Speech-Controlled Actions Based on Keywords and Context Thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016379633-A1
Application number	US-201514754457-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 29, 2015
Priority date	Jun 29, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device includes a plurality of components, a memory having a keyword recognition module and a context recognition module, a microphone configured to receive an input speech spoken by a user, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the input speech from an analog form to a digital form and generate a digitized speech, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect, using the keyword recognition module, a keyword in the digitized speech, initiate, in response to detecting the keyword by the keyword recognition module, an action to be taken one of the plurality of components, wherein the keyword is associated with the action, determine, using the context recognition module, a context for the keyword, and execute the action if the context determined by the context recognition module indicates that the keyword is a command.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device comprising:
a plurality of components; a memory including a keyword recognition module and a context recognition module; a microphone configured to receive an input speech spoken by a user; an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the input speech from an analog form to a digital form and generate a digitized speech; a processor configured to:
detect, using the keyword recognition module, a keyword in the digitized speech;
initiate, in response to detecting the keyword by the keyword recognition module, an action to be taken by one of the plurality of components, wherein the keyword is associated with the action;
determine, using the context recognition module, a context for the keyword; and
execute the action if the context determined by the context recognition module indicates that the keyword is a command.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the context recognition module utilizes a voice activity detector to determine the context.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the keyword recognition module is continuously listening for the keyword and the context recognition module is configured to begin listening when the input speech is received from the microphone.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
prior to determining the context of the keyword, receive one or more second inputs from the user; and analyze the context of the keyword based on the one or more second inputs.

5 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the one or more second inputs is a non-verbal input including a physical gesture.

6 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the one or more second inputs are received from one of a motion sensor and a video camera.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the context recognition module determines that the keyword is in the digitized speech based on an indication received from the keyword recognition module.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the context of the keyword includes a location of the user.

9 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a result of executing the action on a display.

10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein executing the action includes operating an appliance.

11 . A method for speech recognition by a device having a microphone, a processor, and a memory including a keyword recognition module and a context recognition module, the method comprising:
detecting, using the keyword recognition module, a keyword in a digitized speech; initiating, in response to detecting the keyword by the keyword recognition module, an action to be taken by one of the plurality of components, wherein the keyword is associated with the action; determining, using the context recognition module, a context for the keyword; and executing the action if the context determined by the context recognition module indicates that the keyword is a command.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the context recognition module utilizes a voice activity detector to determine the context.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the keyword recognition module is continuously listening for the keyword and the context recognition module is configured to begin listening when the input speech is received from the microphone.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
prior to determining the context of the keyword, receiving one or more second inputs from the user; and analyzing the context of the keyword based on the one or more second inputs.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more second inputs include a non-verbal input including a physical gesture.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more second inputs are received from one of a motion sensor and a video camera.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the context recognition module determines that the keyword is in the digitized speech based on an indication received from the keyword recognition module.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the context of the keyword includes a location of a user.

19 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
displaying a result of executing the action on a display.

20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein executing the action includes operating an appliance.

Assignees

• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Lehman Jill Fain
• Al Moubayed Samer

Classifications

• G10L2015/228

  of application context · CPC title

• G10L15/19

  Grammatical context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word sequence rules · CPC title

• G10L15/22 Primary

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

• G10L2015/227

  of the speaker; Human-factor methodology · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title