ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME

• US 20140095177A1
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Tae-Hong
• Granted Patent: US 9,576,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/31 Voice input
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/06 Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids G10L15/26 takes precedence

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a voice acquirer which receives a first voice, a voice processor which processes a voice signal, a communication unit which communicates with at least one external electronic apparatus and receives information on at least one second voice, and a controller which determines whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command based on the information on at least one second voice transmitted by the communication unit, and if the first voice is not the user'"'"'s command, does not perform an operation according to the first voice.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a voice acquirer which receives a first voice;

a voice processor which processes a voice signal;

a communication unit which communicates with at least one external electronic apparatus and receives information on at least one second voice; and

a controller which determines whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command based on the information on at least one second voice transmitted by the communication unit, and if the first voice is not the user'"'"'s command, does not perform an operation according to the first voice.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit further comprises a second communication unit for a voice call, and the controller transmits voice information based on the voice input through the voice acquirer to the at least one external electronic apparatus through the communication unit when a voice call is made through the second communication unit.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit which displays an image thereon, and a voice output unit which outputs a voice corresponding to the image, wherein if the voice is output through the voice output unit corresponding to the image, the controller transmits voice information corresponding to the output voice to the at least one external electronic apparatus through the communication unit.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether a voice input through the voice acquirer is a user'"'"'s command granting a right to control the at least one external electronic apparatus, and transmits information to the at least one external electronic apparatus to notify that the controller has obtained the control right to the at least one external electronic apparatus according to a determination result.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controller determines whether a voice, which has been input through the voice acquirer after the controller has obtained the control right, is a voice command with respect to one of the at least one external electronic apparatus and transmits the voice command to the at least one external electronic apparatus according to a determination result.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein upon receiving information notifying that one of the at least one external electronic apparatus has obtained the control right through the communication unit, the controller determines that the voice which has been acquired by the voice acquirer is not a user'"'"'s command.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit receives determination result information on at least one second voice from the at least one external electronic apparatus, and the controller determines whether the voice input through the voice acquirer is a user'"'"'s command, based on the determination information.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command based on a distance between a user'"'"'s location and the electronic apparatus and the at least one external electronic apparatus.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command based on an angle between a user'"'"'s location and a location of the electronic apparatus.

10. A control method of an electronic apparatus comprising:

receiving a first voice;

receiving information on at least one second voice from at least one external electronic apparatus;

determining whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command based on information on the at least one second voice; and

not performing an operation according to the first voice if the first voice is not a user'"'"'s command.

11. The control method according to claim 10, further comprising performing communication for a voice call, and transmitting information on a calling voice input during the communication for the voice call to the at least one external electronic apparatus.

12. The control method according to claim 10, further comprising processing and displaying an image signal, and processing and outputting a voice signal corresponding to the image signal;

and

transmitting voice information corresponding to the output voice to the at least one external electronic apparatus.

13. The control method according to claim 10, further comprising determining whether the voice input to the electronic apparatus is a user'"'"'s command granting a right to control the at least one external electronic apparatus;

and

transmitting information notifying that the electronic apparatus has obtained a control right to the at least one external electronic apparatus if the voice has been determined to be the user'"'"'s command granting the control right.

14. The control method according to claim 13, further comprising determining whether a voice input to the electronic apparatus after the information notifying that the electronic apparatus has obtained the control right is a voice command to one of the at least one external electronic apparatus;

and

transmitting the voice command to a corresponding external electronic apparatus or performing a voice command by the electronic apparatus, according to the determination result.

15. The control method according to claim 10, further comprising receiving information notifying that one of the at least one external electronic apparatus has obtained the control right;

and

not performing an operation according to a voice that is input after the information notifying that the obtained control right is received.

16. The control method according to claim 10, further comprising receiving determination result information on at least one second voice from the at least one external electronic apparatus;

and

determining whether the voice input to the electronic apparatus is a user'"'"'s command, based on the received at least one determination result information.

17. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the determining whether the first voice is the user'"'"'s command further comprises determining whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command based on a distance between a user'"'"'s location and a location of the electronic apparatus and the at least one external electronic apparatus.

18. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the determining whether the first voice is the user'"'"'s command comprises determining whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command, based on an angle between a user'"'"'s location and a location of the electronic apparatus.

19. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a voice acquirer to receive a first voice;

a communication unit to receive at least one second voice;

a voice processor to process at least one of the first voice and the at lest one second voice;

a controller to determine whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command based on information on the at least one second voice transmitted by the communication unit,

wherein if it is determined that the first voice is not the user'"'"'s command, the controller does not perform an operation according to the first voice.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the controller determines whether the first voice is a user'"'"'s command granting a right to control at least one external electronic apparatus communicated with the communication unit, and transmits a notification, to the at least one external electronic apparatus, that that the controller has obtained the control right to the at least one external electronic apparatus according to a determination result.