APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING USER INPUT ACCURATELY TO A PARTICULAR SYSTEM FUNCTION

• US 20150220068A1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: GOLDMAN-SHENHAR, CLAUDIA V., DEGANI, ASAF, GROST, TIMOTHY J., DEUTSCH, OMER, STELZER, SEAN RICHARD
• Granted Patent: US 10,198,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/0265 the criterion being a learning criterion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

An apparatus for use in adjusting a controllable system based on a user-communication input, such as non-detailed or indiscriminate input. The apparatus includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for determining an objective system command, corresponding to the user input, for use in adjusting the controllable system.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving user-communication data;

interpreting the user-communication data, yielding interpretation output identifying a user need indicated by the user-communication data;

generating, based on the interpretation output, a subjective system output indicating a manner by which to adjust a controllable system to achieve the need identified; and

generating, based on the subjective system output, an objective system command for use in adjusting function of the controllable system to meet the need identified.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the objective system command comprises computer-executable code.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise processing the interpretation output to yield the precursor data, wherein the operation of generating the subjective system output based on the interpretation output comprises generating the subjective system output based on the precursor data.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the operation of processing the interpretation output to yield the precursor data is based on the interpretation output and user-profile data received from a user-model database.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the operation of processing the interpretation output to yield precursor data is based on the interpretation output and semantics data received from a semantics-dictionary database.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise executing the objective system command to adjust the controllable system to meet the user need identified.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user-communication data represents a sensed user communication comprising user gesture.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the user-communication data is received from a camera or light-based sensor detecting the gesture.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user-communication data represents a sensed user communication comprising an indiscriminate utterance.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the operations of interpreting the user-communication data, generating the subjective system output, and generating the objective system command comprises processing of context data.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the context data includes environmental data indicating a characteristic of an environment at or proximate the controllable system.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the context data indicates a user-specific characteristic.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation of generating the subjective system output is based on the interpretation output and current system states data indicating a current system state of the controllable system.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation of generating the subjective system output is based on the interpretation output and available system states data indicating available system states for the controllable system.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation of generating the objective system command is based on the subjective system output and current system states data indicating a current system state of the controllable system.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation of generating the objective system command is based on the subjective system output and available system states data indicating available system states for the controllable system.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions include code that, when executed, causes the processor to perform feedback-based learning functions for improving subsequent apparatus operation.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user-communication data is first user-communication data, and the learning functions comprise analyzing second user-communication data generated and received subsequent to execution by the system of the objective system command.

19. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving user-communication data;

interpreting the user-communication data, yielding interpretation output identifying a user need indicated by the user-communication data;

generating, based on the interpretation output, a subjective system output indicating a manner by which to adjust a controllable system to achieve the need identified; and

generating, based on the subjective system output, an objective system command for use in adjusting function of the controllable system to meet the need identified.

20. A method, comprising:

receiving, by an apparatus comprising a processor, user-communication data;

interpreting, by the apparatus, the user-communication data, yielding interpretation output identifying a user need indicated by the user-communication data;

generating, by the apparatus, based on the interpretation output, a subjective system output indicating a manner by which to adjust a controllable system to achieve the need identified; and

generating, by the apparatus, based on the subjective system output, an objective system command for use in adjusting function of the controllable system to meet the need identified.