Display of Menu Commands for Voice Driven Character Control
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Abstract
In a gaming system, a user controls actions of characters in the game environment using speech commands. In a learning mode, available speech commands are displayed in a command menu on a display device. In a non-learning mode, the available speech commands are not displayed. A speaker-independent context-sensitive speech recognition module contains a vocabulary of available speech commands. Use of speech commands is combined with input from a controller device to control actions of a character or characters in the game environment.
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13 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method for displaying a menu of commands in a video game environment, the method comprising:
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displaying a first menu of available commands on a display device following a determination that a user has actuated a control button assigned to activating voice functionality on a controller interface for a game system; receiving a first vocal utterance from the user at a microphone coupled to the game system, the vocal utterance including a command selected by the user from the first menu of available commands; displaying a second menu of available commands on the display device following receipt of the first vocal utterance; receiving a second vocal utterance from the user at the microphone, the second vocal utterance including a command selected by the user from the second menu of available commands; and executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor; matches the first vocal utterance with an available command in the first menu of available commands, matches the second vocal utterance with an available command in the second menu of available commands, and causes a character in the game environment to perform an action corresponding to the combination of the matched first vocal utterance and the matched second vocal utterance, and wherein the performed action is displayed on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for displaying a menu of commands in a video game environment, the system comprising:
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a microphone for receiving vocal utterances from a user; a computing device including a processor to execute game software and a speech recognition module; a speech recognition module stored in memory and executable by the processor to match a plurality of received vocal utterances with available commands in a vocabulary, the matched vocal utterances associated with an action to be performed in the video game environment; and game software stored in memory and executable by the processor to; cause a character to perform the action in the video game environment, and cause the display of a menu of available commands for selection by the user and in the video game environment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for displaying a menu of commands in a video game environment, the method comprising:
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displaying a first menu of available commands following a determination that a user has actuated a control button assigned to activating voice functionality on a controller interface for a game system; receiving a first vocal utterance from the user, the vocal utterance including a command selected by the user from the first menu of available commands; displaying a second menu of available commands following receipt of the first vocal utterance; receiving a second vocal utterance from the user, the second vocal utterance including a command selected by the user from the second menu of available commands; matching the first vocal utterance with an available command in the first menu of available commands, matching the second vocal utterance with an available command in the second menu of available commands; and causing a character in the game environment to perform an action corresponding to the combination of the matched first vocal utterance and the matched second vocal utterance.
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