Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
455563000 | Having voice recognition or synthesization | 72 |
20080214244 | CORDLESS TELEPHONE UNIT INCLUDING AUDIBLE CONFIRMATION OF CALLED PARTY - A main phone of a cordless telephone unit has i) a cordless communicator for establishing cordless communications with a cordless handset; and ii) a voice generator for converting called-party information received from a cordless handset into voice data. On the other hand, a cordless handset has voice-data output section for reading out the voice data. Called-party information received from the cordless handset is converted into voice data at the voice generator then returned to the cordless handset. Receiving the voice data from the main phone, the cordless handset reads it out prior to placing a call. Sharing the voice generating function of the main phone with the cordless handset can thus provide the handset with a voice-generator-free structure. | 09-04-2008 |
20090088214 | Outgoing Call Handling System and Method - A cellular system for handling outgoing calls from a mobile station ( | 04-02-2009 |
20090088215 | Method and apparatus for secure electronic business card exchange - An electronic business card is provided with voice data associated with the card owner. In some embodiments, the voice data is a digitized voice sample; in other embodiments, the voice data is a selection of pre-processed voice recognition data associated with a voice sample. In some implementations, the electronic business card can be transferred to other parties using a Bluetooth personal network. A user application can then make use of the voice sample or pre-processed voice recognition data for security or user identification | 04-02-2009 |
20090104940 | MODULAR EAR-PIECE/MICROPHONE (HEADSET) OPERABLE TO SERVICE VOICE ACTIVATED COMMANDS - The present invention provides a modular headset operable to support both voice communications and voice activated commands. This may involve the use of multiple voice CODECs to process voice communications and voice activated commands. The modular headset includes both a microphone and wireless earpiece. The earpiece may further include an interface, a processing circuit, a speaker, a user interface, a pairing circuit, and a registration circuit. The interface allows the earpiece to communicate with the base unit that couples the modular headset to a servicing network. This coupling to the servicing network and base unit only occurs when the headset is successfully registered to the base unit. The pairing circuit and registration circuit allow the exchange of pairing or registration information between various components. The pairing circuit allows the wireless earpiece and microphone to exchange pairing information which is then compared to determine whether or not a successful pairing can be achieved. Analog to digital converts (ADCs), which may be located within either the microphone or earpiece are operable to process the transduced voice communications in accordance with either a voice CODEC or voice recognition CODEC depending on the selected mode of operation. | 04-23-2009 |
20090170561 | MOBILE PHONE AND DIALING METHOD THEREOF - A dialing method of a mobile phone having no physical keyboard is provided. The dialing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a dialing instruction is enabled. Then, a virtual keyboard and a voice recognition module are enabled according to the dialing instruction, so as to receive an input datum from a user. Further, the mobile phone performs a dialing function selected by the user. | 07-02-2009 |
20090209290 | Wireless Telephone Having Multiple Microphones - The present invention is directed to a wireless telephone having a first microphone and a second microphone and a method for processing audio signal in a wireless telephone having a first microphone and a second microphone. The wireless telephone includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a signal processor. The first microphone outputs a first audio signal, the first audio signal comprising a voice component and a background noise component. The second microphone outputs a second audio signal. The signal processor increases a ratio of the voice component to the noise component of the first audio signal based on the content of at least one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal to produce a third audio signal. | 08-20-2009 |
20090253463 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND MENU CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including an input unit configured to receive an input to activate a voice recognition function on the mobile terminal and a memory configured to store multiple domains related to menus and operations of the mobile terminal. It further includes a controller configured to access a specific domain among the multiple domains included in the memory based on the received input to activate the voice recognition function, to recognize user speech based on a language model and an acoustic model of the accessed domain, and to determine at least one menu and operation of the mobile terminal based on the accessed specific domain and the recognized user speech. | 10-08-2009 |
20090275365 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CALL CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A method for operating a mobile terminal, and which includes performing voice recognition on call content to produce recognized call content, converting the recognized call content into one or more units of character information, registering the one or more units of character information to one or more particular functions of the mobile terminal based on a type of the character information or a field of the character information, inputting a search parameter, searching one of a plurality of file types and identifying a file related to both the search parameter and the one or more registered units of character information, and displaying or automatically executing the identified file. | 11-05-2009 |
