SEARCH-BASED DYNAMIC VOICE ACTIVATION

• US 20090172546A1
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: CHANG, Yan Ming, Mazurkiewicz, Ted, Ma, Changxue
• Application Number:
  US12/126,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20090172546A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/04 with audible presentation of the material to be studied sound recording or reproducing G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/0018 Speech coding using phonetic or linguistical decoding of the source; Reconstruction using text-to-speech synthesis
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and electronic device for voice navigation are disclosed. A voice input mechanism 310 may receive a verbal input from a user to a voice user interface program invisible to the user. A processor 104 may identify in a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of GUI items. The processor 104 may convert the set of GUI items to a set of voice searchable indices 400. The processor 104 may correlate a matching GUI item of the set of GUI items to a phonemic representation of the verbal input.

Claims

1. A method for voice navigation, comprising:

identifying in a view of a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of GUI items;

converting the set of GUI items to a set of voice searchable indices;

creating at least one phonemic representation of a verbal input via a search-based voice user interface program invisible to the user; and

identifying a matching GUI item of the set of GUI items to the phonemic representation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a matching computer object associated with the matching GUI item to the user via the graphical user interface.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying an alternate matching GUI item of the set of GUI items;

presenting the alternate matching GUI item to the user; and

receiving a user input.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a non-textual GUI item in the set of GUI items; and

developing an alternate linguistic label for the non-textual icon.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of GUI items includes at least one of a hyperlink, application icon, file name, or image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the phonemic representation is a linguistic search term.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising

converting a GUI item of the set of GUI items to a corresponding linguistic document;

and

organizing each corresponding linguistic document into the set of voice searchable indices.

8. A telecommunications apparatus for voice navigation, comprising:

voice input mechanism that receives a verbal input from a user to a voice user interface program invisible to the user; and

a processor that identifies in a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of GUI items, converts the set of GUI items to a set of voice searchable indices, and correlates a matching GUI item of the set of GUI items to at least one phonemic representation of the verbal input.

9. The telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a display that presents a matching computer object associated with the matching GUI item to the user via the graphical user interface.

10. The telecommunications apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the processor identifies an alternate matching GUI item of the set of GUI items;

the display presents the alternate matching GUI item to the user; and

the voice input mechanism receives a user input.

11. The telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor identifies a non-textual GUI item in the set of GUI items and develops an alternate linguistic label for the non-textual icon.

12. The telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, wherein the set of GUI items includes at least one of a hyperlink, application icon, file name, or image.

13. The telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, wherein the phonemic representation is a linguistic search term.

14. The telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor converts a GUI item of the set of GUI items to a corresponding linguistic document and organizes each corresponding linguistic document into the set of voice searchable indices.

15. An electronic device for voice navigation, comprising:

voice input mechanism that receives a verbal input from a user to a voice user interface program invisible to the user; and

a processor that identifies in a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of GUI items, converts the set of GUI items to a set of voice searchable indices, and correlates a matching GUI item of the set of GUI items to at least one phonemic representation of the verbal input.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising:

a display that presents a matching computer object associated with the matching GUI item to the user via the graphical user interface.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein:

the processor identifies an alternate matching GUI item of the set of GUI items;

the display presents the alternate matching GUI item to the user; and

the voice input mechanism receives a user input.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor identifies a non-textual GUI item in the set of GUI items and develops an alternate linguistic label for the non-textual icon.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the set of GUI items includes at least one of a hyperlink, application icon, file name, or image.

20. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor converts a GUI item of the set of GUI items to a corresponding linguistic document and organizes each corresponding linguistic document into the set of voice searchable indices.