Electronic device and method for voice recognition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016217795-A1
Application number	US-201414915068-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	Aug 26, 2013
Publication date	Jul 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and an electronic device are provided for voice recognition. A method includes receiving a first voice by one of a first voice recognition device and a second voice recognition device; when the first voice is received by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device recognizes a predetermined command in the first voice, transferring a received second voice to an external electronic device and recognizing the received second voice through the external electronic device; and when the first voice is received by the second voice recognition device and the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, recognizing a second command in the received second voice, and performing an operation based on the recognized second command.

First claim

1 - 18 . (canceled)

19 . A method of performing voice recognition by an electronic device including a first voice recognition device and a second voice recognition device, the method comprising:
receiving a first voice by one of the first voice recognition device and the second voice recognition device; when the first voice is received by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device recognizes a predetermined command in the first voice, transferring a received second voice to an external electronic device and recognizing the received second voice through the external electronic device; and when the first voice is received by the second voice recognition device and the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, recognizing a second command in the received second voice, and performing an operation based on the recognized second command.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising performing an operation based on the received second voice recognized by the external electronic device.

21 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
when the first voice is received by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device does not recognize the predetermined command in the first voice, transferring the first voice to the second voice recognition device; and when the first voice is transferred to the second voice recognition device, the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, and the second voice recognition device recognizes the second command in the received second voice, performing the operation based on the recognized second command.

22 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
when the first voice is transferred to the first voice recognition device, the first voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, and the second voice is transferred to the first voice recognition device, transferring the received second voice to a third voice recognition device; and performing an operation based on the received second voice recognized by the third voice recognition device.

23 . A method of performing voice recognition by an electronic device including a first voice recognition device and a second voice recognition device, the method comprising:
executing a predetermined application; receiving a first voice for the application; determining whether voice recognition of the first voice can be performed by the first voice recognition device; when the voice recognition of the first voice can be performed by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device recognizes a predetermined command in the first voice, transferring a received second voice to an external electronic device and recognizing the received second voice through the external electronic device; and when the voice recognition of the first voice cannot be performed by the first voice recognition device, performing the voice recognition by the second voice recognition device, and when the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, recognizing a second command in the received second voice, and performing an operation based on the recognized second command.

24 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising, when the voice recognition of the first voice can be performed by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device does not recognize the predetermined command in the first voice, performing an operation based on another command.

25 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising, when the second voice recognition device does not recognize the predetermined command in the first voice, performing an operation based on another command.

26 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising:
recognizing the second voice by a third voice recognition device; and when a command related to the second voice is included in a command set, updating the command set based on the second voice.

27 . The method of claim 25 , further comprising, when the command related to the second voice is not included in the command set and there is a device function related to the second voice, updating the device function related to the second voice based on the second voice.

28 . An electronic device comprising:
a first voice recognition device; and a second voice recognition device, wherein when a first voice is received by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device recognizes a predetermined command in the first voice, the first voice recognition device transfers a received second voice to an external electronic device and recognizing the received second voice through the external electronic device; and when the first voice is received by the second voice recognition device and the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, the second voice recognition device recognizes a second command in the received second voice, and performs an operation based on the recognized second command.

29 . The electronic device of claim 28 , wherein first voice recognition device performs an operation based on the received second voice recognized by the external electronic device.

30 . The electronic device of claim 28 , wherein when the first voice is received by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device does not recognize the predetermined command in the first voice, the first voice recognition device transfers the first voice to the second voice recognition device, and
wherein when the first voice is transferred to the second voice recognition device, the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, and the second voice recognition device recognizes the second command in the received second voice, the second voice recognition device performs the operation based on the recognized second command.

31 . The electronic device of claim 30 , wherein when the first voice is transferred to the second voice recognition device, the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, and the second voice recognition device does not recognize the second command in the received second voice, the second voice recognition device transfers the received second voice to a third voice recognition device and performs an operation based on the second voice recognized by the third voice recognition device.

32 . An electronic device comprising:
a first voice recognition device; a second voice recognition device; and a processor for executing a predetermined application and determining whether voice recognition of a first voice can be performed by the first voice recognition device or the second voice recognition device, wherein when the voice recognition of the first voice can be performed by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device recognizes a predetermined command in the first voice, the first voice recognition device transfers a received second voice to an external electronic device and recognizes the received second voice through the external electronic device; and wherein when the voice recognition of the first voice cannot be performed by the first voice recognition device, the second voice recognition device performs the voice recognition, and when the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, the second voice recognition device recognizes a second command

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sang-Hoon
• Kang Hyuk
• Kim Kyung-Tae
• Je Seong-Min
• Jung Seok-Yeong

Classifications

• G10L17/00

  Speaker identification or verification techniques · CPC title

• G10L17/06

  Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies · CPC title

• G10L15/30

  Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications · CPC title

• G06F1/3231 Primary

  Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users · CPC title

• G10L17/04

  Training, enrolment or model building · CPC title