WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OPERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20140222432A1
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2013
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ahn, Jihyun, Kim, Sora, Kim, Jinyong, Kim, Hyunkyoung, Kim, Heewoon, Ahn, Yumi
• Application Number:
  US14/175,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20140222432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/257
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/175 Static expression
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/25 using position of the lips, movement of the lips or face analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/226 using non-speech characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

A voice talk function-enabled terminal and voice talk control method for outputting distinct content based on the current emotional state, age, and gender of the user are provided. The mobile terminal supporting a voice talk function includes a display unit, an audio processing unit, which selects content corresponding to a first criterion associated with a user in response to a user input, determines a content output scheme based on a second criterion associated with the user, and outputs the selected content through the display unit and audio processing unit according to the content output scheme.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal supporting a voice talk function, the terminal comprising:

a display unit;

an audio processing unit;

a control unit configured to select content corresponding to a first criterion associated with a user in response to a user input, determine a content output scheme based on a second criterion associated with the user, and output the selected content through the display unit and audio processing unit according to the content output scheme.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the first criterion is a current emotional state of the user, and the second criterion is user information including at least one of age and gender of the user.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the content corresponding to the first criterion, the corresponding content comprises at least one predetermined content according to the emotional state of the user.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the content based on the first criterion and user'"'"'s past content playback history.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the content based on the first criterion and current location information of the terminal.

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit selects the content based on content output history in association with past emotional states of the user.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the audio processing unit receives speech of the user, and the control unit selects the content corresponding to a phrase acquired from the speech based on the first criterion.

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the control unit acquires a second criterion based on words constituting the phrase.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit changes at least one of words constituting the content, output speed of the content, and output size of the content based on the second criterion and outputs the content according to the content output scheme.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the audio processing unit receives speech of the user, and the control unit changes, when a phrase acquired from the speech is a request for changing the content output scheme, the content output scheme.

11. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit changes the content output scheme determined based on the second criterion using past content output scheme history of the user and outputs the content according to the changed content output scheme.

12. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera unit which takes a face image of the user, wherein the control unit automatically acquires the first criterion based on the face image of the user.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit acquires the first criterion from predetermined per-emotional state expression information based on facial expressions acquired from the user'"'"'s face image.

14. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera unit which takes a face image of the user, wherein the audio processing unit receives speech of the user and the control unit automatically acquires the second criterion based on at least one of the user'"'"'s face image and speech.

15. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit receives the first and second criteria through the audio processing unit.

16. A voice talk method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

selecting content corresponding to a first criterion associated with a user in response to a user input;

determining a content output scheme based on a second criterion associated with the user; and

outputting the selected content through a display unit and an audio processing unit of the mobile terminal according to the content output scheme.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first criterion is a current emotional state of the user, and the second criterion is user information including at least one of age and gender of the user.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein selecting the content comprises selecting the content corresponding to the first criterion, the corresponding content comprises at least one predetermined content according to the emotional state of the user.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein selecting the content comprises selecting the content based on the first criterion and the user'"'"'s past content playback history.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein selecting the content comprises selecting the content based on the first criterion and current location information of the terminal.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein selecting the content comprises selecting the content based on content output history in association with past emotional states of the user.

22. The method of claim 16 further comprising receiving speech of the user, wherein selecting the content comprises selecting the content corresponding to a phrase acquired from the speech based on the first criterion.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising acquiring a second criterion based on words constituting the phrase.

24. The method of claim 16, wherein determining the content output scheme comprises changing at least one of words constituting the content, output speed of the content, and output size of the content based on the second criterion, and outputting the content according to the content output scheme.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising receiving speech of the user, and wherein determining the content output scheme comprises changing, when a phrase acquired from the speech is a request for changing the content output scheme, the content output scheme.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein determining the content output scheme comprises changing the content output scheme determined based on the second criterion using the past content output scheme history of the user.

27. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a face image of the user; and

automatically acquiring the first criterion based on the face image of the user.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein acquiring the first criterion comprises acquiring the first criterion from predetermined per-emotional state expression information based on facial expressions acquired from the user'"'"'s face image.

29. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving at least one of a face image and speech of the user; and

automatically acquiring the second criterion based on the at least one of the user'"'"'s face image and speech.

30. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving the first and second criteria through the audio processing unit.