Electronic device, server, and method for outputting voice

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016156771-A1
Application number	US-201514728715-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a camera module obtaining image data of a user, a controller configured to detect at least one feature corresponding to an intention of the user from the image data obtained by the camera module, to obtain a pattern based on the at least one feature, to determine text data corresponding to the pattern, and to convert at least a portion of the text data into voice data, and an output module outputting the voice data. Other various embodiments of the pattern recognition are also provided.

First claim

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a camera module obtaining image data of a user; a controller configured to detect at least one feature corresponding to an intention of the user from the image data obtained by the camera module, to obtain a pattern based on the at least one feature, to determine text data corresponding to the pattern, and to convert at least a portion of the text data into voice data; and an output module outputting the voice data.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to pre-process the image data and to detect the at least one feature from the pre-processed image data, and wherein the at least one feature includes a shape of a mouth, a shape of a portion around a mouth, a shape of an eye, a position of an eyebrow, a changing look, or an eye blink.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain a pattern obtained by combining the at least one feature and to apply the pattern to a pre-trained pattern recognition algorithm to determine the text data corresponding to the pattern.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the output module includes a speaker outputting the voice data,
wherein the output module includes a communication module transmitting the voice data to another electronic device performing a voice call with the electronic device.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to receive a call request from another electronic device and to execute the camera module when a manner mode is selected.

6 . An electronic device, comprising:
a camera module obtaining image data of a user; a controller configured to transmit image data obtained by the camera module to a server, to receive text data or voice data corresponding to the image data from the server, and to output voice data corresponding to the image data; and an output module outputting the voice data, wherein at least one feature corresponding to an intention of the user is detected from the image data obtained by the camera module, and a pattern is obtained based on the at least one feature, wherein the text data is determined corresponding to the pattern, and wherein at least a portion of the text data is converted into the voice data.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the output module includes a speaker outputting the voice data,
wherein the output module includes a communication module transmitting the voice data to another electronic device performing a voice call with the electronic device.

8 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to receive a call request from another electronic device and to execute the camera module when a manner mode is selected.

9 . A server, comprising:
a communication module receiving image data from an electronic device; and a controller configured to detect at least one feature corresponding to an intention of a user from the received image data, to obtain a pattern based on the at least one feature, to determine text data corresponding to the pattern or to convert at least a portion of the text data into voice data, and to transmit the text data or the voice data to the electronic device through the communication module.

10 . The server of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to pre-process the image data and to detect the at least one feature from the pre-processed image data, and wherein the at least one feature includes the shape of a mouth, the shape of a portion around a mouth, the shape of an eye, the position of an eyebrow, a changing look, or an eye blink.

11 . The server of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain a pattern by combining the at least one feature and to apply the pattern to a pre-trained pattern recognition algorithm to determine the text data corresponding to the pattern.

12 . A method for outputting voice data by an electronic device, the method comprising:
obtaining image data of a user using a camera module; detecting at least one feature corresponding to an intention of the user from the image data obtained by the camera module; obtaining a pattern based on the at least one feature and determining text data corresponding to the pattern; converting at least a portion of the text data into voice data; and outputting the voice data.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising pre-process the image data and detecting the at least one feature from the pre-processed image data, wherein the at least one feature includes the shape of a mouth, the shape of a portion around a mouth, the shape of an eye, the position of an eyebrow, a changing look, or an eye blink.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising obtaining a pattern by combining the at least one feature and applying the pattern to a pre-trained pattern recognition algorithm to determine the text data corresponding to the pattern.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising obtaining a pattern based on the at least one feature and determining the text data using a pattern recognition result obtained by further training the pre-trained pattern recognition algorithm in the pattern as a unique feature of the user.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the voice data is outputted through a speaker included in the electronic device,
wherein the voice data is transmitted to another electronic device performing a voice call with the electronic device.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein when a manner mode is selected, the camera module is executed.

18 . A method for outputting voice data by an electronic device, the method comprising:
obtaining image data of a user using a camera module; transmitting the image data obtained by the camera module to a server; receiving text data or voice data corresponding to the image data from the server; and outputting the voice data.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein outputting the voice data includes transmitting the voice data to another electronic device performing a voice call with the electronic device.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein when a manner mode is selected, the camera module is executed.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Woo-Jong

Classifications

• H04W4/14 Primary

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  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K9/00288

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04M1/72547 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06V40/174

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