Household appliance, in particular an electrically operated household appliance
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1. A household appliance configuration, comprising:
- a kitchen appliance having operating functions;
a first device, connected to said kitchen appliance, for inputting at least two speech signals designating the operating functions of said kitchen appliance;
a second device, operatively connected to said first device, for recognizing the operating functions designated by the speech signals; and
a third device, operatively connected to said second device, for converting the speech signals, after being recognized, into a given control command to operate said kitchen appliance, said third device producing the given control command only when the speech signals are input in a sequence defined by a menu tree; and
a controller having a control program and being assigned to at least one of said first, second, and third devices, said control program operating such that the speech signals, being input in a direct succession for selecting the operating functions, cause a formation of the given control command only when the speech signals are separated in time by not more than a respective given first time period, being a respective pause period, and are input within a respective given second time period.
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Abstract
A household appliance, in particular an electrically operated household appliance, can be controlled using voice signals. In order to avoid malfunction, e.g. as a result of voice signals coming from a radio set and not from a user, a control program is configured in such a way that successive voice signals can only form a control command when the successive voice signals are input within a given time period.
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29 Claims
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1. A household appliance configuration, comprising:
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a kitchen appliance having operating functions;
a first device, connected to said kitchen appliance, for inputting at least two speech signals designating the operating functions of said kitchen appliance;
a second device, operatively connected to said first device, for recognizing the operating functions designated by the speech signals; and
a third device, operatively connected to said second device, for converting the speech signals, after being recognized, into a given control command to operate said kitchen appliance, said third device producing the given control command only when the speech signals are input in a sequence defined by a menu tree; and
a controller having a control program and being assigned to at least one of said first, second, and third devices, said control program operating such that the speech signals, being input in a direct succession for selecting the operating functions, cause a formation of the given control command only when the speech signals are separated in time by not more than a respective given first time period, being a respective pause period, and are input within a respective given second time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A household appliance system, comprising:
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a kitchen appliance having operating functions;
a first device for inputting at least two speech signals designating the operating functions of said kitchen appliance;
a second device, operatively connected to said first device, for recognizing the operating functions designated by the speech signals;
a third device, operatively connected to said second device, for converting the speech signals, after being recognized, into a given control command to operate said kitchen appliance, said third device producing the given control command only when the speech signals are input in a sequence defined by a menu tree; and
a central computer connected to said kitchen appliance, at least one of said first, second, and third devices being assigned to said central computer, said first, second, and third devices being configured such that the speech signals, being input in a direct succession for selecting the operating functions of said kitchen appliance, cause a formation of the given control command only when the speech signals are separated in time by not more than a respective given first time period and are input within a respective given second time period, said central computer being connectable to further kitchen appliances. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. In combination with a kitchen appliance having components and operating functions, a speech-activated device comprising:
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a first device for inputting at least two speech signals designating at least one of the components and operating functions of the kitchen appliance;
a second device, operatively connected to said first device, for recognizing the at least one of the components and operating functions designated by the speech signals; and
a third device, operatively connected to said second device, for converting the speech signals, after being recognized, into a control command to operate the kitchen appliance, said third device producing the control command only when the speech signals are input in a sequence defined by a menu tree; and
a controller having a control program and being assigned to at least one of said first, second, and third devices, said control program operating such that the speech signals, being input in a direct succession for selecting the at least one of the components and operating functions of the kitchen appliance, cause a formation of the control command only when the speech signals are separated in time by not more than a respective given first time period, being a respective pause period, and are input within a respective given second time period.
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29. A central computer system for at least one kitchen appliance, comprising:
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a first device for inputting at least two speech signals designating operating functions of the at least one kitchen appliance;
a second device, operatively connected to said first device, for recognizing the operating functions designated by the speech signals;
a third device, operatively connected to said second device, for converting the speech signals, after being recognized, into a control command to operate the kitchen appliance, said third device producing the control command only when the speech signals are input in a sequence defined by a menu tree; and
a central computer to be connected to the least one kitchen appliance; and
a controller having a control program and being assigned to at least one of said central computer, said first device, said second device, and said third device, said control program operating such that the speech signals, being input in a direct succession for selecting operating functions of the at least one kitchen appliance, cause a formation of the control command only when the speech signals are separated in time by not more than a respective given first time period and are input within a respective given second time period.
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