ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20130024197A1
• Filed: 10/13/2011
• Published: 01/24/2013
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,794,613 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• 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

An electronic device and a method for controlling an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes: a display unit; a voice input unit; and a controller displaying a plurality of contents on the display unit, receiving a voice command for controlling any one of the plurality of contents through the voice input unit, and controlling content corresponding to the received voice command. Multitasking performed by the electronic device can be effectively controlled through a voice command.

Claims

1. An electronic system comprising:

a display unit;

a voice input unit; and

a controller configured to;

control display, on the display unit, of multiple, different types of content provided by multiple, different content sources,

receive, from the voice input unit, a voice command,

select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, a first type of content to associate with the received voice command, the first type of content being provided by a first content source, and

control output of the first type of content provided by the first content source based on the received voice command.

2. The electronic system of claim 1, further comprising:

multiple command databases that each correspond to one of the multiple, different types of content and store, for the corresponding type of content, control commands used in interpreting voice commands for the corresponding type of content,

wherein the controller is configured to;

match the received voice command to a first of the multiple command databases that corresponds to the first type of content;

select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on matching the received voice command to the first of the multiple command databases;

recognize the received voice command based on the first of the multiple command databases; and

control output of the first type of content provided by the first content source based on recognition of the received voice command and the first of the multiple command databases.

3. The electronic system of claim 1, further comprising:

a common command database that corresponds to more than one of the multiple, different types of content and stores control commands used in interpreting voice commands that are applicable to more than one of the multiple, different types of content,

wherein the controller is configured to;

match the received voice command to the common command database;

determine that the first type of content is being displayed on the display unit at a time of the received voice command;

select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the determination that the first type of content is being displayed on the display unit at the time of the received voice command;

recognize the received voice command based on the common command database; and

control output of the first type of content provided by the first content source based on recognition of the received voice command and the common command database.

4. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to recognize that the received voice command is a command commonly applied to the multiple, different types of content, and, based on the recognition that the received voice command is a command commonly applied to the multiple, different types of content, select the first type of content to associate with the received voice command according to a predetermined reference.

5. The electronic system of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to control display of a user interface that allows a user to select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, a type of content to be controlled according to the received voice command and select the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on user input from the user interface selecting the first type of content as the type of content to be controlled.

6. The electronic system of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to access an execution order assigned to the multiple, different types of content and select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the accessed execution order.

7. The electronic system of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to determine a disposition of content displayed on the display unit and select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the determined disposition of content displayed on the display unit.

8. The electronic system of claim 4, further comprising:

a camera configured to capture an image of a speaker,

wherein the controller is configured to determine a type of content aimed by the speaker based on the captured image of the speaker and select the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the determined type of content aimed by the speaker being the first type of content.

9. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to recognize a speaker providing the received voice command based on the received voice command, access speaker information associated with the recognized speaker, and select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the speaker information.

10. The electronic system of claim 9, wherein the speaker information comprises information regarding the recognized speaker and content the recognized speaker has authority to control, and the controller is configured to select the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the information regarding the recognized speaker and the content the recognized speaker has authority to control.

11. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to extract source information from the received voice command and select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the first type of content matching the extracted source information.

12. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the multiple, different types of content have different linguistic characteristics, and the controller is configured to determine linguistic characteristics of the received voice command, compare the determined linguistic characteristics of the received voice command with linguistic characteristics of the multiple, different types of content, and select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, the first type of content to associate with the received voice command based on the comparison.

13. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the multiple, different types of content comprise at least two of a broadcast program, a text document, an image, video, and an application executable on an electronic device.

14. The electronic system of claim 13, wherein the multiple, different types of content comprise a broadcast program and an application executable on the electronic device.

15. The electronic system of claim 13, wherein the multiple, different types of content comprise a broadcast program and a text document retrieved over the Internet.

16. The electronic system of claim 13, wherein the multiple, different types of content comprise a text document retrieved over the Internet and video streamed over the Internet.

17. The electronic system of claim 13, wherein the multiple, different types of content comprise a broadcast program and video streamed over the Internet.

18. The electronic system of claim 13, wherein the multiple, different types of content comprise a broadcast program, a text document, an image, video, and an application executable on an electronic device.

19. An electronic device comprising:

a controller; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the controller, causes the controller to;

control display, on a display unit, of multiple, different types of content provided by multiple, different content sources,

receive, from a voice input unit, a voice command,

select, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, a first type of content to associate with the received voice command, the first type of content being provided by a first content source, and

control output of the first type of content provided by the first content source based on the received voice command.

20. A method comprising:

controlling display, on a display unit, of multiple, different types of content provided by multiple, different content sources;

receiving, from a voice input unit, a voice command;

selecting, from among the multiple, different types of content provided by the multiple, different content sources, a first type of content to associate with the received voice command, the first type of content being provided by a first content source; and

controlling, by a controller, output of the first type of content provided by the first content source based on the received voice command.