Display apparatus and method for controlling the display apparatus

• US 9,520,133 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2016
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cha, Tae-hwan, Park, Tae-je
• Primary Examiner(s): Baker, Charlotte M
• Application Number:
  US15/192,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20160307575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 172 Days
• Field of Search: 704/275, 704/270.1, 704/E21.001, 725/39, 725/117, 725/131, 725/87, 345/173, 709/219, 715/810, 705/26.1, 705/26.81, 705/27.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/24 the user being prompted to utter a password or a predefined phrase
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/00 Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility G10L19/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 Transmission by server directed to the client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided, which includes an output, a voice collector configured to collect a user voice, and a controller configured to control the output to output a system response corresponding to the user voice, in which the controller is further configured to control the output such that a voice command guide applicable to a current situation of the electronic apparatus is outputted.

Claims

1. A controlling method of a display apparatus, comprising:

outputting a voice command guide including a sample sentence corresponding to a voice command which is applicable to a current situation of the display apparatus from among a plurality of pre-stored sample sentences corresponding to voice commands applicable to each display situation of the display apparatus;

receiving a user voice according to the voice command guide; and

performing a function corresponding to the user voice,

wherein the current situation includes at least one of a first situation and a second situation,

wherein the outputting a voice command guide comprises displaying a first voice command guide applicable to the first situation in the first situation and displaying a second voice command guide applicable to the second situation in the second situation, and

wherein the first voice command guide and the second voice command guide are different from each other.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first situation and the second situation includes a situation of outputting an initial screen, a situation of outputting a content or a situation of executing an application.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first situation includes a situation of outputting a content which is received through a tuner, and the second situation includes a situation of executing an application related to an external apparatus.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in response to the current situation being changed, the voice command guide is changed.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the user voice being input, transmitting the user voice to a server; and

receiving response information corresponding to the user voice from the server,

wherein the displaying a voice command guide comprises displaying the voice command guide which is applicable to the current situation based on the response information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

in response to the response information corresponding to the user voice received through a voice collector being received, outputting a system response.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the voice collector is built in the display apparatus or separated from the display apparatus, and

wherein the displaying the voice command guide comprises, in response to a system response corresponding to the user voice being output, outputting a voice command guide related to the system response.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outputting the voice command guide comprises, in response to a content list which is searched according to a user voice for searching a content being output, displaying a voice command guide for filtering a content included in the content list.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outputting the voice command guide comprises, in response to a content list which is searched according to a user voice for searching a content being output, outputting at least one of a voice command guide for executing a specific content included in the content list and a voice command guide for outputting detailed information of the specific content.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outputting the voice command guide comprises, in response to a corresponding application execution screen being output according to a user command for executing an application, outputting a voice command guide which is applicable to the application execution screen.

11. A display apparatus, comprising:

an output unit;

a storage configured to store a plurality of sample sentences corresponding to voice commands which are applicable to each display situation of the display apparatus; and

a controller configured to display a voice command guide including a sample sentence corresponding to a voice command which is applicable to a current situation of the display apparatus from among the plurality of stored sample sentences through the output unit and perform a function corresponding to an input user voice according to the voice command guide,

wherein the current situation includes at least one of a first situation and a second situation,

wherein the controller displays a first voice command guide applicable to the first situation in the first situation and displays a second voice command guide applicable to the second situation in the second situation, and

wherein the first voice command guide and the second voice command guide are different from each other.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one of the first situation and the second situation includes a situation of outputting an initial screen, a situation of outputting a content or a situation of executing an application.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, the first situation includes a situation of outputting a content which is received through a tuner, and the second situation includes a situation of executing an application related to an external apparatus.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein in response to the current situation being changed, the voice command guide is changed.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller, in response to the user voice being input, transmits the user voice to a server, and in response to response information corresponding to the user voice being received, displays the voice command guide which is applicable to the current situation based on the response information.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the controller, in response to the response information corresponding to the user voice input through a voice collector being received, outputs a system response.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the voice collector is built in the display apparatus or separated from the display apparatus, and

wherein the controller, in response to a system response corresponding to the user voice being output, outputs a voice command guide related to the system response.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller, in response to a content list which is searched according to a user command for searching a content being output, outputs a voice command guide for filtering a content included in the content list.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller, in response to a content list which is searched according to a user voice for searching a content being output, outputs at least one of a voice command guide for executing a specific content included in the content list and a voice command guide for outputting detailed information of the specific content.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller, in response to a corresponding application execution screen being output according to a user command for executing an application, outputs a voice command guide which is applicable to the application execution screen.