Audio/video apparatus and method for providing personalized services through voice and speaker recognition

• US 20050049862A1
• Filed: 07/27/2004
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chung, Sun-wha, Lee, Jung-bong, Myung, In-sik, Choi, Seung-eok
• Application Number:
  US10/899,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20050049862A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/231
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

Disclosed is an audio/video apparatus for providing personalized services to a user through voice and speaker recognition, wherein when the user inputs his/her voice through a wireless microphone of a remote control, the voice recognition and speaker recognition for the input voice are performed and determination on a command corresponding to the input voice is made, thereby providing the user'"'"'s personalized services to the user. Further, disclosed is a method for providing personalized services through voice and speaker recognition, comprising the steps of inputting, by a user, his/her voice through a wireless microphone of a remote control; if the voice is input, recognizing the input voice and the speaker that has input the voice; determining a command based on the input voice; and providing a service according to the determination results.

Claims

1. An audio/video apparatus for providing personalized services to a user through voice and speaker recognition, comprising:

a voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice command;

a speaker recognition unit for recognizing the user based on the voice command;

wherein when the user inputs the voice command, voice recognition and speaker recognition for the voice command are performed.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said voice command is input into a remote control having a voice input unit for receiving the voice command.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a determination unit for determining which action corresponds to the voice command recognized by the voice recognition unit.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a database for storing user information, voice information, information on the user'"'"'s personalized services, and actions; and

a service search unit for searching for a service corresponding to the recognized voice command and the information on the user'"'"'s personalized service, in the database.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein both the voice and speaker recognition for the user are performed simultaneously.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the same voice command is used by both the voice recognition unit and the speaker recognition unit.

6. A method for providing personalized services through voice and speaker recognition, comprising:

inputting, by a user, a voice command;

recognizing the voice command and the user that has input the voice command;

determining an action to be performed based on the voice command; and

performing a service according to the determined action.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein determining the action based on the voice command comprises:

determining which action corresponds to the voice command;

searching for a relevant service using service information for users stored in a database if it is determined that the action is requesting personalized services; and

searching for a service according to the voice command if it is determined that the action is not requesting personalized services.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the actions for use in the voice and speaker recognition are equally applied.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said voice command is input into a wireless microphone of a remote control.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein recognizing the voice command and user are performed simultaneously.

11. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the same voice command is used for recognizing both the voice command and the user.