Remote control system, controller, program product, storage medium and server
First Claim
1. A remote control system with an operation terminal and a controller which outputs control information for controlling an appliance in accordance with an operation command inputted to the operation terminal, comprising:
- audio inputting means for inputting audio information;
instruction inputting means for selecting and designating an item displayed on a screen;
candidate creating means for creating a group of candidate items which can be options to choose from, from the audio information inputted to the audio inputting means;
image information creating means for creating image information from the candidate item group created by the candidate creating means;
display means for displaying, on the screen, the image information created by the image information creating means;
determining means for determining which control item in the candidate item group displayed on the screen by the display means is selected and designated by the instruction inputting means; and
control information outputting means for outputting control information according to the control item that is determined by the determining means.
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Abstract
When a voice is inputted to an operation terminal (200), the audio input is subjected to voice recognition in a voice recognizing unit (107) and keywords are extracted. A search condition creating unit (110) creates a search condition from the extracted keywords. A search unit (111) searches for control items that can be options to choose from. These control items are displayed on a television screen by an output information creating unit (113). A user uses the operation terminal (200) as a pointing device to select and point a desired control item among the displayed control items. Thereafter, a “select” key of operation keys is operated to obtain control codes for this control item. The control codes are sent to a television set (300).
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Citations
47 Claims
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1. A remote control system with an operation terminal and a controller which outputs control information for controlling an appliance in accordance with an operation command inputted to the operation terminal, comprising:
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audio inputting means for inputting audio information;
instruction inputting means for selecting and designating an item displayed on a screen;
candidate creating means for creating a group of candidate items which can be options to choose from, from the audio information inputted to the audio inputting means;
image information creating means for creating image information from the candidate item group created by the candidate creating means;
display means for displaying, on the screen, the image information created by the image information creating means;
determining means for determining which control item in the candidate item group displayed on the screen by the display means is selected and designated by the instruction inputting means; and
control information outputting means for outputting control information according to the control item that is determined by the determining means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A controller which outputs control information to control an appliance in accordance with operation input information received from an operation terminal, comprising:
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candidate creating means for creating a group of candidate items that can be options to choose from by using operation input information inputted with a voice and received from the operation terminal;
image information creating means for creating image information from the candidate item group created by the candidate creating means;
display means for displaying the image information created by the image information creating means on a screen;
determining means for determining which control item in the candidate item group displayed on the screen by the display means is selected and designated by the operation input information received from the operation terminal; and
control information outputting means for outputting control information according to the control item that is determined by the determining means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A program product which gives a computer a function of executing processings in accordance with operation input information received from an operation terminal, the processings comprising:
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a candidate creating processing for creating a group of candidate items that can be options to choose from by using operation input information inputted with a voice and received from the operation terminal;
an image information creating processing for creating image information from the candidate item group created by the candidate creating processing;
a display processing for displaying the image information created by the image information creating processing on a screen;
a determining processing for determining which control item in the candidate item group displayed on the screen by the display processing is selected and designated by the operation input information received from the operation terminal; and
a control information outputting processing for outputting control information according to the control item that is determined by the determining processing to a target device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A storage medium which stores a program that gives a computer a function of executing processings in accordance with operation input information received from an operation terminal, the processings comprising:
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a candidate creating processing for creating a group of candidate items that can be options to choose from by using operation input information inputted with a voice and received from the operation terminal;
an image information creating processing for creating image information from the candidate item group created by the candidate creating processing;
a display processing for displaying the image information created by the image information creating processing on a screen;
a determining processing for determining which control item in the candidate item group displayed on the screen by the display processing is selected and designated by the operation input information received from the operation terminal; and
a control information outputting processing for outputting control information according to the control item that is determined by the determining processing to a target device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A server comprising:
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communication means for communicating with a controller via a network;
candidate creating means for creating a group of candidate items that can be options to choose from by using audio information received from the controller; and
transmitting means for sending the candidate item group created by the candidate creating means to the controller by using the communication means. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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