Voice-actuated generation of documents containing photographic identification

• US 6,751,589 B1
• Filed: 09/18/2000
• Issued: 06/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Guillemin, Gustavo M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorvil, Richemond
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOLAN, DANIEL A
• Application Number:
  US09/666,493
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• Field of Search: 704/235, 704/275, 704/9, 704/260, 704/270.1, 704/272, 396/2, 340/952.2, 705/16
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A preferred method for generating a document includes the steps of: providing an applicant with a visual representation, via a visual display device, of at least a portion of a document; prompting an applicant to provide first information corresponding to a first portion of the document; receiving the first information, as a first vocal response, from the applicant; converting the first vocal response to corresponding first textual data; providing the applicant with an updated visual representation, via the visual display device, of the first textual data appearing at the first portion of the document; and generating a printed document corresponding to the updated visual representation of the document. Systems and computer readable media also are provided.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a display device configured to exhibit a form, to a user, the form having a visual prompt contained in the form corresponding to an entry of the form;

a speaker device configured to aurally request the entry corresponding to the visual prompt in the form while the form is being displayed to the user;

an input device configured to receive a vocal response corresponding to the entry; and

logic configured to translate the vocal response into text representative of the vocal response and correlate the text to an entry location in the form, the logic further configured to display the text at the entry location in the form to the user.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an image capture device configured to capture an image of the user for insertion into the form.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the speaker device is further configured to aurally request an image of the user for insertion into a particular location in the form.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the logic is further configured to receive the image and display the image in an image location in the form.

5. A system, comprising:

a display device configured to display a form, comprising a plurality of predetermined data fields, each data field related to a particular characteristic of a user, and a predetermined image field at a particular location in the form;

a speaker configured to aurally request a vocal response corresponding to one of the plurality of predetermined fields;

an input device configured to capture the vocal response;

an image capture device configured to receive image data corresponding to the predetermined image field, the image data indicative of the user'"'"'s person;

logic configured to correlate the vocal response with the corresponding data field and display textual data indicative of the vocal response in the predetermined data field, in response to the vocal response, the logic further configured to display an image corresponding to the captured image data at the particular location in the form corresponding to the predetermined image field.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising an output device configured to output a document representative of the form, the document comprising a printed representation of the textual data and the image data.

7. A method, comprising the steps of:

displaying a form comprising a visual prompt contained in the form, to a user, the visual prompt corresponding to a requested entry;

aurally requesting a vocal response corresponding to the visual prompt entry while the form is being displayed to the user;

receiving the vocal response;

translating the vocal response into text representative of the vocal response;

correlating the text to an entry location in the form corresponding to the entry; and

displaying the text, to the user, at the entry location in the form.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of;

displaying a second portion of the form, the second portion of the form comprising an image field;

receiving image data indicative of a user'"'"'s person; and

displaying an image in the image field representative of the image data.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of producing a document comprising a visual representation of the text at the entry location in the form.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the document further comprises a visual representation of the image.

11. A method, comprising the steps of:

displaying a form comprising a plurality of predetermined data fields, each data field related to a particular characteristic of a user;

displaying a predetermined image field at a particular location on the form and in relation to the plurality of data fields;

aurally requesting a vocal response corresponding to one of the plurality of predetermined fields;

capturing the vocal response;

correlating the vocal response with a corresponding data field;

receiving image data corresponding to the predetermined image field, the image data indicative of the user'"'"'s person;

displaying textual data indicative of the vocal response in the predetermined data field corresponding to the aural request; and

displaying an image corresponding to the captured image data in the predetermined image field at the particular location in the form.

12. A method, comprising:

displaying a form having a predetermined image field at a particular location on the form;

prompting a user to provide image data to enter in the form;

entering the image data into the form; and

printing the form having the image at the particular location on the form corresponding to the predetermined image field.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of entering spoken information into a predetermined set of data fields of the form.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein entering spoken information into the predetermined set of data fields of the form further comprises translating the spoken information into text and inserting the text into the form at the predetermined data fields.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying the form with the inserted text and the entered image data and repeating the steps of displaying the form having the predetermined set of data fields, prompting the user to speak information to enter, and entering the text until the form is completed and printing the form.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

displaying the form having the predetermined set of data fields;

prompting the user to speak information to enter into the predetermined set of data fields; and

entering the text into the form.

17. A computer readable medium having instructions thereon for:

displaying a form having a predetermined image field at a particular location on the form and a predetermined set of data fields;

prompting a user to speak information to enter in the form;

prompting the user to enter image data at the particular location;

entering spoken information into the form;

entering the image data at the particular location; and

printing the form.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions for entering spoken information comprises instructions for translating spoken information into text and inserting the text into the form.

19. The medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions for displaying the form with the inserted text and instructions for repeating the steps of displaying, prompting a user to speak information, and entering the spoken information into the form until the form is completed and printing the form.

20. A system, comprising:

a display device configured to exhibit a form having a visual prompt contained in the form corresponding to an entry of the form;

a speaker device configured to aurally request the entry;

an input device configured to receive a vocal response corresponding to the entry; and

logic configured to translate the vocal response into text representative of the vocal response and correlate the text to an entry location in the form, the logic further configured to display the text at the entry location in the form;

an image capture device configured to capture an image of a user for insertion into the form; and

wherein the speaker device is further configured to aurally request an image of the user for insertion into a particular location in the form.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the logic is farther configured to receive the image and display the image in an image location in the form.

22. A method, comprising the steps of:

displaying a form comprising a visual prompt contained in the form corresponding to a requested entry;

aurally requesting a vocal response corresponding to the entry;

receiving the vocal response;

translating the vocal response into text representative of the vocal response;

correlating the text to an entry location in the form corresponding to the entry;

displaying the text at the entry location in the form;

displaying a second portion of the form, the second portion of the form comprising an image field;

receiving image data indicative of a user'"'"'s person;

displaying an image in the image field representative of the image data; and

producing a document comprising a visual representation of the text at the entry location in the form.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the document further comprises a visual representation of the image.

24. A system, comprising:

a display device configured to exhibit a form to a user, the form having a visual prompt at a particular location corresponding to a predetermined image field;

a speaker device configured to aurally request an image of the user for insertion into the particular location in the form;

an image capture device configured to receive image data indicative of the user'"'"'s person; and

logic configured to display the image data at the particular location in the form.

25. The system of claim 24, further comprising an output device configured to output a document representative of the form, the document comprising a printed representation of the image data.

26. A method, comprising the steps of:

displaying a form to a user, the form having a visual prompt at a particular location corresponding to a predetermined image field;

aurally requesting an image of the user for insertion into the particular location in the form;

capturing image data indicative of the user'"'"'s person; and

displaying the image data at the particular location in the form.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising the step of printing a document representative of the form, the document comprising a printed representation of the image data.