Information providing system

• US 20050228645A1
• Filed: 05/30/2003
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ihara, Masanori, Nishimura, Takuichi
• Application Number:
  US10/516,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20050228645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

The invention provides a novel information providing system as well as a mobile information terminal and an information processing device which are used for the information providing system. In the information providing system, information to be registered in a database is provided from a mobile information terminal to an information processing device. The mobile information terminal acquires speech information based on speech inputted thereto as registration information during an information registration mode, also acquires position information of the mobile information terminal as registration information during the information registration mode, and accepts the inputs of additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information as registration information during the information registration mode and then transmits these information to the information processing device, while the information processing device receives the speech information, the position information and the additional information sent from the mobile information terminal and stores the received information in the database, relating them to each other. Thereby, the database registration and database search of various information such as city information can be carried out easily and accurately by anyone with the new information providing system.

Claims

1. An information providing system in which information to be registered in a database is provided from a mobile information terminal to an information processing device, characterized in that:

said mobile information terminal comprising;

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech as registration information during an information registration mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as registration information during the information registration mode;

an additional information input unit capable of inputting additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information as registration information during the information registration mode; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting, to said information processing device, the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit and the additional information inputted by said additional information input unit; and

said information processing device comprising;

a receiver unit capable of receiving the speech information, the position information and the additional information sent from said mobile information terminal; and

an information processing unit capable of mutually relating and storing the speech information, the position information and the additional information received by said receiver unit, in the database.

7. An information providing system as in claim 1, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

2. An information providing system in which information registered in a database is provided from an information processing device to a mobile information terminal having made a request for information provision, characterized in that:

said mobile information terminal comprising;

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech relevant to requested information as a search key during an information provision request mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as a search key during the information provision request mode;

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting to said information processing device, the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit and the position information obtained by said position verification unit; and

a receiver unit capable of receiving additional information sent from said information processing device, as the requested information; and

said information processing device comprising;

a receiver unit capable of receiving the speech information and the position information sent from said mobile information terminal;

an information processing unit capable of retrieving the additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information received by said receiver unit, from the database having speech information, position information and additional information mutually related and prestored therein; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the additional information retrieved by said information processing unit, to said mobile information terminal.

21. An information providing system as in claim 2, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

3. An information providing system in which information to be registered in a database is provided from a mobile information terminal to an information processing device and information registered in the database is provided from said information processing device to a mobile information terminal having made a request for information provision, characterized in that:

said mobile information terminal comprising;

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech as registration information during an information registration mode, and capable of inputting speech relevant to requested information as a search key during an information provision request mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit during the information registration mode, and capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit during the information provision request mode;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as registration information during the information registration mode, and capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as a search key during the information provision request mode;

an additional information input unit capable of inputting additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information as registration information during the information registration mode;

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit and the additional information inputted by said additional information input unit, to said information processing device during the information registration mode, and capable of transmitting the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit and the position information obtained by said position verification unit, to said information processing device during the information provision request mode; and

a receiver unit capable of receiving additional information sent from said information processing device, as the requested information; and

said information processing device comprising;

a receiver unit capable of receiving the speech information, the position information and the additional information sent from said mobile information terminal during the information registration mode, and capable of receiving the speech information and the position information sent from said mobile information terminal during the information provision request mode;

an information processing unit capable of mutually relating and storing the speech information, the position information and the additional information received by said receiver unit, in the database, during the information registration mode and also capable of retrieving the additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information received by said receiver unit, from the database, during the information provision request mode; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the additional information retrieved by said information processing unit, to said mobile information terminal.

22. An information providing system as in claim 3, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

4. An information providing system in which information to be registered in a database is provided from a mobile information terminal to an information processing device, characterized in that:

said mobile information terminal comprising;

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech as registration information during an information registration mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as registration information during the information registration mode;

an image capture unit capable of capturing an image as registration information during the information registration mode;

an image processing unit capable of acquiring image information based on the image captured by said image capture unit;

an additional information input unit capable of inputting additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information as registration information during the information registration mode; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting to said information processing device, the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit, the image information obtained by said image processing unit and the additional information inputted by said additional information input unit; and

said information processing device comprising;

a receiver unit capable of receiving the speech information, the position information, the image information and the additional information sent from said mobile information terminal; and

an information processing unit capable of mutually relating and storing the speech information, the position information, and the image information and the additional information received by said receiver unit, in the database.

