Interface for car-mounted devices
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1. An interface for car-mounted devices comprising:
- hand data detecting means for detecting hand data indicative of a state of a hand of an operator;
voice recognizing means for recognizing a voice utterance of the operator; and
control signal-forming means for specifying a subject device to be controlled among the car-mounted devices and a commanded control operation of the subject device based upon a combination of a result of the detection made by the hand data detecting means and a result of the recognition made by the voice recognizing means, and thereafter forming a corresponding control signal for the subject device, whereinwhen a preset demonstrative pronoun that has been set in advance is recognized by the voice recognizing means, the control signal-forming means specifies the subject device based on the hand data detected by the hand data detecting means, and forms the control signal, which changes an operating state of the subject device.
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Abstract
An interface for car-mounted devices includes hand data detecting means for determining devices to be controlled among the car-mounted devices based upon hand data corresponding to an operator hand state, voice recognizing means for determining how to change the state of the devices to be controlled based upon an operator voice utterance, and control signal-forming means for forming control signals for the devices to be controlled relying upon the devices to be controlled determined by said hand data detecting means and upon the content of change determined by said voice recognizing means.
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1. An interface for car-mounted devices comprising:
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hand data detecting means for detecting hand data indicative of a state of a hand of an operator; voice recognizing means for recognizing a voice utterance of the operator; and control signal-forming means for specifying a subject device to be controlled among the car-mounted devices and a commanded control operation of the subject device based upon a combination of a result of the detection made by the hand data detecting means and a result of the recognition made by the voice recognizing means, and thereafter forming a corresponding control signal for the subject device, wherein when a preset demonstrative pronoun that has been set in advance is recognized by the voice recognizing means, the control signal-forming means specifies the subject device based on the hand data detected by the hand data detecting means, and forms the control signal, which changes an operating state of the subject device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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5. An interface for car-mounted devices comprising:
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hand data detecting means for detecting hand data indicative of a state of a hand of an operator; voice recognizing means for recognizing a voice utterance of the operator; and control signal-forming means for specifying a subject device to be controlled among the car-mounted devices and a commanded control operation of the subject device based upon a combination of a result of the detection made by the hand data detecting means and a result of the recognition made by the voice recognizing means, and thereafter forming a corresponding control signal for the subject device, wherein when the control signal forming means specifies the subject device based on the hand data detected by the hand data detecting means and determines that a reserved word, which is associated with the control operation of the subject device, is recognized by the voice recognizing means, the control signal-forming means forms the control signal, which commands the subject device to execute the operation corresponding to the reserved word.
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6. An interface for car-mounted devices comprising:
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hand data detecting means for detecting hand data indicative of a state of a hand of an operator; voice recognizing means for recognizing a voice utterance of the operator; and control signal-forming means for specifying a subject device to be controlled among the car-mounted devices and a commanded control operation of the subject device based upon a combination of a result of the detection made by the hand data detecting means and a result of the recognition made by the voice recognizing means, and thereafter forming a corresponding control signal for the subject device, wherein when the voice recognizing means recognizes a preset demonstrative pronoun that has been set in advance, the control signal-forming means specifies the subject device based on the hand data detected by the hand data detecting means; and when the voice recognizing means recognizes a reserved word, which is associated with the control operation of the subject device, during a preset allowable time period measured from the time of specifying the subject device, the control signal forming means forms the control signal, which commands the subject device to execute the operation corresponding to the reserved word.
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7. An interface for car-mounted devices comprising:
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hand data detecting means for detecting hand data indicative of a state of a hand of an operator; voice recognizing means for recognizing a voice utterance of the operator; and control signal-forming means for specifying a subject device to be controlled among the car-mounted devices and a commanded control operation of the subject device based upon a combination of a result of the detection made by the hand data detecting means and a result of the recognition made by the voice recognizing means, and thereafter forming a corresponding control signal for the subject device, wherein when the voice recognizing means recognizes a preset demonstrative pronoun that has been set in advance, the control signal-forming means specifies the subject device based on the hand data detected by the hand data detecting means;
thenwhen the preset demonstrative pronoun is recognized by the voice recognizing means again during a preset allowable time period measured from the time of specifying the subject device, the control signal-forming means specifies the commanded control operation of the subject device based on the hand data detected by the hand data detecting means and forms the control signal, which commands the subject device to execute the commanded control operation.
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19. An interface for car-mounted devices comprising:
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hand data detecting means for detecting hand data indicative of a state of a hand of an operator; voice recognizing means for recognizing a voice utterance of the operator; and control signal-forming means for specifying a subject device to be controlled among the car-mounted devices and a commanded control operation of the subject device based upon a combination of a result of the detection made by the hand data detecting means and a result of the recognition made by the voice recognizing means, and thereafter forming a corresponding control signal for the subject device, wherein the control signal-forming means specifies the subject device based on the result of the detection made by the hand data detecting means, and the control signal-forming means specifies the commanded control operation of the subject device based on the result of the recognition made by the voice recognizing means.
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