ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,506, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Always-on audio control for mobile device" was invented by Timothy J. Millet (Mountain View, Calif.), Manu Gulati (Saratoga, Calif.) and Michael F. Culbert (Monte Sereno, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, an integrated circuit may include one or more CPUs, a memory controller, and a circuit configured to remain powered on when the rest of the SOC is powered down. The circuit may be configured to receive audio samples from a microphone, and match those audio samples against a predetermined pattern to detect a possible command from a user of ...