VOICE REMOTE CONTROL

• US 20080036869A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snaptrack Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Gustafsson, Mats, Hope, Julian Charles
• Granted Patent: US 8,207,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/16 Transforming into a non-visible representation devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F11/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

A device may include an image capture device and logic. The logic may be configured to receive voice input from a user and identify the voice input. The logic may further be configured to perform a control action associated with the image capturing device based on the identified voice input.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

at least one image capturing device; and

logic configured to;

receive voice input from a user,

identify the voice input, and

perform a control action associated with the at least one image capturing device based on the identified voice input.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one image capturing device comprises a camera and the control action comprises taking a picture using the camera.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one image capturing device comprises a video recording device and the control action comprises activating a video record mode associated with the video recording device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the control action comprises controlling an auto focus function, controlling a zoom lens or controlling a resolution mode.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein when identifying the voice input, the logic is configured to:

identify the voice input using speech recognition software.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display configured to display, in response to a user input, a plurality of control actions and voice commands associated with each of the plurality of control actions.

7. The device of claim 1, farther comprising:

a memory, and

wherein the logic is further configured to;

allow a user to provide at least one word corresponding to each of a plurality of respective control actions, and

store the at least one word corresponding to each of the plurality of respective control actions in the memory.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the logic is further configured to:

perform speech recognition to identify a first word or phrase associated with a first one of the plurality of control actions,

verify with the user whether the identified first word or phrase is correct, and

store the identified first word or phrase as corresponding to the first control action in the memory when the identified first word or phrase is verified as correct.

9. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory, and

wherein the logic is further configured to;

provide a user interface configured to allow the user to input text to the device, the text identifying at least one word or phrase that will correspond to a first control action associated with the at least one image capturing device, and

store the text in the memory as corresponding to the first control action.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a cellular telephone.

11. In a mobile terminal including at least one image capturing device, a method comprising:

receiving voice input from a user;

identifying the voice input; and

performing a control action associated with the at least one image capturing device based on the identified voice input.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the control action comprises at least one of taking a picture, activating a video record mode, setting a resolution mode, activating a flash, controlling a zoom lens or controlling an auto focus function.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying the voice input comprises:

identifying the voice input using speech recognition software.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the identifying the voice input using speech recognition software comprises:

comparing the voice input to a plurality of stored speech signals provided by the user, and

determining whether the voice input matches one of the stored speech signals.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

prompting the user to provide a voice input associated with each of a plurality of respective control actions,

receiving at least one word from the user associated with each of the plurality of respective control actions in response to the prompting, and

storing the at least one word associated with each of the plurality of respective control actions.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

performing speech recognition to identify at least a first word associated with a first one of the plurality of control actions,

verifying with the user whether the identified first word associated with the first control action is correct, and

storing the first word associated with the first control action when the identified first word is verified as correct.

17. A device, comprising:

means for taking at least one of pictures or videos;

means for receiving a voice input from the user; and

means for performing a control action associated with the means for taking at least one of pictures or videos based on the voice input.

18. The device of claim 17, further comprising:

means for displaying a plurality of control actions and a plurality of voice commands corresponding to the plurality of control actions.

19. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

receive a voice input from a user;

identify the voice input; and

perform an image capture-related control function based on the identified voice input.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the image capture-related control function comprises at least one of taking a picture with a camera, activating a video record mode associated with a video recording device, setting a resolution mode, activating a flash, controlling a zoom lens or controlling an auto focus function.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

display, in response to a user input, a plurality of image capture-related control actions and voice commands corresponding to each of the plurality of image capture-related control actions.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

allow a user to select a word or phrase corresponding to each of a plurality of image capture-related control actions.