Information processing device, portable device and information processing system

• US 9,013,399 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2011
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: Hoshuyama, Hideo, Akiya, Hiroyuki, Umeyama, Kazuya, Nitta, Keiichi, Uwai, Hiroki, Sekiguchi, Masakazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Tzeng, Fred
• Application Number:
  US13/575,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20120299824A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/158
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/06 Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces

Abstract

To take security into account and increase user friendliness, an information processing device includes: an input unit to which information is input; an extracting unit extracting predetermined words from the information input to the input unit; a classifying unit classifying the words extracted by the extracting unit into first words and second words; and a converting unit converting the first words by a first conversion method and converting the second words by a second conversion method, the second conversion method being different from the first conversion method.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an input unit to which voice data is input;

a text data generating unit generating text data, based on the voice data input to the input unit;

an analyzing unit analyzing voiceprint data of the voice data input to the input unit; and

an erasing unit erasing the voice data from which the text data has been generated by the text data generating unit, in accordance with a result of the analysis carried out by the analyzing unit.

2. The information processing system of claim 1, further comprising:

an extracting unit extracting predetermined words from the voice data input to the input unit;

a classifying unit classifying the words extracted by the extracting unit into a first word and a second word;

a converting unit converting the first word by a first conversion method, and converting the second word by a second conversion method, the second conversion method being different from the first conversion method.

3. The information processing system of claim 1, wherein

the analyzing unit carries out an analysis to determine whether voiceprint data of the voice data is voiceprint data of a registered user, and

the erasing unit erases a voice data of a person other than the registered user, based on the result of the analysis carried out by the analyzing unit.

4. The information processing system of claim 1, wherein the erasing unit varies the period of time from the analysis carried out by the analyzing unit to the erasing, between a voice data of the registered user and a voice data of a person other than the registered user.

5. The information processing system of claim 1, further comprising

a warning unit issuing a warning when the text data generating unit fails to generate text data from the voice data.

6. The information processing system of claim 1, further comprising

a reproducing unit reproducing the voice data when the text data generating unit fails to generate text data from the voice data,

wherein the erasing unit erases the voice data reproduced by the reproducing unit, in accordance with the result of the analysis carried out by the analyzing unit.

7. The information processing system of claim 6, wherein, after a predetermined period of time has passed after the reproduction, the erasing unit erases the voice data reproduced by the reproducing unit, in accordance with the result of the analysis carried out by the analyzing unit.

8. The information processing system of claim 1, further comprising

a portable-terminal housing including the reproducing unit, the portable-terminal housing being portable.

9. The information processing system of claim 1, wherein the voice data relates to a question, and

the text data generating unit generates the text data according to an answer to the question.

10. An information processing system comprising:

a memory that memorizes voice data from a portable terminal;

a generating unit that generates data in accordance with the voice data;

a communicator that transmits the data to the portable terminal; and

a controller that erases the voice data in the memory after a predetermined period has passed.

11. The information processing system of claim 10, further comprises an analyzing unit that analyzes voiceprint data of the voice data, and

the controller erases the voice data in accordance with a result of the analysis by the analyzing unit.

12. The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the generating unit generates data in accordance with a positional data of the portable terminal.

13. The information processing system of claim 12, wherein the generating unit generates first data according to the voice data and second data according to an answer to the voice data.

14. The information processing system of claim 13, wherein the communicator transmits the first data and the second data to the portable terminal by a wireless.

15. The information processing system of claim 14, the controller erases the voice data converted into the data immediately.

16. The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the controller erases the voice data converted into the data.

17. The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the generating unit generates text data as the data.

18. A method of controlling a processing system comprising the steps of:

memorizing voice data from a portable terminal;

generating data based on the voice data;

transmitting the data to the portable terminal; and

erasing the voice data after a predetermined period has passed.

19. The method of controlling the processing system of claim 18, further comprises analyzing voiceprint data of the voice data, and

wherein the step of erasing erases the voice data is based on a result of the analyzing.

20. The method of controlling the processing system of claim 18, wherein the step of generating generates the data based on a positional data of the portable terminal.

21. The method of controlling the processing system of claim 20, wherein the step of generating generates first text data based on the voice data and second text data based on an answer to the voice data.

22. The method of controlling the processing system of claim 21, wherein the step of transmitting transmits the first text data and the second text data to the portable terminal by a wireless.

23. The method of controlling the processing system of claim 22, wherein the step of erasing erases the voice data converted into the data immediately.

24. The method of controlling the processing system of claim 18, wherein the step of erasing erases the voice data converted into the data.

25. The method of controlling the processing system of claim 18, wherein the step of generating generates text data as the data.