Smart controlling device and method of controlling therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018285065-A1
Application number	US-201715815491-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 16, 2017
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present specification relates to a smart controlling device capable of utilizing machine learning for voice recognition and a method of controlling therefor. The smart controlling device according to the present invention includes a receiver configured to receive an input including a command trigger, and a controller configured to detect one or more external display devices, select a display device of the detected one or more external display devices, cause a power status of the selected display device to be changed to a first state, and cause a response data corresponding to a first command data received after the command trigger to be output on a display of the selected display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A smart controlling device, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive an input comprising a command trigger; and a controller configured to: detect one or more external display devices; select a display device of the detected one or more external display devices; cause a power status of the selected display device to be changed to a first state; and cause a response data corresponding to a first command data received after the command trigger to be output on a display of the selected display device.

2 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate the response data based on the first command data.

3 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , wherein the received input corresponds to a first voice input and the controller is further configured to obtain a first location of a speaker of the first voice input based on the received input.

4 . The smart controlling device of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the selected display device from the detected one or more external display devices based on at least the first location of the speaker or a location of the smart controlling device.

5 . The smart controlling device of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the selected display device which is located closest to the first location of the speaker among the detected one or more external display devices.

6 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the selected display device based on an attribute of the command trigger, an attribute of the first command data, an attribute of the response data, a location of a source of the received input, a direction of the source of the received input, an attribute of the selected display device, a display size of the selected display device, or a current power status of the selected display device.

7 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the power status of the selected display device to be changed based on an existing power status of the selected display device.

8 . The smart controlling device of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a control command to change the power status of the selected display device from a power-off status to a stand-by status.

9 . The smart controlling device of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a control command to change the power status of the selected display device from the first state to a second state when the response data is required to be output via a display.

10 . The smart controlling device of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the response data to the selected display device for displaying the response data via a display of the selected display device.

11 . The smart controlling device of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a control command to change the power status of the selected display device from the first state to a previous state when the response data is not required to be output via a display.

12 . The smart controlling device of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
attempt to detect external display devices within a threshold distance; and expand the threshold distance and attempt to detect external display devices again if no external display devices are detected.

13 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a control command to the selected display device to cancel changing the power status of the selected display device when the first command data is not received within a threshold period of time following the command trigger.

14 . The smart controlling device of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate second response data corresponding to second command data when the second command data is received with a threshold period of time after the first command data is received or when the second command data is received within the threshold period of time after the response data corresponding to the first command data is output at the selected display device.

15 . The smart controlling device of claim 14 , wherein the second command data corresponds to a second voice input and controller is further configured to:
obtain a second location of a speaker of the second voice input; and cause the generated second response data to be output at the selected display device when the second location of the speaker is within a threshold distance from the first location of the speaker.

16 . The smart controlling device of claim 14 , wherein the second command data corresponds to a second voice input and controller is further configured to:
obtain a second location of a speaker of the second voice input; change the power status of the selected display device from the first state to a previous state when the second location of the speaker is not within a threshold distance from the first location of the speaker; select another display device from the one or more detected external display devices; and cause the generated second response data to be output at the selected another display device.

17 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , wherein at least two external display devices are detected and the controller is further configured to select the selected display device based on the first command data and a functionality of the selected display device.

18 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , wherein the command trigger corresponds to a voice input, a text input, or a motion gesture.

19 . The smart controlling device of claim 1 , further comprising an output unit, wherein the controller is further configured to output an indicator via the output unit to indicate that the response data is being output at the selected display device.

20 . A method of controlling a smart controlling device, the method comprising:
receiving an input comprising a command trigger; detecting a location of a source of the received input; detecting one or more external display devices based on the detected location; selecting a display device from the detected one or more external display devices; transmitting a control command to change a power status of the selected display device to a stand-by status; generating response data corresponding to command data received after the command trigger; and transmitting a control command for switching a power status of the selected display device to a power-on status and displaying the generated response data via a display of the selected display device when it is determined that the generated response data is required to be displayed via a display.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jeong Gyuhyeok

Classifications

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W4/33

  for indoor environments, e.g. buildings · CPC title

• H04L12/282

  based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• G06N3/02

  Neural networks · CPC title

• G06F1/3228

  Monitoring task completion, e.g. by use of idle timers, stop commands or wait commands · CPC title