Device setter, device setting system, and recorded medium where device setting program recorded

• US 7,181,394 B2
• Filed: 12/25/2000
• Issued: 02/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kusumoto, Noritaka
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAWAN, VIJAY B
• Application Number:
  US09/926,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20020161572A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,248 Days
• Field of Search: 704/231, 704/251, 704270-276, 704/255, 704/256, 704/9, 704/257, 704/246, 379/88.14, 379/88.02, 379/88.03, 379/88.04, 379/88.01, 709/206, 381/181, 381/219, 381/229, 381/115
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817

Abstract

A word-device setting information storage part stores multiple device setting information in association with a single voice and a voice recognition part recognizes a voice input through a voice input part so that the multiple device setting information associated with the recognized voice is read from the word-device setting information storage part to a device control part, which in turn sets an internal device state of a device setting apparatus while an external device control part sets a state of an external device in response to the read multiple device setting information.

Claims

1. A device setting apparatus comprising:

a voice input unit that converts an input voice to a voice signal;

a voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input unit;

a storage that stores multiple device setting information associated with a single voice;

a setting unit that reads multiple device setting information corresponding to said voice recognized by said voice recognition unit from said storage and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to said read multiple device setting information;

a registration unit that registers multiple device setting information associated with a new voice in said storage;

a display that displays a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice; and

a selector that selects a word corresponding to a voice to be registered from said plurality of words displayed on said display, wherein

said registration unit registers said word selected by said selector in said storage in association with multiple device setting information.

2. The device setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said setting unit includes an internal device setting unit that performs multiple device setting in said device setting apparatus.

3. The device setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said device setting apparatus is connected with an external device in a bidirectionally communicable state, and

said setting unit includes an external device setting unit that performs multiple device setting on said external device.

4. The device setting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said selector further includes a receiver that receives a remote control signal transmitted to said device setting apparatus, and

said selector performs selection in response to said remote control signal received by said receiver.

5. A device setting apparatus comprising:

a voice input unit that converts an input voice to a voice signal;

a voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input unit;

a storage that stores multiple device setting information associated with a single voice;

a setting unit that reads multiple device setting information corresponding to said voice recognized by said voice recognition unit from said storage and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to said read multiple device setting information;

a registration unit that registers multiple device setting information associated with a new voice in said storage;

a character display that displays a plurality of characters for forming a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice; and

a selector that selects a character forming a word corresponding to a voice to be registered from said plurality of characters displayed on said character display, wherein

said registration unit registers said word formed by said character selected by said selector in said storage in association with multiple device setting information.

6. The device setting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

said selector further includes a receiver that receives a remote control signal transmitted to said device setting apparatus, and

said selector performs selection in response to said remote control signal received by said receiver.

7. A device setting apparatus comprising:

a voice input unit that converts an input voice to a voice signal;

a voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input unit;

a storage that stores multiple device setting information associated with a single voice;

a setting unit that reads multiple device setting information corresponding to said voice recognized by said voice recognition unit from said storage and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to said read multiple device setting information;

a registration unit that registers multiple device setting information associated with a new voice in said storage;

an acquisition unit that acquires multiple device setting information; and

a selector that selects multiple device setting information associated with a new voice from said multiple device setting information acquired by said acquisition unit, wherein

said registration unit registers said multiple device setting information selected by said is selector in said storage in association with said new voice.

8. The device setting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

said selector further includes a receiver that receives a remote control signal transmitted to said device setting apparatus, and

said selector performs selection in response to said remote control signal received by said receiver.

9. A device setting system comprising:

a device setting apparatus; and

a set device connected with said device setting apparatus in a bidirectionally communicable state, wherein

said device setting apparatus includes;

a voice input unit that converts an input voice to a voice signal;

a voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input unit;

a storage that stores multiple device setting information associated with a single voice;

a setting unit that reads multiple device setting information corresponding to said voice recognized by said voice recognition unit from said storage and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal device state of said set device in response to said read multiple device setting information;

a registration unit that registers multiple device setting information associated with a new voice in said storage;

a display that displays a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice; and

a selector that selects a word corresponding to a voice to be registered from said plurality of words displayed on said display, wherein

said registration unit registers said word selected by said selector in said storage in association with multiple device setting information.