20100009719 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MENU THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for automatically displaying a menu relating to a specific function by recognizing a user's voice command in a call mode, and for directly executing the menu, and a mobile terminal having the same. A mobile terminal may include a microphone configured to receive a user's voice in a video call mode, a display for displaying information, and a controller configured to recognize the voice, detect a voice command included in the voice, and automatically display a menu corresponding to the detected voice command on the display. | 01-14-2010 |
20100105435 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOICE-RECOGNITION FUNCTION OF PORTABLE TERMINAL AND RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A challenge to be met by the present invention is to provide a voice recognition function control method and a radiocommunications system which enable use of a portable terminal even when housings of the portable terminal are closed and which enable comfortable use of the portable terminal even when the portable terminal is held in an object distant from the body as in a bag or the like. | 04-29-2010 |
20100105436 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing terminal of portable-type having radio communication section which includes an input information reception section which receives input information by a user for controlling operation of a main body of the information processing terminal, a holding state information detecting section which detects holding state information for expressing a holding state by the user of the main body of the information processing terminal, and a control section which controls a predetermined operation of the information processing terminal based on the input information and the holding state information. | 04-29-2010 |
20100137030 | FILTERING A LIST OF AUDIBLE ITEMS - Disclosed is a technique for presenting audible items to a user in a manner that allows the user to easily distinguish them and to select from among them. A number of audible items are rendered simultaneously to the user. To prevent the sounds from blending together into a sonic mishmash, some of the items are “conditioned” while they are being rendered. For example, one audible item might be rendered more quietly than another, or one item can be moved up in register compared with another. Some embodiments combine audible conditioning with visual avatars portrayed on, for example, a display screen of a user device. During the rendering, each audible item is paired with an avatar, the pairing based on some suitable criterion, such as a type of conditioning applied to the audible item. Audible spatial placement is mimicked by visual placement of the avatars on the user's display screen. | 06-03-2010 |
20100151909 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a drive mechanism and a voice-activated module. The drive mechanism connects the first housing with the second housing. The voice-activated module control the drive mechanism to drive the first housing moving relative to the second housing. | 06-17-2010 |
20100173675 | "Talk-to-talk" telephony, especially mobile telephony - A “talk-to-talk” (as compared to “push-to-talk,” for example) interface technique is used to establish voice communications. In accordance with one method, a user speaks the name of a desired party. Machine recognition of the name is performed, and a determination is made whether the desired party is unreachable. Unless the desired party is unreachable, packet-based voice communications with are commenced with the desired party. Packet-based voice communications may include sending the name of the desired party as previously spoken, possibly in combination with other words, either spoken or previously recorded. Instant-messaging type presence services may be used to determine whether or not the desired party is unreachable. Typically, the desired party is unreachable when the desired party is not within range of or is not connected to a wireless network such as a WLAN network, a WiMax network, or other IP network or “always on” network. | 07-08-2010 |
20100178956 | Method and apparatus for mobile voice recognition training - A system and method for training an automatic speech recognition system to improve user-dependent and/or user-independent performance of the system. In some embodiments, a user of a mobile device is audibly prompted to respond with an audible response utterance or sequence that is then used to improve the effectiveness of the voice recognition system. | 07-15-2010 |
20100216511 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH NOVELTY VOICE ALTERATION AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, an audio transducer carried by the housing, and a novelty voice alteration processor carried by the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver and the audio transducer and configured to alter voice communications. For example, the novelty voice alteration processor may comprise a memory and a processor cooperating therewith to alter the voice communications. | 08-26-2010 |
20100234072 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF USING TEXT DATA OBTAINED AS RESULT OF VOICE RECOGNITION - A mobile terminal has a sound obtaining unit configured to obtain a sound signal; a voice recognition unit configured to recognize the sound signal and convert the sound signal into a text data; a display unit configured to display the text data divided in a plurality of units; a selection unit configured to receive a selection of one of the units from the text data divided in the plurality of the units displayed on the display unit; and a control unit configured to perform a predetermined process corresponding to each of the units selected by the selection unit. | 09-16-2010 |
20100248786 | Mechanism for Providing User Guidance and Latency Concealment for Automatic Speech Recognition Systems - Audio input to a user device is captured in a buffer and played back to the user while being sent to and recognized by an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system. Overlapping the playback with the speech recognition processing masks a portion of the true latency of the ASR system thus improving the user's perception of the ASR system's responsiveness. Further, upon hearing the playback, the user is intuitively guided to self-correct for any defects in the captured audio. | 09-30-2010 |
