METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING PICTURES

• US 20100312559A1
• Filed: 12/11/2008
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Chen, Xin, Chen, Ningjiang, Xia, Yunji, Peng, Yang, Jin, Sheng
• Granted Patent: US 8,438,034 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/249
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A method of playing pictures comprises the steps of: receiving (11) a voice message; extracting (12) a key feature from the voice message; selecting (13) pictures by matching the key feature with pre-stored picture information; generating (14) a picture-voice sequence by integrating the selected pictures and the voice message; and playing (15) the picture-voice sequence. An electronic apparatus comprises a processing unit for implementing the different steps of the method.

Claims

1. A method of playing pictures, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving (11) a voice message,

extracting (12) a key feature from the voice message,

selecting (13) pictures by matching the key feature with pre-stored picture information,

generating (14) a picture-voice sequence by integrating the selected pictures and the voice message, and

playing (15) the picture-voice sequence.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting step (12) is intended to analyse the voice message content word by word so as to extract the key feature.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the key feature is a key word, and/or user identification, and/or corresponding intonation.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting step (12) is further intended to calculate a playtime for the voice message.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the pre-stored picture information comprises a picture name, and a short description of the picture content.

6. A method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the generating step (14) is intended to generate a picture-voice sequence in accordance with the key feature of the voice message, the duration of the voice message, and the pre-stored picture information.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating step (14) is further intended to determine a playtime for the picture-voice sequence, a playing order for the selected pictures, and a playtime for each selected picture.

8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the playtime of the picture-voice sequence equals the duration of the voice message.

9. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the playing order for the selected picture is determined in accordance with a pre-defined match weight.

10. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the playtime of each selected picture is determined in accordance with a pre-defined match weight.

11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each selected picture being played has the same playtime length.

12. An electronic apparatus for playing pictures, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit (21) for receiving a voice message,

an extracting unit (22) for extracting a key feature from the voice message,

a selecting unit (23) for selecting pictures by matching the key feature with pre-stored picture information,

a generating unit (24) for generating a picture-voice sequence by integrating the selected pictures and the voice message, and

a playing unit (25) for playing the picture-voice sequence.

13. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the extracting unit (22) is used to analyse the voice message content word by word so as to extract the key feature.

14. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the key feature is a key word, and/or user identification, and/or corresponding intonation.

15. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the extracting unit (22) is further used to calculate a playtime for the voice message.

16. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the pre-stored picture information comprises a picture name, and a short description of the picture content.

17. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the generating unit (24) is used to generate a picture-voice sequence in accordance with the key feature of the voice message, the duration of the voice message, and the pre-stored picture information.

18. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the generating unit (24) is further used to determine a playtime for the picture-voice sequence, a playing order for the selected pictures, and a playtime for each selected picture.

19. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the playtime of the picture-voice sequence equals the duration of the voice message.

20. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the generating unit (24) is used to determine the playing order for the selected pictures in accordance with a pre-defined match weight.

21. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the generating unit (24) is used to determine the playtime of each selected picture in accordance with a pre-defined match weight.

22. An electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein each selected picture being played has the same playtime length