10. The device setting system according to claim 9, wherein

said set device includes a remote control device for remote-controlling said device setting apparatus, connected with said device setting apparatus in a bidirectionally communicable state.

11. A recording medium recording a device setting program for making a processing unit perform device setting in a device setting apparatus having said processing unit, a voice input unit that converts an input voice to a voice signal and a storage that stores multiple device setting information associated with a single voice, wherein

said device setting program causes said processing unit perform steps of:

recognizing a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input unit,

reading multiple device setting information corresponding to recognized said voice from said storage and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to read said multiple device setting information, and

displaying a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice and registering a word selected from displayed said plurality of words in said storage as a new voice in association with multiple device setting information.

12. The recording medium recording a device setting program according to claim 11, wherein

said setting step includes a step of performing multiple device setting in said device setting apparatus.

13. The recording medium recording a device setting program according to claim 11, wherein

said setting step includes a step of performing multiple device setting on an external device connected with said device setting apparatus in a bidirectionally communicable state.

14. A recording medium recording a device setting program

for making a processing unit perform device setting in a device setting apparatus having said processing unit, a voice input unit that converts an input voice to a voice signal and a storage that stores multiple device setting information associated with a single voice, wherein

said device setting program causes said processing unit perform steps of:

recognizing a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input unit, reading multiple device setting information corresponding to recognized said voice from said storage and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to read said multiple device setting information, and

acquiring multiple device setting information and registering multiple device setting information selected from said acquired multiple device setting information in said storage in association with said new voice.

15. A recording medium recording a device setting program for making a processing unit perform device setting in a device setting apparatus having said processing unit, a voice input unit that converts an input voice to a voice signal and a storage that stores multiple device setting information associated with a single voice, wherein

said device setting program causes said processing unit perform steps of:

recognizing a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input unit,

reading multiple device setting information corresponding to recognized said voice from said storage and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to read said multiple device setting information, and

displaying a plurality of characters for forming a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice and registering a word formed by a character selected from displayed said plurality of characters in said storage as a new voice in association with multiple device setting information.

16. The recording medium recording a device setting program according to claim 15, wherein

said registering step includes steps of acquiring multiple device setting information and registering multiple device setting information selected from acquired said multiple device setting information in said storage in association with said new voice.

17. A device setting apparatus comprising:

voice input means for converting an input voice to a voice signal;

voice recognition means for recognizing a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input means;

storage means for storing multiple device setting information associated with a single voice;

setting means for reading multiple device setting information corresponding to said voice recognized by said voice recognition means from said storage means and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to said read multiple device setting information;

registration means for registering multiple device setting information associated with a new voice in said storage means,

display means for displaying a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice; and

selection means for selecting a word corresponding to a voice to be registered from said plurality of words displayed on said display means, wherein

said registration means registers said word selected by said selection means in said storage means in association with multiple device setting information.

18. A device setting system comprising:

a device setting apparatus; and

a set device connected with said device setting apparatus in a bidirectionally communicable state, wherein

said device setting apparatus includes;

voice input means for converting an input voice to a voice signal;

voice recognition means for recognizing a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input means;

storage means for storing multiple device setting information associated with a single voice;

setting means for reading multiple device setting information corresponding to said voice recognized by said voice recognition means from said storage means and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal device state of said set device in response to said read multiple device setting information;

registration means for registering multiple device setting information associated with a new voice in said storage means;

display means for displaying a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice; and

selection means for selecting a word corresponding to a voice to be registered from said plurality of words displayed on said display means, and wherein

said registration means registers said word selected by said selection means in said storage means in association with multiple device setting information.

19. A recording medium recording a device setting program for making a processing unit perform device setting in a device setting apparatus having said processing unit, voice input means for converting an input voice to a voice signal and storage means for storing multiple device setting information associated with a single voice, wherein

said device setting program causes said processing unit perform steps of:

recognizing a voice corresponding to said voice signal converted by said voice input means,

reading multiple device setting information corresponding to recognized said voice from said storage means and performing multiple device setting for setting an internal or external device state in response to read said multiple device setting information, and

displaying a plurality of words corresponding to a registrable voice and registering a word selected from displayed said plurality of words in said storage means as a new voice in association with multiple device setting information.