Multi-media data processing device with remote control device that also has voice input means and hand-sized unit for use in such data processing device

• US 6,003,072 A
• Filed: 06/30/1994
• Issued: 12/14/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Horndl, Manfred, Gerritsen, Frans A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Donaghue, Larry D.
• Application Number:
  US08/269,818
• Time in Patent Office: 1,993 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.72, 340/825.69, 341/176, 364/400, 395/200.09, 395/2, 178/31, 709/218, 709/238
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L

Abstract

A multi-media data processing device has a visual display, storage, and a user interface with voice input and a manually actuatable remote control. In particular, the remote control and the voice input device are physically integrated to a hand-sized unit. Combining discrete manipulatory control signals and voice input signals allows to select and annotate transiently displayed pictures. Advantageously, the hand-sized unit is wireless.

Claims

1. A multimedia data processing device for displaying stored images, capturing voice annotations associated with the images, and allowing user input through a hand sized device, comprising:

storage memory for storing the images and the associated digitized voice annotations;

a display coupled to the storage memory to permit high speed transient display of the images stored in the storage memory;

a local controller coupled to the storage memory;

a remote controller connected to the local controller having discrete manipulatory controls for receiving discrete manipulatory control signals and a voice transducer for receiving voice input signals and means for transmitting the control signals and voice signals to the local controller for selecting and annotating the transiently displayed images.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hand-sized unit is wireless.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control signals are single-stroke-actuation generated.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1, and allowing voice-input commands through said hand-sized unit.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1, and allowing with respect to the encapsulation of said hand-sized unit physical application of a chip card member.

6. A hand-sized and manually activatable remote control unit for selecting and annotating images in a multimedia data processing device having a memory storage for storing images and digitized voice annotations, a display for displaying the images, and an information processor comprising;

discrete manipulatory controls for selecting and accessing stored images on the display;

a voice transducer physically integrated to the unit for producing voice signals for annotating the stored images; and

a short range interface connected to the controls and the voice transducer for converting outputs from the controls to discrete manipulatory control signals, for combining the discrete manipulatory control signals with voice input signals to form command signals and for transferring the command signals to the multimedia data processing device for selecting, annotating and processing transiently displayed images in said memory storage.

7. A hand-sized unit as claimed in claim 6, wherein said unit is wireless.

8. A hand-sized unit as claimed in claim 6, and allowing voice-input commands.

9. A hand-sized unit as claimed in claim 6, and allowing with respect to its encapsulation physical application of a chip card member.

10. A hand-sized and manually activatable remote control unit for a speech processing device having a memory storage for storing voice signals, and voice annotations, and a visual display for displaying images representing the voice signals, comprising;

discrete manipulatory controls on the remote control unit for selecting and accessing the images representing voice information on the display of the speech processing device;

a voice transducer for producing voice annotation signals; and

a short range interface connected to the controls and the voice transducer for converting outputs from the transducer and the controls to voice signal representations and command signals and transferring voice signal representations and the command signals to the speech processing device for selecting, annotating and processing stored voice information in said memory storage.

11. A hand-sized unit as claimed in claim 10, wherein said unit is wireless.

12. A hand-sized unit as claimed in claim 10, and allowing voice-input commands.

13. A hand-sized unit as claimed in claim 10, and allowing with respect to its encapsulation physical application of a chip card member.