Apple patents voice messages that look like the room you speak in
This patent describes a way to turn spoken words into text messages that change their look based on the physical surroundings. The device listens to your voice, converts it to text, and then adjusts the message's visual style to match the appearance of the room or environment where you are speaking.
In the filing’s own words
A method includes obtaining, via an audio sensor, audible signal data representing an utterance uttered in a physical environment of a device. The method includes generating a text representation of the audible signal data. The method includes displaying, on a display, within a messaging interface, the text representation as a message with a visual characteristic that is based on a visual appearance of a portion of the physical environment.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at a device comprising an audio sensor, a display, one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory: obtaining, via the audio sensor, audible signal data representing an utterance uttered in a physical environment of the device; generating a text representation of the audible signal data; and displaying, on the display, within a messaging interface, the text representation as a message with a visual characteristic that indicates a visual appearance of a portion of the physical environment.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Presenting a visual representation of audible signal data based on environment appearance
- Patent number
- US12755084B1
- Application number
- 18367201
- Filed
- Sep 12, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
G06F 40/109 Physics & computingG06F 16/3329 Physics & computingG06F 40/56 Physics & computingG10L 13/08 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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