ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An electric equipment comprising:
- a communication unit to communicate with at least one electric equipment in a predetermined space through a network;
a sound collection unit to collect sound in the predetermined space;
a voice recognition unit to recognize a voice from the collected sound; and
a controller to transmit a noise reduction control signal to the at least one electric equipment when the recognized voice is an operation command.
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Abstract
An electric equipment including a communication unit to communicate with at least one electric equipment in a predetermined space through a network, a sound collection unit to collect sound in the predetermined space, a voice recognition unit to recognize a voice from the collected sound, and a controller to transmit a noise reduction control signal to the at least one electric equipment when the recognized voice is an operation command. Voice recognition is performed in a state in which surrounding noise is reduced, thereby improving performance of the voice recognition and thus improving operational accuracy of an electric equipment. In addition, a voice recognition rate is increased, thereby improving user satisfaction.
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37 Claims
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1. An electric equipment comprising:
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a communication unit to communicate with at least one electric equipment in a predetermined space through a network; a sound collection unit to collect sound in the predetermined space; a voice recognition unit to recognize a voice from the collected sound; and a controller to transmit a noise reduction control signal to the at least one electric equipment when the recognized voice is an operation command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electric equipment comprising:
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a load generating noise; a communication unit to communicate an electric equipment performing voice recognition through a network; and a controller to reduce an operation rate of the load upon receiving a noise reduction control signal from the electric equipment performing voice recognition. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A control method of an electric equipment communicating with at least one electric equipment in a predetermined space through a network, the control method comprising:
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collecting sound in the predetermined space; recognizing a voice from the collected sound; transmitting a noise reduction control signal to the at least one electric equipment when the recognized voice is an operation command; outputting information to re-request the voice command; recollecting sound in the predetermined space; re-recognizing a voice from the recollected sound; and when the re-recognized voice is an operation command, performing operation corresponding to the operation command. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A control method of an electric equipment communicating with an electric equipment performing voice recognition through a network, the control method comprising:
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operating a load when an operation command is input; reducing an operation rate of the load upon receiving a noise reduction control signal from the electric equipment performing voice recognition during operation of the load; storing an operation rate of the load during operation before the noise reduction control signal is received; and restoring the operation rate of the load to the stored operation rate upon receiving a restoration control signal from the electric equipment performing voice recognition. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An electric equipment comprising:
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a voice recognition unit to receive a voice command; a controller to determine which of a plurality of electric equipments on a network are operating and to determine which operating electric equipments of the plurality of electric equipments should receive a noise reduction control signal based on the voice command; and a communication unit to communicated with the plurality of electric equipment through the network and to transmit the noise reduction control signal to the determined operating electric equipments.
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37. A voice recognition system comprising:
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a first electric equipment; a second electric equipment connected to the first electric equipment by way of a network, the second electric equipment to receive a voice command, to determine whether the first electric equipment is operating, to determine whether the first electric equipment and the second electric equipment should receive a noise reduction signal based on the voice command, and to perform at least one of transmitting the noise reduction signal to the first electric equipment and reducing noise on the second electric equipment based on the determination of the voice command.
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Specification