Electronic apparatus and method for controlling the electronic apparatus using voice

• US 8,725,515 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Chun-Sheng, Zou, Hua, He, Feng-Long
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Jialong
• Application Number:
  US13/241,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 704/275, 704/251, 704/270
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a microphone, a processor, a motherboard, and a voice recognition microchip. The voice recognition microchip compares a voice command with a pre-stored voice command. If the voice command is identical with the pre-stored voice command, the processor outputs a control signal to the motherboard. The motherboard controls the electronic apparatus to perform an action corresponding to the control signal.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a microphone operable to pick up a voice command from a user;

a motherboard;

recording software;

a processor electronically connected to the motherboard, the processor comprising a general purpose input/output terminal; and

a voice recognition microchip electronically connected to the processor and the microphone, the voice recognition microchip comprising an interrupt pin electronically connected to the general purpose input/output terminal;

wherein the interrupt pin outputs an interrupt signal to the general purpose input/output terminal, and the processor is directed by the interrupt signal to control the recording software to generate a recording indication; and

wherein the voice recognition microchip determines whether the voice command is identical with a pre-stored voice command, the processor outputs a control signal to the motherboard according to the determination of the voice command and the pre-stored voice command, and the motherboard controls the electronic apparatus to perform an action corresponding to the control signal;

wherein the control signal is a power button (PWRBTN) signal, and the motherboard receives the PWRBTN signal and controls the electronic apparatus to turn on.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a storage system electronically connected to the voice recognition microchip, wherein the pre-stored voice command is stored in the storage system.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the voice command is identical with the pre-stored voice command, the voice recognition microchip outputs the interrupt signal to the processor.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the recording software sends a request command to the voice recognition microchip through the motherboard and the processor, to control the voice recognition microchip to enter a recoding mode.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the voice recognition microchip further comprises a clock pin, and a data pin, the processor comprises a clock terminal, and a data terminal, the clock terminal is electronically connected to the clock pin, the data terminal is electronically connected to the data pin.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the data terminal transmits the request command to the voice recognition microchip.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the voice recognition microchip further comprises a plurality of serial peripheral interface pins all electronically connected to the storage system.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processor further comprises a plurality of control terminals all electronically connected to the motherboard.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the microphone picks up the pre-stored voice command from the user according to the recording indication.

9. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus using voice, the method comprising:

generating a first recording indication according to a first interrupt signal and picking up a first voice command by a microphone;

generating a second recording indication according to a second interrupt signal and picking up a second voice command by the microphone;

comparing the first voice command and the second voice command; and

storing the first voice command or the second voice command in a storage system if the second voice command is identical with the first voice command;

picking up a new voice command by the microphone;

determining whether the new voice command is identical with the stored voice command and outputting a control signal to a motherboard of the electronic apparatus according to the determination of the new voice command and the stored voice command; and

controlling the electronic apparatus to perform an action corresponding to the control signal;

wherein the control signal is a power button (PWRBTN) signal, and the motherboard receives the PWRBTN signal and controls the electronic apparatus to turn on.

10. The method for controlling an electronic apparatus using voice as claimed in claim 9, further comprising

sending a request command to the motherboard;

and

controlling a voice recognition microchip to enter a recoding mode.