System and method for controlling voice detection of network terminal

• US 7,890,334 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2007
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Young-Hee, Kim, Hyun-Soo, Shim, Hyun-Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): AZAD, ABUL K
• Application Number:
  US11/705,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20070201639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,463 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/275
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

Provided is a system and method for controlling voice detection of a network terminal. The system includes the network terminal for, if detection of a voice signal is requested, detecting voice by receiving and setting a voice detection setting value corresponding to a predetermined service and generating a trigger signal for the voice detection according to the voice detection setting value corresponding to the service; and a server for determining the service of the network terminal and transmitting the voice detection setting value corresponding to the service to the network terminal. Accordingly, by controlling to commence voice detection according to a service, voice detection optimized to a relevant service can commence.

Claims

1. A system for controlling voice detection of a network terminal, the system comprising:

the network terminal for, if detection of a voice signal is requested, detecting voice by receiving and setting a voice detection setting value corresponding to a predetermined service from a server and generating a trigger signal for the voice detection according to the voice detection setting value corresponding to the service; and

the server for determining the service of the network terminal and transmitting the voice detection setting value corresponding to the service to the network terminal,

wherein the server transmits to the network terminal a master trigger disable signal for disabling the voice detection by the network terminal or a master trigger enable signal for enabling the voice detection by the network terminal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the network terminal is a device whose operation is controlled by the server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the voice detection setting value corresponding to the service comprises a number of voice detections, a voice detectable duration length, and a voice undetectable duration length according to the service.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the network terminal generates a single trigger if the number of voice detections is 1.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the network terminal generates multi triggers if the number of voice detections is greater than 2.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the network terminal comprises:

a microphone, which is opened or closed according to a trigger signal and receives a user'"'"'s voice in an open state;

a voice detector for detecting a voice signal by receiving the user'"'"'s voice through the microphone, and transmitting the detected voice signal to the server;

a setting value setting unit for storing a default voice detection setting value, and if a voice detection setting value corresponding to a predetermined service is received from the server, setting the received voice detection setting value as a voice detection setting value corresponding to the service; and

a master trigger unit for setting a trigger generation enable state if the master trigger enable signal is received from the server or stopping trigger generation if the master trigger disable signal is received from the server.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the server comprises:

a voice recognition unit for receiving a voice signal detected by the network terminal and recognizing the received voice;

a service-based setting value storage unit for storing voice detection setting values predetermined according to services;

a controller for determining whether voice detection of the network terminal is controlled by the server, and if it is determined that the voice detection of the network terminal is controlled by the server, determining a service performed by the network terminal and transmitting a voice detection setting value corresponding to the service among the voice detection setting values stored in the service-based setting value storage unit to the network terminal.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the network terminal determines according to a switch operation of a user whether a voice detection request is input.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the network terminal determines according to a voice command of the user whether a voice detection request is input.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the server transmits the master trigger enable signal for requesting to commence the voice detection when a voice detection start of the network terminal is needed and transmits the master trigger disable signal when a voice detection end is needed.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the network terminal commences the voice detection according to a control of the server if a voice detection start signal is received from the server in a master trigger enable state.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the network terminal ends the voice detection according to the control of the server if the master trigger disable signal is received from the server.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the network terminal does not perform the voice detection in a master trigger disable state according to the master trigger disable signal received from the server whether a voice detection request is input by the user.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the network terminal detects voice by storing the default voice detection setting value, and generating a trigger according to the default voice detection setting value if a voice detection start request is input by the user.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein if a subsequent trigger is generated while a current trigger is being generated, the network terminal ignores the subsequent trigger and performs the generation of the current trigger.

16. A method of controlling voice detection of a network terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by the network terminal, a voice detection setting value corresponding to a predetermined service from a server; and

if detection of a voice signal is requested, detecting voice by generating a trigger signal for the voice detection according to the voice detection setting value corresponding to the service,

wherein the server transmits to the network terminal a master trigger disable signal for disabling the voice detection by the network terminal or a master trigger enable signal for enabling the voice detection by the network terminal.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving, by the network terminal, a switch operation of a user; and

determining whether the received switch operation signal is a voice detection request signal.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving, by the network terminal, a voice command of the user; and

determining whether the received voice command is a voice detection request.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising determining, by the network terminal, that voice detection is requested if a voice detection signal for requesting to commence the voice detection is received from the server in a master trigger enable state.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising stopping, by the network terminal, trigger generation for the voice detection if the master trigger disable signal for requesting to stop the voice detection is received from the server.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising not performing, by the network terminal, the voice detection in a master trigger disable state according to the master trigger disable signal received from the server even if a voice detection request is input by the user.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein if a subsequent trigger is generated while a current trigger is being generated, the network terminal ignores the subsequent trigger and performs the generation of the current trigger.