INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20070118382A1
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamada, Masayuki, Kuboyama, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 8,069,041 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/221 Announcement of recognition results

Abstract

Candidates for channels of television programs to be displayed are determined in accordance with a result of voice recognition of a voice input by a user. The channel candidates are assigned to a limited number of tuners and television programs received by the tuners are displayed to allow the user to make a selection.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a plurality of receiving units configured to receive program information;

a voice recognition unit configured to recognize input voice data;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more channel candidates in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed by the voice recognition unit;

an assigning unit configured to assign the channel candidates acquired by the acquisition unit to the respective receiving unit; and

a display control unit configured to control displaying so that program information corresponding to the assigned channels received by the respective receiving unit is displayed.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit is a tuner.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the assigning unit assigns the channel candidates such that assigned channel candidates are switched at predetermined time intervals.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the assigning unit assigns the channel candidates in accordance with scores given to the respective channel candidates in the voice recognition performed by the voice recognition unit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the assigning unit assigns the channel candidates such that channel candidates given higher scores in the voice recognition are assigned for longer time periods than those given lower scores.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the assigning unit assigns a channel candidate given a highest score in the voice recognition exclusively to one of the receiving units without switching the channel, while the assigning unit assigns channel candidates given lower scores in the voice recognition to the other respective receiving unit such that the assigned channel candidates are switched at predetermined time intervals.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the voice recognition unit determines confidence scores in voice recognition, and the acquisition unit determines the number of channel candidates in accordance with the confidence scores.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit divides a display area into subareas depending on the number of channel candidates, and displays program information corresponding to respective channel candidates received by the receiving unit in the respective subareas.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display control unit divides a display area into subareas such that channel candidates given high scores in the voice recognition are assigned larger subareas.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the voice data recognized by the voice recognition unit is a word indicating a channel, and the acquisition unit selects a channel corresponding to a word recognized by the voice recognition as a channel candidate.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a related information acquisition unit configured to acquire program related information,

wherein the voice data recognized by the voice recognition unit is a word included in the program related information, and the acquisition unit selects a channel related, in the program related information, to a word recognized by the voice recognition as a channel candidate.

12. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive program information;

a voice recognition unit configured to recognizing input voice data;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more channel candidates in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed by the voice recognition unit;

an assigning unit configured to assign the channel candidates acquired by the acquisition unit to the receiving unit such that one channel candidate is assigned at a time to the receiving unit and the assigned channel candidate is switched at predetermined time intervals, and

a display control unit configured to control displaying so that program information corresponding to the assigned channels received by the respective receiving unit is displayed.

13. An information processing apparatus adapted to output video information, comprising:

a voice recognition unit configured to recognize input voice data;

a candidate determination unit configured to determine one or more candidates for video information in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed by the voice recognition unit;

an output mode determination unit configured to determine an output mode for each video information candidate by selecting one output mode from a group including a first output mode in which video information is directly output, a second output mode in which video information is acquired at predetermined time intervals and resultant acquired video information is output, and a third output mode in which video information is acquired at a particular time and resultant acquired video information is output; and

a display control unit configured to control displaying such that a display area is divided into subareas and video information of the video information candidates is displayed in the subareas in the output modes determined for the respective video information candidates.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the output mode determination unit determines the output mode for each video information candidate in accordance with the voice recognition scores given by the voice recognition unit.

15. A method comprising:

performing voice recognition to recognize input voice data;

selecting one or more channel candidates in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed;

assigning the channel candidates selected to a plurality of respective receiving units; and

controlling displaying such that information received by the receiving units is displayed.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein each of the receiving units receives program information corresponding to a channel assigned thereto.

17. A method comprising:

performing voice recognition to recognize input voice data;

acquiring one or more channel candidates in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed;

receiving program information corresponding to the channel candidates acquired such that program information of one channel candidate is received at a time and the received program information is switched at predetermined time intervals; and

controlling displaying so that program information received is displayed.

18. A method of outputting video information comprising:

performing voice recognition to recognize input voice data;

determining one or more candidates for video information in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed;

determining an output mode for each video information candidate by selecting one output mode from a group including a first output mode in which video information is directly output, a second output mode in which video information is acquired at predetermined time intervals and resultant acquired video information is output, and a third output mode in which video information is acquired at a particular time and resultant acquired video information is output; and

controlling displaying such that a display area is divided into subareas and video information of the video information candidates is displayed in the subareas in the output modes determined for the respective video information candidates.

19. A computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by an apparatus, causes the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

performing voice recognition to recognize input voice data;

selecting at least one channel candidate in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed;

assigning the at least one channel candidate selected to a respective receiving unit; and

controlling displaying such that information received by the receiving unit is displayed.

20. A computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by an apparatus, causes the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

performing voice recognition to recognize input voice data;

acquiring one or more channel candidates in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed;

receiving information corresponding to the channel candidates acquired such that information of one channel candidate is received at a time and the received information is switched at predetermined time intervals; and

controlling displaying so that information received is displayed.

21. A computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by an apparatus, causes the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

performing voice recognition to recognize input voice data;

determining one or more candidates for video information in accordance with a result of voice recognition performed;

determining an output mode for each video information candidate by selecting one output mode from a group including a first output mode in which video information is directly output, a second output mode in which video information is acquired at predetermined time intervals and resultant acquired video information is output, and a third output mode in which video information is acquired at a particular time and resultant acquired video information is output; and

controlling displaying such that a display area is divided into subareas and video information of the video information candidates is displayed in the subareas in the output modes determined for the respective video information candidates.