Elevator with voice recognition floor assignment device

• US 20060151256A1
• Filed: 01/06/2006
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jae H.O. Lee
• Original Assignee: Jae H.O. Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Jae Ho
• Application Number:
  US11/327,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20060151256A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 187/391
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4615 Wherein the destination is registered before boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/463 Wherein the call is registered through physical contact with the elevator system
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4646 using voice recognition

Abstract

The present invention relates to an elevator, and more particularly, to an elevator in which a floor number can be specified through voice recognition. To this end, the elevator includes a microphone 14 installed within an elevator 10, voice recognition means 27 for recognizing voice information received from the microphone 14 and generating the recognized voice information as text data, extraction means for extracting an associated number based on the generated text data, and specifying means for specifying the associated number extracted by the extraction means as a button input value of a floor number to which the elevator 10 will move.

Claims

1. An elevator in which a floor number is specified through voice recognition, comprising:

a microphone installed within an elevator;

voice recognition means for recognizing voice information received from the microphone and generating the recognized voice information as text data;

extraction means extracting an associated number based on the generated text data; and

specifying means for specifying the associated number extracted by the extraction means as a button input value of a floor number to which the elevator will move.

2. The elevator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

converting means for converting the associated number extracted by the extraction means into voice data; and

a speaker installed within the elevator for outputting the voice data.

3. The elevator as claimed in claim 2, further comprising determination means for determining whether affirmative sentences are included in the text data generated through the microphone and the voice recognition means after the speaker has output the voice data.

4. The elevator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voice recognition means comprises an affirmative sentence table that includes voice data regarding an affirmative answer.

5. The elevator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the microphone is installed at a central region of the ceiling of the elevator.

6. The elevator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an A/D converter that converts the voice information received from the microphone into a digital signal.

7. The elevator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the voice recognition means comprises an affirmative sentence table that includes voice data regarding an affirmative answer.