DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME

• US 20150221302A1
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HAN, Sang-jin, PARK, Eun-hee
• Application Number:
  US14/567,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20150221302A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a microphone configured to receive a voice signal, a voice recognizer configured to recognize a user'"'"'s voice from the voice signal input through the microphone, a communicator configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus, a storage configured to store information regarding a search command to search the electronic apparatus, and a controller configured to, in response to the search command being included in the user'"'"'s voice, control to transmit a control signal to generate a feedback signal to the electronic apparatus through the communicator so that the electronic apparatus generates the feedback signal. Accordingly, a user convenience can be improved.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a microphone configured to receive a voice signal;

a voice recognizer configured to recognize a user'"'"'s voice from the received voice signal;

a communicator configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus;

a storage configured to store information regarding a search command to search for the electronic apparatus; and

a controller configured to, when the search command is included in the user'"'"'s voice, control to transmit a control signal to the electronic apparatus through the communicator, requesting the electronic apparatus to generate a feedback signal.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the microphone and the voice recognizer remain in an active state when the display apparatus is turned off,

wherein the controller, in response to the user'"'"'s voice being recognized by the voice recognizer while the display apparatus is turned off, is configured to determine whether the search command is included in the user'"'"'s voice, and when the search command is included in the user'"'"'s voice, activate the communicator to transmit the control signal to the electronic apparatus.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to a control command to control the display apparatus being included in the user'"'"'s voice, turn on the display apparatus and perform a control operation corresponding to the control command.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communicator performs communication with the electronic apparatus according to one of WiFi and Bluetooth communication methods.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

at least one button,

wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the at least one button being selected, execute a function corresponding to the button, and when the button is selected more than a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time period, transmit the control signal to the electronic apparatus through the communicator.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a camera; and

a motion recognizer configured to recognize a user'"'"'s motion from an image photographed by the camera,

wherein the controller, when the user'"'"'s motion is a motion to search for the electronic apparatus, transmits the control signal to the electronic apparatus.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display; and

a camera configured to perform photographing,

wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the search command being included in the user'"'"'s voice, transmit the control signal to the electronic apparatus,

wherein the controller estimates a location of the electronic apparatus by analyzing an image photographed a last time the display apparatus was used, and displays a user interface (UI) message indicating the estimated location of the electronic apparatus on the display.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display,

wherein the communicator is configured to receive location information from the electronic apparatus,

wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the search command being included in the user'"'"'s voice, transmit the control signal to the electronic apparatus, and

wherein the controller is configured to estimate a location of the electronic apparatus by analyzing an image photographed a last time the display apparatus was used, and displays a user interface (UI) message indicating the estimated location of the electronic apparatus on the display.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to a control command to control an external electronic apparatus being included in the user'"'"'s voice, transmit a control signal corresponding to the control command to the external electronic apparatus through the communicator.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is a remote controller.

10. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus by a display apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a voice signal;

recognizing a user'"'"'s voice from the received voice signal; and

when a search command is included in the recognized user'"'"'s voice, transmitting a control signal to the electronic apparatus requesting the electronic apparatus to generate a feedback signal.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the receiving a voice signal and the recognizing the user'"'"'s voice comprise, when the display apparatus is in an active state while the display apparatus is turned off, and the user'"'"'s voice is recognized while the display apparatus is turned off, determining whether the search command is included in the user'"'"'s voice, and when the search command is included in the user'"'"'s voice, transmitting the control signal to the electronic apparatus.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, comprising:

when a control command to control the display apparatus is included in the user'"'"'s voice, turning on the display apparatus and performing a control operation corresponding to the control command.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, comprising:

performing communication with the electronic apparatus according to one of WiFi and Bluetooth communication methods.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the display apparatus further includes at least one button,

the method comprising:

when the at least one button is selected, executing a function corresponding to the button, and when the button is selected more than a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time period, transmitting the control signal to the electronic apparatus through the communicator.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the display apparatus further comprises a camera,

the method comprising:

recognizing a user'"'"'s motion from an image photographed by the camera; and

in response to the user'"'"'s motion being a motion to search for the electronic apparatus, transmitting the control signal to the electronic apparatus.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

performing a photographing process;

when the search command is included in the user'"'"'s voice, transmitting the control signal to the electronic apparatus; and

estimating a location of the electronic apparatus by analyzing an image photographed when the display apparatus was last used, and displaying a user interface (UI) message indicating the estimated location of the electronic apparatus.

18. A method for controlling at least one external apparatus by a display apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a voice signal at the display device;

recognizing a user'"'"'s voice from the received voice signal;

determining whether a control command to control the at least one external apparatus is included in the recognized user'"'"'s voice; and

transmitting the control command to the at least one external apparatus when the control command is included in the recognized user'"'"'s voice.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the control command is a command to power on or power off the at least one external apparatus.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the control command is a command to update software or firmware of the at least one external apparatus.