Interface System, Method and Apparatus

• US 20070150280A1
• Filed: 02/23/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Peng, Shih-Jung, Gonzalez, Jan Karel, Chen, Deng-Jyi
• Application Number:
  US11/307,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20070150280A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

An interface system, a method and an apparatus are applied for an electronic apparatus and comprise a load module, an instruction database, a macro module, an object module, a command input module and a processing module. A recognition apparatus and an application program are loaded by the load module. A plurality of action instructions is stored in the instruction database and each one action instruction corresponds to an operation action of the application program. A plurality of macro instructions is set by the macro module in order to execute a group of operation actions of the application program. Each one macro instruction corresponds to one group of action instructions. The object module is used to configure a relative position of the application program to be an operation object controlled by the operation action. The command input module is coupled to the recognition apparatus for inputting an input command generated by the recognition apparatus recognizing an action signal. A action instruction corresponding to the input command is obtained by the processing module from the instruction database, a operation action corresponding to the action instruction is performed in the application program which has been loaded.

Claims

1. An interface system for an electronic apparatus, the interface system comprising:

a load module loading a recognition apparatus and an application program;

a instruction database having a plurality of action instructions, each one of the plurality of action instructions corresponding to an operation action of the application program;

a macro module setting a plurality of macro instructions, wherein the macro instruction is used to perform one group of operation actions of the application program, and each one of the plurality of macro instructions corresponds to one group of the plurality of action instructions;

an object module setting a relative position of the application program to be operation objects controlled by the operation actions;

a command input module coupling the recognition module for inputting an input command generated from the recognition module recognizing an action signal; and

a processing module obtaining a action instruction corresponding to the input command from the instruction database based on, and performing a operation action corresponding to the action instruction in the application program.

2. The interface system of claim 1, wherein the action signal is selected from an audio, an action, a pose, a facial expression and a color.

3. The interface system of claim 1, wherein the recognition apparatus is selected from an audio recognition apparatus, an action recognition apparatus, a pose recognition apparatus, a facial expression recognition apparatus and a color recognition apparatus.

4. The interface system of claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a personal computer, a server, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant and a mobile telephone.

5. The interface system of claim 1, wherein the interface system further comprises a visual user interface for setting the plurality of operation actions of the application program.

6. An interface method for an electronic apparatus, the interface method comprising:

loading a recognition apparatus and an application program;

storing a plurality of action instructions in an instruction database, each one of the plurality of action instructions corresponding to an operation action of the application program;

setting a plurality of macro instructions, wherein the macro nstruction is used to perform one group of operation actions of the application program, and each one of the plurality of macro instructions corresponds one group of action instructions;

setting a relative position of the application program to be operation objects controlled by the operation actions;

inputting an input command generated from the recognition apparatus recognizing an action signal;

obtaining a action instruction corresponding to the input command from the instruction database, and performing a operation action corresponding to the action instruction in the application program.

7. The interface method of claim 6, wherein the action signal is selected from an audio, an action, a pose, a facial expression and a color.

8. The interface method of claim 6, wherein the recognition apparatus is selected from an audio recognition apparatus, an action recognition apparatus, a pose recognition apparatus, a facial expression recognition apparatus and a color recognition apparatus.

9. The interface method of claim 6, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a personal computer, a server, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant and a mobile telephone.

10. The interface method of claim 6, wherein the interface system further comprises a visual user interface for setting the plurality of operation actions of the application program.

11. An interface apparatus for an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus setting a recognition apparatus to recognize an action signal and generating a recognition data, the interface apparatus comprising:

an input module inputting the recognition data, and transforming the recognition data into a data stream for system compatibility;

a core module performing a syntax analysis and a compilation for the data stream, and bringing an invocation request; and

an output module driving a virtual input apparatus based on the invocation request to operate an application program.

12. The interface apparatus of claim 11, wherein the action signal is selected from an audio, an action, a pose, a facial expression and a color.

13. The interface apparatus of claim 11, wherein the recognition apparatus is selected from an audio recognition apparatus, an action recognition apparatus, a pose recognition apparatus, a facial expression recognition apparatus and a color recognition apparatus.

14. The interface apparatus of claim 11, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a personal computer, a server, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant and a mobile telephone.

15. The interface apparatus of claim 11, wherein the virtual input apparatus is selected from a virtual mouse and a virtual keyboard.