20100273529 | INPUT PROCESSING METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - An input processing method of a mobile terminal and a device performing the same are disclosed. Information on a user facility performed by a touch event generated at an area of the mobile terminal is compared with voice sensing data collected through a microphone to perform a specific user facility. As a result, erroneous touch event and imprecision generated during the voice sensing are improved. | 10-28-2010 |
20100291972 | Automatic Setting Of Reminders In Telephony Using Speech Recognition - Systems and methods for automatically setting reminders. A method for automatically setting reminders includes receiving utterances, determining whether the utterances match a stored phrase, and in response to determining that there is a match, automatically setting a reminder in a mobile communication device. Various filters can be applied to determine whether or not to set a reminder. Examples of suitable filters include location, date/time, callee's phone number, etc. | 11-18-2010 |
20110111805 | SYNTHESIZED AUDIO MESSAGE OVER COMMUNICATION LINKS - A communication device establishes an audio connection with a far-end user via a communication network. The communication device receives text input from a near-end user, and converts the text input into speech signals. The speech signals are transmitted to the far-end user using the established audio connection while muting audio input to its microphone. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 05-12-2011 |
20110165912 | PERSONALIZED TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS AND PERSONALIZED SPEECH FEATURE EXTRACTION - A personalized text-to-speech synthesizing device includes: a personalized speech feature library creator, configured to recognize personalized speech features of a specific speaker by comparing a random speech fragment of the specific speaker with preset keywords, thereby to create a personalized speech feature library associated with the specific speaker, and store the personalized speech feature library in association with the specific speaker; and a text-to-speech synthesizer, configured to perform a speech synthesis of a text message from the specific speaker, based on the personalized speech feature library associated with the specific speaker and created by the personalized speech feature library creator, thereby to generate and output a speech fragment having pronunciation characteristics of the specific speaker. A personalized speech feature library of a specific speaker is established without a deliberate training process, and a text is synthesized into personalized speech with the speech characteristics of the speaker. | 07-07-2011 |
20110201385 | VOICE-BASED COMMAND DRIVEN COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD - The present invention generally relates to a voice-based command driven computer implemented method and programmed apparatus that allows a user to easily add any open API communication product they choose to one interface. The computer implemented method filters all electronic communications selected by the user through a common source, such as the user's cell phone or computer. Each time an electronic communication is received, no matter through what program or application, the computer implemented method operates to communicate to the user that the electronic communication has been received and provides the user with the option of listening to and responding to the electronic communication, if appropriate. The user responds to the electronic communication through voice-based communication rather than physical interaction with the common source. The user may additionally initiate electronic communication through voice-based communication. | 08-18-2011 |
20120083318 | Visual Indication Of Active Speech Reception - A method includes, during operation of a mobile handset when a voice call is in progress with a remote party, detecting an occurrence of a start of a discontinuous transmission period that results from a cessation of speech by the remote party; and activating a visual indicator of the mobile handset to assume a first state that indicates that a speech signal is not being received from the remote party. | 04-05-2012 |
20120129576 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CALL CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A method for operating a mobile terminal, and which includes performing voice recognition on call content to produce recognized call content, converting the recognized call content into one or more units of character information, registering the one or more units of character information to one or more particular functions of the mobile terminal based on a type of the character information or a field of the character information, inputting a search parameter, searching one of a plurality of file types and identifying a file related to both the search parameter and the one or more registered units of character information, and displaying or automatically executing the identified file. | 05-24-2012 |
20120190407 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND CHARACTER INFORMATION CONVERSION SYSTEM - Provided is portable electronic equipment capable of mutually converting character information and simplified character information. The portable electronic equipment is equipped with a display unit ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120208600 | Cell Phone Processing Of Spoken Instructions - An item of information ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120264487 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device, includes a display unit, a detection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays a standard screen on which objects are superimposed. The detection unit detects occurrence of a predetermined event. The display control unit changes arrangement of the objects displayed on the display unit in accordance with the predetermined event detected by the detection unit. | 10-18-2012 |
