Controlling a camera using a voice command and image recognition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10104280-B2
Application number	US-201615260791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2016
Priority date	Jun 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for controlling a camera using a voice command and image recognition. One or more processors on the camera captures the voice command that is from a user of the camera and declares a subject of interest. The one or more processors processes the voice command and sets the subject of interest. The one or more processors receives a camera image from an imaging system of the camera. The one or more processors identifies the subject of interest in the camera image. The one or more processors sets camera one or more parameters that are appropriate to the subject of interest.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tangible storage device having computer readable program instructions thereon for causing a processor to:
capture the voice command from a user of the camera, the voice command from a user of the camera, the voice command declaring a subject of interest, wherein the voice command uses a comparative statement stating at least one of a color, a location, and a stature of the subject of interest;
process the voice command declaring the subject of interest;
set the subject of interest in a frame of the camera, according to the voice command declaring the subject of interest;
highlight the subject of interest when the subject of interest is in the frame;
make an audible alert when the subject of interest is in the frame;
receive a camera image from an imaging system of the camera;
identify in the camera image the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest;
capture, by the one or more processors, a second voice command from the user of the camera, the second voice command locking in the subject of interest, the locking in the subject of interest identifies a second object as the subject of interest when a first object that has been identified as the subject of interest leaves the frame of the camera; and
set at least one of camera parameters of focus, exposure, pan, and tilt such that the at least one of the camera parameters are appropriate to the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest.

2. The tangible storage device of claim 1 , wherein the voice command declaring the subject of interest uses a feature of the subject of interest to differentiate the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest from other subjects in the camera image.

3. The tangible storage device of claim 1 , wherein the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest is set for multiple camera images.

4. The tangible storage device of claim 1 , wherein the voice command declaring the subject of interest pre-primes the camera before the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest appears in the camera image.

5. The tangible storage device of claim 1 , wherein the voice command declaring the subject of interest declares multiple subjects of interest, wherein the at least one of camera parameters of focus, exposure, pan, and tilt are set to be appropriate to the multiple subjects of interest.

6. A computer system for controlling a camera using a voice command and image recognition, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions executable to:
capture the voice command from a user of the camera, the voice command from a user of the camera, the voice command declaring a subject of interest, wherein the voice command uses a comparative statement stating at least one of a color, a location, and a stature of the subject of interest;
process the voice command declaring the subject of interest;
set the subject of interest in a frame of the camera, according to the voice command declaring the subject of interest;
highlight the subject of interest when the subject of interest is in the frame;
make an audible alert when the subject of interest is in the frame;
receive a camera image from an imaging system of the camera;
capture, by the one or more processors, a second voice command from the user of the camera, the second voice command locking in the subject of interest, the locking in the subject of interest identifies a second object as the subject of interest when a first object that has been identified as the subject of interest leaves the frame of the camera; and
set at least one of camera parameters of focus, exposure, pan, and tilt such that the at least one of the camera parameters are appropriate to the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest.

7. The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the voice command declaring the subject of interest uses a feature of the subject of interest to differentiate the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest from other subjects in the camera image.

8. The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest is set for multiple camera images.

9. The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the voice command declaring the subject of interest pre-primes the camera before the subject of interest defined by the voice command declaring the subject of interest appears in the camera image.

10. The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the voice command declaring the subject of interest declares multiple subjects of interest, wherein the at least one of camera parameters of focus, exposure, pan, and tilt are set to be appropriate to the multiple subjects of interest.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Butts Deborah J
• Kyte Adrian P
• Moran Timothy A
• Taylor John D

Classifications

• G10L15/22 Primary

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title

• H04N23/60 Primary

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N5/23216 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic