Radio communication apparatus with telephone number registering function through speech recognition

• US 6,665,547 B1
• Filed: 12/20/1999
• Issued: 12/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ehara, Tatsuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M
• Application Number:
  US09/466,881
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/563, 455/569.1, 455/66.1, 379/88.01, 379/88.02, 379/420.01, 704/1, 704/235, 704/251
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724

Abstract

A radio communication apparatus includes first and second storage sections, a receiving section, a speech recognizing section and a control section. The receiving section receives a speech data transmitted from a counter apparatus, and the speech data includes a telephone number. The control section stores at least a part of the received speech data in a location of the first storage section, extracts the telephone number from the received speech data using the speech recognizing section, and stores the extracted telephone number in the second storage section in association with the predetermined location.

Claims

1. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

first and second storage sections;

a receiving section receiving a speech data transmitted from a remote caller apparatus, said speech data including a telephone number;

a speech recognizing section;

a control section storing at least a part of said received speech data in a location of said first storage section, extracting said telephone number from said received speech data using said speech recognizing section, and storing said extracted telephone number in said second storage section in association with said predetermined location,

wherein said speech recognizing section converts said received speech data into a character string through speech recognition in response to a recognition instruction,

said control section generates said recognition instruction to said speech recognizing section and extracts said telephone number from said character string,

said control section detects a numeric character string from said character string, and determines that said numeric character string is said telephone number, based on a number of digits of said numeric character string and whether said numeric character string has one of a plurality predetermined telephone number patterns, and

said receiving section is configured to start the reception of said speech data in response to an acquisition start instruction and to stop the reception of said speech data in response to an acquisition end instruction.

2. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an operation section issuing the acquisition start instruction and the acquisition end instruction in response to operations by a user, respectively.

3. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control section carries out different notifying operations to a user in response to said acquisition start instruction and said acquisition end instruction, respectively.

4. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control section carries out different notifying operations to a user based on whether or not the extraction of said telephone number is successful.

5. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second storage section has a first area and a second area, and

said control section stores said extracted telephone number as a record in said first area of said second storage section.

6. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said speech recognizing section recognizes a data associated with said extracted telephone number from said received speech data, and

wherein said control section stores said recognized data associated with said extracted telephone number as a part of said record in said second area of said second storage section.

7. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said second storage section has a third storage area, and

wherein said control section stores an address of said predetermined location of said first storage section for said extracted telephone number as a part of said record in said third storage area of said second storage section.

8. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising an operation section used to input a data and an instruction;

and

wherein said control section stores a telephone number, a name and a predetermined data as a record in said first to third storage areas of said second storage section, respectively, when said telephone number, said name and said predetermined data are inputted from said operation section by a user.

9. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a display section,

wherein said operation section issues a display instruction in response to an operation by the user, and

wherein said control section displays contents of said records corresponding to said second storage area of said second storage section on said display section in response to said display instruction.

10. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said operation section issues a specify instruction in response to an operation by the user, and

wherein said control section displays on said display section, said stored telephone number of a specified one of said records which is specified in response to said specify instruction.

11. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising an audio output section, and

wherein said control section memory move said stored speech data corresponding to said specified record based on a content of said specified record corresponding to said third storage area when the content of said specified record is not said predetermined data, and controls said audio output section to output said read out speech data auditorily.

12. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

first and second storage sections;

a receiving section receiving a speech data transmitted from a remote caller apparatus, said speech data including a telephone number;

a speech recognizing section;

a control section storing at least a part of said received speech data in a location of said first storage section, extracting said telephone number from said received speech data using said speech recognizing section, and storing said extracted telephone number in said second storage section in association with said predetermined location; and

a transmitting section,

wherein said speech recognizing section converts said received speech data into a character string through speech recognition in response to a recognition instruction,

said control section generates said recognition instruction to said speech recognizing section and extracts said telephone number from said character string,

said control section detects a numeric character string from said character string, determines that said numeric character string is said telephone number, based on a number of digits of said numeric character string and whether said numeric character string has one of a plurality predetermined telephone number patterns, and

said control section controls said transmitting section in response to said acquisition start instruction and said acquisition end instruction to transmit first and second sounds to said remote caller apparatus, respectively.

