INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20140304605A1
• Filed: 03/11/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: OHMURA, Junki, Kohno, Michinari, Okada, Kenich
• Granted Patent: US 9,720,644 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A system that acquires captured voice data corresponding to a spoken command; sequentially analyzes the captured voice data; causes a display to display a visual indication corresponding to the sequentially analyzed captured voice data; and performs a predetermined operation corresponding to the spoken command when it is determined that the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire captured voice data corresponding to a spoken command;

sequentially analyze the captured voice data;

cause a display to display a visual indication corresponding to the sequentially analyzed captured voice data; and

perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the spoken command when it is determined that the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display the visual indication corresponding to the sequentially analyzed captured voice data before the spoken command is completed.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display an interface including a plurality of operation targets.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to apply a predetermined effect to at least one of the plurality of operation targets that is capable of being controlled by the spoken command.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to apply a predetermined effect to at least one of the plurality of operation targets that is capable of being controlled by the spoken command upon acquiring the captured voice data corresponding to the spoken command.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine that the spoken command corresponds to the at least one of the plurality of operation targets;

perform, as the predetermined operation, an operation corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of targets when the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete; and

cause the display to stop applying the predetermined effect to the at least one of the plurality of the operation targets when the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display text corresponding a command applicable to at least one of the plurality of operation targets.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display the text corresponding the command applicable to the at least one of the plurality of operation targets at a position corresponding to a display position of the at least one of the plurality of operation targets.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

detect that voice data is captured; and

cause the display to display text corresponding to a command applicable to at least one of the plurality of operation targets upon detecting that the voice data is captured.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display text corresponding a command applicable to an item displayed on the display at a position corresponding to a display position of the item displayed on the display.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display a visual indication corresponding a level of the captured voice data.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

cause the display to apply a first predetermined effect to a displayed image when the level of the captured voice data is within a predetermined range;

cause the display to display a second predetermined effect to the displayed image when the level of the captured voice data is lower than the predetermined range; and

cause the display to display a third predetermined effect to the displayed image when the level of the captured voice data is higher than the predetermined range.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display, as the visual indication, a graphic corresponding to an amount of the sequentially analyzed captured voice data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein

the graphic is at least one of a sequence of symbols, an abstract graphic, or an indicator having a size corresponding to the amount of sequentially analyzed captured voice data.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to replace the graphic with information corresponding to the spoken command when it is determined that the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein

the spoken command includes a plurality of words, and

the circuitry is configured to cause the display to display, as the visual indication, each of the plurality of words sequentially based on the sequential analysis of the captured voice data.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone configured to capture the voice data corresponding to the spoken command.

18. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the display configured to display the visual indication.

19. A method comprising:

acquiring captured voice data corresponding to a spoken command;

sequentially analyzing the captured voice data;

causing a display to display a visual indication corresponding to the sequentially analyzed captured voice data; and

performing a predetermined operation corresponding to the spoken command when it is determined that the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, which, when executed by a system, cause the system to:

acquire captured voice data corresponding to a spoken command;

sequentially analyze the captured voice data;

cause a display to display a visual indication corresponding to the sequentially analyzed captured voice data; and

perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the spoken command when it is determined that the sequential analysis of the captured voice data is complete.