US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on June 2 for "Method and apparatus for interaction with an intelligent personal assistant" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,539, issued on June 2, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Method and apparatus for interaction with an intelligent personal assistant" was invented by Brandon Gruber (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention are directed towards a more natural way to interact with an intelligent personal assistant. An intelligent personal assistant comprises a camera that provides images of an area surrounding the assistant. The assistant monitors images provided by the camera to determine when a user is addressing the assistant. When voice input is received after determining that...