Independent portable appliance constituting a telephone dealer and directory
First Claim
1. An independent portable appliance comprising a telephone dialer and directory comprising:
- a data memory containing a series of telephone numbers and for each telephone number at least one associated item of voice signature data;
means for selectively addressing said memory;
dialing means suitable for transforming the telephone number addressed in the memory into a corresponding sequence of multi-frequency dial signals;
a first acoustic transducer suitable for transforming said sequence of multi-frequency signals into acoustic signals, said transducer suitable for being coupled to a microphone of a telephone headset;
a second acoustic transducer suitable for picking up a looked-for name as uttered by a user of the appliance;
voice recognition means suitable for analyzing the name picked up by the second transducer and for transforming it into a voice acoustic signature; and
addressing means, including association means, suitable for searching the memory for voice acoustic signature information corresponding to that provided by the voice recognition means, and in the event of a match, suitable for addressing the memory at the corresponding position;
voice synthesis means for replying by generating a stored name on the basis of a voice signature found in the memory by the association means so as to enable the user to check the operation of the appliance;
a digital keypad with dialog keys and a specific control for passing to operating and storage mode, said control being actuated by the user in the event of the association means failing to find any voice acoustic signature data in the memory that corresponds to that provided by the voice recognition means, or in the event the name that is found does not correspond to the name desired by the user such that after activation of the specific control or passing to operation and memorization mode, the voice acoustic signature stored is that which corresponds to a first name uttered by the user, said name being temporarily stored in the event the user utters several names in the succession before actuating the control.
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Abstract
The appliance includes: a memory containing a series of telephone numbers; means for addressing said memory; dialing means suitable for transforming an address number into a sequence of multifrequency signals; and a first transducer suitable for transforming said sequence into acoustic signals, and capable of being coupled to the microphone of a telephone handset. According to the invention, the memory further contains, for each number, at least one associated voice signature; a second transducer is provided suitable for picking up a looked-for name as uttered by the user; voice recognition means are provided suitable for analyzing a picked-up name and for transforming it into an associated voice signature; and addressing means are provided comprising association means suitable for finding data in the memory that correspond to that provided by the voice recognition means and for addressing the corresponding position in the memory.
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13 Claims
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1. An independent portable appliance comprising a telephone dialer and directory comprising:
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a data memory containing a series of telephone numbers and for each telephone number at least one associated item of voice signature data; means for selectively addressing said memory; dialing means suitable for transforming the telephone number addressed in the memory into a corresponding sequence of multi-frequency dial signals; a first acoustic transducer suitable for transforming said sequence of multi-frequency signals into acoustic signals, said transducer suitable for being coupled to a microphone of a telephone headset; a second acoustic transducer suitable for picking up a looked-for name as uttered by a user of the appliance; voice recognition means suitable for analyzing the name picked up by the second transducer and for transforming it into a voice acoustic signature; and addressing means, including association means, suitable for searching the memory for voice acoustic signature information corresponding to that provided by the voice recognition means, and in the event of a match, suitable for addressing the memory at the corresponding position; voice synthesis means for replying by generating a stored name on the basis of a voice signature found in the memory by the association means so as to enable the user to check the operation of the appliance; a digital keypad with dialog keys and a specific control for passing to operating and storage mode, said control being actuated by the user in the event of the association means failing to find any voice acoustic signature data in the memory that corresponds to that provided by the voice recognition means, or in the event the name that is found does not correspond to the name desired by the user such that after activation of the specific control or passing to operation and memorization mode, the voice acoustic signature stored is that which corresponds to a first name uttered by the user, said name being temporarily stored in the event the user utters several names in the succession before actuating the control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An independent portable appliance comprising a telephone dialer and directory comprising:
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a data memory containing a series of telephone numbers and for each telephone number at least one associated item of voice signature data; means for selectively addressing said memory; dialing means suitable for transforming the telephone number addressed in the memory into a corresponding sequence of multi-frequency dial signals; a first acoustic transducer suitable for transforming said sequence of multi-frequency signals into acoustic signals, said transducer suitable for being coupled to a microphone of a telephone headset; a second acoustic transducer suitable for picking up a looked-for name as uttered by a user of the appliance; voice recognition means suitable for analyzing the name picked up by the second transducer and for transforming it into a voice acoustic signature; and addressing means, including association means, suitable for searching the memory for voice acoustic signature information corresponding to that provided by the voice recognition means, and in the event of a match, suitable for addressing the memory at the corresponding position; wherein the dialing means is not activated until the user has activated a specific confirmation control comprising a push-button placed on the appliance in a position enabling it to be actuated by a finger of the hand in which the appliance is held such that the appliance may be used in one hand only without performing any action other than that of uttering the looked-for name and that of actuating the push-button, wherein a first click of the push-button activates the voice recognition means and a double click of the push-button activates the dialing means such that after said first click of the push-button when the user utters the looked-for name, successful recognition thereof occurs by the voice recognition means. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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