TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CALL FUNCTION

• US 20140079194A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Sunmin, Cho, Jaewan, Cha, Soonhyun
• Granted Patent: US 9,137,359 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/82 Line monitoring circuits for call progress or status discrimination for detecting caller identity H04M1/573
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00

Abstract

Provided are a terminal and a method for managing a call function of a terminal, including a call termination and call retransmission function based on a state of a terminal using a voice recognition or a sensor. The method for managing a call function of a terminal includes sequentially acquiring at least one input voice during a phone call, extracting a finally acquired voice from the at least one voice when call termination is requested, and storing information about the finally acquired voice in a database under a call termination command.

Claims

1. A method for managing a call function of a terminal, the method comprising:

sequentially acquiring at least part of input voice while conducting a phone call;

extracting a finally acquired voice from the at least part of voice when a request for call termination is recognized; and

storing information about the finally acquired voice in a database (DB) under a termination command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sequentially acquiring of the at least part of input voice further comprises temporarily storing the at least part of voice in a buffer with a predetermined capacity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the information comprises:

converting the finally acquired voice into a text; and

storing the converted text in the database under the call termination command.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the information comprises:

extracting a voice pattern from the finally acquired voice;

identifying a user based on the extracted voice pattern; and

storing the information about the finally acquired voice in the database corresponding to the identified user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the acquired voice corresponds to data under the termination command; and

terminating the call when the voice inputted during the phone call corresponds to data under the call termination command in the DB, or the voice has not been inputted for a preset time.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining whether the acquired voice corresponds to the call termination command is inputted comprises:

searching for information corresponding to the voice inputted during the phone call from the database; and

determining whether the voice corresponding to call termination command has been inputted when the corresponding information is found in the database.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the terminating of the call comprises:

determining whether the preset time elapses after the voice corresponding to the call termination command was inputted;

determining whether a call termination event occurs while the preset time does not elapse; and

terminating the call when the call termination event occurs.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the call termination event includes at least one detection of specific illumination, specific motion, and touch or approach of an object.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising;

determining whether the preset time elapses after terminating the call;

determining whether a call retransmission event occurs whether the preset time does not elapse; and

performing call retransmission based on a latest call number when the call retransmission event occurs.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the call retransmission event includes a voice input event of which the voice has a same voice pattern as that of the voice input during the phone call.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the call retransmission event includes at least one detection of specific illumination, specific motion, and touch or approach of an object.

12. A terminal comprising:

a voice input unit configured to receive a voice;

a memory configured to store a database including at least one call termination command; and

a controller configured to sequentially acquire at least part of voice through the voice input unit during a phone call, extract a finally acquired voice from the at least one voice when call termination is requested, and control the memory to store information about the finally acquired voice in the database as the call termination command.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller configured to convert the finally acquired voice into a text and control the memory to store the converted text in the database as the call termination command.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller configured to perform the call when the call is requested,

determine whether a voice inputted through the voice input unit corresponds to data under the call termination command during the phone call, and terminate the call when the input voice corresponds to the call termination command or the voice has not been inputted for a preset time.

15. The terminal of claim 12, further comprising a sensor configured to detect a state of the terminal including at least one of illumination, motion, and presence of touch or approach of an object,

wherein the controller configured to determine whether a preset time elapses after a voice corresponding to the data under the call termination command was inputted, determine whether a call termination event occurs through the sensor while the preset time does not elapse, and terminate the call when the call termination event occurs.

16. A method of controlling a call function of a terminal, the method comprising:

recognizing a voice intending to terminate the call;

determining whether a preset time elapses after terminating the call;

determining whether a call retransmission event occurs while the preset time does not elapse; and

conducting call retransmission based on a latest call number when the call retransmission event occurs.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the determining whether the call retransmission event occurs comprises:

extracting a voice pattern from the input voice when the voice is inputted;

determining whether the voice pattern matches with a voice pattern extracted from a voice inputted during the phone call; and

determining that the call retransmission event occurs when the voice pattern matches with the extracted voice pattern.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the call retransmission event includes at least one detection of specific illumination, specific motion, and touch or approach of an object.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the performing of the call retransmission comprises outputting a call retransmission alarm in at least one form of a pop-up window, an indicator, an icon, vibration, and a sound.

20. A terminal comprising:

a voice input unit configured to acquire a voice;

a sensor configured to detect a state of the terminal including illumination, motion, and presence of touch or approach of an object;

a memory configured to store a latest call number; and

a controller configured to terminate the call, determine whether a preset time elapses after terminating the call, and perform call retransmission based on the latest call number when a call retransmission event occurs through one of the voice input unit and the sensor.