Guidance information providing systems, methods, and programs

• US 20060161440A1
• Filed: 12/15/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Miura, Naoki, Nakayama, Takaaki
• Application Number:
  US11/300,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161440A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

Guidance information providing systems, methods, and programs recognize an input voice with an input/output apparatus and determine, based on the input voice, a request. The request is determined by the input/output apparatus performing voice recognition. The guidance information providing systems, methods, and programs transmit data of a navigation command list to an input/output apparatus, the navigation command list including a list of commands acceptable by a navigation apparatus and determine, based on the navigation command list, whether the request corresponds to an acceptable command for the navigation apparatus. If the request corresponds to an acceptable command, the guidance information providing systems, methods, and programs transmit the acceptable command from the input/output apparatus, to the navigation apparatus, transmit, as a response to the command, the guidance information from the navigation apparatus to the input output/apparatus, and output the received guidance information on the input.

Claims

1. A method of providing guidance information, comprising:

transmitting data of a navigation command list to an input/output apparatus, the navigation command list including a list of commands acceptable by a navigation apparatus;

recognizing an input voice with the input/output apparatus;

determining a request based on the input voice, the request determined by the input/output apparatus performing voice recognition;

determining, based on the navigation command list, whether the request corresponds to an acceptable command for the navigation apparatus; and

if the request corresponds to an acceptable command based on the navigation command list;

transmitting the acceptable command from the input/output apparatus to the navigation apparatus;

transmitting, in response to the acceptable command, the guidance information from the navigation apparatus to the input/output apparatus; and

outputting the guidance information on the input/output apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

notifying, if the request is not acceptable according to the navigation command list, that the request is unacceptable or that another request should be made.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the request corresponds to an acceptable command for the navigation apparatus if the request is at least one of equal to, similar to, and corresponding in meaning to a command on the navigation command list.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

producing, with the input/output apparatus, an input/output command list, the input/output command list including commands acceptable by the input/output apparatus;

determining, based on the navigation command list and the input/output command list, whether the request is for a command to be performed by the navigation apparatus or for a command to be performed by the input/output apparatus; and

if it is determined that the request is for a command to be performed by the input/output apparatus;

determining, based on the input/output command list, whether the request corresponds to an acceptable command for the input/output apparatus; and

if it is determined that the request corresponds to an acceptable command based on the input/output command list;

producing, using the input/output apparatus, the guidance information; and

outputting the guidance information on the input/output apparatus.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

notifying, if the request is not acceptable according to the input/output command list, that the request is unacceptable or that another request should be made.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the request corresponds to an acceptable command for the input/output apparatus if the request is at least one of equal to, similar to, and corresponding in meaning to a command on the input/output command list.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

combining the navigation command list and the input/output command list.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating a voice recognition function by replacing the input/output apparatus.

9. A storage medium storing a set of program instructions executable on a data processing device, the instructions usable to implement the method of claim 1.

10. A navigation apparatus, comprising:

a controller that;

communicates with an input/output apparatus, the input/output apparatus capable of receiving a voice input and determining a request based on the voice input using voice recognition; and

transmits a navigation command list to the input/output apparatus, the navigation command list including a list of commands acceptable by the navigation apparatus.

11. The navigation apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller:

receives, if the input/output apparatus determines that the request corresponds to a command on the navigation command list, the command.

12. An input/output apparatus, comprising:

a controller that;

receives an input voice;

determines a request by performing voice recognition on the input voice;

receives data of a navigation command list from a navigation apparatus, the navigation command list including a list of commands acceptable by the navigation apparatus;

determines, based on the navigation command list whether the request corresponds to a command that is acceptable for the navigation apparatus; and

if the request corresponds to a command that is acceptable for the navigation apparatus;

transmits the acceptable command to the navigation apparatus;

receives guidance information from the navigation apparatus in response to the acceptable command, and

outputs the received guidance information.

13. The input/output apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller:

determines that the request corresponds to an acceptable command for the navigation apparatus if the request is at least one of equal to, similar to, and corresponding in meaning to a command on the navigation command list.

14. The input/output apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller:

notifies, if the request is not acceptable according to the navigation command list, that the request is unacceptable or that another request should be made.

15. The input/output apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller:

produces an input/output command list, the input/output command list including commands acceptable by the input/output apparatus;

determines, based on the navigation command list and the input/output command list, whether the request is for a command to be performed by the navigation apparatus or for a command to be performed by the input/output apparatus, and

if it is determined that the request is for a command to be performed by the input/output apparatus;

determines, based on the input/output command list whether the request corresponds to a command that is acceptable for the input/output apparatus; and

if the request corresponds to a command that is acceptable for the input/output apparatus;

produces the guidance information; and

outputs the produced guidance information.

16. The input/output apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller:

determines that the request corresponds to an acceptable command for the input/output apparatus if the request is at least one of equal to, similar to, and corresponding in meaning to a command on the input/output command list.

17. The input/output apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller:

notifies, if the request is not acceptable according to the input/output command list, that the request is unacceptable or that another request should be made.

18. A guidance information providing system, comprising:

the input/output apparatus of claim 12;

and

the navigation apparatus, comprising;

a controller that;

transmits the navigation command list to the input/output apparatus;

receives the acceptable command;

produces guidance information based on the acceptable command; and

transmits the produced guidance information to the input/output apparatus.

19. The guidance information providing system of claim 18, wherein the controller of the input/output apparatus:

produces an input/output command list, the input/output command list including commands acceptable by the input/output apparatus;

determines, based on the navigation command list and the input/output command list, whether the request is for a command to be performed by the navigation apparatus or for a command to be performed by the input/output apparatus, and

if it is determined that the request is for a command to be performed by the input/output apparatus;

determines, based on the input/output command list whether the request corresponds to a command that is acceptable for the input/output apparatus; and

if the request corresponds to a command that is acceptable for the input/output apparatus;

produces the guidance information; and

outputs the produced guidance information.

20. The guidance information providing system of claim 18, wherein:

a voice recognition function of the guidance information providing system is updated by replacing the input/output apparatus.