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Samsung patents speaker ID using external devices to verify wake-up words

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method where a device sends a detected wake-up word to a server to check who said it. The server uses data from other registered devices to identify the specific user. Once verified, the main device unlocks specific functions for that person.

Why it mattersThis approach could make voice assistants more secure by ensuring only registered users can trigger commands, potentially reducing false activations or unauthorized access.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes: a memory storing instructions; a communication circuit; a microphone; and at least one processor. The instructions, when executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: obtain a voice signal; generate, from the voice signal including a wake-up word, a first recognition result for the wake-up word; transmit the first recognition result to a server connected to one or more external electronic devices capable of recognizing the wake-up word; receive, from the server, a second recognition result for a user who uttered the wake-up word; and execute, based on the second recognition result, a designated function in the electronic device with respect to the user. The second recognition result includes identification information indicating the user, obtained from an external electronic device, in which the user is registered, among the one or more external electronic devices.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions; communication circuitry; a microphone; and at least one processor including processing circuitry; wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: obtain a voice signal via the microphone; generate, from the voice signal including a wake-up word, a first recognition result for the wake-up word; transmit the first recognition result to a server connected to one or more external electronic devices capable of recognizing the wake-up word; receive, from the server, a second recognition result for a user who uttered the wake-up word; and execute, based on the second recognition result, a designated function with respect to the user, wherein the second recognition result includes identification information indicating the user, obtained from an external electronic device, in which the user is registered, among the one or more external electronic devices.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING SPEAKER BY USING EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Publication number
US20260321268A1
Application number
19467529
Filed
Feb 2, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

G10L 17/22 Physics & computingG10L 17/02 Physics & computingG10L 17/04 Physics & computingG10L 17/14 Physics & computing
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