Apparatus for making outgoing call

• US 6,785,366 B1
• Filed: 09/29/1999
• Issued: 08/31/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Toyama, Takeshi, Sugawara, Naoki, Nakao, Muneki, Ueno, Yasuhide, Nobuta, Hiroshi, Matsuzaki, Susumu
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Escalante, Ovidio
• Application Number:
  US09/408,348
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.01, 379/88.02, 379/88.03, 379/88.04, 379/93, 379/23, 379/67.1, 455/563, 455/564
• US Class Current: 379/88.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00403 Voice input means, e.g. voice commands
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32058 Abbreviated dialing, e.g. one-touch dialing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0093 Facsimile machine H04N2201/0094 takes precedence

Abstract

Whether a call is placed after waiting for confirmation operation or without waiting for confirmation operation upon completion of speech recognition is selected. Data is initialized in the standby state, and upon instruction of speech recognition, speech recognition is done. The speech recognition result is displayed, and when a speech recognition key is operated without any confirmation operation, speech recognition is redone without setting the standby state.

Claims

1. An apparatus for making an outgoing call, comprising:

first recognition means for recognizing a first audio signal, judging whether a first recognition result is a personal ID or a first called party ID included in a first data table, and displaying a first message based on the personal ID or the first party ID;

second recognition means for recognizing a second audio signal, judging whether a second recognition result is a second called party ID included in a second data table, and displaying a second message based on the second called party ID; and

calling means for making an outgoing call in accordance with one of the first and second called party IDs in response to a confirmation input;

wherein said second recognition means recognizes the second audio signal without the confirmation input in a case where the first recognition result is the personal ID.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recognition means output the recognition result.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said setting means sets the one of the first mode and the second mode in a memory.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recognition means recognizes another audio signal in response to a reactivate input.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said calling means includes key input means for inputting the confirmation input.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said calling means makes the outgoing call in accordance with a called party data included in a telephone directory corresponding to the recognition result.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said calling means includes image data transmission means.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recognition means displays the recognition result.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recognition means outputs character data as the recognition result.

10. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recognition means extracts characteristics of the audio signal.

11. A method for making an outgoing call, comprising steps of:

first recognizing a first audio signal, judging whether a first recognition result is a personal ID or a first called party ID included in a first data table, and displaying a first message based on the personal ID or the first called party ID;

second recognizing a second audio signal, judging whether a second recognition result is a second called party ID included in a second data table, and displaying a second message based on the second called party ID; and

making an outgoing call in accordance with a one of the first and second called party IDs in response to a confirmation input,

wherein said second recognizing step recognizes the second audio signal without the confirmation input in a case where the first recognition result is the personal ID.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the recognition result is outputted.

13. A memory medium for storing a computer program comprising steps of:

first recognizing a first audio signal, judging whether a first recognition result is a personal ID or a first called party ID included in a first data table and displaying a first message based on the personal ID or the first called party ID;

second recognizing a second audio signal, judging whether a second recognition result is a second called party ID included in a second data table and displaying a second message based on the second called party ID; and

making an outgoing call in accordance with one of the first and second called party IDs in response to a confirmation input

wherein said second recognizing step recognizes the second audio signal without the confirmation input in a case where the first recognition result is the personal ID.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the recognition result is outputted.