INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150269944A1
• Filed: 08/15/2014
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Zhixiang
• Granted Patent: US 9,367,202 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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 2015/226 using non-speech characteristics

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an information processing method for addressing the technical problem that an operation mode of a voice input interface of a conventional electronic device is not flexible. The method comprises steps of: obtaining a voice input trigger operation by an sensing unit; in response to the voice input trigger operation, starting a voice processing system, and displaying a voice indicator in a display unit, the voice indicator occupying a portion of the display area; obtaining an input operation for moving the voice indicator by the sensing unit; making a response to the input operation for moving; controlling movement of the voice indicator within the display area based on the input operation for moving; determining a corresponding control command based on parameter information of the input operation for moving, the control command being used for controlling a processing procedure of the voice processing system. The present disclosure also provides an electronic device for implementing the method.

Claims

1. An information processing method applied in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display unit, a sensing unit and a voice processing system, the display unit comprising a display area, and the method comprising:

obtaining a voice input trigger operation by the sensing unit;

in response to the voice input trigger operation, starting the voice processing system and simultaneously displaying a voice indicator in the display unit, the voice indicator occupying a portion of the display area, the voice processing system being used for processing voice input information obtained by the electronic device, the voice indicator being used for indicating a processing procedure of the voice processing system;

obtaining, by the sensing unit, an input operation for moving the voice indicator;

making a response to the input operation for moving;

controlling movement of the voice indicator within the display area based on the input operation for moving;

determining a corresponding control command based on parameter information of the input operation for moving, the control command being used for controlling the processing procedure of the voice processing system.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the voice processing system has M processing stages corresponding to M prompt effects which are different from each other, and wherein M is a positive integer no less than 1;

after determining the corresponding control command based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving, the method further comprises;

during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, displaying on a real-time basis, in a region identified by the voice indictor, i-th prompt effect corresponding to an i-th processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated, wherein i is a positive integer no greater than M.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the voice processing system has M processing stages corresponding to M prompt effects which are different from each other, and each of the M processing stages has corresponding output content, wherein M is a positive integer no less than 1;

after determining the corresponding control command based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving, the method further comprises;

during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, obtaining on a real-time basis, j-th output content corresponding to a j-th processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated, and overlaying the j-th output content on the j-th prompt effect corresponding to the j-th processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated for displaying in the region identified by the voice indictor, wherein j is a positive integer no greater than M.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein each of the M processing stages corresponds to N control commands, and different processing stages correspond to different control commands;

before determining the corresponding control command based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving, the method further comprises;

during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, displaying on a real-time basis, around the voice indictor, command logos of the N control commands corresponding to the processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated according to a predetermined relationship, so that the corresponding control command can be determined based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein each of the M processing stages corresponds to N control commands, and different processing stages correspond to different control commands;

before determining the corresponding control command based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving, the method further comprises;

during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, displaying on a real-time basis, around the voice indictor, command logos of the N control commands corresponding to the processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated according to a predetermined relationship, so that the corresponding control command can be determined based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined relationship is determined according to a display position corresponding to an ending time of the voice indicator and the N control commands.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined relationship is determined according to a display position corresponding to an ending time of the voice indicator and the N control commands.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the voice input trigger operation by the sensing unit comprises:

obtaining a sliding operation trajectory by the sensing unit;

when it is determined that a sliding operation corresponding to the sliding operation trajectory is an operation that goes away from a first edge of the display area, determining the sliding operation as the voice input trigger operation, wherein the first edge is an edge in a horizontal direction of the edges contained in the display area.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein displaying the voice indicator in the display unit comprises:

determining a corresponding display position of the voice indicator in the display area, according to an end point of the sliding operation trajectory; and

displaying the voice indicator based on the display position.

10. An electronic device that comprises a display unit, a sensing unit and a voice processing system, the display unit comprising a display area, and the electronic device comprising:

a first acquisition unit configured to obtain a voice input trigger operation by the sensing unit;

a first response unit configured to, in response to the voice input trigger operation, start the voice processing system and simultaneously display a voice indicator in the display unit, the voice indicator occupying a portion of the display area, the voice processing system being used for processing voice input information obtained by the electronic device, the voice indicator being used for indicating a processing procedure of the voice processing system;

a second acquisition unit configured to obtain, by the sensing unit, an input operation for moving the voice indicator;

a second response unit configured to make a response to the input operation for moving;

a control unit configured to control movement of the voice indicator within the display area based on the input operation for moving;

a determining unit configured to determine a corresponding control command based on parameter information of the input operation for moving, the control command being used for controlling the processing procedure of the voice processing system.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the voice processing system has M processing stages corresponding to M prompt effects which are different from each other, and wherein M is a positive integer no less than 1;

the electronic device further comprises a first processing unit configure to, during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, display on a real-time basis, in a region identified by the voice indictor, i-th prompt effect corresponding to an i-th processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated, wherein i is a positive integer no greater than M.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the voice processing system has M processing stages corresponding to M prompt effects which are different from each other, and each of the M processing stages has corresponding output content, wherein M is a positive integer no less than 1;

the electronic device further comprises a second processing unit configure to, during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, obtain on a real-time basis j-th output content corresponding to a j-th processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated, and overlay the j-th output content on the j-th prompt effect corresponding to the j-th processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated for displaying in the region identified by the voice indictor, wherein j is a positive integer no greater than M.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein each of the M processing stages corresponds to N control commands, and different processing stages correspond to different control commands;

the electronic device further comprises a third processing unit configure to, during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, display on a real-time basis, around the voice indictor, command logos of the N control commands corresponding to the processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated according to a predetermined relationship, so that the corresponding control command can be determined based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving.

14. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein each of the M processing stages corresponds to N control commands, and different processing stages correspond to different control commands;

the electronic device further comprises a third processing unit configure to, during the procedure of processing the voice input information by the voice processing system, display on a real-time basis, around the voice indictor, command logos of the N control commands corresponding to the processing stage in which the voice processing system is situated according to a predetermined relationship, so that the corresponding control command can be determined based on the parameter information of the input operation for moving.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined relationship is determined according to a display position corresponding to an ending time of the voice indicator and the N control commands.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined relationship is determined according to a display position corresponding to an ending time of the voice indicator and the N control commands.

17. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the first acquisition unit is further configured to

obtain a sliding operation trajectory by the sensing unit;

when it is determined that a sliding operation corresponding to the sliding operation trajectory is an operation that goes away from a first edge of the display area, determine the sliding operation as the voice input trigger operation, wherein the first edge is an edge in a horizontal direction of the edges contained in the display area.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the first response unit is further configured to

determine a corresponding display position of the voice indicator in the display area, according to an end point of the sliding operation trajectory;

and

display the voice indicator based on the display position.