CALL REGISTRATION DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR

• US 20140006034A1
• Filed: 03/25/2011
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Nobukazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,384,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4646 using voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

A call registration device for an elevator includes a voice input section which receives input of a user'"'"'s voice, a voice recognition section which stores beforehand a predetermined call registration command representing a destination floor and a predetermined start command used for starting voice recognition of a call registration and which differs from the call registration command, the voice recognition section also performing voice recognition by judging whether the inputted voice is the call registration command or the start command, a call registration control section which, if the inputted voice was the call registration command, outputs a call registration request to the destination floor of the relevant call registration command, and a start command changing part which changes a start command which becomes effective by a predetermined condition. If the inputted voice is a start command made effective, the voice recognition section starts voice recognition of a call registration.

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. A call registration device for an elevator which performs a call registration by voice recognition using a voice input section which receives the input of a voice uttered by a user of the elevator, comprising:

a voice recognition section which stores beforehand voice data of a predetermined call registration command representing a destination floor or direction of the call registration and voice data of a predetermined start command which is used for starting voice recognition of a call registration command, and which is different from the call registration command and does not include the call registration command, wherein the voice recognition section also performs the voice recognition by judging whether or not a voice inputted to the voice input section matches either the voice data of the stored call registration command or the voice data of the start command;

a call registration control section which, in a case the voice inputted to the voice input section was judged to match the voice data of the call registration command, outputs to an elevator control device a call registration request to the destination floor or direction represented by the relevant matched call registration command;

a start command changing part which changes, according to predetermined condition which includes at least a point as to whether or not a present time belongs to a time division of the day determined beforehand, the start command which becomes effective among the start commands stored by the voice recognition section,

wherein in a case the voice recognition section judges that the voice inputted to the voice input section matched the voice data of the start command made effective by the start command changing part, the voice recognition section starts the voice recognition as to whether or not the voice inputted to the voice input section matches the voice data of the call registration command.

5. The call registration device for an elevator according to claim 4, wherein the start command includes at least the words of greetings used in daily conversations.

6. A call registration device for an elevator which performs a call registration by voice recognition using a voice input section which receives the input of a voice uttered by a user of the elevator, comprising:

a voice recognition section which stores beforehand voice data of a predetermined call registration command representing a destination floor or direction of the call registration and voice data of a predetermined start command which is used for starting voice recognition of a call registration command, and which is different from the call registration command and does not include the call registration command, wherein the voice recognition section also performs the voice recognition by judging whether or not a voice inputted to the voice input section matches either the voice data of the stored call registration command or the voice data of the start command;

a call registration control section which, in a case the voice inputted to the voice input section was judged to match the voice data of the call registration command, outputs to an elevator control device a call registration request to the destination floor or direction represented by the relevant matched call registration command;

a start command changing part which changes, according to the operating condition of the elevator, the start command which becomes effective among the start commands stored by the voice recognition section,

wherein in a case the voice recognition section judges that the voice inputted to the voice input section matched the voice data of the start command made effective by the start command changing part, the voice recognition section starts the voice recognition as to whether or not the voice inputted to the voice input section matches the voice data of the call registration command.

7. The call registration device for an elevator according to claim 6, wherein the start command includes at least the words of greetings used in daily conversations.