20120315957 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided an electronic device that can execute a function using characters inputted during a telephone call, and a control method and a control program thereof. An application control unit inputs a character as an input character using an input control unit in a state where a call with a predetermined communication counterpart is continuing using a communication unit. When a predetermined function is selected after the input character is inputted with the input control unit, the application control unit executes a predetermined function in a state where the input character is inputted. | 12-13-2012 |
20130012268 | INTERFACE DEVICE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An interface device is provided for a mobile communication terminal for persons who may be elderly, blind or have compromised vision. The interface device includes a directional key for navigating an object in a corresponding region, a controller for determining texts or contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region, a converter for converting the texts or the contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region into voice, and a speaker for outputting the converted voice corresponding to the object in the corresponding region. | 01-10-2013 |
20130059628 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND TEXT-TO-SPEECH METHOD - A mobile communication terminal and text-to-speech method. The mobile communication terminal includes a display unit for displaying at least one object on a screen; a controller for identifying a depth of an activated object on the screen and finding a speech data set mapped to the identified depth; a speech synthesizer for converting textual contents of the activated object into audio wave data using the found speech data set; and an audio processor for outputting the audio wave data in speech sounds. As a result, textual contents of different objects are output in different voices so the user can easily distinguish one object from another object. | 03-07-2013 |
20130079061 | HAND-HELD COMMUNICATION AID FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUDITORY, SPEECH AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS - The present invention relates to a hand-held communication aid and method that assists the deaf-dumb and visually impaired individuals to communicate with each other and with normal individuals. The method enables deaf-dumb and visually impaired individuals to communicate with each other and with normal individuals on remote communication means without any hardware improvisation. The method enables face to face communication and remote communication aid for deaf-dumb and visually impaired individuals. This method requires no modifications in hand-held communication device used by normal individual. | 03-28-2013 |
20130102362 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SOUND CONTROL SYSTEM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes: a sound production unit for producing a sound based on a sound signal; an input unit for receiving input; a processing unit configured to cause the sound production unit to produce a sound, and set, when a response to the produced sound is received by the input unit, a compensation parameter for adjusting sound volume for each audio frequency based on the response; and a compensation unit configured to compensate a sound signal based on the compensation parameter, and supply the compensated sound signal to the sound production unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130196715 | ADJUSTED NOISE SUPPRESSION AND VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION - Dual microphones can be used to improve noise suppression by better distinguishing between speech and background noise. If the user does not hold the handset according to a prescribed orientation, however, the dual microphone noise suppression can actually do a worse job than a single microphone noise suppression algorithm because of mistakes made distinguishing between speech and noise. Here it is proposed to use an accelerometer to determine the orientation of the phone and use this orientation information in the noise suppression algorithm. Also when a person speaks, the vibrations when the device is held against the head can be used to detect speech. | 08-01-2013 |
20130225240 | SPEECH-ASSISTED KEYPAD ENTRY - An electronic device is configured to receive data from a keypad key, wherein the key is associated with first and second alphanumeric characters. The device includes a keypad interface and a data entry processor. The keypad interface is configured to determine the first and second alphanumeric characters when the key is pressed. The data entry processor is configured to select the first alphanumeric character from among the first and second alphanumeric characters when a speech recognizer determines that a spoken entry identifies the first alphanumeric character. | 08-29-2013 |
20130231160 | Multifunction Portable Electronic Device and Mobile Phone with Touch Screen, Internet Connectivity, and Intelligent Voice Recognition Assistant - A multifunction portable electronic device, mobile device, or smart phone may have a touch screen, cellular radio, microphone, speakers, video, camera, voicemail, website, and Internet connectivity. The device records spoken audio, processes the audio, transcribes the audio into text, and displays the text on the screen. The spoken audio may be used for composition of emails or documents. The mobile device may accept voice commands for actions including calling, dialing a number, or accessing an Internet site. The device may use local or server-based voice recognition software. Voice patterns may be stored in a database specific to an individual. Voice may be used to control functions on the device, a server, Internet site, or an intelligent television. The mobile device may communicate using an inside line path such as a Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB, WiFi or 802.11x or a cellular, GSM, CDMA, LTE, GPS, or other outside line path. | 09-05-2013 |
