Speech recognition control system and method
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1. Weighing apparatus comprising:
- first means for sensing the weight of an article and generating an analog signal indicative of the weight sensed,second means for receiving, processing and analyzing said analog signal and generating first digital signals indicative of the weight sensed by said first means,third means including electrically operated indicating means for indicating a variable associated with the article sensed by said first means,a microphone,first electronic computing means connected to receive speech signals output by said microphone, process and analyze same and generate first control signals,second electronic computing means operable to receive said first digital signals and said first control signals and to perfrom a computing function with respect to the information defined by said signals and to generate second control signals defining information relating to computations involving said first digital weight defining signals and said first control signals generated by said first electronic computing means, andmeans for applying said second control signals to selectively control the operation of said electrically operated indicating means to cause said indicating means to indicate the information defined by said second control signals.
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Abstract
A weighing scale involving calculating functions is provided with an automatic control system that can accept words of speech spoken into a microphone as inputs to the automatic control system.
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1. Weighing apparatus comprising:
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first means for sensing the weight of an article and generating an analog signal indicative of the weight sensed, second means for receiving, processing and analyzing said analog signal and generating first digital signals indicative of the weight sensed by said first means, third means including electrically operated indicating means for indicating a variable associated with the article sensed by said first means, a microphone, first electronic computing means connected to receive speech signals output by said microphone, process and analyze same and generate first control signals, second electronic computing means operable to receive said first digital signals and said first control signals and to perfrom a computing function with respect to the information defined by said signals and to generate second control signals defining information relating to computations involving said first digital weight defining signals and said first control signals generated by said first electronic computing means, and means for applying said second control signals to selectively control the operation of said electrically operated indicating means to cause said indicating means to indicate the information defined by said second control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of calculating and applying indicia defining computed information to articles comprising:
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(a) sensing the weight of an article and generating first information signals indicative of the article'"'"'s weight, (b) speaking selected speech into a microphone and generating electrical speech signals on the output of said microphone, (c) computer processing and analyzing said speech signals and generating first control signals, (d) applying said first information signals and said first control signals to a first electronic computing means and operating said first electronic computing means to perform predetermined electronic computing functions with respect to the information defined by said signals and generating second control signals, and (e) applying said second control signals to control the operation of an intelligible information indicating means to indicate the information defined by said second control signals. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Weighing apparatus comprising in combination:
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(a) first conveying means, (b) first control means for controlling the operation of said first conveying means, (c) second conveying means, (d) weighing means disposed between said first and said second conveying means and operable to receive and sense the weight of articles conveyed by said first conveying means, (e) a microphone accessible to a person controlling a weighing operation by said weighing means, (f) first computing means operable to receive speech signals of selected words of speech spoken into said microphone and to generate first command control signals in accordance with the words of speech spoken into said microphone by electrically processing and analyzing the speech signals output by said microphone, (g) means for selectively applying said control signals to said first control means to selectively control the operation of said first conveying means to permit an operator of said apparatus to properly control the conveyance of articles by said first conveying means to said weighing means and to permit said weighing means to properly weigh articles delivered by said first conveying means, and (h) means for transferring articles after they have been weighed to said second conveying means to permit said second conveying means to convey said articles away from said weighing means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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