INFORMATION EQUIPMENT

• US 20130275134A1
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Narita, Tomohiro, Horii, Akio
• Application Number:
  US13/991,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20130275134A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• 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 information equipment for displaying shortcut keys for operating the information equipment on a screen and rearranging the displayed shortcut keys on the screen based on a recognition result of an input voice, the information equipment including: a voice recognition processor referring to a recognition dictionary database memory to output text as a recognition result of an input voice; and a shortcut key rearranging mechanism referring to a conversion database memory, where an association relation between a function of the information equipment and text is written, mapping the recognition result text onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen.

Claims

1. An information equipment for displaying shortcut keys for operating the information equipment on a screen and rearranging the displayed shortcut keys on the screen based on a voice recognition result of an input voice, the information equipment comprising:

voice recognition processing means for inputting a voice and referring to a recognition dictionary database memory to output text as a recognition result; and

shortcut key rearranging means for inputting the text as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means, referring to a conversion database memory, where an association relation between a function of the information equipment and text as the recognition result is written, mapping the recognition result text onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen,

wherein the shortcut key rearranging means comprising;

erasure time limit determining means for calculating an erasure time limit, which is a length of time between displaying a shortcut key on the screen and erasing the displayed shortcut key from the screen; and

shortcut key erasure determining means for erasing the shortcut key that is displayed by the display means on the screen when a displayed time of the shortcut key exceeds the erasure time limit.

2. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

an operation history database memory for storing an operation history of the information equipment which comprises a shortcut key chosen count, and wherein

the erasure time limit determining means calculates the erasure time limit based on the shortcut key chosen count stored in the operation history database memory.

3. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

a display history database memory for storing a display history of the shortcut key of the information equipment which comprises a shortcut key displayed count, and wherein

the erasure time limit determining means calculates the erasure time limit based on the shortcut key displayed count stored in the display history database memory.

4. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

a recognition result database memory for storing text as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means and recognition result likelihood, and wherein

the erasure time limit determining means calculates the erasure time limit based on the recognition result likelihood stored in the recognition result database memory.

5. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

a recognition result database memory for storing a recognized count of text as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means, and wherein

the erasure time limit determining means calculates the erasure time limit based on the recognized count stored in the recognition result database memory.

6. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

a current state database memory for storing a database in which an association between a function name, an erasure time limit, and a state maintaining time is written, and wherein

the erasure time limit determining means calculates the erasure time limit based on a current time by referring to the current state database memory.

7. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

an operation recognition history database memory for storing a database in which a function-name-to-function-name transition possibility score is written, and wherein

the erasure time limit determining means calculates the erasure time limit based on the function-name-to-function-name transition possibility score stored in the operation recognition history database memory.

8. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen;

an operation history database memory for storing an operation history of the information equipment which comprises a shortcut key chosen count;

function importance level calculating means for calculating a function importance level from an operated count which is stored in the operation history database memory;

a display order database memory for storing a database in which an association between a function name, a function importance level, and a place in display order is written; and

shortcut key display order determining means for referring to the display order database memory to determine, from the function importance level, a place in display order of the shortcut key that is displayed by the display means on the screen.

9. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen;

an operation history database memory for storing an operation history of the information equipment which comprises a shortcut key chosen count;

function importance level calculating means for calculating a function importance level from the chosen count stored in the operation history database memory;

a display method database memory for storing a display method database in which a function importance level and a display method are written; and

shortcut key display method determining means for referring to the display method database memory to determine, from the function importance level, a display method of the shortcut key that is displayed by the display means on the screen.

10. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen;

an operation history database memory for storing an operation history of the information equipment which comprises a shortcut key chosen count;

function importance level calculating means for calculating a function importance level from the chosen count stored in the operation history database memory;

a display method database memory for storing a display method database in which a function importance level and a display method are written;

a display order database memory for storing a database in which an association between a function name, a function importance level, and a place in display order is written; and

shortcut key display order and display method determining means for referring to the display order database memory and the display method database memory to determine, from the function importance level calculated by the function importance level calculating means, a place in shortcut key display order where a shortcut key is displayed and a display method of the shortcut key.

11. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

a displayed key database memory for storing a database in which an association between a function name, a place in display order, and a limit displayed key count is written, and wherein

the shortcut key erasure determining means adds a newly obtained function name to function names that are stored in the displayed key database memory and updates places in display order that are stored in the displayed key database memory, and determines a place in display order of the shortcut key that is displayed by the display means on the screen based on the limit displayed key count.

12. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

a displayed key relevant information database memory for storing a database in which an association between a function name, a place in display order, relevant information, and a limit value of the relevant information is written, and wherein

the shortcut key erasure determining means refers to information relevant to a displayed shortcut key that is stored in the displayed key relevant information database memory to add a function name and update places in display order, and determines a place in display order of the shortcut key that is displayed by the display means on the screen based on the limit value of the relevant information.

13. An information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the shortcut key rearranging means further comprises:

display means for referring to the conversion database memory to map the text input as the recognition result of the voice recognition processing means onto a function of the information equipment, and displaying a shortcut key to the function on the display screen; and

a function hierarchy database memory for storing a database in which an association between a function name, a place in display order, a comparative function name, and hierarchy information is written, and wherein

shortcut key erasure determining means refers to the hierarchy information among function names that are stored in the function hierarchy database memory to add a function name and update places in display order, and determines a place in display order of the shortcut key that is displayed by the display means on the screen.