CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20180182399A1
• Filed: 02/23/2018
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: SUYAMA, Akihiko, TANAKA, Katsuaki
• Application Number:
  US15/903,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20180182399A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/02 Feature extraction for speech recognition; Selection of recognition unit
• 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 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/32 Multiple recognisers used in sequence or in parallel; Score combination systems therefor, e.g. voting systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/227 of the speaker; Human-factor methodology
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/405 involving speaker-dependent recognition

Abstract

Provided is a control method for a control device including: acquiring a user instruction to control a control target apparatus by a user, generating control speech information in response to the user instruction, the control speech information being speech information representing content of control on the control target apparatus and including auxiliary speech information which is different information from the user instruction, and outputting the generated control speech information to a speech recognition server which executes speech recognition processing.

Claims

1. A control method for a control device, the method comprising:

acquiring a user instruction to control a control target apparatus by a user;

generating control speech information in response to the user instruction, the control speech information being speech information representing content of control on the control target apparatus and including auxiliary speech information which is different information from the user instruction; and

outputting the generated control speech information to a speech recognition server which executes speech recognition processing.

2. The control method for the control device according to claim 1, wherein

the user instruction is uttered speech information which is a speech uttered by the user, and

the generating the control speech information includes generating the control speech information made up of the uttered speech information with the auxiliary speech information added.

3. The control method for the control device according to claim 2, wherein

the generating the control speech information includes generating the control speech information by adding the auxiliary speech information to the beginning or end of the uttered speech information.

4. The control method for the control device according to claim 2, further comprising

determining whether the uttered speech information includes information that can specify the control target apparatus or not,

wherein if, in the determining, it is determined that the uttered speech information does not include information that can specify the control target apparatus, the generating the control speech information includes generating the control speech information made up of the uttered speech information with the auxiliary speech information added.

5. The control method for the control device according to claim 1, wherein

the auxiliary speech information is information that univocally specifies the control target apparatus.

6. The control method for the control device according to claim 1, wherein

the auxiliary speech information is information indicating an operation of the control target apparatus.

7. The control method for the control device according to claim 1, wherein

the user instruction is operation instruction information indicating an operation on an operation unit by the user, and

the generating the control speech information includes generating the control speech information based on the auxiliary speech information stored in advance in a storage unit, corresponding to the operation instruction information.

8. The control method for the control device according to claim 7, further comprising

registering the operation instruction information and the auxiliary speech information in association with each other in the storage unit.

9. The control method for the control device according to claim 7, further comprising

accessing a history information storage unit which holds speech information representing the control speech information outputted,

wherein the control speech information is generated based on the speech information held in the history information storage unit.

10. The control method for the control device according to claim 7, wherein

the auxiliary speech information includes information indicating a plurality of operations associated with time information.

11. The control method for the control device according to claim 1, further comprising

controlling the control target apparatus according to a control command obtained by having speech recognition processing carried out on the control speech information.

12. The control method for the control device according to claim 1, wherein

the control target apparatus is an audio apparatus.

13. A control method for the apparatus control system comprising:

acquiring a user instruction to control a control target apparatus by a user;

generating control speech information in response to the user instruction, the control speech information being speech information representing content of control on the control target apparatus and including auxiliary speech information which is different information from the user instruction;

outputting the generated control speech information to a speech recognition server which executes speech recognition processing;

generating a control command to cause the control target apparatus to operate, based on a result of recognition in the speech recognition processing executed by the speech recognition server; and

controlling the control target apparatus according to the control command.

14. A control device comprising:

a user instruction acquisition unit which acquires a user instruction to control a control target apparatus by a user;

a control speech information generation unit which generates control speech information in response to the user instruction, the control speech information being speech information representing content of control on the control target apparatus and including auxiliary speech information which is different information from the user instruction; and

a control speech information output unit which outputs the generated control speech information to a speech recognition server which executes speech recognition processing.

15. The control device according to claim 14, wherein

the user instruction is uttered speech information which is a speech uttered by the user, and

the control speech information generation unit generates the control speech information made up of the uttered speech information with the auxiliary speech information added.

16. The control device according to claim 15, wherein

the control speech information is generated by adding the auxiliary speech information to the beginning or end of the uttered speech information.

17. The control device according to claim 15, further comprising

a determination unit which determines whether the uttered speech information includes information that can specify the control target apparatus or not,

wherein if the determination unit determines that the uttered speech information does not include information that can specify the control target apparatus, the control speech information generation unit generates the control speech information made up of the uttered speech information with the auxiliary speech information added.

18. The control device according to claim 14, wherein

the auxiliary speech information is information that univocally specifies the control target apparatus.

19. The control device according to claim 14, wherein

the auxiliary speech information is information indicating an operation of the control target apparatus.

20. The control device according to claim 14, wherein

the user instruction is operation instruction information indicating an operation on an operation unit by the user, and

the control speech information generation unit generates the control speech information based on the auxiliary speech information stored in advance in a storage unit, corresponding to the operation instruction information.