ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER CODE

• US 20180061413A1
• Filed: 08/30/2017
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: TANABE, Shigeki, MORITA, Hideki, MASUIKE, Isao, SAITO, Shinya
• Application Number:
  US15/690,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20180061413A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

An electronic device includes a voice input unit, and a controller configured to execute a voice input mode in which a process according to a voice command input to the voice input unit is performed. The controller is configured to determine whether the electronic device is moving, and execute the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is moving.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a voice input unit; and

a controller configured to execute a voice input mode in which a process according to a voice command input to the voice input unit is performed, wherein

the controller is configured to;

determine whether the electronic device is being moved, and

execute the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is being moved.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine whether the electronic device is being moved and whether the electronic device is held in a hand of a user, and

execute the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is being moved and that the electronic device is held in the hand of the user.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine whether the electronic device is being moved and whether an application is activated, and

execute the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is being moved and that a predetermined application is activated.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine whether the electronic device is being moved and whether a predetermined function of an application is being executed, and

execute the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is being moved and that a predetermined function of a predetermined application is being executed.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a touch panel, wherein

the controller is configured to:

determine whether the electronic device is being moved and whether an operation is performed on the touch panel, and

execute the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is being moved and a predetermined operation is performed on the touch panel.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a touch panel, wherein

the controller is configured to start executing the voice input mode and set restriction on at least a part of execution of a plurality of functions obtained by operating the touch panel.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to cancel the restriction on the execution of the functions, when determining that the electronic device is in a stationary state while the voice input mode is being executed.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to stop executing the voice input mode, when determining that the electronic device is in a stationary state while the voice input mode is being executed, and that the stationary state of the electronic device has continued for a predetermined period of time.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to output voice in response to input voice, as the process.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to output a voice indicating that the voice input mode is being executed, when execution of the voice input mode is started.

11. A control method of an electronic device that includes a voice input unit and a controller, the controller being capable of executing a voice input mode in which a process is performed according to a voice command input to the voice input unit, the control method comprising steps of:

determining whether the electronic device is being moved; and

executing the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is being moved.

12. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing thereon a control code causing an electronic device including a voice input unit and a controller, the controller being capable of executing a voice input mode for performing a process according to a voice command input to the voice input unit, to execute steps of:

determining whether the electronic device is being moved; and

executing the voice input mode when determining that the electronic device is being moved.