Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
First Claim
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a display unit;
a user input unit configured to receive an input of a command from a user;
a microphone configured to convert a speech signal to an electric signal;
a communication module configured to externally transceive a signal by wire/wireless; and
a controller, when connected to at least one external device via the communication module, and if the electric signal corresponding to a user'"'"'s speech command is input via the microphone in a speech recognition mode, configured to recognize the speech command by analyzing the electric signal and display the recognized speech command as a prescribed graphic user interface (GUI) on the display unit,wherein the speech command includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a target content, a source device having the target content, an operation to be performed on the target content and a target device to perform the operation,wherein the GUI includes a visual information region indicating each of the target content, the source device and the target device, andwherein if the target content is recognized from the speech command, the controller is further configured to perform a search for the target content on each of the mobile terminal and the connected at least one external device.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a user can control a mobile terminal and each device connected to the mobile terminal using a speech via the mobile terminal while the mobile terminal and external digital devices are connected together via a prescribed interface. The present invention includes a display unit, a user input unit, a microphone, a communication module and a controller, when connected to at least one external device via the communication module, if a electric signal corresponding to a user'"'"'s speech command is inputted via the microphone in a speech recognition mode, recognizing the speech command by analyzing the electric signal, the controller controlling the recognized speech command to be displayed as a prescribed graphic user interface (GUI) on the display unit.
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17 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a display unit; a user input unit configured to receive an input of a command from a user; a microphone configured to convert a speech signal to an electric signal; a communication module configured to externally transceive a signal by wire/wireless; and a controller, when connected to at least one external device via the communication module, and if the electric signal corresponding to a user'"'"'s speech command is input via the microphone in a speech recognition mode, configured to recognize the speech command by analyzing the electric signal and display the recognized speech command as a prescribed graphic user interface (GUI) on the display unit, wherein the speech command includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a target content, a source device having the target content, an operation to be performed on the target content and a target device to perform the operation, wherein the GUI includes a visual information region indicating each of the target content, the source device and the target device, and wherein if the target content is recognized from the speech command, the controller is further configured to perform a search for the target content on each of the mobile terminal and the connected at least one external device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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performing a connection to at least one external device via a communication module configured to externally transceive a signal by wire/wireless; if an electric signal corresponding to a user'"'"'s speech command is input via a microphone in a speech recognition mode, recognizing the speech command by analyzing the electric signal, the speech command including at least one selected from the group consisting of a target content, a source device having the target content, an operation to be performed on the target content and a target device to perform the operation; displaying the recognized speech command as a prescribed graphic user interface (GUI) on a display unit; and if the target content is recognized from the speech command, performing a search for the target content on each of the mobile terminal and the connected at least one external device, wherein the GUI includes a visual information region indicating each of the target content, the source device and the target device.
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