| US 7,525,575 B2 | ||
| Voice activated image capture device and method | ||
| David Llewellyn Rees, Berkshire (United Kingdom); Robert Anthony Walkinshaw Fraser, Berkshire (United Kingdom); and Takashi Saito, Amstelveen (Netherlands) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Europa N.V., (Netherlands) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/937,343. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0321446.7 (GB), filed on Sep. 12, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0128311 A1, Jun. 16, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—211.99 [348/211.4; 348/211.9] | 36 Claims |

| 1. An image capture device comprising:
a first receiver operable to receive a user input for initiating a remote image capture operation of the image capture device;
a second receiver operable to receive a speech signal representative of an utterance of a user;
a processor operable to process the received speech signal to detect a keyword in the utterance;
an image capturer operable to capture an image; and
a controller responsive to said first receiver and said processor and operable to control said image capturer, such that said
controller is operable to:
(a) in response to the user input, set the image capture device into a standby state for a period of time in which the image
capture device is unresponsive to utterances of the user, and
(b) after the period of time, set the image capture device into a listening state in which said controller is operable, in
response to keyword detection by the processor, to cause said image capturer to capture an image.
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