Electronic device, control method, and non-transitory storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10496365-B2
Application number	US-201815890625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2018
Priority date	Feb 8, 2017
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device includes a sound input interface, and a controller configured to be capable of recognizing sound that is input to the sound input interface. The controller is configured to, once recognizing predetermined sound other than voice of a user, inform, if information included in the predetermined sound matches schedule information of the user, information including the matched schedule information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
a sound input interface; and
a controller configured to perform language sound recognition on sound that is input to the sound input interface, wherein
the controller is configured to
in response to
recognizing, by said language sound recognition, that the sound is other than voice of a user, and
a character string, that is retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching a predetermined character string in schedule information of the user,

inform information including the matched schedule information.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to
set in advance relevant information related to the schedule information that has been set in advance, and
in response to
the character string, that is retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching the predetermined character string in the schedule information, and
a further character string, that is further retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching a further predetermined character string in the relevant information,

inform the information including the matched schedule information.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to
set in advance the relevant information according to an application, and
in response to
the character string, that is retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching the predetermined character string in the schedule information, and
said further character string, that is further retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching said further predetermined character string in the relevant information,

inform the information including the matched schedule information.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to
in response to the character string, that is retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching a plurality of predetermined character strings in the schedule information,
inform at least one of the plurality of predetermined character strings in the matched schedule information.

5. The mobile electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to
in response to
the character string, that is retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching the predetermined character string in the schedule information, and
the further character string, that is further retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound, matching the further predetermined character string in the relevant information,

inform information including the matched relevant information.

6. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a location estimator configured to estimate location information of the electronic device, wherein
the controller is configured to execute the informing with use of
the matched schedule information, and
at least one of
temporal information included in the sound,
time at which the sound is recognized, or
the location information indicating a current location of the electronic device as estimated by the location estimator.

7. The mobile electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to execute the informing via a predetermined application.

8. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to
determine whether the sound is related to the schedule information on a basis of
temporal information included in the schedule information, and
temporal information included in the character string retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound or time at which the sound is recognized; and

execute the informing in response to a determination that the sound is related to the schedule information.

9. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a location estimator configured to estimate location information of the electronic device, wherein
the controller is configured to
determine whether the sound is related to the schedule information on a basis of
location information indicating a current location of the electronic device as estimated by the location estimator, and
place information included in the character string retrieved by said language sound recognition from the sound; and

execute the informing in response to a determination that the sound is related to the schedule information.

10. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to
recognize sound in a predetermined language, and
execute the informing in a used language of the electronic device that is set in advance and different from the predetermined language.

11. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to accept input of the sound constantly.

12. The mobile electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to
recognize ambient sound that is input to the sound input interface to determine whether the user is aboard a vehicle on a basis of the ambient sound, and
recognize the sound that has been input in response to a determination that the user is aboard the vehicle.

13. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a detector configured to detect a movement of the electronic device, wherein
the controller is configured to accept input of the sound in response to a determination that the user is aboard a vehicle on a basis of a detected result of the detector.

14. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a location estimator configured to estimate location information indicating a current location of the electronic device, wherein
the controller is configured to accept input of the sound in response to a determination that the user is within a predetermined range centered around a predetermined place on a basis of the location information estimated by the location estimator.

15. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to accept input of the sound when a predetermined application is running.

16. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display; and
a sound output interface, wherein
the controller is configured to
execute, in response to the sound output interface being configured to connect to an external speaker and the external speaker being connected to the sound output interface, the informing via the external speaker only, or via the external speaker and the display; and
execute, in response to the sound output interface being a speaker in the electronic device, the informing via the display only.

17. The mobile electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to accept, in response to the sound input interface being configured to connect to an external microphone and the external microphone being connected to the sound input interface, the sound via the external microphone.

18. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sound output interface; and
a vibrator, wherein
the controller is configured to perform the informing by sound or vibration in response to a determination that
no predetermined operation is performed by the user within a predetermined amount of time after executing informing, or
the

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Tanabe Shigeki
• Sakuma Manabu
• Morita Hideki
• Masuike Isao
• Ueno Yasuhiro
• YAMAUCHI Koutaro

Classifications

• G06F3/167 Primary

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G10L25/51

  for comparison or discrimination · CPC title