Image display apparatus and method of controlling the same

• US 9,530,418 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2015
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bae, Dae Gyu, Cha, Tae Hwan, You, Ho Jeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Saint Cyr, Leonard
• Application Number:
  US14/678,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20150213802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 704/246, 704/247, 704/251, 704/252
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• 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 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• 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: H03G 3/02 Manually-operated control H03G3/001 and H03G3/002 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3005 in amplifiers suitable for low-frequencies, e.g. audio amplifiers H03G3/32, H03G3/34 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4396 by muting the audio signal

Abstract

Provided are an image display apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The image display apparatus enabling voice recognition includes: a first voice inputter which receives a user-side audio signal; an audio outputter which outputs an audio signal processed by the image display apparatus; a first voice recognizer which recognizes the user-side audio signal received through the first voice inputter; and a controller which decreases a volume of the audio signal output through the audio outputter to a predetermined level if a voice recognition start command is received.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a communication unit to communicate with an external device;

an audio output unit to output an audio signal; and

a controller, in response to receiving a control signal from the external device, to activate a speech recognition and control an output volume of the audio signal associated with a content being viewed, and in response to deactivating the speech recognition, to restore the output volume to a volume level set before the speech recognition started,

wherein the external device includes a remote controller, the remote controller comprising;

a button for generating the control signal for the display apparatus to activate the speech recognition;

an audio receiver to receive an audio input; and

a communicator to communicate with the display apparatus, the communicator transmitting signals corresponding to the audio input received via the audio receiver to the display apparatus of which the speed recognition is activated, and

wherein the speech recognition is capable of being activated while the content is being viewed.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the output volume by decreasing the output volume to a predetermined level while continuing to display the content being viewed.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the audio output unit to decrease the output volume to a predetermined level.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the content being viewed comprises a broadcast program provided independently from the speech recognition.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller deactivates the speech recognition when an audio input for speech recognition is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition, and restores an output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller outputs a message requesting an audio input for speech recognition when an audio input is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the message output by the controller comprises a message image displayed on the display.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the message output by the controller comprises an audio message output by the audio output unit.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a broadcast signal receiver to receive a broadcast signal including a video signal and an audio signal;

a signal processor to process the received broadcast signal and display as the broadcast program.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller deactivates the speech recognition when an audio input for speech recognition is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition, and restores an output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller deactivates the speech recognition when an audio input for speech recognition is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition from the external device, and restores an output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the remote controller transmits data corresponding to the audio input received by the audio receiver to the display apparatus through the communicator.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a speech recognition unit to analyze the audio input received from the remote controller.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the audio output unit comprises a speaker.

15. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a content;

activating a speech recognition and controlling an output volume of an audio signal associated with the content in response to receiving a predefined control signal from an external device; and

restoring the output volume to a volume level set before the speech recognition started, in response to deactivating the speech recognition,

wherein the external device includes a remote controller, the remote controller comprising;

a button for generating the control signal for the display apparatus to activate the speech recognition;

an audio receiver to receive an audio input; and

a communicator to communicate with the display apparatus, and

wherein the speech recognition is capable of being activated while the content is being viewed.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the controlling of the output volume comprises decreasing the output volume to a predetermined level while continuing to display the content.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the displayed content comprises a broadcast program provided independently from the speech recognition.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the restoring of the output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started comprises:

deactivating the speech recognition when audio input for speech recognition is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition from the external device; and

restoring the output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started, in response to the deactivating the speech recognition.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the restoring of the output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started further comprises:

outputting a message requesting an audio input for speech recognition when an audio input is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the message comprises a message image displayed on a display.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the message comprises an audio message output by an audio output unit.

22. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal including a video signal and an audio signal; and

processing the received broadcast signal and display as a broadcast program.

23. An image processing system comprising:

a remote controller; and

a an image processing apparatus,

wherein the remote comprises;

a first communication unit to communicate with an image processing apparatus;

an audio receiver to receive an audio input;

a button for generating a control signal for the image processing apparatus to activate a speech recognition;

a first controller, in response to a user input selecting the button, to control the first communication unit to transmit a control signal for the image processing apparatus to activate the speech recognition and to transmit signals corresponding to the audio input to the image processing apparatus of which the speech recognition is activated; and

the image processing apparatus comprises;

a second communication unit to communicate with the first communication unit of the remote controller;

an image processing unit to process an image signal;

an audio output unit to output an audio signal associated with the image signal; and

;

a second controller, in response to receiving the control signal from the remote controller, to activate the speech recognition and control an output volume of the audio signal associated with the image signal being processed, and in response to deactivating the speech recognition, to restore the output volume to a volume level set before the speech recognition started,

wherein the speech recognition is capable of being activated while the image signal is being processed.

24. The image processing system according to claim 23, wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises a display to display the image signal.

25. The image processing system according to claim 24, wherein the second controller controls the output volume by decreasing the output volume to a predetermined level while the display displays the image signal.

26. The image processing system according to claim 23, wherein the second controller controls the audio output unit to decrease the output volume to a predetermined level.

27. The image processing system according to claim 23, wherein image signal comprises a broadcast video signal provided independently from the speech recognition.

28. The image processing system according to claim 23, wherein the second controller deactivates the speech recognition when an audio input for speech recognition is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition, and restores an output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started.

29. The image processing system according to claim 23, wherein the second controller deactivates the speech recognition when an audio input for speech recognition is not received from the remote controller during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition, and restores an output volume to the volume level set before the speech recognition started.

30. The image processing system according to claim 23, wherein the second controller outputs a message requesting an audio input for speech recognition when an audio input is not received during a predefined time after activating the speech recognition.

31. The image processing system according to claim 30, wherein the message output by the controller comprises a message image displayed on a display.

32. The image processing system according to claim 30, wherein the message output by the controller comprises an audio message output by the audio output unit.

33. The image processing system according to claim 23, wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises:

a broadcast signal receiver to receive a broadcast signal including a video signal and an audio signal; and

a signal processor to process the received broadcast signal and display as a broadcast program.