Communication device transforming text message into speech

• US 8,781,834 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2013
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Huh, Ji Young, Kim, Sun Ryang, Kim, Woong Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): Godbold, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US13/924,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20130282377A1
• Time in Patent Office: 389 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The application discloses a communication device and method of processing a text message in the communication device. An aspect of the present application is a method of processing text message in a communication device, the method including receiving a text message from an external sender, receiving a request to transform the text message into voice data, transforming the received text message into voice data according to the request, and transmitting the voice data to an external sound reproduction device through a wireless communication module.

Claims

1. A method of processing a text message in a communication device, the method comprising:

receiving text messages from a counterpart;

determining whether to transform the received text messages into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information corresponds to a condition for transforming the text messages into the voice data;

selectively transforming a text message among the text messages into the voice data of the counterpart according to a result of the determining step; and

transmitting the transformed voice data to a sound reproduction device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the counterpart is a person whose telephone number has been stored in a storage.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording the voice of the counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

sampling the recorded voice of the counterpart to be stored as a voice information of the counterpart in a storage.

5. A communication device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive text messages from a counterpart; and

a controller configured to;

determine whether to transform the received text messages into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information corresponds to a condition for transforming the text messages into the voice data,

selectively transform a text message among the received text messages into the voice data of the counterpart according to a result of the determination, and

transmit the transformed voice data to a sound reproduction device.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the counterpart is a person whose telephone number has been stored in a storage.

7. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the controller records voice of the counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart.

8. The communication device of claim 7, wherein the controller samples the recorded voice of the counterpart to be stored in a storage as voice information of the counterpart.

9. A mobile device comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and

a controller configured to execute control operations to;

receive text messages from the external device,

determine whether to transform the received text messages into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information indicates whether to transform the text messages into the voice data,

selectively transform a text message among the text messages into the voice data using voice information according to a result of the determining, and

transmit the voice data to an external sound reproduction device when the external sound reproduction device is wirelessly connected with the mobile device,

wherein the control information is set by a request to transform the text message into the voice data after the text message was received.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the control information is set to transform the text message into the voice data when a caller ID of the text message corresponds to one of caller IDs.

11. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the control information is set not to transform the text message into the voice data when the mobile device is in on-screen mode.

12. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the request is received from a user.