Electronic device and method for controlling the same

• US 10,009,645 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2017
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Seokbok, Park, Jongse, Lee, Joonyup, Choi, Jungkyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharma, Neeraj
• Application Number:
  US15/607,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20170264939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/18 using natural language modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• 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 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords

Abstract

A digital television including a display, an interface, a communication unit, a broadcast receiver, and a controller to: display broadcast content, display a screen corresponding to a voice recognition mode, receive a first voice command signal corresponding to a first voice command, which is a single voice command including a first part defining a search source of an Internet based search engine and a second part defining a first search keyword, display a web page corresponding to the search source, which includes a first search result corresponding to first information stored on a remote server, receive a second voice command signal corresponding to a second voice command, in which the second voice command is a single voice command including the first search keyword, and display a second search result corresponding to the first search keyword from the second voice command, which corresponds to second information stored in the digital television.

Claims

1. A digital television comprising:

a display;

an interface configured to receive a control signal for controlling an operation of the digital television;

a communication unit configured to support internet access;

a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcast signals or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management server; and

a controller configured to;

display broadcast content received through the broadcast receiver on the display,

display a screen corresponding to a voice recognition mode on the display in response to entering the voice recognition mode,

receive a first voice command signal corresponding to a first voice command in the voice recognition mode, wherein the first voice command is a single voice command including a first part defining a search source of an Internet based search engine and a second part defining a first search keyword,

display a web page corresponding to the search source included in the first voice command, wherein the web page includes a first search result corresponding to first information stored on a remote server,

receive a second voice command signal corresponding to a second voice command in the voice recognition mode, wherein the second voice command is a single voice command including the first search keyword, and

display a second search result corresponding to the first search keyword from the second voice command, wherein the second search result corresponds to second information stored in the digital television.

2. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the first part defining the search source of the Internet based search engine is successively followed by the second part defining the search keyword in the single voice command of the first voice command.

3. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

search a memory in the digital television by default when the second voice command includes only the first search keyword.

4. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the screen corresponding to the voice recognition mode includes a symbol and text indicating the voice recognition mode.

5. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the interface is further configured to receive the control signal for controlling the operation of the digital television from a remote controller, and

wherein the first voice command is input via a microphone provided in the remote controller.

6. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the first search keyword includes at least one of a web page name, a broadcast program name, a person'"'"'s name, a genre of a broadcast program, and an application name.

7. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the first voice command or the second voice command comprises natural language, and

wherein the first search keyword is extracted from the natural language based on Natural Language Processing (NPL).

8. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the remote controller is a mobile terminal configured to control the digital television.

9. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the search source and the first search keyword are extracted from an external voice recognition device, and

wherein digital television receives the extracted information from the external voice recognition device.

10. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the search source includes at least one of an electronic program guide (EPG) or at least one multimedia content stored in a memory of the digital television.

11. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially search for content corresponding to the first search keyword in at least one source other than the search source included in the first voice command based on the search source included in the first voice command failing to include content corresponding to the search keyword.

12. The digital television of claim 1, wherein the search source comprises an external device connected with the digital television through a network.

13. A digital television comprising:

a display;

an interface configured to receive a control signal for controlling an operation of the digital television from a remote controller;

a communication unit configured to support internet access;

a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcast signals or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management server via a broadcast channel; and

a controller configured to;

display broadcast content received through the broadcast receiver on the display,

display a screen corresponding to a voice recognition mode on the display in response to entering the voice recognition mode, wherein the screen includes a symbol and text indicating the voice recognition mode,

receive a first voice command signal corresponding to a first voice command through the remote controller in the voice recognition mode while the broadcast content is displayed, wherein the first voice command is input via a microphone provided in the remote controller, wherein the first voice command is a first part defining a search source of an Internet based search engine successively followed by a second part defining a search keyword,

display a web page corresponding to the search source included in the first voice command,

wherein the web page includes a search window including the search keyword,

wherein the web page includes a first search result corresponding to the first search keyword, and

wherein the web page corresponds to a web site corresponding to the search source accessed through the Internet,

receive a second voice command signal corresponding to a second voice command through the remote controller in the voice recognition mode while the broadcast content is displayed, wherein the second voice command is input via the microphone provided in the remote controller, wherein the second voice command is a single voice command including the first search keyword, and

display a second search result corresponding to the first search keyword from the second voice command, wherein the second search result corresponds to second information stored in the digital television.

14. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to:

search a memory in the digital television by default when the second voice command includes only the first search keyword.

15. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the first search keyword includes at least one of a web page name, a broadcast program name, a person'"'"'s name, a genre of a broadcast program, and an application name.

16. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the remote controller is a mobile terminal configured to control the digital television.

17. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the search source and the first search keyword are extracted from an external voice recognition device, and

wherein digital television receives the extracted information from the external voice recognition device.

18. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the search source includes at least one of an electronic program guide (EPG) or at least one multimedia content stored in a memory of the digital television.

19. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially search for content corresponding to the first search keyword in at least one source other than the search source included in the first voice command based on the search source included in the first voice command failing to include content corresponding to the search keyword.

20. The digital television of claim 13, wherein the search source comprises an external device connected with the digital television through a network.