Interactive manual, system and method for vehicles and other complex equipment
First Claim
1. An interactive manual system, comprising:
- a speech engine to receive and process speech from a user, convert the speech into a word sequence, and identify meaning structures from the word sequence;
a structured manual including information related to an operation of a device;
a visual model to relate a visual representation of the information;
a dialog management arrangement to interpret the meaning structures in a context and to extract pertinent information and the visual representation from the structured manual and the visual model; and
an output arrangement to output the information and visual representation.
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Abstract
A method and system of providing an interactive manual, including a speech engine to receive and process speech from a user, convert the speech into a word sequence, and identify meaning structures from the word sequence, a structured manual including information related to an operation of a device, a visual model to relate visual representation of the information, a dialog management arrangement to interpret the meaning structures in a context and to extract pertinent information and the visual representation from the structured manual and the visual model, and an output arrangement to output the information and visual representation.
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21 Claims
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1. An interactive manual system, comprising:
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a speech engine to receive and process speech from a user, convert the speech into a word sequence, and identify meaning structures from the word sequence;
a structured manual including information related to an operation of a device;
a visual model to relate a visual representation of the information;
a dialog management arrangement to interpret the meaning structures in a context and to extract pertinent information and the visual representation from the structured manual and the visual model; and
an output arrangement to output the information and visual representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of interacting with a user to provide information regarding an operation of a device, comprising:
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receiving speech input from the user;
converting the speech input into meaning structures;
extracting information and associated visual representation related to the meaning structures from a structured manual and a visual model; and
outputting the information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A storage medium having a set of instructions executable by a processor to perform a method of interacting with a user to provide information regarding an operation of a device, the method comprising:
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receiving speech input from the user;
converting the speech input into meaning structures;
extracting information and associated visual representation related to the meaning structures from a structured manual and a visual model; and
outputting the information to the user.
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