Voice Outputting Method, Voice Interaction Method and Electronic Device

• US 20140025383A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Qianying, Wang, Hao, Dai, Haisheng
• Application Number:
  US13/943,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025383A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/10 Prosody rules derived from text; Stress or intonation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/63 for estimating an emotional state

Abstract

A voice outputting method, a voice interaction method and an electronic device are described The method includes acquiring a first content to be output; analyzing the first content to acquire a first emotion information for expressing the emotion carried by the first content to be output; acquiring a first voice data to be output corresponding to the first content; processing the first voice data to be output based on the first emotion information to generate a second voice data to be output with a second emotion information, wherein the second emotion information is used to express the emotion of the electronic device outputting the second voice data to be output to enable the user to acquire the emotion of the electronic device, and wherein the first and the second emotion information are matched to and/or correlated to each other; outputting the second voice data to be output.

Claims

1. A voice output method applied in an electronic device, characterized in that, the method comprises:

acquiring a first content to be output;

analyzing the first content to be output to acquire a first emotion information for expressing the emotion carried by the first content to be output;

acquiring a first voice data to be output corresponding to the first content to be output;

processing the first voice data to be output based on the first emotion information to generate a second voice data to be output with a second emotion information, wherein the second emotion information is used to express the emotion of the electronic device outputting the second voice data to be output to enable the user to acquire the emotion of the electronic device, and wherein the first emotion information and the second emotion information are matched to/correlated to each other;

outputting the second voice data to be output.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, acquiring a first content to be output is:

acquiring the voice data received via a instant message application;

acquiring the voice data input via the voice input means of the electronic device;

or

acquiring the text information displayed on the display unit of the electronic device.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, when the first content to be output is the voice data, analyzing the first content to be output to acquire a first emotion information comprises:

comparing the audio spectrum of the voice data with every characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates respectively to acquire the M comparison results of the audio spectrum of the voice data against every characteristic spectrum template, wherein M is a integral greater than 2;

determining the characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates having the highest similarity with the voice data based on the M comparison results;

determining the emotion information corresponding to the characteristic spectrum template having the highest similarity as the first emotion information.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, processing the first voice data to be output based on the first emotion information to generate a second voice data to be output with a second emotion information comprises:

adjusting the tone, the volume of the words corresponding to the first voice data to be output or the pause time between words to generate the second voice data.

5. A voice interaction method applied in an electronic device, characterized in that, the method comprises:

receiving a first voice data input by a user;

analyzing the first voice data to acquire a first emotion information, wherein the first emotion information is used to express the emotion of the user when the user input the first voice data;

acquiring a first response voice data with respect to the first voice data;

processing the first response voice data based on the first emotion information to generate a second response voice data with a second emotion information;

the second emotion information is used to express the emotion of the electronic device outputting the second voice data to be output to enable the user to acquire the emotion of the electronic device, and wherein the first emotion information and the second emotion information are matched to/correlated to each other;

outputting the second response voice data.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, analyzing the first voice data to acquire a first emotion information comprises:

comparing the audio spectrum of the first voice data with every characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates respectively to acquire the M comparison results of the audio spectrum of the voice data against every characteristic spectrum template, wherein M is a integral greater than 2;

determining the characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates having the highest similarity with the voice data based on the M comparison results;

determining the emotion information corresponding to the characteristic spectrum template having the highest similarity as the first emotion information.

7. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, analyzing the first voice data to acquire a first emotion information comprises:

determining whether the times of the consecutive input are larger than a predetermined value;

when the times of the consecutive input are larger than a predetermined value, determining the emotion information in the first voice data as the first emotion information.

8. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, processing the first response voice data based on the first emotion information to generate a second response voice data with a second emotion information comprises:

adjusting the tone, the volume of the words corresponding to the first response voice data to be output or the pause time between words to generate the second response voice data.

9. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that, processing the first response voice data based on the first emotion information to generate a second response voice data with a second emotion information comprises:

adding the voice data expressing the second emotion information to the first response voice data based on the first emotion information to acquire the second response voice data.

10. An electronic device, characterized in that, the electronic device comprises:

a circuit board;

an acquiring unit electrically connected to the circuit board for acquiring a first content to be output;

a processing chip set on the circuit board for analyzing the first content to be output to acquire a first emotion information for expressing the emotion carried by the first content to be output;

acquiring a first voice data to be output corresponding to the first content to be output;

processing the first voice data to be output based on the first emotion information to generate a second voice data to be output with a second emotion information, wherein the second emotion information is used to express the emotion of the electronic device outputting the second voice data to be output to enable the user to acquire the emotion of the electronic device, and wherein the first emotion information and the second emotion information are matched to/correlated to each other;

an output unit electrically connected to the processing chip 303 for outputting the second voice data to be output.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, characterized in that, when the first content to be output is the voice data, the processing chip is used to compare the audio spectrum of the voice data with every characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates respectively to acquire the M comparison results of the audio spectrum of the voice data against every characteristic spectrum template, wherein M is a integral greater than 2;

determine the characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates having the highest similarity with the voice data based on the M comparison results;

determine the emotion information corresponding to the characteristic spectrum template having the highest similarity as the first emotion information.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10, characterized in that, the processing chip is used to adjust the tone, the volume of the words corresponding to the first voice data to be output or the pause time between words to generate the second voice data.

13. An electronic device, characterized in that, the electronic device comprises:

a circuit board;

a voice receiving unit electrically connected to the circuit board for receiving a first voice input of a user;

a processing chip set on the circuit board for analyzing the first voice data to acquire a first emotion information, wherein the first emotion information is used to express the emotion of the user when the user input the first voice data;

acquiring a first response voice data with respect to the first voice data;

processing the first response voice data based on the first emotion information to generate a second response voice with a second emotion information;

the second emotion information is used to express the emotion of the electronic device outputting the second voice data to be output to enable the user to acquire the emotion of the electronic device, and wherein the first emotion information and the second emotion information are matched to/correlated to each other;

an output unit electrically connected to the processing chip for outputting the second response voice data.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, characterized in that, the processing chip is used to compare the audio spectrum of the first voice data with every characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates respectively to acquire the M comparison results of the audio spectrum of the voice data against every characteristic spectrum template, wherein M is a integral greater than 2;

determine the characteristic spectrum template among the M characteristic spectrum templates having the highest similarity with the voice data based on the M comparison results;

determine the emotion information corresponding to the characteristic spectrum template having the highest similarity as the first emotion information.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13, characterized in that, the processing chip is used to determine whether the times of the consecutive input are larger than a predetermined value;

when the times of the consecutive input are larger than a predetermined value, determine the emotion information in the first voice data as the first emotion information.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13, characterized in that, the processing chip is used to adjust the tone, the volume of the words corresponding to the first response voice data to be output or the pause time between words to generate the second response voice data.

17. The electronic device according to claim 13, characterized in that, the processing chip is used to add the voice data expressing the second emotion information to the first response voice data based on the first emotion information to acquire the second response voice data.