13. A method of improving operability of a radio communication apparatus comprising:

receiving a speech data transmitted from a remote caller apparatus, said speech data including a telephone number;

storing at least a part of said received speech data in a location of a first storage section;

extracting said telephone number from said received speech data by use of a speech recognizing function; and

storing said extracted telephone number in an address of a second storage section,

wherein said extracting comprises;

converting said received speech data into a character string by use of said speech recognition function,

extracting said telephone number from said character string,

detecting, by a control section, a numeric character string from said character string; and

determining that said numeric character string is said telephone number, based on a number of digits of said numeric character string and whether said numeric character string has one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number formats, and

wherein said receiving comprises starting the reception of said speech data in response to an acquisition start instruction, and

stopping the reception of said speech data in response to an acquisition end instruction.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein said receiving includes:

transmitting first and second sounds to said remote caller apparatus in response to said acquisition start instruction and said acquisition end instruction, respectively.

15. A method according to claim 13, wherein said receiving includes:

carrying out different notifying operations to a user in response to said acquisition start instruction and said acquisition end instruction, respectively.

16. A method according to claim 13, wherein said extracting includes:

carrying out different notifying operations to a user based on whether or not the extraction of said telephone number has succeeded.

17. A method according to claim 13, wherein said storing said extracted telephone number includes:

storing said extracted telephone number as a record in a first area of said second storage section.

18. A method according to claim 17, wherein said extracting includes:

recognizing a data associated with said extracted telephone number from said received speech data,

wherein said method further comprises;

storing said recognized data associated with said extracted telephone number as a part of said record in a second area of said second storage section.

19. A method according to claim 17, further comprising:

storing said address of said first storage section for said extracted telephone number as a part of said record in a third storage area of said second storage section.

20. A method according to claim 19, further comprising:

storing a telephone number, a name and a predetermined data which are inputted by a user as a record in said first to third storage areas of said second storage section, respectively.

21. A method according to claim 20, further comprising:

displaying contents of said records corresponding to said second storage area of said second storage section on a display section in response to a display instruction.

22. A method according to claim 21, further comprising:

displaying on said display section, said stored telephone number of a specified one of said records which is specified in response to a specify instruction.

23. A method according to claim 22, further comprising:

reading out said stored speech data corresponding to said specified record based on a content of said specified record corresponding to said third storage area when the content of said specified record is not said predetermined data; and

outputting said read out speech data auditorily.

24. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a first storage section storing speech data corresponding to a record in association with an address, the speech data output from a speech recognizer;

a second storage section having first to third storage areas, said first storage area storing a telephone number of said record, said second storage area storing an association data of said record, said association data being associated with said telephone number, and said third storage area storing said address;

an input section configured to input data and an instruction;

a display section; and

a control section displaying said association data of said records on said display section in response to a display instruction inputted from said input section by a user,

wherein said control section detects a numeric character string from a character string converted from said speech data, and determines that said numeric character string is said telephone number based on a number of digits of said numeric character string and based on whether said numeric character string has one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number patterns, and

wherein a reception of said speech data is started in response to an acquisition start instruction, and the reception of said speech data is stopped in response to an acquisition end instruction.

25. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said control section stores a telephone number, a name and a predetermined data as a record in said first to third storage areas of said second storage section, respectively, when said telephone number, said name and said predetermined data are inputted from said operation section by a user.

26. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said operation section issues a specify instruction in response to an operation by the user, and

wherein said control section displays on said display section, said stored telephone number of a specified one of said records which is specified in response to said specify instruction.

27. A radio communication apparatus according to claim 26, further comprising an audio output section, and

wherein said control section reads out said stored speech data corresponding to said specified record based on a content of said specified record corresponding to said third storage area when the content of said specified record is not said predetermined data, and controls said audio output section to output said read out speech data auditorily.

28. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

first and second means for storage;

means for receiving a speech data transmitted from a remote caller apparatus, said speech data including a telephone number;

means for speech recognition; and

control section means for storing at least a part of said received speech data in a location of said first means for storage, extracting said telephone number from said received speech data using said means for speech recognition, and storing said extracted telephone number in said second means for storage,

wherein said means for speech recognition converts said received speech data into a character string through speech recognition in response to a recognition instruction, and said control section means generates said recognition instruction to said speech recognizing section and extracts said telephone number from said character string,

wherein said control section detects a numeric character string from said character string, and determines that said numeric character string is said telephone number based on a number of digits of said numeric character string and based on whether said numeric character string has one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number patterns, and

wherein a reception of said speech data is started in response to an acquisition start instruction, and the reception of said speech data is stopped in response to an acquisition end instruction.