IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20140122089A1
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Joo-yeong, PARK, Sang-shin, BAN, Seok-ho
• Application Number:
  US13/845,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20140122089A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/00 Speech recognition G10L17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo

Abstract

An image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus includes: a voice input which receives a user'"'"'s speech; a voice processor which performs a preset operation according to a voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech; and a controller which adjusts the preset operation of the voice command if the user'"'"'s speech input into the voice input does not match the preset operation determined by the voice processor, and performs the adjusted preset operation that matches the user'"'"'s speech according to the adjustment result.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a voice input which receives a user'"'"'s speech;

a voice processor which performs a preset operation according to a voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech; and

a controller configured to provide a user interface (UI) for adjusting a designation state of the preset operation corresponding to the voice command, and configured to perform a second operation upon receiving an input of the user'"'"'s speech if the preset operation designated for a voice command of a predetermined speech is adjusted from a first operation to the second operation through the UI.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the UI instructs a user to speak, and the controller selects one operation of a plurality of preset operations as the second operation corresponding to the voice command of the user'"'"'s speech if the user'"'"'s speech is input to the voice input according to the instructions to speak.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the UI instructs a user to manipulate a plurality of input buttons installed in a user input, and the controller selects an operation designated in advance for the input button manipulated according to the instructions to manipulate the plurality of input buttons installed in the user input, as the second operation out of the plurality of preset operations.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the UI comprises a list of a plurality of preset operations, and the controller selects an operation selected from the list of the plurality of preset operations, as the second operation.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the UI is provided to set a macro instruction for sequentially executing a plurality of operations corresponding to a plurality of speeches by inputting a single speech of the user.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller executes the macro instruction if the user'"'"'s single speech, corresponding to a first operation from among the plurality of preset operations included in the macro instruction, is input into the voice input.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a communication component which is connected to a communication server, wherein the controller controls one of the voice processor and the server to process the voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech when the user'"'"'s speech is input into the voice input.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the communication component communicates with a speech-to-text (STT) server which converts the user'"'"'s speech into a voice command including text, and the controller transmits a voice signal of the user'"'"'s speech to the STT server if the user'"'"'s speech is input into the voice input, and receives the voice command from the STT server corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller controls the voice processor to process the voice command if the voice command is a short sentence, and controls the server to process the voice command if the voice command is a conversational sentence.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image processor which processes an image signal to display an image based on the processed image signal; and

a display which displays an image thereon based on the image signal processed by the image processor.

2. (canceled)

12. A control method of an image processing apparatus comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s speech;

performing a preset operation according to a voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech;

providing a user interface (UI) for adjusting a designation state of the preset operation with respect to the voice command;

adjusting the designation state of the preset operation with respect to the voice command; and

setting the image apparatus to perform a second operation upon receiving the user'"'"'s speech if the preset operation designated for a voice command of a predetermined speech is adjusted from a first operation to the second operation through the UI.

14. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the UI instructs a user to speak, and the setting comprises selecting one operation of the plurality of preset operations as the second operation corresponding to the voice command of the user'"'"'s speech through the UI if the user'"'"'s speech is input according to the instructions to speak.

15. The control method according to claim 14, wherein the UI instructs a user to manipulate a plurality of input buttons installed in a user input of the image processing apparatus, and the setting comprises selecting an operation designated in advance for the input button manipulated according to the instructions to manipulate the plurality of input buttons installed in the user input, as the second operation.

16. The control method according to claim 14, wherein the UI comprises a list of a plurality of preset operations, and the setting comprises selecting an operation from the list of the plurality of preset operations, as the second operation.

17. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the UI is provided to set a macro instruction for sequentially executing a plurality of operations corresponding to a plurality of speeches by inputting a user'"'"'s single speech.

18. The control method according to claim 17, further comprising executing the macro instruction if the user'"'"'s single speech corresponding to a first operation from among the plurality of preset operations included in the macro instruction, is input into the voice input.

19. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the image processing apparatus communicates with a server, and the performing the preset operation comprises processing the voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech by one of the image processing apparatus and the server.

20. The control method according to claim 19, wherein the inputting the user'"'"'s speech comprises transmitting a voice signal of the user'"'"'s speech to a speech-to-text (STT) server, and

wherein the image processing apparatus communicates with the STT server which converts the user'"'"'s speech into the voice command including text, and receives the voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech from the STT server.

21. The control method according to claim 19, wherein the controlling comprises controlling the image processing apparatus to process the voice command if the voice command is a short sentence and controlling the server to process the voice command if the voice command is a conversational sentence.

13. (canceled)

22. An image processing system comprising:

an image processing apparatus which processes an image signal to display an image based on the processed image signal;

a server which communicates with the image processing apparatus,

wherein the image processing apparatus comprises a voice input which receives a user'"'"'s speech;

a voice processor which performs a preset operation according to a voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech; and

a controller which controls one of the voice processor and the server to process the voice command corresponding to the user'"'"'s speech when the user'"'"'s speech is input through the voice input, wherein the controller is configured to provide a user interface (UI) for adjusting a designation state of the preset operation corresponding to the voice command, and configured to perform a second operation upon receiving an input of the user'"'"'s speech if the preset operation designated for a voice command of a predetermined speech is adjusted from a first operation to the second operation through the UI.

23. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a voice input which receives a user'"'"'s voice command;

a voice processor which determines a preset operation of an image processing apparatus corresponding to the user'"'"'s voice command; and

a controller which provides a user interface (UI) for adjusting the preset operation corresponding to the user'"'"'s voice command, and performs the adjusted operation upon receiving a subsequent input of the user'"'"'s voice command.

25. The image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the controller provides a second UI to set a macro instruction for sequentially executing a plurality of operations of the image processing apparatus corresponding to a user'"'"'s single voice command.

26. The image processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the controller executes the macro instruction if the user'"'"'s single voice command is input into the voice input.

24. (canceled)