the voice assistant system, and the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device is a flip posture, the first indication unit and the second indication unit are enabled , Provide a start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system, and control the first user interface unit to display a designated screen; in response to receiving the start-up command for starting the voice assistant system, and the gesture signal indicates the electronic device If the posture is not the flip posture, the first instruction unit is enabled, the start-up sound effect of the voice assistant system is provided, and the first user is controlled The user interface unit displays the designated screen. For example, the activation method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application further includes: receiving a user voice, and generating a voice command accordingly; and if the voice command is a wake-up word of the voice assistant system, determining that the voice command has been received Start the start instruction of the voice assistant system; otherwise, it is determined that the start instruction of the voice assistant system is not received. For the activation method described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the voice command is the activation command for activating the voice assistant system, and the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device is not the flip posture, so The method further includes: disabling the second indication unit. The activation method according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the step of generating the attitude signal of the electronic device based on the angle between the first body and the second body includes: responding to the voice command as the voice The wake word of the assistant system generates the posture signal of the electronic device based on the angle between the first body and the second body. According to the activation method described in claim 1, wherein after the step of generating the gesture signal of the electronic device, the method further includes: receiving a touch operation by the first user interface unit, and according to Generate a touch command; determine whether the touch command corresponds to the start command of the voice assistant system; If yes, it is determined that the start instruction for starting the voice assistant system has been received; otherwise, it is determined that the start instruction of the voice assistant system has not been received. As described in the first item of the scope of patent application, the electronic device further includes a physical button, and after the step of generating the gesture signal of the electronic device, the method further includes: receiving a press with the physical button Operate and generate a pressing instruction accordingly; determine whether the pressing instruction corresponds to the start instruction of the voice assistant system; if so, determine that the start instruction for starting the voice assistant system has been received; otherwise, it is determined that the start instruction for starting the voice assistant system has not been received The start instruction of the voice assistant system. For example, the activation method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein if the included angle of the body is within a specific angle range, the attitude signal indicates that the attitude of the electronic device is the flip attitude, otherwise, the attitude signal indicates the position of the electronic device This posture is not the flip posture. As described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, the specific angle range is between 45 degrees and 135 degrees. An electronic device includes: a first body provided with a first user interface unit, a first indication unit, a second user interface unit, and a second indication unit; and a second body which is pivotally connected to There is a body angle between the first body, the second body and the first body; a detection module detects the body angle, wherein the detection module includes: A first pivoting piece sleeve is arranged on the pivoting piece and has a conductive protrusion; a second pivoting piece sleeve is sleeved on the first pivoting piece sleeve and has a function In a rotating groove accommodating the conductive protrusion, a part of the rotating groove is provided with a conductive metal layer, and the conductive protrusion slides in response to a rotation operation of the first body relative to the second body In the rotating groove; wherein, the processor obtains the included angle of the body based on a contact condition of the conductive protrusion and the conductive metal layer; a processor coupled to the detection module and disposed on the A voice assistant system runs in the second body, wherein the processor is configured to: generate an attitude signal of the electronic device based on the angle between the first body and the second body; A startup instruction for activating the voice assistant system, and the gesture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device is a flip posture, enabling the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit, and providing an activation sound effect of the voice assistant system, and The first user interface unit is controlled to display a designated screen; in response to receiving the activation command for activating the voice assistant system, and the gesture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device is not the flip posture, the first user interface unit is enabled An instruction unit provides the activation sound effect of the voice assistant system, and controls the first user interface unit to display the designated screen. As the electronic device described in claim 9, wherein the first side of the first body is pivotally connected to the first side of the second body through a pivoting member, and the first user The user interface unit and the second user interface unit are respectively disposed on a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first body, the first indicating unit is disposed on the first surface, and the second indicating unit is disposed On the second side of the first body, the second side of the first body is opposite to the first side of the first body. According to the electronic device described in item 10 of the scope of patent application, the first indication unit is arranged around the first user interface unit. According to the electronic device described in claim 10, the electronic device further includes a plurality of radio units disposed on the first surface. For the electronic device described in claim 10, the second body has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other, and the body angle between the first body and the second body exists in the Between the second surface of the first body and the third surface of the second body. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the detection module includes: a first magnetic device arranged on the second surface of the first body; and a second magnetic device arranged on The third surface of the second body is arranged corresponding to the first magnetic device; wherein, a magnetic field between the first magnetic device and the second magnetic device corresponds to the first magnetic device and the second magnetic device The distance between the devices changes, and an output electronic signal is generated accordingly, and the processor obtains the body angle based on the output electronic signal. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the detection module includes: a first gyroscope arranged on the first surface of the first body for measuring the A first normal direction of the first surface; and a second gyroscope arranged on the third surface of the second body for measuring a second surface of the third surface of the second body Normal direction; wherein the processor obtains the body angle based on the first normal direction and the second normal direction. For the electronic device described in claim 10, there is a specific angle between a horizontal direction in which the first user interface unit displays the designated screen and an axial direction of the pivotal member, and the processor is more It is configured to rotate the horizontal direction of the designated screen in response to the attitude signal to adjust the specific included angle. For example, the electronic device described in claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to: respond to the body angle being within a specific angle range, determine that the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device is the flip posture, and Rotate the horizontal direction of the designated screen so that the specific included angle presents one of 0 degrees, 90 degrees, and 270 degrees. The electronic device described in claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to: In response to the body angle being 0 degrees, it is determined that the posture signal indicates that the posture of the electronic device is a closed posture, and the horizontal direction of the designated screen is rotated so that the specific included angle presents 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and One of 270 degrees. For example, the electronic device described in claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to: respond to the body angle not being 0 degrees and not within a specific angle range, and determine that the attitude signal indicates the attitude of the electronic device It is a half-closed posture, and the horizontal direction of the designated screen is rotated to make the specific included angle present one of 90 degrees, 180 degrees and 270 degrees.

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