8. An information providing system as in claim 4, characterized in that said image information is features of said image.

23. An information providing system as in claim 4, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

5. An information providing system in which information registered in a database is provided from an information providing device to a mobile information terminal having made a request for information provision, characterized in that:

said mobile information terminal comprising;

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech relevant to requested information as a search key during an information provision request mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as a search key during the information provision request mode;

an image capture unit capable of capturing an image as a search key during the information provision request mode;

an image processing unit capable of acquiring image information based on the image captured by said image capture unit;

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting to said information processing device, the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit and the image information obtained by said image processing unit; and

a receiver unit capable of receiving additional information sent from said information processing device, as the requested information; and

said information processing device comprising;

a receiver unit capable of receiving the speech information, the position information and the image information sent from said mobile information terminal;

an information processing unit capable of retrieving the additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information received by the receiver unit, from the database having speech information, position information, image information and additional information mutually related and prestored therein;

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the additional information retrieved by said information processing unit, to said mobile information terminal.

24. An information providing system as in claim 5, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

26. An information providing system as in claim 5, characterized in that said image information is features of said image.

6. An information providing system in which information to be registered in a database is provided from a mobile information terminal to an information processing device and information registered in the database is provided from said information processing device to a mobile information terminal having made a request for information provision, characterized in that:

said mobile information terminal comprising;

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech as registration information during an information registration mode, and capable of inputting speech relevant to requested information as a search key during an information provision request mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit during the information registration mode, and capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit during the information provision request mode;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as registration information during the information registration mode, and capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as a search key during the information provision request mode;

an image capture unit capable of capturing an image as registration information during the information registration mode, and capable of capturing an image as a search key during the information provision request mode;

an image processing unit capable of acquiring image information based on the image captured by said image capture unit during the information registration mode, and capable of acquiring image information based on the image captured by said image capture unit during the information provision request mode;

an additional information input unit capable of inputting additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information as registration information during the information registration mode;

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit, the image information obtained by said image processing unit and the additional information inputted by said additional information input unit, to said information processing device during the information registration mode, and capable of transmitting the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit and the image information obtained by said image processing unit, to said information processing device during the information provision request mode; and

a receiver unit capable of receiving additional information sent from said information processing device, as the requested information; and

said information processing device comprising;

a receiver unit capable of receiving the speech information, the position information, the image information and the additional information sent from said mobile information terminal during the information registration mode, and capable of receiving the speech information, the position information and the image information sent from said mobile information terminal during the information provision request mode;

an information processing unit capable of mutually relating and storing the speech information, the position information, the image information and the additional information received by said receiver unit, in the database, during the information registration mode, and capable of retrieving the additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information received by said receiver unit, from the database, during the information provision request mode; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the additional information retrieved by said information processing unit, to said mobile information terminal.

25. An information providing system as in claim 6, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

27. An information providing system as in claim 6, characterized in that said image information is features of said image.

9. A mobile information terminal which provides information to be registered in a database, to an information processing device, comprising:

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech as registration information during an information registration mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as registration information during the information registration mode;

an additional information input unit capable of inputting additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information as registration information during the information registration mode; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit and the additional information inputted by said additional information input unit, to said information processing device capable of mutually relating and storing them in the database.

13. A mobile information terminal as in claim 9, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

10. A mobile information terminal to which information registered in a database is provided from an information processing device by making a request for information provision, comprising:

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech relevant to requested information as a search key during an information provision request mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as a search key during the information provision request mode;

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting to said information processing device, the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit and the position information obtained by said position verification unit; and

a receiver unit capable of receiving as the requested information, additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information retrieved and sent from the database having speech information, position information and additional information mutually related and prestored therein by said information processing device.

