DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATED SPEECH RECOGNITION

• US 20090182562A1
• Filed: 12/17/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Garmin Limited
• Original Assignee: Garmin Limited
• Inventors: Caire, Jacob W., Lutz, Pascal M., Bolton, Kenneth A.
• Application Number:
  US12/337,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20090182562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• 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 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

Techniques are described for generating a dynamic user interface for a position-determining device that may account for a variety of input modes. In one example, a position-determining device is initiated in a first input mode (e.g., a touch screen mode) and a graphical user interface (GUI) of the device is configured to accept input via the first input mode. The position-determining device then receives an indication to switch to a second input mode (e.g., a speech input mode) and the GUI is configured to receive input via the second input mode. The position-determining device can dynamically transition between GUI configurations based on a plurality of input modes.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating a first user interface for a position-determining device, the first user interface being graphically configured for a first input mode and comprising a plurality of graphical icons;

receiving on the position-determining device an indication to transition from the first input mode to a speech input mode; and

responsive to the indication, dynamically generating a second user interface for the position-determining device, the second user interface being graphically configured for the speech input mode by modifying at least a portion of one of the graphical icons with a speech icon indicating a word that is to be spoken by a user to select the speech icon.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the graphical icons is associated with location-related information and the speech icon is associated with location-related information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a first one of the graphical icons lacks text information and at least a portion of the first graphical icon is replaced with the speech icon, the speech icon including text information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first graphical icon is an arrow and the text information includes the word “

up”

or “

down.”

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical icons include a plurality of controls associated with a listing and the second user interface includes a plurality of speech icons, at least one of the speech icons being associated with each of the controls to indicate a word that is to be spoken by the user to select a particular one of the controls.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical icon is modified by the speech icon by replacing the graphical icon with the speech icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical icon is modified by the speech icon by appending the speech icon to the graphical icon.

8. The method of claim 1, further including detecting that the user has spoken the word associated with the speech icon and executing functionality associated with the speech icon.

9. The method of claim 1, further including detecting that the user has selected one of the graphical icons on a touch-screen display and executing functionality associated with the selected graphical icon.

10. A position-determining device comprising:

a navigation receiver operable to receive navigation signals;

a display;

an audio input device operable to receive user speech; and

a processor coupled with the navigation receiver, the display, and the audio input device, the processor operable to

generate a first user interface comprising a plurality of graphical icons, the first user interface being presented on the display and graphically configured for a non-speech input mode,

transition from the non-speech input mode to a speech input mode, and

responsive to the transition, dynamically generate a second user interface for presentation on the display, the second user interface being graphically configured for the speech input mode by modifying at least a portion of one of the graphical icons with a speech icon indicating a word that is to be spoken by the user to select the speech icon.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein at least one of the graphical icons is associated with location-related information and the speech icon is associated with location-related information.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein a first one of the graphical icons lacks text information and at least a portion of the first graphical icon is replaced with the speech icon, the speech icon including text information.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the first graphical icon is an arrow and the text information includes the word “

up”

or “

down.”

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the graphical icons include a plurality of controls associated with a listing and the second user interface includes a plurality of speech icons, at least one of the speech icons being associated with each of the controls to indicate a word that is to be spoken by the user to select a particular one of the controls.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the graphical icon is modified by the speech icon by replacing the graphical icon with the speech icon.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the graphical icon is modified by the speech icon by appending the speech icon to the graphical icon.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operable to utilize the audio input device to detect that the user has spoken the word associated with the speech icon and execute functionality associated with the speech icon.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the display is a touch-screen display and the processor is further operable to utilize the display to detect that the user has selected one of the graphical icons and execute functionality associated with the selected graphical icon.

19. The device of claim 10, further including a non-audio input device operable to receive an input from the user, wherein the processor is further operable to detect that the user has selected one of the graphical icons based on the input and execute functionality associated with the selected graphical icon.