20130273976 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying a Conversation in Multiple Strings - Techniques for identifying conversations in multiple short strings include determining from a first plurality of strings associated with a first contact of a user, based on time separations between successive strings, a first conversation portion and a different second conversation portion. The first conversation portion (snippet) comprises a plurality of strings of the first plurality; and the second snippet comprises a different pluralty of strings of the first plurality. A first semantic content for the first snippet and a second semantic content for the second snippet are determined. It is determined whether to merge the first snippet and the second snippet into a first conversation that includes the first snippet based, at least in part, on a similarity of the first semantic content to the second semantic content. | 10-17-2013 |
20130288753 | Headset Computer (HSC) As Auxiliary Display With ASR and HT Input - The present invention related to human/computer interfaces and more particularly to a headset computing display device that accepts voice commands and tracks head motions to provide command inputs to and receive display information from a software application executed on a host computing device. An example embodiment of the present invention includes a method of, and corresponding system for, operating a native Smartphone or PC application, simultaneously displaying an output of the application through the Smartphone or PC screen and a headset computing display device, and using speech and head tracking commands to control the native application. The present invention enables hands-free operation of a Smartphone or PC application. | 10-31-2013 |
20140004904 | Voice Recognition for Multifunction Internet Enabled Portable Electronic Device | 01-02-2014 |
20140011544 | VOICE-OPERATED INTERFACE FOR DTMF-CONTROLLED SYSTEMS - An arrangement for allowing “hands-free” access to DTMF-controlled systems, such as one's voice mail messaging systems, utilizes a speech-to-DTMF tone application that monitors the communication between the user and the DTMF-controlled system. A speech recognition unit is utilized to retrieve certain voice commands (e.g., “next”, “skip”, “repeat”, “forward”, etc.) when uttered by the user. The application then translates the received commands into the proper DTMF tone sequence used by the DTMF-controlled system and transmits the DTMF tones to the system. The application is particularly useful in the cell phone environment and avoids the necessity of the user to constantly switch between using the keypad and listening to messages/commands from the system. | 01-09-2014 |
20140120987 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a microphone configured to receive a first voice input; a touchscreen display; a controller configured to convert the first voice input into first text, display the first text on the touchscreen display, receive a selection signal indicating a selection of the displayed first text, receive a second voice input via the microphone, convert the second voice input into second text, combine the first text and the second text, and display the combined text on the touchscreen display. | 05-01-2014 |
20140135068 | SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR RATE AND/OR DIVERSITY ADAPTATION FOR PACKET COMMUNICATIONS - An IC processor circuit has an interface for a microphone and a packet switched network. A memory holds bits for converting audible speech from the microphone into digital data in each of successive frames. For each frame the converting includes forming LPC data, LTP lag data, parity check data, adaptive and fixed codebook gain data, and fixed codebook pulse data. The digital data representing the audible speech for the frames is placed into sequential packets, with each packet having a primary stage and a secondary stage. The placing includes arranging data from a first frame of speech in the primary stage of a first packet and arranging data from the first frame of speech in the secondary stage of a second packet, which follows the first packet. The data in the secondary stage includes only LPC data, LTP lag data, parity check data, and adaptive and fixed codebook gain data. | 05-15-2014 |
20140155123 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION HANDLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal and an information handling method for the same are provided. The information handling method includes displaying an operation of an application in a first display area of the touch screen, receiving an incoming call, rendering an image of a user interface on the touch screen in response to the incoming call, the image of the user interface being superimposed over the displayed operation, and receiving a user input on the user interface to respond to the incoming call. | 06-05-2014 |
20140200049 | Dialed Digits Based Vocoder Assignment - A system and method for providing voice communications with desired characteristics based upon the intended recipient of a voice communication. An apparatus includes a list of dial strings associated with parties having desired voice communication characteristics. A dial string entered by a user and associated with an intended recipient is compared to a list of preferred dial strings to determine the characteristics of an encoded voice signal to be sent to the recipient. The apparatus can include a vocoder having different bit rate modes and a bit rate mode is selected based upon the dial string entered by a user. Dial strings can be stored at the device or on a network. The apparatus can include a mode selector to select a desired vocoder mode to generate an encoded voice signal. | 07-17-2014 |
