VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING VOICE

• US 20150187354A1
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Ki Cheol
• Granted Patent: US 10,037,757 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Abstract

A voice recognition apparatus according to the embodiment includes a first user input unit for receiving a first user command; a second user input unit for receiving a second user command; and a control unit for executing a specific function according to a combination of the first and second user commands input through the first and second user input units.

Claims

1. A voice recognition apparatus comprising:

a first user input unit for receiving a first user command;

a second user input unit for receiving a second user command; and

a control unit for executing a specific function according to a combination of the first and second user commands input through the first and second user input units.

2. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second user input units receive the first and second user commands, which are different from each other, respectively.

3. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first user input unit includes at least one of a touch screen, a remote control apparatus, a local key and a key button related to the voice recognition apparatus, and the second user input unit includes a voice recognition module for recognizing a user voice.

4. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit activates the second user input unit to receive the second user command when the first user command is input through the first user input unit.

5. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control unit activates the second user input unit while the first user command is being input through the first user input unit and inactivates the second user input unit when the input of the first user is stopped.

6. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first user command includes a command for activating the second user input unit.

7. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs a control signal for shutting off an audio output of a peripheral device when the first user command is input.

8. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit increases a sensitivity of a voice recognition function which is performed through the second user input unit when the first user command is input.

18. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control unit is configured to

determine whether the first command is input through the first command input unit,

increase the sensitivity for a voice recognition of the second command input unit when the first command is input through the first command input unit,

determine whether the input of the first command through the first command input unit is stopped, and

decrease the sensitivity for the voice recognition of the second command input unit when the input of the first command is stopped.

19. The voice recognition apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second user command is recognized by the second user input unit when the first user command is inputted by the first input unit.

9. A method of recognizing a voice, the method comprising:

receiving a first user command;

receiving a second user command as the first user command is input; and

executing a specific function corresponding to the second user command.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first user command includes a command for activating a voice recognition function of receiving the second user command.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first user command is input through at least one of a touch screen, a remote control apparatus, a local key and a key button related to the voice recognition apparatus, and the second user command includes a user voice recognized through a voice recognition module.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving of the second user command includes:

activating a voice recognition function as the first user command is input; and

receiving the second user command while the first user command is being input.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

inactivating the voice recognition function when the input of the first user command is stopped.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

shutting off an audio output through a peripheral device when the first user command is input.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

increasing a voice recognition sensitivity for receiving the second user command to a first level as the first user command is input.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

decreasing the voice recognition sensitivity to a second level lower than the first level when the input of the first user command is stopped, wherein the first and second levels are settable and changeable by a user.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the second user command is recognized when the first user command is inputted.