VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS

• US 20140309996A1
• Filed: 04/01/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Original Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Inventors: Zhang, Guo-Feng
• Application Number:
  US14/231,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20140309996A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• 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 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/16 Transforming into a non-visible representation devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F11/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A voice control method and a mobile terminal apparatus are provided. The mobile terminal apparatus includes a voice receiving module, a voice outputting module, a voice wake-up module and a language recognition module. When the voice wake-up module determined that a first voice signal matches to identification information, the voice receiving module is turned on. When the voice receiving module receives a second voice signal after the first voice signal, the language recognition module parses the second voice signal and obtains a voice recognition result. When the voice recognition result includes an executing request, the language recognition module executes a responding operation, and the voice receiving module is turned off from receiving a third voice signal. When the voice recognition result does not include the executing request, the language recognition module executes a speech conversation mode.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal apparatus, comprising:

a voice receiving module;

a voice outputting module;

a voice wake-up module, determining whether a first voice signal matching identification information is received; and

a language recognition module, coupled to the voice receiving module, the voice outputting module and the voice wake-up module, wherein when the voice wake-up module determines that the first voice signal matches the identification information, the mobile terminal apparatus turns on the voice receiving module, and the language recognition module determines whether the voice receiving module receives a second voice signal after the first voice signal, the language recognition module executes a speech conversation mode if the voice receiving module does not receive the second voice signal, and the language recognition module parses the second voice signal and obtains a voice recognition result if the voice receiving module receives the second voice signal,

wherein when the voice recognition result comprises a executing request, the language recognition module executes a responding operation, and the mobile terminal apparatus turns off the voice receiving module to receive a third voice signal, and when the voice recognition result does not comprises an executing request, the language recognition module executes the speech conversation mode.

2. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein while executing the speech conversation mode, the language recognition module automatically sends a voice response to inquire request information from a user.

3. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the user outputs a fourth voice signal in response, the language recognition module determines whether the fourth voice signal matches conversation end prompt information or comprises the executing request.

4. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the fourth voice signal matches the conversation end prompt information or comprises the executing request, the language recognition module ends the speech conversation mode according to the conversation end prompt information or executes the corresponding executing request.

5. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the fourth voice signal neither matches the conversation end prompt information nor comprises the executing request, the language recognition module re-executes the speech conversation mode.

6. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 5, wherein if the user does not output the fourth voice signal while the language recognition module executes the speech conversation mode, the language recognition module re-executes the speech conversation mode.

7. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, wherein if, within a predetermined time period, a number of the language recognition module automatically sending the voice response to inquire request information from the user due to the fourth voice signal sent by the user not matching the conversation end prompt information or not comprising the executing request, or the user never sending the fourth voice signal is over a predetermined number, the language recognition module ends the speech conversation mode, and the mobile terminal apparatus turns off the voice receiving module.

8. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the executing request is an operation command, the language recognition module turns on an operation function corresponding to the operation command.

9. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the executing request is an inquiry sentence, the language recognition module sends a voice response corresponding to the inquiry sentence from the voice outputting module.

10. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal apparatus automatically turns on the voice receiving module after a conversation round by default, unless the user sends a conversation end prompt information in the former conversation round.

11. A voice control method for a mobile terminal apparatus, comprising:

determining whether a first voice signal matching identification information is received;

determining whether a second voice signal is received after the first voice signal when the first voice signal matches the identification information;

executing a speech conversation mode if not receiving the second voice signal;

parsing the second voice signal to obtain a voice recognition result if receiving the second voice signal;

when the voice recognition result comprises the executing request, executing a responding operation and turning off from receiving a third voice signal; and

executing the speech conversation mode when the voice recognition result does not comprise the executing request.

12. The voice control method according to claim 11, wherein the step of executing the speech conversation mode further comprises:

automatically sending a voice response by the language recognition module to inquire request information from a user.

13. The voice control method according to claim 12, further comprising:

when the user outputs a fourth voice signal in response, the language recognition module determining whether the fourth voice signal matches conversation end prompt information or comprises the executing request.

14. The voice control method according to claim 13, further comprising:

when the fourth voice signal matches the conversation end prompt information or comprises the executing request, the language recognition module ending the speech conversation mode according to the conversation end prompt information or executing the corresponding executing request.

15. The voice control method according to claim 13, further comprising:

when the fourth voice signal neither matches the conversation end prompt information nor comprises the executing request, the language recognition module re-executing the speech conversation mode.

16. The voice control method according to claim 15, further comprising:

if the user does not output the fourth voice signal while executing the speech conversation mode, the language recognition module re-executing the speech conversation mode.

17. The voice control method according to claim 15 or 16, further comprising:

wherein if, within a predetermined time period, a number of the language recognition module automatically sending the voice response to inquire request information from the user due to the fourth voice signal sent by the user not matching the conversation end prompt information or not comprising the executing request, or the user never sending the fourth voice signal is over a predetermined number, the language recognition module ending the speech conversation mode, and the mobile terminal apparatus turning off a voice receiving module.

18. The voice control method according to claim 11, wherein the step of executing the responding operation when the voice recognition result comprises the executing request comprises:

when the executing request is an operation command, turning on an operation function corresponding to the operation command.

19. The voice control method according to claim 11, wherein the step of executing the responding operation when the voice recognition result comprises the executing request further comprises:

when the executing request is an inquiry sentence, sending a voice response corresponding to the inquiry sentence.

20. The voice control method according to claim 11, further comprising:

the mobile terminal apparatus automatically turning on the voice receiving module after a conversation round by default, unless the user sends a conversation end prompt information in the former conversation round.