Display apparatus capable of releasing a voice input mode by sensing a speech finish and voice control method thereof

• US 10,395,657 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2018
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Sung-wook, Ryu, Hee-seob, Lee, Hee-ran, Hwang, Sung-pil
• Primary Examiner(s): Ky, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US16/166,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20190057702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 309 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/28 Constructional details of speech recognition systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10

Abstract

A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a voice receiver;

a communicator configured to communicate with a server; and

a processor configured to;

based on a voice signal being received by the voice receiver within a standby time of a voice input mode of the electronic apparatus, receive data corresponding to one or more search results from the server through the communicator,

based on the data corresponding to a single search result being received from the server through the communicator, process the data corresponding to the single search result and switch the voice input mode to a normal mode of the electronic apparatus,

based on the data corresponding to a plurality of search results being received from the server through the communicator, provide a list including the plurality of search results corresponding to the voice signal and reset the standby time of the voice input mode,

based on a subsequent voice signal, for selecting at least one of the plurality of search results, being received within a reset standby time of the voice input mode, transmit a signal to the server through the communicator to request additional data corresponding to the selected search result, and

process the additional data received from the server.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to provide a graphic object corresponding to the voice input mode while the voice input mode is maintained.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to, based on the voice signal being received, provide a text corresponding to the voice signal on one side of the graphic object.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to, based on the voice input mode being switched to the normal mode, change the graphic object into a form which the electronic apparatus is operating in the normal mode.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to, based on one of the plurality of search results being selected and the additional data corresponding to the selected search result being processed, switch the voice input mode to the normal mode.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to, based on a user command to play back a multimedia content being received, switch the voice input mode to the normal mode.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server is configured to perform a search based on a text corresponding to the voice signal and based on the single search result being searched, transmit a signal to the electronic apparatus to switch the voice input mode to the normal mode, and

wherein the processor is configured to, based on the signal being received from the server, switch the voice input mode to the normal mode.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform a control operation based on a text corresponding to the voice signal.

9. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

based on a voice signal being received within a standby time of a voice input mode of the electronic apparatus, receiving data corresponding to one or more search results from a server;

based on the data corresponding to a single search result being received from the server, processing the data corresponding to the single search result and switching the voice input mode to a normal mode of the electronic apparatus;

based on the data corresponding to a plurality of search results being received from the server, providing a list including the plurality of search results corresponding to the voice signal and resetting the standby time of the voice input mode;

based on a subsequent voice signal, for selecting at least one of the plurality of search results, being received within a reset standby time of the voice input mode, transmitting a signal to the server to request additional data corresponding to the selected search result; and

processing the additional data received from the server.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

providing a graphic object corresponding to the voice input mode while the voice input mode is maintained.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

based on the voice signal being received, providing a text corresponding to the voice signal on one side of the graphic object.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

based on the voice input mode being switched to the normal mode, changing the graphic object into a form which the electronic apparatus is operating in the normal mode.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the switching comprises:

based on one of the plurality of search results being selected and the additional data corresponding to the selected search result being processed, switching the voice input mode to the normal mode.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the switching comprises:

based on a user command to play back a multimedia content being received, switching the voice input mode to the normal mode.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the server is configured to perform a search based on a text corresponding to the voice signal and based on the single search result being searched, transmit a signal to the electronic apparatus to switch the voice input mode to the normal mode, and

wherein the switching comprises:

based on the signal being received from the server, switching the voice input mode to the normal mode.

16. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

performing a control operation based on a text corresponding to the voice signal.