INFORMATION OUTPUT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER PRODUCT

• US 20110258228A1
• Filed: 12/26/2008
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Uchiyama, Koichiro
• Application Number:
  US13/141,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258228A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

An information providing system (100) comprises an information providing device (110) and a communication terminal (120). The communication terminal (120) extracts a phrase included in the speech of a user and transmits information on the phrase and information on the position of the own device to the information providing device (110). The information providing device (110) searches a wide area network (130) for information on the periphery of the position of the communication terminal (120) on the basis of the position information and the phrase information and transmits the searched information to the communication terminal (120). The communication terminal (120) outputs the information transmitted from the information providing device (110).

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. An information output system that outputs at a communication terminal, information provided from an information providing apparatus, wherein

the information providing apparatus comprises:

a receiving unit that receives position information of the communication terminal and sequentially receives information related to a plurality of search expressions included in random speech of a user of the communication terminal,

a searching unit that, based on the position information and the information related to search expressions included in the random speech, searches a wide area network for vicinity-related information related to a vicinity of the communication terminal, the vicinity-related information being searched for each time a search expression is received,

a converting unit that converts into audio data, the vicinity-related information retrieved each time a search expression is received, and

a transmitting unit that sequentially transmits to the communication terminal, the audio data converted by the converting unit; and

the communication terminal comprises;

an extracting unit that extracts the search expressions included in the random speech of the user,

a transmitting unit that transmits to the information providing apparatus each time the extracting unit extracts a search expression, the position information of the communication terminal and information related to the extracted search expression,

a receiving unit that sequentially receives from the information providing apparatus, the audio data indicative of the vicinity-related information for the communication terminal, retrieved based on the information related to the search expressions,

a storage unit that stores therein the audio data sequentially received by the receiving unit,

a detecting unit that detects a determination expression that is included in the random speech of the user and that is for outputting any one among the audio data stored in the storage unit, and an output unit that if the detecting unit detects a determination expression, outputs from the storage unit, the audio data that is specified based on the timing when the determination expression is uttered and that is indicative of the vicinity-related information for the communication terminal.

14. A communication terminal used in an information output system and comprising:

an extracting unit that extracts search expressions included in random speech of a user;

a transmitting unit that transmits to an information providing apparatus each time the extracting unit extracts a search expression, position information of the communication terminal and information related to the extracted search expression;

a receiving unit that sequentially receives from the information providing apparatus, audio data indicative of vicinity-related information for the communication terminal, retrieved based on the information related to the search expressions;

a storage unit that stores therein the audio data sequentially received by the receiving unit;

a detecting unit that detects a determination expression that is included in the random speech of the user and that is for outputting any one among the audio data stored in the storage unit; and

an output unit that if the detecting unit detects a determination expression, outputs from the storage unit, the audio data that is specified based on the timing when the determination expression is uttered and that is indicative of the vicinity-related information for the communication terminal.

15. An information output method performed by a communication terminal that outputs information provided from an information providing apparatus, the method comprising:

extracting search expressions included in random speech of a user;

a transmitting unit that transmits to the information providing apparatus each time a search expression is extracted at the extracting, position information of the communication terminal and information related to the extracted search expression;

receiving sequentially from the information providing apparatus, audio data indicative of vicinity-related information for the communication terminal, retrieved based on the information related to the search expressions;

storing to a storage unit, the audio data sequentially received at the receiving;

detecting a determination expression that is included in the random speech of the user and that is for outputting any one among the audio data stored in the storage unit; and

outputting from the storage unit, if a determination expression is detected at the detecting, the audio data that is specified based on the timing when the determination expression is uttered and that is indicative of the vicinity-related information for the communication terminal.

16. A computer-readable, recording medium storing therein an information output program that causes a computer to execute the information output method according to claim 15.