20140221046 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A PARTY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of associating first data identifying a first party with second data to allow future recognition of the first party, including the steps of: conducting a telephone call with the first party; storing second data derived from the telephone call with the first party, the second data being different to the first data and characterizing a feature of the first party to allow future recognition of the first party; and associating the first data with the second data. | 08-07-2014 |
20140248926 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A mobile terminal apparatus includes: a microphone; a switch control unit, which switches between a normal mode, in which a voice uttered toward the microphone is transmitted to an intended party, and a mute mode, in which the voice is not transmitted to the intended party; and a proximity sensor, which detects whether a detection object is in proximity to the proximity sensor, wherein, while the mute mode is being executed, if the detection object is detected by the proximity sensor, the switch control unit switches to the normal mode. | 09-04-2014 |
20140274211 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A VOICE COMMAND - According to some aspects, a method of monitoring an acoustic environment of a mobile device, at least one computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, perform such a method and/or a mobile device configured to perform such a method is provided. The method comprises receiving, by the mobile device, acoustic input from the environment of the mobile device, detecting whether the acoustic input includes a voice command from a user without requiring receipt of an explicit trigger from the user, and initiating responding to the detected voice command. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274212 | Method and Apparatus for Acoustically Characterizing an Environment in which an Electronic Device Resides - A method and apparatus for adapting acoustic processing in a communication device, and capturing at least one acoustic signal using acoustic hardware of the communication device, characterizing an acoustic environment external to the communication device using the at least one captured acoustic signal, adapting acoustic processing within the communication device based on the characterized acoustic environment. | 09-18-2014 |
20140329563 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an information processing method and system, and a recording medium, and the information processing system includes a storage medium for storing identification information of a wireless terminal; a checking section for checking whether the wireless terminal is positioned in a vehicle; a converting section for converting text information into speech information on receiving the text information, having the identification information of the wireless terminal as a recipient, in case the wireless terminal is positioned in the vehicle, according to a result of the checking by the checking section; and a processing section for transmitting the converted speech to the wireless terminal. | 11-06-2014 |
20140364170 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure may provide a mobile terminal including a virtual receiving unit, a display unit configured to display a graphic image receiving a control command for transmitting input data to the virtual receiving unit, a user input unit configured to be activated to receive the input data based on the control command, and a controller configured to control the virtual receiving unit to generate response data associated with the input data. | 12-11-2014 |
20150031416 | Method and Device For Command Phrase Validation - A method on a mobile device for a wireless network is described. An audio input is monitored for a trigger phrase spoken by a user of the mobile device. A command phrase spoken by the user after the trigger phrase is buffered. The command phrase corresponds to a call command and a call parameter. A set of target contacts associated with the mobile device is selected based on respective voice validation scores and respective contact confidence scores. The respective voice validation scores are based on the call parameter. The respective contact confidence scores are based on a user context associated with the user. A call to a priority contact of the set of target contacts is automatically placed if the voice validation score of the priority contact meets a validation threshold and the contact confidence score of the priority contact meets a confidence threshold. | 01-29-2015 |
20150065199 | MOBILE PHONE WITH VARIABLE ENERGY CONSUMING SPEECH RECOGNITION MODULE - Apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method associated with speech recognition are described. In embodiments, a mobile phone may include a processor; and a speech recognition module coupled with the processor. The voice recognition module may be configured to recognize one or more voice commands and may include first echo cancellation logic and second echo cancellation logic to be selectively employed during recognition of voice commands. Employment of the first and second echo cancellation logic respectively may cause the mobile phone to variably consume a first and second amount of energy, with the second amount of energy being less than the first amount energy. | 03-05-2015 |
20150111615 | SELECTIVE VOICE TRANSMISSION DURING TELEPHONE CALLS - Embodiments of the disclosure relate to selective voice transmission and include receiving an identification of one or more authorized speakers for a telephone call and retrieving a voice sample for each of the one or more authorized speakers. Embodiments also include receiving one or more audio signals for the telephone call and filtering the one or more audio signals by removing a portion of the one or more audio signals that do not contain a voice of at least one of the one or more authorized speakers in the one or more audio signals. | 04-23-2015 |
