Electrical appliance with voice input unit and voice input method
First Claim
1. A configuration having an electrically operated household appliance, a voice input unit, and a voice processing unit deriving control signals from spoken input instructions for controlling functions of the household appliance, comprising:
- an operating status detection unit to be connected to the household appliance and the voice processing unit, said operating status detection unit adapted to;
detect an operating status of at least one of the household appliance and other noise sources;
signal the operating status of the at least one of the household appliance and other noise sources to the voice processing unit; and
control the voice processing unit to perform an interference noise correction only if at least one of the noise sources is on.
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Abstract
Improving voice recognition when there exist interference noises in a configuration with an electrically operated appliance, a voice input unit, and a voice processing unit that derives control signals for controlling functions of the appliance from spoken input instructions includes an operating status detection unit detecting the operating status of the household appliance or other noise sources and signals such detection results to the voice processing unit, the voice processing unit performing an interference noise correction only if a noise source is switched on.
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23 Claims
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1. A configuration having an electrically operated household appliance, a voice input unit, and a voice processing unit deriving control signals from spoken input instructions for controlling functions of the household appliance, comprising:
an operating status detection unit to be connected to the household appliance and the voice processing unit, said operating status detection unit adapted to;
detect an operating status of at least one of the household appliance and other noise sources;
signal the operating status of the at least one of the household appliance and other noise sources to the voice processing unit; and
control the voice processing unit to perform an interference noise correction only if at least one of the noise sources is on. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a system including an electrically operated household appliance, a voice input unit, and a voice processing unit deriving control signals from spoken input instructions for controlling functions of the household appliance, a controller comprising:
an operating status detection unit connected to said household appliance and said voice processing unit, said operating status detection unit detecting an operating status of at least one of said household appliance and other noise sources, signaling said operating status of said at least one of said household appliance and the other noise sources to said voice processing unit, and controlling said voice processing unit to perform an interference noise correction only if at least one of the noise sources is on. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for inputting voice signals with correction of interference signals, which comprises:
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interrogating an operating status of at least one noise source interfering with voice input during voice input for controlling a household appliance; and
performing an interference noise correction with a voice processing unit only if a noise source is on. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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