Pictures using voice commands
DCFirst Claim
1. A camera system comprising:
- (a) a lens;
(b) an image sensor configured to take pictures;
(c) a controller including a control program having instructions to control and respond to a voice recognizer, the voice recognizer (i) configured to use speaker-independent voice-recognition and (ii) coupled to one or more microphones;
(d) a non-volatile memory that stores speaker-independent information representative of a camera system-provided list of two or more English words that is designed to enable the voice recognizer to recognize the words when any user of the camera system speaks them, wherein each English word;
(i) has its own dictionary entry and (ii) is simultaneously assigned by the control program to trigger execution of an identical sequence of operations, wherein the sequence of operations takes a picture using approximately the same delay.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for enabling user friendly interaction with a camera system. Specifically, the inventive system and method has several aspects to improve the interaction with a camera system, including voice recognition, gaze tracking, touch sensitive inputs and others. The voice recognition unit is operable for, among other things, receiving multiple different voice commands, recognizing the vocal commands, associating the different voice commands to one camera command and controlling at least some aspect of the digital camera operation in response to these voice commands. The gaze tracking unit is operable for, among other things, determining the location on the viewfinder image that the user is gazing upon. One aspect of the touch sensitive inputs provides that the touch sensitive pad is mouse-like and is operable for, among other things, receiving user touch inputs to control at least some aspect of the camera operation. Another aspect of the disclosed invention provides for gesture recognition to be used to interface with and control the camera system.
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18 Claims
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1. A camera system comprising:
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(a) a lens; (b) an image sensor configured to take pictures; (c) a controller including a control program having instructions to control and respond to a voice recognizer, the voice recognizer (i) configured to use speaker-independent voice-recognition and (ii) coupled to one or more microphones; (d) a non-volatile memory that stores speaker-independent information representative of a camera system-provided list of two or more English words that is designed to enable the voice recognizer to recognize the words when any user of the camera system speaks them, wherein each English word;
(i) has its own dictionary entry and (ii) is simultaneously assigned by the control program to trigger execution of an identical sequence of operations, wherein the sequence of operations takes a picture using approximately the same delay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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