METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND PLAYING USER VOICE IN MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20140012583A1
• Filed: 07/03/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: MOK, Jieun, KWAK, Byeonghoon
• Granted Patent: US 9,786,267 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal are provided. The method for recording and storing a user voice in a mobile terminal includes entering a page by executing an electronic book, identifying whether a user voice record file related to the page exists, generating a user voice record file related to the page by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the user voice record file does not exist, and playing by synchronizing the user voice stored in the user voice record file with the text if the user voice record file exists. Accordingly, a user voice can be recorded corresponding to a text of a page when recording a specific record of an electronic book, and the text corresponding to the user voice being played can be highlighted by synchronizing the user voice and the text.

Claims

1. A method for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

entering a page by executing an electronic book;

identifying whether a user voice record file related to the page exists;

generating a user voice record file related to the page by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the user voice record file does not exist; and

playing by synchronizing the user voice stored in the user voice record file with the text if the user voice record file exists.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the user voice record file comprises recording a text included in the page to a user voice and a synchronization file including text location information corresponding to each time section of the user voice record file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the user voice record file further comprises:

identifying whether a touch input corresponding to a text location is detected if a record command for the text is received; and

starting to record a user voice if the touch input is not detected within a predetermined time elapse.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising setting the text location detected by the touch input as an initial location starting to record a user voice if a touch input corresponding to the text location is detected.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the user voice record file further comprises:

classifying input user voices by phoneme; and

generating and storing a phonemic voice file classified by phoneme.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

comparing the phonemic voice file with all the text included in the electronic book if recording a user voice related to a page is completed;

identifying whether auto complete of recording for texts included in the remaining pages without a stored user voice record file is possible by using the phonemic voice file; and

informing a user that the auto complete of recording is possible if the auto complete of recording is possible.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising converting texts included in the remaining pages without a stored user voice record file to user voices by using the phonemic voice file while executing an automatic record command.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the playing comprises highlighting a text corresponding to the user voice stored in the user voice record file.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the playing further comprises:

identifying whether a synchronization file related to the user voice record file exists if a play command is received;

identifying text location information corresponding to each time section of the user voice record file included in the synchronization file if the synchronization file exists; and

playing by synchronizing the user voice recorded in the user voice record file with the text according to the result of the identification.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

converting a user voice recorded in a user voice record file related to the page to a text if the synchronization file does not exist; and

playing by synchronizing the converted text with a text included in the page.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1.

11. An apparatus for recording and playing a user voice in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

an input unit for receiving a user input;

a display unit for displaying a text included in an electronic book; and

a control unit for controlling to identify whether a user voice record file related to the page exists when entering a page of the electronic book, to generate a user voice record file by recording a text included in the page to a user voice if the user voice record file does not exist, and to play by synchronizing the user voice stored in the user voice record file with the text if the user voice record file exists.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls to generate a user voice record file by recording a text included in the page to a user voice and a synchronization file including text location information corresponding to each time section of the user voice record file.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls to identify whether a touch input corresponding to a text location is detected if a record command for the text is received, and to start recording a user voice if the touch input is not detected within a predetermined time elapse.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit controls to set the text location detected by the touch input as an initial location starting to record a user voice if a touch input corresponding to the text location is detected.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls to classify input user voices by phoneme, and to generate and store a phonemic voice file classified by phoneme.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the control unit controls to compare the phonemic voice file with all the text included in the electronic book if recording a user voice related to a page is completed, to identify whether auto complete of recording for texts included in the remaining pages without a stored user voice record file is possible by using the phonemic voice file, and to inform a user that the auto complete of recording is possible if the auto complete of recording is possible.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the control unit controls to convert texts included in the remaining pages without a stored user voice record file to user voices by using the phonemic voice file while executing an automatic record command.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls to highlight a text corresponding to the user voice stored in the user voice record file.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit controls to identify whether a synchronization file related to the user voice record file exists if a play command is received, to identify text location information corresponding to each time section of the user voice record file included in the synchronization file if the synchronization file exists, and to play by synchronizing the user voice recorded in the user voice record file with the text according to the result of the identification.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the control unit controls to convert a user voice recorded in a user voice record file related to the page to a text if the synchronization file does not exist, and play by synchronizing the converted text with a text included in the page.