Guidance information display device, guidance information display method and recording medium

• US 8,407,047 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Abe, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Desir, Pierre-Louis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sirjani, Fariba
• Application Number:
  US12/385,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20090326943A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,456 Days
• Field of Search: 704/246, 704/231
• US Class Current: 704/231
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/357 Autocues for dialog assistance

Abstract

A guidance information display device includes: a voice input unit; a display unit for displaying guidance information; an operation unit for accepting an operation; and a processor capable of executing the following processes of: a voice recognition process operation of performing voice recognition based on inputted voice; a calculation operation of calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition by the voice recognition process operation; a display operation of reading out guidance information corresponding to the recognition result from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information, and displaying the guidance information at a display unit; and a decision operation of deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the guidance information displayed by the display operation, and the evaluation value calculated by the calculation operation.

Claims

1. A guidance information display device comprising:

a voice input unit for inputting voice;

a display unit for displaying guidance information;

an operation unit for accepting operation;

a processor capable of executing the following processes of;

performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in the voice input unit;

calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition;

reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit;

deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the displayed guidance information, and the calculated evaluation value;

changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit; and

reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of the recognition request is smaller than the variable value;

determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

increasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

storing the changed variable value in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.

2. The guidance information display device according to claim 1, wherein said process of changing the variable value changes the variable value when a delete operation for said guidance information displayed at the display unit is accepted from the operation unit.

3. The guidance information display device according to claim 1, the processor being capable of further executing the following processes of:

deleting guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for the guidance information is not accepted from the operation unit for a certain time period; and

changing the variable value corresponding to guidance information stored in the storage unit when the guidance information is deleted, wherein

the storage unit stores the changed variable value in accordance with the guidance information.

4. The guidance information display device according to claim 1, wherein

said process of deciding a display mode decides that guidance information related to a recognition result is displayed at the display unit to have a size larger than a reference size when a calculated evaluation value for the recognition result is larger than or equal to a value obtained by adding a given value to the variable value, and

the guidance information is displayed at the display unit to have a size smaller than the reference size when a calculated evaluation value is smaller than or equal to a value obtained by subtracting a given value from the variable value.

5. The guidance information display device according to claim 1, the processor being capable of further executing the following processes of:

a process of decreasing the variable value for guidance information stored in the storage unit after elapse of a given time frame after the guidance information is displayed at the display unit.

6. A guidance information display device comprising:

a voice input unit for inputting voice;

a display unit for displaying guidance information;

an operation unit for accepting operation; and

a processor capable of executing the following processes of;

performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in the voice input unit;

calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition;

reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit;

deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the displayed guidance information, and the calculated evaluation value;

changing a variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of a recognition result is larger than the variable value

determining whether the counted the number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times,

decreasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of the recognition result is smaller than the variable value,

determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times, and

increasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times.

7. A guidance information display device for displaying guidance information at a display unit, comprising:

a voice input unit for inputting voice;

a voice recognition processor for performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in the voice input unit;

a calculator for calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition by the voice recognition processor;

a display module for reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit; and

a decision unit for deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the guidance information displayed by the display module, and the evaluation value calculated by the calculator,

a change unit for changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is

accepted from the operation unit;

a reading unit for reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

a unit for counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of the recognition result is smaller than the variable value;

a unit for determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

a unit for increasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

a unit for storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.

8. The guidance information display device according to claim 7, wherein the change unit changes a variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when a delete operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit.

9. The guidance information display device according to claim 7, wherein the change unit comprises:

a unit for setting a first point when a scroll operation for guidance information displayed at the display unit is accepted from the operation unit;

a unit for setting a second point when a delete operation for the guidance information is accepted from the operation unit; and

a unit for adding the first point and the second point to the variable value for the guidance information.

10. The guidance information display device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a delete unit for deleting guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for the guidance information is not accepted from the operation unit for a certain time period; and

a unit for changing the variable value corresponding to guidance information stored in the storage unit when the guidance information is deleted by the delete unit, wherein

the storage unit stores the variable value changed by said unit in accordance with the guidance information.

11. The guidance information display device according to claim 7, wherein the decision unit decides to display guidance information related to a recognition result at the display unit to have a size larger than a reference size when an evaluation value calculated by the calculator for the recognition result is larger than or equal to a value obtained by adding a given value to the variable value, and to display the guidance information at the display unit to have a size smaller than the reference size when an evaluation value calculated by the calculator is smaller than or equal to a value obtained by subtracting a given value from the variable value.

