Speech recognition command via an intermediate mobile device

• US 7,184,960 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Issued: 02/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Knauerhase, Robert C., Banginwar, Rajesh P., Deisher, Michael E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Storm; Donald L.
• Application Number:
  US10/187,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20040002866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the invention, a physical location of a mobile device is determined, and a determination is made that a subject device is available for command via the mobile device based at least in part on the physical location of the mobile device. Information regarding voice recognition capability of the subject device is transferred to the mobile device. A voice command is received by the mobile device, the voice command is interpreted, and an instruction is provided to the subject device based at least in part on the voice command.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a physical location of a mobile device;

determining that a subject device is available for command via the mobile device based at least in part on the physical location of the mobile device;

transferring information regarding voice recognition capability of the subject device to the mobile device;

receiving a voice command at the mobile device;

interpreting the voice command; and

providing an instruction to the subject device based at least in part on the voice command.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining based at least in part on the physical location of the mobile device that a plurality of devices are available for voice command and requesting a choice of the available devices.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising programming the mobile device to respond to voice commands of an individual.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the subject device executing the instruction.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising mapping voice commands recognized by the mobile device to instructions understood by the subject device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding voice recognition capability includes grammar and vocabulary understood by the subject device.

7. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining that a first device is available for command via a second device based at least in part on a determined physical location of the second device, the second device being a mobile device;

transferring information regarding voice recognition capability of the first device to the second device;

providing a voice command to the second device;

interpreting the voice command; and

providing an instruction to the first device based at least in part on the voice command.

8. The medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising determining based at least in part on the physical location of the first device that a plurality of devices are available for voice command and requesting a choice of the available devices.

9. The medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising programming the second device to respond to voice commands of an individual.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein the first device executes the instruction.

11. The medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising mapping voice commands recognized by the second device to instructions understood by the first device.

12. The medium of claim 7, wherein the information regarding voice recognition capability includes grammar and vocabulary understood by the first device.

13. An intermediate device comprising:

a discovery portion, the discovery portion determining a physical location of the intermediate device and, based at least in part on the determined physical location, determining that a subject device is available for voice command, the intermediate device being a mobile device;

a speech recognition portion, the speech recognition portion interpreting a voice command; and

a speech portion, the speech portion providing an instruction to the subject device based at least in part on the voice command.

14. The intermediate device of claim 13, wherein the discovery portion determines the physical location of the intermediate device by global positioning satellite (GPS) detection or by hotspot detection.

15. The intermediate device of claim 13, wherein the discovery portion stores parameters of the subject device.

16. The intermediate device of claim 13, wherein the subject device provides information to the intermediate device regarding speech capabilities of the subject device.

17. The intermediate device of claim 13, wherein the intermediate device is adapted to respond to the voice of an individual.

18. The intermediate device of claim 13, wherein the subject device does not have speech recognition capability and wherein the intermediate device maps a voice command to an instruction for the subject device.

19. An intermediate device comprising:

a means for determining a physical location of the intermediate device, the intermediate device being a mobile device;

a means for discovering a subject device that is available for command based at least in part on the physical location of the intermediate device;

a means for receiving information regarding voice recognition capabilities of the subject device;

a means for receiving a voice command;

a means for interpreting the voice command; and

a means for transferring an instruction to the subject device, the instruction being based at least in part on the voice command.

20. The intermediate device of claim 19, wherein a plurality of devices are available for command, and further comprising a means for making a choice of the devices.

21. The intermediate device of claim 19, wherein the means for discovering the subject device further includes a means for transmitting a request for available devices and a means for listening for a reply to the request.

22. The intennediate device of claim 19, wherein the means for determining the physical location of the intermediate device comprises a global positioning satellite system.

23. The intermediate device of claim 19, further comprising a means for adapting the intermediate device to the voice of a particular individual.

24. The intermediate device of claim 19, wherein the subject device is not speech-enabled and further comprising a means for mapping a voice command to an instruction for the subject device.

25. A speech recognition system comprising:

a first device, the first device being a mobile device, the first device determining a physical location of the first device, the first device interpreting a voice command, the first device providing an instruction, the instruction being based at least in part on the voice command; and

a second device, the second device being identified as available for command at least in part on the basis of the physical location of the first device, the second device receiving the instruction, the second device executing the instruction.

26. The speech recognition system of claim 25, wherein the first device includes a global positioning satellite (GPS) detection unit.

27. The speech recognition system of claim 26, wherein determining the availability of the second device further includes the first device providing a request for availability and the second device providing a response to the request.

28. The speech recognition system of claim 25, wherein the first device includes a speech module and the second device includes a speech module, and wherein the speech module of the second device provides information regarding the capabilities of the second device to the speech module of the first device.

29. The speech recognition system of claim 28, wherein the first device maps a voice command to an instruction understood by the second device.