All items tagged with smart appliances (20)

Renesas and Syntiant Develop Voice-Controlled Multimodal AI Solution Combining Advanced Vision and Voice Technologies

July 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas and Syntiant Develop Voice-Controlled Multimodal AI Solution Combining Advanced Vision and Voice Technologies

Advanced semiconductor solutions manufacturer Renesas Electronics, and Syntiant, the chip technology company advancing low-power intelligent voice and sensor processing in edge devices, announced the joint development of a voice-controlled multimodal AI solution that enables low-power voice-controlled operation for embedded AI-based vision processing, such as self-checkout machines, security cameras, video conference systems, and smart appliances such as robotic cleaning devices.

Knowles Releases New Voice Control Development Kit for Smart Home Appliances

May 27, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Releases New Voice Control Development Kit for Smart Home Appliances

Knowles Corporation announced the AISonic White Goods Standard Solution, a new, complete development solution that enables fast and easy voice integration for smart appliances. The development kit enables OEM and ODMs to build voice-activated control and far-field speech recognition capabilities into smart appliances, including refrigerators, ovens and microwaves, clothes washing and drying machines, vacuums, dishwashers, and more.

STMicroelectronics Acquires Edge AI Software Specialist Cartesiam

May 21, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics Acquires Edge AI Software Specialist Cartesiam

STMicroelectronics announced a transaction with Cartesiam to acquire its assets (including its IP portfolio) and to transfer and integrate its employees. Cartesiam, based in Toulon (France), is a software company founded in 2016, which specializes in artificial intelligence (AI) development tools enabling machine-learning and inferencing on Arm-based microcontrollers, which today power billions of devices.

Sensory Privacy-Focused Custom Voice Assistants Power New Generation Appliances

May 6, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sensory Privacy-Focused Custom Voice Assistants Power New Generation Appliances

Deep learning voice AI is finding its way into everything from appliances to toys. Sensory believes that not all applications require Internet-based voice assistant platforms and that privacy is key for consumers’ acceptance. But so is reliability. For such requirements Sensory now offers its fully edge-based Custom Voice Assistants solution that offers total privacy.

Renesas Launches RX23W Module with Bluetooth for System Control and Wireless Communication on Connected Devices

April 9, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas Launches RX23W Module with Bluetooth for System Control and Wireless Communication on Connected Devices

Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced the RX23W Module with full Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy support for system control and wireless communication on endpoint connected devices. Featuring the RX23W 32-bit RX MCU supporting fully integrated Bluetooth Low Energy communication, the new RX23W module is equipped with an antenna, oscillator and custom-matched circuit. A solution ready for the development of connected home appliances, healthcare and sports and fitness equipment.

Renesas Combines Cyberon Algorithm in New Voice Recognition and Smart Control Reference Design

December 30, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas Combines Cyberon Algorithm in New Voice Recognition and Smart Control Reference Design

Renesas has announced a new reference design and combined solution for the development of voice recognition applications. The company offers an offline voice recognition algorithm that performs real time control, the Cyberon CSpotter, in a reference design that incorporates a low cost, ultra-low power RA6M1 MCU, a ISL32743E isolated high-speed RS-485 transceiver, an ISL80505 high-performance 0.5A LDO and a PS2561F-1 optically coupled UL approved isolator.

Sensory Unveils TrulyNatural Voice Assistant SDK Specific for Smart Appliances

December 26, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sensory Unveils TrulyNatural Voice Assistant SDK Specific for Smart Appliances

Sensory announced the release of a specialized model of TrulyNatural, the company's large vocabulary speech recognition and natural language understanding platform, that has been designed for voice at the edge. This domain specific assistant technology will help manufacturers create a new wave of smart kitchen appliances that don't relay voice requests to the cloud. Collaborating with Midea Microwave and Cleaner Appliances (MCA) business unit, Sensory will preview a microwave oven with a natural language user interface at CES 2020.

Voice Algorithm Software Ecosystem Expected to Increase Significantly

May 14, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Algorithm Software Ecosystem Expected to Increase Significantly

The massive growth in the voice assistant market has created a vibrant ecosystem and significant opportunities for hardware and software developers. Total voice software unit shipments are expected to increase significantly to 2024, according to SAR Insight & Consulting. The firm latest report forecasts a larger increase in voice software, especially within home devices such as smart speakers, soundbars, smart TVs and smart appliances.

IFA 2018 Show Report: The Exciting World of Appliances and Voice Everywhere

September 6, 2018 by Joao Martins

IFA 2018 Show Report: The Exciting World of Appliances and Voice Everywhere

With IFA fully occupying two exhibition areas, Europe's giant trade show for Consumer and Home Electronics was indeed a busy time for all technology companies and certainly for many of the key development platform vendors. Appropriately, this year's Home Appliances@IFA celebrated its 10th anniversary, reinforcing somehow what is already recognized as the largest world show for Electric Appliances.

Frontier Collaborates with NXP on new Smart IoT Software Licensing Business

August 30, 2018 by Joao Martins

Frontier Collaborates with NXP on new Smart IoT Software Licensing Business

Frontier Smart Technologies, the digital audio solutions development company, announced the launch of a new Smart IoT software licensing and services business line. The first collaborator in this venture is leading silicon manufacturer, NXP Semiconductors. Frontier’s SmartSDK is a mature starting point for the development of reliable and sophisticated networked devices and can be deployed in a range of IoT systems including smart audio, home automation, smart appliances and security.

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