Method and apparatus for playing pictures

• US 8,438,034 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2008
• Issued: 05/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Jin, Sheng, Chen, Xin, Peng, Yang, Chen, Ningjiang, Xia, Yunji
• Primary Examiner(s): WOZNIAK, JAMES S
• Application Number:
  US12/808,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• Field of Search: 704/231, 704/235, 704/251, 704/270, 704/275, 348/231.4, 348/231.5, 707/915
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A method of playing pictures includes receiving a voice message; extracting a key feature from the voice message; selecting pictures by matching the key feature with pre-stored picture information; generating a picture-voice sequence by integrating the selected pictures and the voice message; and playing the picture-voice sequence. An electronic apparatus includes a processing unit for implementing the method.

Claims

1. A method of playing pictures, the method comprising the acts of:

receiving, using a receiving unit, a voice message, said receiving unit recording and storing the received voice message;

extracting, using an extracting unit, a key feature from the voice message, said key feature including at least one of (1) a key word, (2) a user identification, and (3) an intonation of the voice message;

selecting, using a selecting unit, one or more pictures from a plurality of pre-stored pictures by matching the extracted key feature with pre-stored picture information associated with each of said plurality of pre-stored pictures;

generating, using a generating unit, a picture-voice sequence by integrating the selected pictures and the voice message; and

playing, using a playing unit, the picture-voice sequence,

wherein a playing order for the selected one or more pictures is determined in accordance with a pre-defined match weigh such that a first selected picture having a higher weight that more closely matches the extracted key feature is played before a second selected picture having a lower weight that less closely matches the extracted key feature than the first selected picture.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting act analyzes the voice message content word-by-word so as to extract the key feature.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting act calculates a playtime for the voice message.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the pre-stored picture information comprises a picture name, and a short description of the picture content.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the generating act generates a picture-voice sequence in accordance with the key feature of the voice message, the duration of the voice message, and the pre-stored picture information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating act further determines a playtime for the picture-voice sequence, the playing order for the selected pictures, and a playtime for each selected picture.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the playtime of the picture-voice sequence equals the duration of the voice message.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the playtime of each selected picture is determined in accordance with a pre-defined match weight so that the first selected picture having the higher weight is played for a longer duration that the second selected picture having the lower weight.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each selected picture being played has a same playtime length.

10. An electronic apparatus for playing pictures, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit for receiving a voice message, said receiving unit recording and storing said voice message;

an extracting unit for extracting a key feature from the voice message, said key feature including at least one of (1) a key word, (2) a user identification, and (3) an intonation of the voice message;

a selecting unit for selecting one or more pictures from a plurality of pre-stored pictures by matching the key feature with pre-stored picture information associated with each of said plurality of pre-stored pictures;

a generating unit for generating a picture-voice sequence by integrating the selected pictures and the voice message; and

a playing unit for playing the picture-voice sequence,

wherein a playing order for the selected one or more pictures is determined in accordance with a pre-defined match weigh such that a first selected picture having a higher weight that more closely matches the extracted key feature is played before a second selected picture having a lower weight that less closely matches the extracted key feature than the first selected picture.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the extracting unit analyzes the voice message content word-by-word so as to extract the key feature.

12. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the extracting unit further calculates a playtime for the voice message.

13. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the pre-stored picture information comprises a picture name, and a short description of the picture content.

14. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the generating unit generates a picture-voice sequence in accordance with the key feature of the voice message, the playtime of the voice message, and the pre-stored picture information.

15. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the generating unit further determines a playtime for the picture-voice sequence, the playing order for the selected pictures, and a playtime for each selected picture.

16. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the playtime of the picture-voice sequence equals the playtime of the voice message.

17. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the generating unit determines the playtime of each selected picture in accordance with a pre-defined match weight so that the first selected picture having the higher weight is played for a longer duration that the second selected picture having the lower weight.

18. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein each selected picture being played has a same playtime length.