METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TEXT ASSOCIATED WITH AUDIO FILE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130297308A1
• Filed: 10/22/2012
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KOO, Bon Joon, KIM, Yireun
• Application Number:
  US13/657,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20130297308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

The present disclosure may provide an electronic device capable of audio recording. The electronic device may include a recording function unit configured to record an external sound to store it as an audio file, a conversion unit configured to convert a voice contained in the sound into a text based on a speech-to-text (STT) conversion, and a controller configured to detect a core keyword from the text, and set the detected core keyword to at least part of a file name for the audio file.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a recording function unit configured to record an external sound to store it as an audio file;

a conversion unit configured to convert a voice contained in the sound into a text based on a speech-to-text (STT) conversion; and

a controller configured to detect a core keyword from the text, and set the detected core keyword to at least part of a file name for the audio file.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a text string generated based on the text on a display unit when there is an output request for a list of the audio files.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the text string is displayed while being scrolled on the display unit.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the scrolling display of the text string is displayed while moving the text string from the right side to the left side on the screen.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein said moving the text string from the right side to the left side displays the text string as many as the number of characters that can be displayed as a line on the screen, and moves the text string in a horizontal direction to display the remaining characters of the text string, or

displays the first character of the text string at one side of the screen, and then moves it to the other side thereof to continuously display the remaining characters of the text string.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the text string is displayed along with the file name on the display unit.

7. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller displays the detailed content of the text string on the display unit when a control command for the displayed text string is detected.

8. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller displays a text generated based on the STT on the display unit when a control command for the displayed text string is detected.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the file name is made of a text string containing the core keyword, and

the controller displays the text string while being scrolled on the display unit when there is an output request for a list of the audio files.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller sets the core keyword to the file name when the recording is completed, and editing for the file name is made by a voice input subsequent to the completion of the recording.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the controller displays the core keyword on the display unit when the recording is completed, and the edited file name is determined by a new voice input in a state that the core keyword is displayed thereon.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a text generated based on the STT on the display unit in a state that at least part of the text can be selected.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein at least part of the text selected by the user is stored as the additional information of the audio file.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the additional information is displayed while being scrolled on the display unit when there is an output request for the additional information.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device corresponds to any one of a mobile phone, a device having a phone function, an electronic watch, a broadcast receiving apparatus, and a home appliance.

16. A method of outputting a list of audio files in an electronic device, the method comprising:

entering an operation mode for outputting the list of audio files according to a user'"'"'s request; and

displaying a text string associated with each audio file contained in the list on the display unit,

wherein the text string is generated based on a speech-to-text (STT) conversion for the user'"'"'s voice, and the text string is displayed while being scrolled.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the scrolling display of the text string is displayed while moving the text string from the right side to the left side on the screen.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the text string is displayed along with a file name of the audio file on the display unit.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the voice is converted into a text based on a speech-to-text (STT) conversion, and

the file name comprises a core keyword detected from the text.

20. An electronic device having a microphone, a display unit and a controller, wherein the controller performs the steps of:

driving a recording application for recording a user'"'"'s voice input through the microphone into an audio file,

driving a speech-to-text (STT) execution application in linkage with driving the recording application to display a text converted and generated from the user'"'"'s voice on the display unit, and

setting a keyword specified by a touch input from the content of the text displayed on the display unit to at least part of a file name for the audio file.

21. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein the controller detects a core keyword from the text, and sets the detected core keyword to at least part of the file name when there is no touch input during the recording of the audio file.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the file name is made of a text string containing the keyword or the core keyword, and

the controller displays the text string while scrolling it when there is an output request for a list of the audio files.

23. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein the STT execution application is separately provided from the recording application, and the recording application is carried out to allow the selection of the driving of the STT execution application during the recording.

24. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein the STT execution application is provided as part of the recording application such that the execution of the STT is implemented as a function of the recording application during the driving of the recording application.

25. A method of reproducing a voice memo in an electronic device, the method comprising:

entering an operation mode associated with the reproduction of a voice memo stored according to a user'"'"'s request;

displaying a text corresponding to a reproduction time point of the voice memo in at least a partial region of the screen of the electronic device in the operation mode;

sensing a control command for changing the reproduction time point of the voice memo; and

changing and outputting the displayed text to correspond to the changed reproduction time point when the control command is sensed.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the text is generated based on a speech-to-text (STT) conversion for the user'"'"'s voice, and the text is displayed while being scrolled in linkage with the reproduction of the voice memo.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein changing the reproduction time point is linked with a specific text of the displayed text being selected by a touch input.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein a progress bar indicating the time information of the voice memo is displayed on the screen of the electronic device, and a reproduction time point for the voice memo is changed to correspond to a touch point for the progress bar.

29. An electronic device, comprising:

a controller configured to store an audio signal being received;

a display unit configured to display a speech-to-text (STT) based text for the received audio signal; and

an input unit configured to receive a memo or specific time point related to the audio signal from a user,

wherein the controller stores a text file containing the text along with the audio file, and

the memo or specific time point is written on the audio file and the text file, respectively.

30. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the controller senses a time point at which a specific pattern is received while the audio signal is being received to write the specific time point, and controls the display unit to display an indicator indicating the received time point.

31. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein the input unit receives the selection of the displayed indicator from the user while reproducing the audio file, and the controller reproduces the audio file from a time point corresponding to the indicator selected by the user.

32. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein the input of the specific pattern is an input of touching a specific region or an input of selecting a specific key button.

33. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the memo is written on the text file, and the specific time point is written on the audio file.