SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE SPEECH PROCESSING

• US 20150294671A1
• Filed: 04/15/2014
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Oh, Eric, Addy, Kenneth L., Zakrewski, David S., Khot, Bharat Balaso
• Application Number:
  US14/253,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294671A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/07 to the speaker
• 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 regional monitoring system includes speech recognition circuitry having smart filtering capability to interpret speech input from a user to provide interactions between the user and the system. Received voice commands can be filtered using key words to interpret security commands which can then be executed. The system can provide audible feedback using one or more of prerecorded voice data files or synthesized speech.

Claims

1. A monitoring system comprising a manually operable user interface device coupled, at least intermittently, to a speech-to-text component and a text phrase parser component in combination to extract user speech keywords that match a list of preprogrammed and adaptive real-time security commands and wherein the system executes the commands.

2. A system as in claim 1 wherein the phrase parser component includes a plurality of preprogrammed words extracted from commands and device descriptor tables.

3. A system as in claim 2 wherein the words are from security system'"'"'s control action list and various device descriptor tables selected from a class that includes at least a zone list table, an event table, partition table, or a user table.

4. A system as in claim 1 which includes a local database of fixed words and a local database of installer or end-user custom words that could be combined to personalize the installation.

5. A system as in claim 1 wherein that the phrase parser component comprises real-time adaptive words added by users by typing or speaking the words to a user interface device comprising at least one of keypad or mobile device.

6. A system as in claim 5 wherein the real-time vocabulary list is adaptable to each user'"'"'s speech preference, grammar or accent.

7. A system as in claim 6 wherein the real-time vocabulary list can expand accordingly within each individual system based on the number of connected devices and the frequency of speech command usage.

8. A system as in claim 1 wherein interactive automated voice assistance can provide feedback for the end user to complete a selected command or a selected function.

9. A system as in claim 8 wherein a command or function can be selected from a class which includes at least, system arm, system disarm and code, leaving house, cameras, show weather, show house status, bypass zone, or bypass window.

10. A system as in claim 8 wherein when a user verbally directs the system to bypass a window, the system asks which one, and the user responds by specifying a window, and, wherein the system repeats and acknowledges the request.

11. A system as in claim 4 wherein an Installer could add specific words for a particular installation such that “

bedroom”

or “

window”

could be in the pre-loaded database of fixed words, but the installer could add locally (or via download) selected words or phrases so that an expanded would be recognizable.

12. A method comprising:

providing a user interface device and including a text-to-speech component and providing a prerecorded system status phrase component to provide user speech status feedback and audio responses confirming actions that have been executed

13. A method as in claim 12 wherein received phrases are parsed to extract keywords.

14. A method as in claim 13 which includes comparing the keywords against a list of pre-programmed words.

15. A method as in claim 14 which includes adding real-time adaptive words or phrases to the list.

16. A method as in claim 15 which includes adapting to a user'"'"'s speech preference, grammar and accent.

17. A method as in claim 15 which includes providing a database of predetermined words and custom words to be combined with the predetermined words.

18. A security system comprising a user interface device that includes a text-to-speech component and a prerecorded system status phrase component in combination to provide user speech status feedback and audio responses confirming actions executed by the security system.

19. A system as in claim 18 wherein the interface device comprises a manually operable device selected from a class which includes at least one of a key pad, a plurality of switches, a touch sensitive keyboard, a wireless communications device.

20. A system as in claim 19 which includes interactive automated voice assistance which can provide prompted help for an end user to complete a selected function.