Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12431124-B2
Application number	US-202217943585-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2022
Priority date	Dec 21, 2021
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a memory configured to store personal data associated with a user, a communication interface configured to communicate with a server, and a processor configured to obtain, from the personal data associated with the user stored in the memory and based on a user speech being received, personal data corresponding to the user speech, identify, from the personal data corresponding to the user speech, first sub data corresponding to a private attribute and second sub data corresponding to a public attribute, obtain combination information based on the user speech and the second sub data, transmit, through the communication interface, the combination information to the server, and obtain response information corresponding to the combination information from the server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a memory configured to store personal data associated with a user;
a communication interface configured to communicate with a server; and
a processor configured to:
obtain, from the personal data associated with the user stored in the memory and based on a user speech being received, personal data corresponding to the user speech;
identify, from the personal data corresponding to the user speech, first sub data corresponding to a private attribute and second sub data corresponding to a public attribute;
obtain combination information based on the user speech and the second sub data;
transmit, through the communication interface, the combination information to the server; and
obtain response information corresponding to the combination information from the server,

wherein the private attribute comprises an attribute set by the user so as to be not transmitted to the server, and
wherein the processor is further configured to output, based on essential information not being included in the combination information, first guide information to input the essential information.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify a plurality of sub words based on the user speech, and
wherein the personal data corresponding to the user speech is obtained based on the identified plurality of sub words.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to obtain normalization data by normalizing the first sub data with a predetermined function, and
wherein the combination information is further obtained based on the normalization data.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to,
identify, based on a number being included in the first sub data, a group corresponding to the first sub data from among a predetermined plurality of groups, and
obtain the identified group as the normalization data.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to,
identify, based on a name being included in the first sub data, a number of persons based on the name included in the first sub data, and
obtain the number of persons as the normalization data.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising,
a microphone; and
a display,
wherein the processor is further configured to,
obtain the user speech from the microphone,
based on the combination information being obtained, control the display to display the combination information, and
based on the response information being obtained, control the display to display the response information.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:
memory configured to store personal data associated with a user;
a communication interface configured to communicate with a server; and
a processor configured to:
obtain, from the personal data associated with the user stored in the memory and based on a user speech being received, personal data corresponding to the user speech;
identify, from the personal data corresponding to the user speech, first sub data corresponding to a private attribute and second sub data corresponding to a public attribute;
obtain combination information based on the user speech and the second sub data;
transmit, through the communication interface, the combination information to the server; and
obtain response information corresponding to the combination information from the server,

wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on the first sub data corresponding to the private attribute being identified, check whether to transmit the first sub data by outputting second guide information, and
obtain the combination information based on a user input indicating that the first sub data is not to be transmitted to the server being received through the second guide information.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on the first sub data corresponding to the private attribute being identified from among the personal data, change a portion of a text corresponding to the first sub data to a predetermined symbol, and
output the second guide information comprising the changed portion of the text corresponding to the first sub data.

9. A controlling method of an electronic apparatus configured to store personal data associated with a user and to communicate with a server, the controlling method comprising:
obtaining, from the personal data associated with the user and based on a user speech being received, personal data corresponding to the user speech;
identifying, from the personal data corresponding to the user speech, first sub data corresponding to a private attribute and second sub data corresponding to a public attribute;
obtaining combination information based on the user speech and the second sub data;
transmitting the combination information to the server; and
obtaining response information corresponding to the combination information from the server,
wherein the private attribute comprises an attribute set by the user so as to be not transmitted to the server, and
wherein the controlling method further comprises outputting, based on essential information not being included in the combination information, first guide information to input the essential information.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the obtaining the personal data comprises identifying a plurality of sub words based on the user speech, and
wherein the personal data corresponding to the user speech is further obtained based on the identified plurality of sub words.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the controlling method further comprises obtaining normalization data by normalizing the first sub data with a predetermined function, and
wherein the combination information is further obtained based on the normalization data.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Sungja
• Kim Jonghyun
• Seo Yubin
• Lee Eunji
• Lee Haejun
• Cho Yongjin

Classifications

• G06F40/20

  Natural language analysis (semantic analysis of natural language G06F40/30) · CPC title

• G10L15/183 Primary

  using context dependencies, e.g. language models · CPC title

• G10L15/22

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

• G06F21/6245 Primary

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title

• G10L15/18

  using natural language modelling · CPC title