Method for recognizing control command and control device using the same

• US 20060176188A1
• Filed: 01/18/2006
• Published: 08/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jae-won, Cho, Jeong-mi
• Granted Patent: US 8,106,750 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.690
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

A method for recognizing a control command and a control device using the same that can efficiently increase the recognition rate for a control command that includes a button input and/or speech input. The method includes receiving information input by a user; extracting a control command, which is mapped to a control object, to which a command focus is set, and the input information, with reference to predetermined reference information if the control object exists; and outputting a control signal according to the extracted control command.

Claims

1. A method for recognizing a control command, comprising:

receiving input information;

extracting a control command, which is mapped on a control object, to which a command focus is set, and the input information, with reference to predetermined reference information if the control object exists; and

outputting a control signal according to the extracted control command.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined reference information includes information on the control object, information on an effective input value for the control object and information on a control command mapped to the input information formed by the effective input value.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein if the input information includes an ineffective input value for the control object, the method further comprises:

extracting the control object mapped to the input information; and

setting the command focus for the extracted control object.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control object is a controlled device or a function of the controlled device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input information is speech input or a button input produced by the user.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein if there is no control object to which a command focus is set, the method further comprises:

confirming status information indicative of an operation status of a controlled device;

extracting the control command mapped to the confirmed status information and the input information with reference to the reference information; and

outputting the control signal according to the extracted control command.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the reference information includes the status information, information on the effective input value for the status information, and information on the control command mapped to the input information formed by the effective input value.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein if the input information includes an ineffective value for the status information, the method further comprises:

extracting the control object from the input information; and

setting the command focus for the extracted control object.

9. A control device comprising:

a recognition unit which is configured to extract a control command, which is mapped to a control object, to which a command focus is set, and input information, with reference to predetermined reference information if the control object exists; and

a control signal generation unit which is configured to generate a control signal based on the extracted control command.

10. The control device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the predetermined reference information includes information on the control object, information on an effective input value for the control object and information on a control command mapped to the input information formed by the effective input value.

11. The control device as claimed in claim 10, wherein if the input information includes an ineffective input value for the control object, the recognition unit extracts the control object mapped to the input information, and sets the command focus for the extracted control object.

12. The control device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the control object is a controlled device or a function of the controlled device.

13. The control device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the input information is speech input or a button input produced by the user.

14. The control device as claimed in claim 9, wherein if there is no control object to which a command focus is set, the recognition unit confirms the status information indicative of an operation status of a controlled device, and extracts the control command mapped to the confirmed status information and the input information with reference to the reference information;

and

the control signal generation unit outputs the control signal according to the extracted control command.

15. The control device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the reference information includes the status information, information on the effective input value for the status information, and information on the control command mapped to the input information formed by the effective input value.

16. The control device as claimed in claim 15, wherein if the input information includes an ineffective value for the status information, the recognition unit extracts the control object from the input information, and sets the command focus for the extracted control object.

17. The control device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

a storage unit to store reference information.

18. The control device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

an interpretation unit to interpret input information.

19. The control device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

a response unit to output video and/or audio information.

20. The control device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

an information collection unit to collect status information.