Voice recognition button for mobile telephones
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone having a voice recognition system for using the mobile telephone in a hands free mode, wherein the mobile telephone comprises:
- a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons excluding telephone keypad buttons;
a voice recognition system for recognizing and acting on spoken commands;
an enhanced voice recognition button as one of the plurality of buttons connected to the voice recognition system for activating the voice recognition system when pressed, the voice recognition system, upon activation and responsive to a first one of the spoken commands, operable to store a dictated telephone number into the voice recognition system without use of telephone keypad buttons; and
a power button, the power button being different from the enhanced voice recognition button, wherein the power button and the enhanced voice recognition button are the only ones of the plurality of buttons.
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Abstract
A voice recognition system having an enhanced button that allows a driver to reduce his risk of being involved in an accident while operating a vehicle and using a mobile telephone. The present invention is a mobile telephone having a voice recognition system which receives and acts on voice commands. Once the voice recognition system is activated, the mobile telephone can be operated in a hands free mode. The voice recognition system is used to automatically perform the same functions as a keypad. Since a driver can use just the voice recognition system, a keypad is no longer necessary. A mobile telephone equipped with a voice recognition system of the present invention requires only two buttons, a power button and a voice recognition button. To provide further safety, the voice recognition button is implemented to distinguish the voice recognition button from the other buttons to provide easier activation of the voice recognition system. The present invention can also be applied to other types of telephones and can be especially useful to a vision impaired person.
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46 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone having a voice recognition system for using the mobile telephone in a hands free mode, wherein the mobile telephone comprises:
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a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons excluding telephone keypad buttons;
a voice recognition system for recognizing and acting on spoken commands;
an enhanced voice recognition button as one of the plurality of buttons connected to the voice recognition system for activating the voice recognition system when pressed, the voice recognition system, upon activation and responsive to a first one of the spoken commands, operable to store a dictated telephone number into the voice recognition system without use of telephone keypad buttons; and
a power button, the power button being different from the enhanced voice recognition button, wherein the power button and the enhanced voice recognition button are the only ones of the plurality of buttons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile telephone having a voice recognition system for using the mobile telephone in a hands free mode, wherein the mobile telephone comprises:
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a power button to turn the mobile telephone on and off;
a voice recognition system for recognizing and acting on voice commands; and
an enhanced voice recognition button connected to the voice recognition system for activating the voice recognition system when pressed, the enhanced voice recognition button and the power button being the only buttons of the mobile telephone, the voice recognition system, upon activation and responsive to a first one of the voice commands, operable to store a dictated telephone number into the voice recognition system without use of telephone keypad buttons. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A telephone having a voice recognition system for using the telephone in a hands free mode, wherein the telephone comprises:
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a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons excluding telephone keypad buttons;
a voice recognition system for recognizing and acting on spoken commands;
an enhanced voice recognition button as one of the plurality of buttons connected to the voice recognition system for activating the voice recognition system when pressed, the voice recognition system, upon activation and responsive to a first one of the spoken commands, operable to store a dictated telephone number into the voice recognition system without use of telephone keypad buttons; and
a power button, the power button being different from the enhanced voice recognition button, wherein the power button and the enhanced voice recognition button are the only ones of the plurality of buttons. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A telephone having voice recognition for using the telephone in a hands free mode, wherein the telephone comprises:
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a power button to turn the telephone on and off;
an enhanced voice recognition button for activating the voice recognition when pressed, the enhanced voice recognition button and the power button being the only buttons of the telephone; and
a voice recognition system for recognizing and acting on voice commands to provide the voice recognition, the voice recognition system connected to the enhanced voice recognition button, the voice recognition system, when the enhanced voice recognition button is pressed and responsive to a first one of the voice commands, operable to store a dictated telephone number into the voice recognition system without use of telephone keypad buttons. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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