ELECTRONIC DEVICE GENERATING NOTIFICATION BASED ON CONTEXT DATA IN RESPONSE TO SPEECH PHRASE FROM USER

• US 20170154176A1
• Filed: 12/01/2015
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Yun, Sungrack, Kim, Taesu, Kim, Sungwoong, Kim, Heeman
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• 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 2015/228 of application context
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

A method for generating a notification by an electronic device to alert a user of the electronic device is disclosed. In this method, a speech phrase may be received. Then, the received speech phrase may be recognized, by a processor, as a command to generate the notification. In addition, one or more context data of the electronic device may be detected by at least one sensor. It may be determined whether the notification is to be generated at least based on the context data. The notification may be generated, by the processor, based on the context data and the command to generate the notification.

Claims

1. A method for generating a notification by an electronic device, comprising:

receiving a speech phrase;

recognizing, by a processor, the speech phrase as a command to generate the notification;

detecting, by at least one sensor, context data of the electronic device; and

generating, by the processor, the notification based on the context data and the command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the context data is at least based on one among a user input, movement of the electronic device, timing information, location information of the electronic device, ambient light value, and an input sound.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the notification comprises determining whether the notification is to be generated at least based on the context data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether the notification is to be generated comprises deactivating a silent mode of the electronic device upon determining that the notification is to be generated.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether the notification is to be generated comprises determining that the notification is not to be generated upon detecting that the context data includes the user input.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the notification is to be generated comprises at least one of:

determining whether the timing information is within a predetermined time period during which the notification is not to be generated;

or

determining whether the location information of the electronic device corresponds to a predetermined location where the notification is not to be generated.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a speech phrase comprises receiving, by a sound sensor, a first speech phrase and a second speech phrase, and

wherein recognizing the speech phrase as a command to generate the notification comprises recognizing the speech phrase as the command to generate the notification in response to determining that the first speech phrase and the second speech phrase are received within a predetermined time period.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein recognizing the speech phrase as a command to generate the notification comprises recognizing the first speech phrase as a command to activate a voice assistant unit in the electronic device and the second speech phrase as the command to generate the notification.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a speech phrase comprises receiving, by a communication unit, the speech phrase from an external device, and

wherein generating the notification comprises transmitting, by the communication unit, location information of the electronic device to the external device.

10. The method of claim 4, further comprising

locking the electronic device to prevent unauthorized access to the electronic device in response to determining that the notification is to be generated.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising unlocking the electronic device in response to receiving a user input.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the notification comprises generating, by an output unit, at least one of audible sound, vibration, or visible light indicative of the notification.

13. An electronic device for generating a notification, comprising:

a sound sensor configured to receive a speech phrase;

a speech recognition unit configured to recognize the speech phrase as a command to generate the notification;

a sensor unit configured to detect context data of the electronic device; and

a processor configured to generate the notification based on the context data and the command.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising an output unit configured to generate at least one of audible sound, vibration, or visible light indicative of the notification.

15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the sensor unit is further configured to detect the context data at least based on one among a user input, movement of the electronic device, timing information, location information of the electronic device, ambient light value, and an input sound.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor comprises a notification processing unit configured to determine whether the notification is to be generated at least based on the context data.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the notification processing unit is further configured to determine whether the notification is to be generated based on at least one of:

determining that the notification is not to be generated upon detecting that the context data includes the user input;

determining whether the timing information is within a predetermined time period during which the notification is not to be generated;

or

determining whether the location information of the electronic device corresponds to a predetermined location where the notification is not to be generated.

18. The electronic device of claim 13,

wherein the sound sensor is further configured to receive a first speech phrase and a second speech phrase as the speech phrase, and

wherein the speech recognition unit is further configured to recognize the speech phrase as a command to generate the notification in response to determining that the first speech phrase and the second speech phrase are received within a predetermined time period.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, further comprising a voice assistant unit,

wherein the speech recognition unit is further configured to recognize the first speech phrase as a command to activate the voice assistant unit, and

wherein the voice assistant unit is configured to recognize the second speech phrase as the command to generate the notification.

20. The electronic device of claim 13, further comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive the speech phrase from an external device and transmit location information of the electronic device to the external device.

21. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the electronic device is further configured to perform at least one of:

locking the electronic device to prevent unauthorized access to the electronic device in response to determining that the notification is to be generated;

or

unlocking the electronic device in response to receiving a user input.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions causing at least one processor of an electronic device to perform operations of:

receiving a speech phrase;

recognizing the speech phrase as a command to generate a notification;

detecting, via at least one sensor, context data of the electronic device; and

generating the notification based on the context data and the command

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein detecting the context data is at least based on one among a user input, movement of the electronic device, timing information, location information of the electronic device, ambient light value and an input sound.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein generating the notification comprises determining whether the notification is to be generated at least based on the context data.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein determining whether the notification is to be generated comprises at least one of:

determining that the notification is not to be generated upon detecting that the context data includes the user input;

determining whether the timing information is within a predetermined time period during which the notification is not to be generated;

or

determining whether the location information of the electronic device corresponds to a predetermined location where the notification is not to be generated.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein receiving, via a sound sensor, a speech phrase comprises receiving a first speech phrase and a second speech phrase, and

wherein recognizing the speech phrase as a command to generate the notification comprises recognizing the speech phrase as the command to generate the notification in response to determining that the first speech phrase and the second speech phrase are received within a predetermined time period.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein recognizing the speech phrase as a command to generate the notification comprises recognizing the first speech phrase as a command to activate a voice assistant unit in the electronic device and the second speech phrase as the command to generate the notification.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein receiving a speech phrase comprises receiving, via a communication unit, the speech phrase from an external device, and

wherein generating the notification comprises transmitting, via the communication unit, location information of the electronic device to the external device.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, further comprising instructions causing the at least one processor of the electronic device to perform at least one operation of:

locking the electronic device to prevent unauthorized access to the electronic device in response to determining that the notification is to be generated;

or

unlocking the electronic device in response to receiving a user input.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein generating the notification comprises generating, via an output unit, at least one of audible sound, vibration, or visible light indicative of the notification.