12. The guidance information display device according to claim 7, further comprising a unit for decreasing the variable value for guidance information stored in the storage unit after elapse of a given time frame after the display module displays the guidance information at the display unit.

13. A guidance information display device for displaying guidance information at a display unit, comprising:

a voice input unit for inputting voice;

a voice recognition processor for performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in the voice input unit;

a calculator for calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition by the voice recognition processor;

a display module for reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit;

a decision unit for deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the guidance information displayed by the display module, and the evaluation value calculated by the calculator;

a change unit for changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

a reading unit for reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

a unit for counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of the recognition result is smaller than the variable value;

a unit for determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

a unit for increasing the variable value when the counted number of times said unit is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

a unit for storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information;

wherein

the decision unit reads out the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit from the storage unit and decides a display mode of the

guidance information at the display unit based on said variable value and the evaluation value calculated by the calculator.

14. A guidance information display device for displaying guidance information at a display unit, comprising:

a voice input unit for inputting voice;

a voice recognition processor for performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in the voice input unit;

a calculator for calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition by the voice recognition processor;

a display module for reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and

displaying the guidance information at the display unit;

a decision unit for deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the guidance information displayed by the display module, and the evaluation value calculated by the calculator;

a change unit for changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is

accepted from the operation unit;

a reading unit for reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

a unit for counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of a recognition result is larger than the variable value;

a determining unit for determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

a decreasing unit for decreasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

a unit for storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information, wherein the decision unit reads out the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit from the storage unit and decides a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on said variable value and the evaluation value calculated by the calculator.

15. A guidance information display method for displaying guidance information at a display unit of a guidance information display device, comprising:

performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in a voice input unit for inputting voice;

calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition;

reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit; and

deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the displayed guidance information, and the calculated evaluation value,

changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of the recognition result is smaller than the variable value;

determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

increasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores therein a program for causing a computer to display guidance information at a display unit, said program comprising:

obtaining an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition by a voice recognition processor from a calculator for calculating the evaluation value for the recognition result;

reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit; and

deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the displayed guidance information, and the obtained evaluation value,

changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of the recognition result is smaller than the variable value;

determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

increasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.

17. A guidance information display device comprising:

a voice input unit for inputting voice;

a display unit for displaying guidance information;

an operation unit for accepting operation; and

a processor capable of executing the following processes of;

performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in the voice input unit;

calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition;

reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the

guidance information at the display unit;

deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the displayed guidance information, and the calculated evaluation value;

changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of a recognition result is larger than the variable value,

determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times,

decreasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

storing the changed variable value in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.

18. A guidance information display device for displaying guidance information at a display unit, comprising:

a voice input unit for inputting voice;

a voice recognition processor for performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in the voice input unit;

a calculator for calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition by the voice recognition processor;

a display module for reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit;

a decision unit for deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the guidance information displayed by the display module, and the evaluation value calculated by the calculator;

a change unit for changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

a reading unit for reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

a unit for counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of a recognition result is larger than the variable value;

a determining unit for determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

a decreasing unit for decreasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

a unit for storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.

19. A guidance information display method for displaying guidance information at a display unit of a guidance information display device, comprising:

performing voice recognition based on inputted voice in a voice input unit for inputting voice;

calculating an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition;

reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit;

deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the displayed guidance information, and the calculated evaluation value;

changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of a recognition result is larger than the variable value;

determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

decreasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores therein a program for causing a computer to display guidance information at a display unit, said program comprising:

obtaining an evaluation value for a recognition result of voice recognition by a voice recognition processor from a calculator for calculating the evaluation value for the recognition result;

reading out guidance information from a storage unit, which stores the guidance information corresponding to the recognition result, and displaying the guidance information at the display unit;

deciding a display mode of the guidance information at the display unit based on a variable value, which varies with an operation from the operation unit for the displayed guidance information, and the obtained evaluation value;

changing the variable value for guidance information displayed at the display unit when an operation for said guidance information is accepted from the operation unit;

reading out a given number of times from the storage unit;

counting the number of times that the calculated evaluation value of a recognition result is larger than the variable value;

determining whether the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times;

decreasing the variable value when the counted number of times is larger than or equal to the given number of times; and

storing the variable value changed by the change unit in the storage unit in accordance with the guidance information.