28. A mobile information terminal as in claim 10, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

11. A mobile information terminal which provides information to be registered in a database, to an information processing device, comprising:

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech as registration information during an information registration mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as registration information during the information registration mode;

an image capture unit capable of capturing an image as registration information during the information registration mode;

an image processing unit capable of acquiring image information based on the image captured by said image capture unit;

an additional information input unit capable of inputting additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information as registration information during the information registration mode; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit, the image information obtained by said image processing unit and the additional information inputted by said additional information input unit, to said information processing device capable of mutually relating and storing them in the database.

14. A mobile information terminal as in claim 11, characterized in that said image information is features of said image.

29. A mobile information terminal as in claim 11, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

12. A mobile information terminal which provides information registered in a database, from an information processing device to a mobile information terminal having made a request for information provision, comprising:

a speech input unit capable of inputting speech relevant to requested information as a search key during an information provision request mode;

a speech processing unit capable of acquiring speech information based on the speech inputted by said speech input unit;

a position verification unit capable of acquiring position information of said mobile information terminal as a search key during the information provision request mode;

an image capture unit capable of capturing an image as a search key during the information provision request mode;

an image processing unit capable of acquiring image information based on the image captured by said image capture unit;

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting to said information processing device, the speech information obtained by said speech processing unit, the position information obtained by said position verification unit and the image information obtained by said image processing unit; and

a receiver unit capable of receiving as the requested information, additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information retrieved and sent from the database having speech information, position information, image information and additional information mutually related and prestored therein by said information processing device.

30. A mobile information terminal as in claim 12, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

31. A mobile information terminal as in claim 12, characterized in that said image information is features of said image.

15. An information processing device which registers information provided from a mobile information terminal, in a database, comprising:

a receiver unit capable of receiving, from said mobile information terminal, speech information based on speech inputted by said mobile information terminal, a position information of said mobile information terminal, and additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information inputted by said mobile information terminal; and

an information processing unit capable of mutually relating and storing the speech information, the position information and the additional information received by said receiver unit, in the database.

19. An information processing device as in claim 15, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

16. An information processing device which provides information registered in a database, to a mobile information terminal having made a request for information provision, comprising:

a receiver unit capable of receiving, from said mobile information terminal, speech information based on speech inputted by said mobile information terminal and a position information of said mobile information terminal;

an information processing unit capable of retrieving additional information relevant to the speech information and the position information received by said receiver unit, from the database having speech information, position information and additional information mutually related and prestored as registration information therein; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the additional information retrieved by said information processing unit, to said mobile information terminal.

32. An information processing device as in claim 16, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

17. An information processing device which registers information provided from a mobile information terminal, in a database, comprising:

a receiver unit capable of receiving, from said mobile information terminal, speech information based on speech inputted by said mobile information terminal, a position information of said mobile information terminal, image information based on an image captured by said mobile information terminal, and additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information inputted by said mobile information terminal; and

an information processing unit capable of mutually relating and storing the speech information, the position information, the image information and the additional information received by said receiver unit, in the database.

20. An information processing device as in claim 17, characterized in that said image information is features of said image.

33. An information processing device as in claim 17, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

18. An information processing device which provides information registered in a database, to a mobile information terminal having made a request for information provision, comprising:

a receiver unit capable of receiving, from said mobile information terminal, speech information based on speech inputted by said mobile information terminal, a position information of said mobile information terminal and image information based on an image captured by said mobile information terminal;

an information processing unit capable of retrieving additional information relevant to the speech information, the position information and the image information received by said receiver unit, from the database having speech information, position information, image information and additional information mutually related and prestored therein; and

a transmitter unit capable of transmitting the additional information retrieved by said information processing unit, to said mobile information terminal.

34. An information processing device as in claim 18, characterized in that said speech information is information which contains a phoneme string of said speech.

35. An information processing device as in claim 18, characterized in that said image information is features of said image.