ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140208209A1
• Filed: 12/09/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: NA, Sungchae, LEE, Jieun
• Granted Patent: US 9,304,737 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

An electronic device including a touchscreen; a voice recognition module; and a controller configured to receive a voice input through the voice recognition module when the voice recognition module has been activated, convert the voice input into text, display an object indicator for editing a preset word included in the text, receive a selection of the object indicator, provide an editing option for changing the displayed object indicator into new text to be displayed on the touchscreen, and display the new text when the editing option is selected.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touchscreen;

a voice recognition module; and

a controller configured to;

receive a voice input through the voice recognition module when the voice recognition module has been activated,

convert the voice input into text,

display an object indicator for editing a preset word included in the text,

receive a selection of the object indicator,

provide an editing option for changing the displayed object indicator into new text to be displayed on the touchscreen, and

display the new text when the editing option is selected.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the object indicator at a location on the touchscreen corresponding to where the preset word was recognized by the controller.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the preset word is not converted and displayed as text and is instead displayed as the object indicator.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the preset word includes at least one of a long syllable, a voiceless sound, and an audio signal.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the object indicator on the touchscreen for a predetermined amount of time and then stop displaying the object indicator after the predetermined amount of time has passed.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to display a window including at least one of a symbol, special character, and a graphics object to be inserted at the location where the object indicator is displayed.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to arrange and display said at least one of the symbol, special character, and graphics object in the window according to a predetermined priority order.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display an index next to each symbol, special character, and graphics object, and insert a corresponding symbol, special character or graphics object corresponding to a spoken index as the new text.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a zoom-out input by a multi-touch on the text to create a gap between the text,

display the object indicator as the gap, and

insert the new text at the gap.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to auto-complete a character that can be inserted at a location where the object indicator is displayed, upon receiving a predetermined touch input on the object indicator.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to display a plurality of candidate words on the touchscreen if a plurality of characters are to be inserted by the auto-completion.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

enter a mode for converting the voice input into text,

activate the voice recognition module in the mode, and

upon receiving a touch input for selecting at least a part of the converted text, deactivate the voice recognition module and enter a mode for editing the selected part of the converted text.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to modify attributes of the object indicator according to patterns of the received voice input.

14. A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, via a voice recognition module, a voice input when the voice recognition module has been activated;

converting, via a controller, the voice input into text;

displaying, via a touchscreen, an object indicator for editing a preset word included in the text;

receiving, via the controller, a selection of the object indicator;

providing, via the controller, an editing option for changing the displayed object indicator into new text to be displayed on the touchscreen; and

displaying, via the touchscreen, the new text when the editing option is selected.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying the object indicator at a location on the touchscreen corresponding to where the preset word was recognized by the controller.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the preset word is not converted and displayed as text and is instead displayed as the object indicator.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the preset word includes at least one of a long syllable, a voiceless sound, and an audio signal.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying the object indicator on the touchscreen for a predetermined amount of time and then stop displaying the object indicator after the predetermined amount of time has passed.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a window including at least one of a symbol, special character, and a graphics object to be inserted at the location where the object indicator is displayed.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

arranging and displaying said at least one of the symbol, special character, and graphics object in the window according to a predetermined priority order.