20150126252 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND MENU CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication, a display, and a controller configured to, activate a mode for voice recognition in response to a touch input to a soft button displayed on the display or to a hard button on the mobile terminal, receive a first voice input associated with a phone call relating operation of the mobile terminal, display an indicator on the display indicating the voice input is being recognized by the mobile terminal, analyze the context of a voice command in the voice input, execute the call relating operation only if there is a single contact in a phonebook that matches the voice command in the first voice input, if there is no single contact that matches the voice command of the received voice input, display a plurality of candidates that is analyzed based on the voice command, receive a second input according to a plurality of candidates, and execute the call relating operation based on the second input. | 05-07-2015 |
20150133197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN INPUT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for processing an input in the electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying an input mode screen including an input area and a display area, determining whether at least one input between a touch input and a voice input through the input area is detected, and processing the touch input and the voice input as a result of the determination so as to display the touch input and the voice input. | 05-14-2015 |
20150141079 | TERMINAL VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a terminal voice control method. The method includes: when a voice instruction of a user is received, identifying the voice instruction, and extracting wake-up indication information from the voice instruction; performing voice verification on the voice instruction if the wake-up indication information is obtained by extracting; and after the voice verification succeeds, extracting processing indication information from the voice instruction, and responding to the voice instruction of the user according to the processing indication information. According to the terminal voice control method in the embodiments of the present invention, a user may use one voice instruction to control a terminal to complete multiple tasks without requiring voice interaction for multiple times, the method is simple to use, and has high security performance. | 05-21-2015 |
20150296069 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMENCING A PROCESS BASED ON A SOUND TRIGGER - Methods and systems for commencing a process based on a sound trigger are provided. First, a sound is received via a sound reception unit. When an intensity difference between the intensity of the sound at a specific time point and the intensity of the sound at a preceding time point is greater than a predefined value, a process in the electronic device is performed. In some embodiments, the sound is caused by tapping the electronic device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150310867 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Automatically Monitoring for Voice Input Based on Context - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes detecting a current context associated with a mobile computing device and determining, based on the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from a current mode of operation to a second mode of operation during which the mobile computing device monitors ambient sounds for voice input that indicates a request to perform an operation. The method can further include, in response to determining whether to switch to the second mode of operation, activating one or more microphones and a speech analysis subsystem associated with the mobile computing device so that the mobile computing device receives a stream of audio data. The method can also include providing output on the mobile computing device that is responsive to voice input that is detected in the stream of audio data and that indicates a request to perform an operation. | 10-29-2015 |
20150327055 | Techniques For Automatically Distinguishing Between Users Of A Handheld Device - Various embodiments for automatically distinguishing between users of a handheld device are described. An embodiment includes collecting sensor data from a user interacting with a handheld device, where the sensor data is collected via embedded sensors in the handheld device. The embodiment further includes distinguishing the user from other users of the handheld device via the collected sensor data, at least one embedded machine learning algorithm and a profile for the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-12-2015 |
20150350396 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BACKGROUND THROUGH VOICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for background control through voice includes: saving a voiceprint feature of an owner of a mobile terminal and establishing a voice base, where the voice base contains a plurality of standard voice instructions each configured for controlling a corresponding background task and having the voiceprint feature of the owner; monitoring a sound of a surrounding environment of the mobile terminal in real time; extracting a voiceprint feature of the sound; judging whether a person making the sound is the owner of the mobile terminal according to the voiceprint feature of the sound and the voiceprint feature of the owner in the voice base; if yes, further judging whether the sound contains the standard voice instructions in the voice base; and if yes, controlling corresponding background tasks according to the standard voice instructions. A mobile terminal and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are also provided. | 12-03-2015 |
20150370533 | Solar tablet verbal - This invention is a first. Nothing exists like this tablet | 12-24-2015 |
