ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING VOICE

• US 20120303373A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEN, CHUN-SHENG, ZOU, HUA, HE, FENG-LONG
• Granted Patent: US 8,725,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• 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

An electronic apparatus includes a microphone, a processor, a motherboard, and a voice recognition microchip. The voice recognition microchip compares a voice command with a pre-stored voice command. If the voice command is identical with the pre-stored voice command, the processor outputs a control signal to the motherboard. The motherboard controls the electronic apparatus to perform an action corresponding to the control signal.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a microphone operable to pick up a voice command from a user;

a motherboard;

a processor electronically connected to the motherboard; and

a voice recognition microchip electronically connected to the processor and the microphone;

wherein the voice recognition microchip determines whether the voice command is identical with a pre-stored voice command, the processor outputs a control signal to the motherboard according to the determination of the voice command and the pre-stored voice command, and the motherboard controls the electronic apparatus to perform an action corresponding to the control signal.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a storage system electronically connected to the voice recognition microchip, wherein the pre-stored voice command is stored in the storage system.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control signal is a power button (PWRBTN) signal, and the motherboard receives the PWRBTN signal and controls the electronic apparatus to turn on.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the voice command is identical with the pre-stored voice command, the voice recognition microchip outputs an interrupt signal to the processor.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a recording software, wherein the recording software sends a request command to the voice recognition microchip through the motherboard and the processor, to control the voice recognition microchip to enter a recoding mode.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the voice recognition microchip comprises a clock pin, a data pin, and an interrupt pin, the processor comprises a clock terminal, a data terminal, and a general purpose input/output terminal, the clock terminal is electronically connected to the clock pin, the data terminal is electronically connected to the data pin, and the general purpose input/output terminal is electronically connected to the interrupt pin.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the data terminal transmits the request command to the voice recognition microchip, and the interrupt pin outputs the interrupt signal to the general purpose input/output terminal.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the voice recognition microchip further comprises a plurality of serial peripheral interface pins all electronically connected to the storage system.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processor further comprises a plurality of control terminals all electronically connected to the motherboard.

10. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus using voice, the method comprising:

pre-storing a voice command in a storage system;

picking up a new voice command by a microphone;

determining whether the new voice command is identical with the pre-stored voice command and outputting a control signal to a motherboard of the electronic apparatus according to the determination of the new voice command and the pre-stored voice command; and

controlling the electronic apparatus to perform an action corresponding to the control signal.

11. The method for controlling an electronic apparatus using voice as claimed in claim 10, wherein the control signal is a power button (PWRBTN) signal, and the motherboard receives the PWRBTN signal and controls the electronic apparatus to turn on.

12. The method for controlling an electronic apparatus using voice, as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of pre-storing a voice command in a storage system further comprises:

sending a request command to the motherboard;

controlling a voice recognition microchip to enter a recoding mode;

picking up a first voice command and a second voice command by the microphone;

comparing the first voice command and the second voice command; and

storing the first voice command or the second voice command if the second voice command is identical with the first voice command.