Image display device, method for driving the same, and computer readable recording medium

• US 9,984,687 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2015
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Sung-won, Yoon, Young, Ban, Dae-hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Godbold, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US14/854,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20160078083A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90328 using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/04 Segmentation; Word boundary detection
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1815 Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/10 Transforming into visible information

Abstract

An image display device, a method for driving the same, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The image display device includes a speech acquirer configured to acquire a speech query associated with a query created by a user, a display configured to display a query list composed of candidate queries having the same as or similar semantic as the acquired speech query, and an operation performer configured to perform an operation related to the query selected from the displayed query list.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory configured to store a Query and Answer (Q/A) set that includes a plurality of Q/As; and

a processor configured to;

control to acquire a speech query associated with a query uttered by a user,

control to identify at least one Q/A of the plurality of Q/As based on criteria,

control to generate a query list including candidate queries of the identified at least one Q/A, the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech query,

control to provide the query list for display, and

control to perform an operation related to a candidate query selected from the query list provided for display,

wherein the criteria include a time and a place of the query being uttered by the user, and at least one of user situation information, a user profile, or a past service usage pattern.

2. The image display device of claim 1,

wherein the processor is further configured to recognize the acquired speech query, and

wherein the processor is further configured to determine the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech based on a semantic of the result of the recognition.

3. The image display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a result of recognizing the acquired speech query from an external device,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech based on a semantic of the received result of the recognition.

4. The image display device of claim 1,

wherein the processor is further configured to generate semantic information related to a semantic of the acquired speech query, and

wherein the processor is further configured to determine the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech as those having the same semantic information.

5. The image display device of claim 4,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

separate the acquired speech query having a form of a sentence into words,

tag parts of speech of the separated words,

classify the words based on predetermined parts of speech, and

generate index information associated with the classified words based on the parts of speech, and

wherein the processor is further configured to determine the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech using the index information including the same semantic information.

6. The image display device of claim 5, wherein the semantic information is generated based on the classified words based on the predetermined parts of the speech.

7. The image display device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to perform an operation to provide search information or answer information associated with the candidate query selected from the query list provided for display.

8. A method for driving an electronic device, the method comprising:

pre-storing Query and Answer (Q/A) set, the stored Q/A set includes a plurality of Q/As;

acquiring a speech query associated with a query uttered by a user;

identifying at least one Q/A of the plurality of Q/As based on criteria;

generating a query list including candidate queries of the identified at least one Q/A, the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as a semantic of the acquired speech query;

providing the query list for display; and

performing an operation related to a candidate query selected from the query list provided for display,

wherein the criteria include a time and a place of the query being uttered by the user, and at least one of user situation information, a user profile, or a past service usage pattern.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

recognizing the acquired speech query,

wherein the determining of the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech is based on a semantic of the result of the recognition.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a result of recognizing the acquired speech query from an external device,

wherein the determining of the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech is based on a semantic of the received result of the recognition.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating semantic information related to a semantic of the acquired speech query,

wherein the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech are those having same semantic information.

12. The method of claim 11,

wherein the generating of the semantic information comprises:

separating the acquired speech query having a form of a sentence into words;

tagging parts of speech of the separated words;

classifying the words based on predetermined parts of speech; and

generating index information associated with the classified words based on the parts of speech, and

wherein the determining of the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as the acquired speech includes using the index information including same semantic information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the semantic information is generated based on the classified words based on the predetermined parts of the speech.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the performing of the operation comprises performing an operation to provide search information or answer information associated with the candidate query selected from the query list provided for display.

15. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium including a program for executing a method for driving an electronic device, wherein the method for driving an image display device comprises:

pre-storing Query and Answer (Q/A) set, the stored Q/A set includes a plurality of Q/As;

acquiring a speech query associated with a query uttered by a user;

identifying at least one Q/A of the plurality of Q/As based on criteria;

generating a query list including candidate queries of the identified at least one Q/A, the candidate queries having the same or similar semantic as a semantic of the acquired speech query;

providing the query list for display; and

providing search information or answer information related to a candidate query selected from the query list provided for display,

wherein the criteria include a time and a place of the query being uttered by the user, and at least one of user situation information, a user profile, or a past service usage pattern.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 15, further comprising:

changing the candidate queries included in the query list based on a change in the at least one of the user situation information, the user profile, or the past service usage pattern.