Image processing apparatus and control method thereof and image processing system

• US 9,037,471 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2013
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Joo-yeong, Park, Sang-shin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chawan, Vijay B
• Application Number:
  US13/745,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20140095159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270.1, 704/270, 704/271, 704/9, 704/251, 704/257, 455/563, 379/52, 379/88.04, 379/88.03, 379/88.01, 379/202.01, 709/204, 709/219, 715/203, 700/264, 700/245, 700/225, 700/258, 340/7.54, 348/14.01, 708/109
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• 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 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/58 of audio determination or detection of speech characteristics in general G10L25/00; speech recognition in general G10L15/00

Abstract

An image processing apparatus including: image processor which processes broadcasting signal, to display image based on processed broadcasting signal; communication unit which is connected to a server; a voice input unit which receives a user'"'"'s speech; a voice processor which processes a performance of a preset corresponding operation according to a voice command corresponding to the speech; and a controller which processes the voice command corresponding to the speech through one of the voice processor and the server if the speech is input through the voice input unit. If the voice command includes a keyword relating to a call sign of a broadcasting channel, the controller controls one of the voice processor and the server to select a recommended call sign corresponding to the keyword according to a predetermined selection condition, and performs a corresponding operation under the voice command with respect to the broadcasting channel of the recommended call sign.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image processor configured to process a broadcasting signal to display a broadcasting channel program;

a communicator configured to communicate with a server;

a voice receiver configured to receive a speech from a user;

a voice processor configured to process a performance of an operation corresponding to the speech; and

a controller configured to control the speech to be processed by one of the voice processor and the server,

wherein if the speech comprises a keyword relating to a desired call sign of a broadcasting channel, the controller controls to select a representative call sign corresponding to the keyword, from a database which stores a plurality of representative call signs and a plurality of call signs groups, each comprising at least one call sign relating to the respective representative call sign, controls to display a list which comprises a call sign group relating to the selected representative call sign such that one call sign from the call sign group in the displayed list is selected, and performs the operation according to the speech with respect to the broadcasting channel of the selected call sign.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller selects at least one of the call sign, based on a selection frequency of the call sign that is equal or greater than a preset rank, among the plurality of call signs in the call sign group relating to the selected representative call sign.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller selects at least one of the call sign, based on a selection frequency of the call sign that is equal or greater than a preset rank, the selection frequency being from a plurality of other image processing apparatuses communicating with the server, among the plurality of call signs in the call sign group relating to the selected representative call sign.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays a user interface (UI) which displays the list and provides for the selection of the one call sign.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein if the call sign is not selected by the user for a preset period of time after the UI is displayed, the controller selects one of the call sign in the list according to a predetermined selection condition.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communicator communicates with a speech-to-text (STT) server which converts speech into text data, and wherein upon input of the speech to the voice receiver, the controller transmits a voice signal of the speech to the STT server, and receives the text data corresponding to the speech from the STT server.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, if the controller determines that speech is a predetermined first type of sentence, the controller controls the voice processor to process the text data of the speech, and wherein, if the controller determines that the speech is a predetermined second type of sentence, the controller transmits the text data of the speech to the server to be processed by the server.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display which displays the broadcasting channel program thereon based on a broadcasting signal processed by the image processor.

9. A control method of an image processing apparatus comprising:

communicating with a server;

receiving speech from a user; and

processing the speech by one of the image processing apparatus and the server, and performing an operation corresponding to the speech,

wherein a database is stored in at least one of the image processing apparatus and the server, the database stores a plurality of representative call signs and a plurality of call sign groups including at least one call sign relating to the respective representative call sign, and

wherein the processing and performing comprises;

if the speech comprises a keyword relating to a desired call sign of a broadcasting channel, controlling to select a representative call sign corresponding to the keyword from a database which stores a plurality of representative all signs and a plurality of call signs groups, each comprising at least one call sign relating to the respective representative call sign,

displaying a list which comprises a calf sign group relating to the selected representative call sign such that one call sign from the call sign group in the displayed list is selected; and

performing an operation according to the speech with respect to a broadcasting channel of the selected call sign.

10. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the controlling to select the representative call sign comprises:

selecting at least one of the call sign, based on a selection frequency of the call sign that is equal or greater than a preset rank, among the plurality of call signs in the call sign group relating to the selected representative call sign.

11. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the controlling to select the representative call sign comprises:

selecting at least one of the call sign, based on a selection frequency of the call sign that is equal or greater than a preset rank, the selection frequency being from a plurality of other image processing apparatuses communicating with the server, among the plurality of call signs in the call sign group relating to the selected representative call sign.

12. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the displaying the list comprises:

displaying a user interface (UI) which displays the list for the selection of the one call sign.

13. The control method according to claim 12, wherein the displaying the UI comprises:

selecting one of the call sign displayed in the list according to a predetermined selection condition if the call sign is not selected by the user for a preset time after the UI is displayed.

14. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the image processing apparatus communicates with a speech-to-text (STT) server which converts the speech into text data, and

wherein the receiving the speech comprises:

transmitting a voice signal of the speech to the STT server, and

receiving the text data corresponding to the speech from the STT server.

15. The control method according to claim 14, wherein the processing and performing comprises:

processing, by the image processing apparatus, the text data corresponding to the converted speech based on determining that the voice command is a predetermined first type of sentence; and

transmitting, to the server for processing, the text data corresponding to the converted speech based on determining that the voice command is a predetermined second type of sentence.

16. An image processing system comprising:

an image processing apparatus configured to processes a broadcasting signal to display a broadcasting channel program;

a server configured to communicates with the image processing apparatus,

wherein the image processing apparatus comprises;

a voice receiver configured to receive a speech from a user,

a voice processor configured to performs a preset operation corresponding to the speech; and

a controller configured to control the speech to be processed by one of the voice processor and the server,

wherein a database is stored in at least one of the image processing apparatus and the server, the database stores a plurality of representative call signs and a plurality of call sign groups including at least one call sign relating to the respective representative call sign, and

wherein if the speech comprises a keyword relating to a desired call sign of a broadcasting channel, the controller controls to select a representative call sign corresponding to the keyword, from a database which stores a plurality of representative call signs and a plurality of call signs groups, each comprising at least one call sign relating to the respective representative call sign, controls to display a list ich comprises a call sign group relating to the selected representative call sign such that one call sign from the call sign group in the displayed list is selected and performs the operation according to the speech with respect to the broadcasting channel of the selected call sign.