CONTROL METHOD FOR HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND GATEWAY
First Claim
1. A control method for a household electrical appliance in a household electrical appliance control system including a server apparatus, a household electrical appliance, a gateway, and a sound collecting device, wherein:
- the gateway receives voice information of a user from the sound collecting device, analyzes the received voice information, and when judging that the analyzed voice information is voice information related to control of the household electrical appliance, transmits the voice information to the server apparatus;
the server apparatus recognizes the voice information received from the gateway, and when judging that the recognized voice information is voice information related to control of the household electrical appliance, transmits a control instruction corresponding to the voice information to the gateway; and
the household electrical appliance receives the control instruction from the server apparatus via the gateway and executes the control instruction.
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Abstract
A gateway (103) determines whether or not voice information collected by a sound collecting device (102) needs to be subjected to voice recognition by a server apparatus (101), and only voice information that is determined to need to be subjected to voice recognition by the server apparatus (101) is transmitted by the gateway (103) to the server apparatus (101). The server apparatus (101) recognizes the received voice information, decides a control instruction, and transmits the control instruction to a household electrical appliance (104) via the gateway (103).
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11 Claims
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1. A control method for a household electrical appliance in a household electrical appliance control system including a server apparatus, a household electrical appliance, a gateway, and a sound collecting device, wherein:
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the gateway receives voice information of a user from the sound collecting device, analyzes the received voice information, and when judging that the analyzed voice information is voice information related to control of the household electrical appliance, transmits the voice information to the server apparatus; the server apparatus recognizes the voice information received from the gateway, and when judging that the recognized voice information is voice information related to control of the household electrical appliance, transmits a control instruction corresponding to the voice information to the gateway; and the household electrical appliance receives the control instruction from the server apparatus via the gateway and executes the control instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A household electrical appliance control system comprising a server apparatus, a household electrical appliance, a gateway, and a sound collecting device, wherein
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a sound collecting unit that collects voice information of a user; and a transmitting unit that transmits the collected voice information to the gateway, the gateway includes; a first transmitting/receiving unit that receives the voice information from the sound collecting unit; and an analyzing unit that analyzes the received voice information, the first transmitting/receiving unit transmitting the voice information to the server apparatus when the analyzing unit judges that the voice information is related to control of the household electrical appliance, the server apparatus includes; a second transmitting/receiving unit that receives the voice information from the gateway; and a recognizing unit that recognizes the received voice information, the second transmitting/receiving unit transmitting a control instruction corresponding to the voice information to the gateway when the recognizing unit judges that the voice information is voice information related to control of the household electrical appliance, and the household electrical appliance includes; a receiving unit that receives the control instruction from the server apparatus via the gateway; and an executing unit that executes the received control instruction.
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11. A gateway in a household electrical appliance control system including a server apparatus, a household electrical appliance, the gateway, and a sound collecting device, the gateway comprising:
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a first transmitting/receiving unit that receives the voice information from the sound collecting unit; and an analyzing unit that analyzes the received voice information, wherein the first transmitting/receiving unit transmits the voice information to the server apparatus when the analyzing unit judges that the voice information is related to control of the household electrical appliance, and the first transmitting/receiving unit transmits, to the household electrical appliance, a control instruction transmitted by the server apparatus.
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