Method and user device for providing context awareness service using speech recognition

• US 10,395,639 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2018
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jin, Jung, Jiyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thuykhanh
• Application Number:
  US15/901,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20180182374A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 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 15/00 Speech recognition G10L17/00 takes precedence
• 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 2015/228 of application context
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2025/783 based on threshold decision
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H

Abstract

A method for providing a context awareness service is provided. The method includes defining a control command for the context awareness service depending on a user input, triggering a playback mode and the context awareness service in response to a user selection, receiving external audio through a microphone in the playback mode, determining whether the received audio corresponds to the control command, and executing a particular action assigned to the control command when the received audio corresponds to the control command.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an external audio signal through a microphone of a user device while the user device is playing media content, wherein the external audio signal does not come from the device itself;

determining whether the external audio signal corresponds to one of one or more pre-defined audio commands, wherein the one or more pre-defined audio commands is pre-defined by a user;

in response to determining that the external audio signal corresponds to one of the one or more pre-defined audio commands, identifying a visual indicator from one or more pre-defined visual indicators assigned with the pre-defined audio commands, wherein the one or more pre-defined visual indicators is pre-defined by a user; and

executing a particular action,

wherein the executing of the particular action comprises;

pausing the playing of the media content, and

displaying the identified visual indicator on a display of the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified visual indicator comprises text corresponding to the pre-defined audio command.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified visual indicator comprises predetermined text corresponding to the pre-defined audio command.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual indicator indicates that the external audio corresponds to the pre-defined audio command.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more pre-defined audio commands and pre-defined visual indicators are correlated to one another, respectively, by the user.

6. A user device, comprising:

a display;

a microphone configured to receive external audio;

a memory; and

a control processor configured to;

receive an external audio signal through a microphone of the user device while the user device is playing media content, wherein the external audio signal does not come from the device itself,

determine whether the external audio signal corresponds to one of one or more pre-defined audio commands, wherein the one or more pre-defined audio commands is pre-defined by a user,

in response to determining that the external audio signal corresponds to one of the one or more pre-defined audio commands, identify a visual indicator from one or more pre-defined visual indicators assigned with the pre-defined audio commands, wherein the one or more pre-defined visual indicators is pre-defined by a user, and

execute a particular action,

wherein the executing of the particular action comprises;

pausing the playing of the media content, and

displaying the identified visual indicator on the display of the user device.

7. The user device of claim 6, wherein the identified visual indicator comprises text corresponding to the pre-defined audio command.

8. The user device of claim 6, wherein the identified visual indicator comprises predetermined text corresponding to the pre-defined audio command.

9. The user device of claim 6, wherein the visual indicator indicates that the external audio corresponds to the pre-defined audio command.

10. The user device of claim 6, wherein the one or more pre-defined audio commands and pre-defined visual indicators are correlated to one another, respectively, by the user.