20150373174 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of displaying image data and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a camera configured to acquire an image to generate image data containing at least one face image; a microphone configured to receive audio data; and a controller configured to analyze a face image contained in the image data to determine contact information matched to the face image, and analyze the audio data to determine contact information matched to the audio data, and match the audio data to the image data based on the determined contact information. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381787 | Voice Only Phone and Method of Operation - A voice only phone and method of operation; the voice only phone having a microprocessor configured to operate an interactive voice respondent (IVR) that is used to verbally interact with a user. The IVR allows the user to interact with the voice only phone to place calls, receive calls, receive text messages, and respond to text messages using only voice commands. Furthermore, the IVR allows for the dynamic creation of a voice phone book that is progressively updated. In order to better recognize the voice of the user, the voice only phone creates a voice profile through a voice recognition setup sequence, wherein the user is prompted to dictate a plurality of audible calibration inputs. Once the voice profile is created, the user is able to place phone calls by either dictating a contact name or a plurality of digits for a phone number. | 12-31-2015 |
20160006854 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The information processing apparatus performs a voice communication with a counterpart device which comprises a voice communication function through a voice communication unit. The information processing apparatus performs voice recognition processing of first voice and second voice, the first voice is the voice which is transmitted to the counterpart device by a voice communication through the voice communication unit, the second voice is the voice which is input from the counterpart device, and searches one or more applications according to a recognition result of the voice recognition unit. The information processing apparatus displays an object for starting the application searched on a display section. Thereby, the information processing apparatus prevents starting the application which is not intended by the user. | 01-07-2016 |
20160014273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OUTGOING CALL IN VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH VOICE RECOGNITION FUNCTION | 01-14-2016 |
20160044147 | VOICE CONTROL MODULE FOR MOBILE INSTRUMENTS - A mobile device includes a pressure sensor, a light sensor, a microphone, and a microphone cover. The mobile device is configured to power on upon one or more of an activation of the pressure sensor and a decrease in the intensity of light sensed by the light sensor. The microphone cover is configured to retract and expose the microphone upon one or more of the activation of the pressure sensor and the decrease in the intensity of light sensed by the light sensor. | 02-11-2016 |
20160050305 | METHOD AND USER TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING CALL USING VOICE RECOGNITION - A method and a user terminal for performing a call using voice recognition are disclosed. The method and the user terminal include receiving a call request, obtaining a voice signal from a user in response to the call request, and determining whether the obtained voice signal is a call reception command to receive the call. The method and the user terminal perform the call in a handsfree mode based on the call request in response to the voice signal being the call reception command. | 02-18-2016 |
20160057261 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE - A voice recognition apparatus including: a context model created by modeling recognition target context; and a voice recognizer configured to create a candidate group corresponding to a received voice signal based on an acoustic model and the context model, and to apply a high reliability weight value to a candidate having a length of syllables corresponding to a length of speech. | 02-25-2016 |
20160094706 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING AUTOMATIC TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device, and a wireless communications network for sending text messages thereto. More particularly, the at least one mobile wireless communications device may include a wireless transceiver and a controller for cooperating therewith for receiving text messages from the wireless communications network. It may further include a headset output connected to the controller. The controller may be for switching between a normal message mode and an audio message mode based upon a connection between the headset output and a headset. Moreover, when in the audio message mode, the controller may output at least one audio message including speech generated from at least one of the received text messages via the headset output. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098991 | VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL AND DEVICE THEREOF - A voice recognition method and device, for improving efficiency and accuracy of voice recognition. The method comprises: receiving a trigger message of an operation class to be operated for operating on a mobile terminal, wherein the operation class is a class divided according to the service function of the mobile terminal (S101); receiving voice keyword information and determining a voice keyword from the voice keyword information (S102); and retrieving a keyword library under an operation class entry to be operated in accordance with the voice key word, and returning a search result (S103). | 04-07-2016 |
20160112554 | MOBILE PHONE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND VOICE OPERATION METHOD - A display, an proximity sensor, and the like are provided in a housing of a mobile phone. For example, when a user brings the mobile phone closer to his/her face with a lock screen being displayed as a predetermined screen, approach of the face may be detected, and a voice recognition function may be executed. In this state, when address data registered is specified and voice instructing calling is input, a telephone function may be specified as a function to be executed, and any address data may be selected from a recognition result. Calling processing may be executed based on a telephone number included in the address data. | 04-21-2016 |
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