Voice control method, device and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10600413-B2
Application number	US-201816045331-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2018
Priority date	Apr 28, 2016
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed are a voice control method, device and terminal, and the method includes: after a terminal has been triggered into voice control mode, receiving input voice data and obtaining corresponding speech text according to the voice data; matching the speech text with an interface word list corresponding to a current operating interface, wherein the interface word list includes text information of the current operating interface; in response to determining that the speech text matches an interface word list successfully, obtaining in the current operating interface an operation link which corresponds to the speech text; and performing an operation corresponding to the operation link.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A voice control method operating on a television, comprising:
upon the television entering into a voice control mode, receiving voice data input by a user and determining a speech text corresponding to the voice data;
determining whether the speech text matches with a first text in an interface text list corresponding to a current interface, wherein the interface text list comprises text phrases corresponding to a plurality of widgets in the current interface each associated one of at least two types of interface-altering operations;
in response to the speech text matching with the first text, determining a first widget of the current interface corresponding to the first text;
automatically identifying, among the at least two types of interface-altering operations a first type of interface-altering operation associated with the first widget; and
in response to identifying the first type of interface-altering operation corresponding to the first widget, automatically determining whether the first widget is associated with a first operation link, and performing the first type of interfacealtering operation according to the first operation link when the first widget is associated with the first operation link.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first widget comprises a button, a tab, or list displayed on the current interface.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the first widget of the current interface corresponding to the first text comprises:
determining a type of the current interface; determining an interface word template according to the type of the current interface; and determining the first widget of the current interface corresponding to the first text according to the interface word template.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the interface text list comprises one or more predefined interface words corresponding to one or more predefined widgets across multiple interfaces of the television.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing the first type of interface-altering operation comprises opening the first operation link to enter into a second interface of the television.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: in response to the first widget not being associated with any operation link, automatically performing, as a first type of interface-altering operation, a search based on the speech text by connecting with a web search engine to obtain search results and displaying the search results on a second interface of the television.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: in response to the speech text not matching with any text phrase of the interface text list, automatically performing a search based on the speech text by connecting with a web search engine to obtain search results and displaying the search results on a second interface of the television.

8. A voice control method operating on a television, comprising: upon the television entering into a voice control mode, receiving voice data input by a user and determining a speech text corresponding to the voice data;
determining whether the speech text matches with a first text in an interface text list corresponding to a current interface, wherein the interface text list comprises text phrases corresponding to a plurality of operation widgets in the current interface;
in response to determining that the speech text matches the first text, obtaining in the current operating interface a first operation widget corresponding to the first text;
determining whether the first operation widget is associated with a first operation link in the current interface;
in response to the first operation widget being associated with a first operation link, performing an operation corresponding to the first operation link; and
in response to the first operation widget not being associated with any operation link, automatically performing a search based on the speech text by connecting with a web search engine to obtain search results and displaying the search results on a second interface of the television.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first operation widget comprises a button, a tab, or list displayed on the current interface.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein determining the first operation widget of the current interface corresponding to the first text comprises:
determining a type of the current interface; determining an interface word template according to the type of the current interface; and determining the first operation widget of the current interface corresponding to the first text according to the interface word template.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the interface text list comprises one or more predefined interface words corresponding to one or more predefined widgets across multiple interfaces of the television.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein performing the operation corresponding to the operation link comprises opening the operation link to enter into a third interface of the television.

13. The television according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to: in response to the speech text not matching with any text phrase of the interface text list, automatically performing a search based on the speech text by connecting with a web search engine to obtain search results and displaying the search results on a second interface of the television.

14. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising: in response to the speech text not matching with any text phrase of the interface text list, automatically performing a search based on the speech text by connecting with a web search engine to obtain search results and displaying the search results on a second interface of the television.

15. A television, comprising: a receiver; at least one processor; and
a memory storing one or more instructions, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
upon the television entering into a voice control mode, receive voice data input by a user and determining a speech text corresponding to the voice data;
determine whether the speech text matches with a first text in an interface text list corresponding to a current interface, wherein the interface text list comprises text phrases corresponding to a plurality of widgets in the current interface each associated with one of at least two types of interface-altering operations;
in response to the speech text matching with the first text, determine a first widget of the current interface corresponding to the first text;
automatically identify, among the at least two types of interface-altering operations a first type of interface-altering operation associated with the first widget; and
in response to identifying the first type of interface-altering operation corresponding to the first widget, automatically determine whether the first widget is associated with a first operation link, and perform the first type of interface-altering operation according to the first operation link when the first widget is associated with the first operation link.

16. The television according to claim 15 , wherein the first widget comprises a button, a tab, or list displayed on the current interface.

17. The television according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
determine a type of the current interface; determine

Assignees

• Hisense Co Ltd
• Hisense Usa Corp
• Hisense Int Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Dazhao
• Cui Baolei
• Zhu Wenfei

Classifications

• G10L25/51

  for comparison or discrimination · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G10L15/22 Primary

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

• G10L21/06

  Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids (G10L15/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G10L15/1815

  Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning · CPC title