Electronic Equipment and Television Receiver

• US 20070282611A1
• Filed: 05/30/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Naoki, Okamoto, Kenji, KANEKO, Mayumi
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device

Abstract

Disclosed an electric equipment including: a command information storage section to store command information for controlling the electric equipment associated with a plurality of pieces of control information pertaining respectively to operation control in a plurality of operation states; a speech information obtainment section to obtain speech information; a command information extraction section to perform speech recognition of the obtained speech information so as to extract the corresponding command information stored in the command information storage section; a judgment section to judge an operation state of the electronic equipment when the command information is extracted; a control section to extract one of the plurality of pieces of control information associated with the extracted command information from the command information storage section based on the judged operation state of the electronic equipment so as to control the television receiver based on the extracted control information.

Claims

1. A television receiver comprising:

a command information storage section to store command information for controlling the television receiver associated with a plurality of pieces of control information pertaining respectively to operation control in a plurality of operation states;

a speech information obtainment section to obtain speech information;

a command information extraction section to perform speech recognition of the speech information obtained by the speech information obtainment section so as to extract the corresponding command information stored in the command information storage section;

a judgment section to judge the operation state of the television receiver when the command information is extracted by the command information extraction section;

a control section to extract one of the plurality of pieces of control information associated with the command information extracted by the command information extraction section from the command information storage section based on the operation state of the television receiver judged by the judgment section so as to control the television receiver based on the extracted control information;

a setting section to set user-desired customized command information corresponding to speech information obtained by the speech information obtainment section; and

a command information registration section to register the customized command information set by the setting section associated with a user-desired operation state of the television receiver and the control information corresponding to the user-desired operation state, in the command information storage section,

wherein the television receiver performs the speech recognition of externally input speech information so as to be controlled based on the command information obtained by a result of the speech recognition.

2. Electric equipment comprising:

a command information storage section to store command information for controlling the electric equipment associated with a plurality of pieces of control information pertaining respectively to operation control in a plurality of operation states;

a speech information obtainment section to obtain speech information;

a command information extraction section to perform speech recognition of the speech information obtained by the speech information obtainment section so as to extract the corresponding command information stored in the command information storage section;

a judgment section to judge the operation state of the electronic equipment when the command information is extracted by the command information extraction section;

a control section to extract one of the plurality of pieces of control information associated with the command information extracted by the command information extraction section from the command information storage section based on the operation state of the electronic equipment judged by the judgment section so as to control the television receiver based on the extracted control information,

wherein the electric equipment performs the speech recognition of externally input speech information so as to be controlled based on the command information obtained by a result of the speech recognition.

3. The electronic equipment according to claim 2, further comprising:

a setting section to set user-desired customized command information corresponding to speech information obtained by the speech information obtainment section; and

a command information registration section to register the customized command information set by the setting section associated with a user-desired operation state of the electronic equipment and the control information corresponding to the user-desired operation state, in the command information storage section.