Mobile terminal and method for providing a user-interface using a voice signal

• US 20050059432A1
• Filed: 05/10/2004
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Hye-Rym
• Application Number:
  US10/842,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20050059432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for providing a user-interface using a voice signal. By providing a user-interface using a voice signal, a voice signal can be input to the mobile terminal and user interfacing is facilitated in all devices that provide user-interfaces using navigation keys of mobile terminals. In addition, the probability of operation errors caused by voice recognition errors can be reduced in the mobile terminal or the devices. The resulting simple manipulation of the mobile terminal leads to increased user friendliness.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user-interface in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

searching for a key signal corresponding to a voice command, upon receipt of the voice command; and

converting the voice command to the searched key signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of inputting a voice command corresponding to a navigation key.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the input voice command indicates-one of up, down, left, and right direction entries.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of inputting a voice command corresponding to a digit key.

5. The user-interface providing method of claim 1, wherein the key signal corresponding to the voice command is one of a hard key and a soft key.

6. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory for storing voice commands corresponding to key signals;

a microphone for receiving the voice commands;

a voice recognizer for recognizing the voice commands received through the microphone according to information stored in the memory; and

a key signal converter for converting the voice commands to key signals corresponding to the voice commands according to the recognized voice commands of the voice recognizer.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the memory stores the voice commands corresponding to the key signals so that a voice signal corresponding to a navigation key is first detected.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the memory stores the voice commands corresponding to the key signals so that a voice signal corresponding to one of up, down, left, and right direction entries is first detected.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the memory stores the voice commands corresponding to the key signals so that a voice signal corresponding to a digit key is first detected.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the key signal corresponding to the voice command is one of a hard key and a soft key.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the microphone receives a voice command corresponding to a navigation key.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the microphone receives a voice command corresponding to one of up, down, left, and right direction entries.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the microphone receives a voice command corresponding to a digit key.