Feedback of recognized command confidence level

• US 20020016712A1
• Filed: 07/17/2001
• Published: 02/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Geurts, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus, Kaufholz, Paul Augustinus Peter
• Application Number:
  US09/906,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20020016712A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

An interactive user facility is operated through inputting voiced user commands, recognizing commands, executing recognized commands, and generating user feedback as regarding the progress of the operating. In particular, the recognizing asserts an associated confidence level and generates the user feedback through for a questionable command recognition presenting audio and/or video amending of the feedback with respect to both a correct recognition and with respect to a faulty recognition.

Claims

1. A method for operating an interactive user facility through inputting voiced user commands, recognizing such commands, executing such recognized commands, and generating user feedback as regarding the progress of such operating,

said method being characterized by in such recognizing asserting an associated confidence level and generating such user feedback through for a questionable command recognition presenting audio and/or video amending of such feedback both with respect to a correct recognition and with respect to a faulty recognition.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein such presenting is based on selective amending of a textual display of a recognized command with respect to a standard display.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein such presenting is based on selective amending of an audio feedback item with respect to a standard audio feedback.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein such presenting is based on selective iconizing with respect to a standard display.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a questionable recognition stalls execution of at least certain of such recognized commands.

6. An apparatus being arranged for practicing a method as claimed in claim 1 for operating an interactive user facility and having input means for receiving voiced user commands, recognizing means for recognizing such commands, execution means for executing such recognized commands, and feedback generating means for generating user feedback as regarding the progress of such operating,

said apparatus being characterized by having asserting means for in such recognizing asserting an associated confidence level and feeding said feedback generating means for generating such user feedback for a questionable command recognition through presenting audio and/or video amending of such feedback both with respect to a correct recognition and with respect to a faulty recognition.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, and having amending means for selectively amending a textual display of a recognized command with respect to a standard display.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, and having amending means for selectively amending an audio feedback item with respect to a standard audio feedback.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, and having amending means for selective iconizing with respect to a standard display.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, and having stall means activated by a questionable recognition for stalling execution of at least certain of such recognized commands.