Smart liquor cabinet and management method for liquor cabinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020128958-A1
Application number	US-201916421499-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 24, 2019
Priority date	Oct 31, 2018
Publication date	Apr 30, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosure provides a smart liquor cabinet and a management method for the liquor cabinet. In the management method, a voice command is received and an intent of the voice command is determined. If the intent of the voice command is related to a remaining space of the liquor cabinet, then the remaining space with no liquor in the liquor cabinet is determined. If the intent of the voice command is related to an inventory situation of the liquor cabinet, then the inventory situation of stored liquor in the liquor cabinet is determined. The response of the intent is outputted. The response is related to the remaining space or the inventory situation. In this way, the liquor and space in the liquor cabinet may be counted easily and quickly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A smart liquor cabinet, comprising:
a sound-receiving device, receiving a voice command; an output device, outputting an information; and a processor, coupled to the sound-receiving device and the output device, and configured for:
determining an intent of the voice command; and
outputting a response of the intent via the output device, wherein the response is related to a remaining space or an inventory situation of the smart liquor cabinet.

2 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the response comprises an audio data, and the output device comprises:
a speaker coupled to the processor, and the processor plays the audio data via the speaker.

3 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 2 , wherein the processor generates the audio data according to the remaining space or the inventory situation.

4 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 2 , wherein a content of the audio data is related to reading out the remaining space or the inventory situation.

5 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 1 , further comprising:
a cabinet body, having an internal space; a cabinet door, movably disposed at the cabinet body for opening or closing the internal space; and a plurality of storage elements, disposed at the internal space and used for storing at least one liquor bottle.

6 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the response comprises an image data, and the output device comprises:
a display coupled to the processor and disposed on the cabinet door, and the processor shows the image data via the display.

7 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 6 , wherein a content of the image data is related to prompting the storage elements corresponding to the remaining space or the inventory situation.

8 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the response comprises a light data, and the output device comprises:
a plurality of prompt illumination devices coupled to the processor, disposed at the internal space and respectively corresponding to the storage elements, and the processor shows the light data through turning on or off the prompt illumination devices.

9 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 8 , wherein a content of the light data is related to presenting the remaining space or the inventory situation.

10 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the cabinet body is further provided with a horizontal partition for dividing the internal space for two wine types.

11 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the cabinet body is further provided with a vertical partition for dividing the internal space for wine storage and decanting.

12 . The smart liquor cabinet of claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication transceiver, coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is connected to a remote liquor cabinet via the communication transceiver and configured for:
outputting the response of the intent via the output device, and the response is related to a remaining space or an inventory situation of the remote liquor cabinet.

13 . A management method for a liquor cabinet, comprising:
receiving a voice command and determining an intent of the voice command; determining a remaining space with no liquor in the liquor cabinet in response to the intent of the voice command being related to the remaining space of the liquor cabinet; determining an inventory situation with stored liquor in the liquor cabinet in response to the intent of the voice command being related to the inventory situation of the liquor cabinet; and outputting a response of the intent.

14 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 13 , wherein the response is related to the remaining space or the inventory situation.

15 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 13 , wherein the step of determining the intent of the voice command comprises:
extracting a verb command, a question word command, or a first noun command from the voice command; and accessing a preset question word, a preset first verb, a preset second verb, or a preset first noun.

16 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 15 , after the step of extracting the verb command, the question word command, and the first noun command from the voice command, the method further comprises:
determining whether the question word command matches the preset question word; and determining whether the first noun command matches the preset first noun in response to the question word command matching the preset question word.

17 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 16 , after the step of determining whether the first noun command matches the preset first noun, the method further comprises:
determining the intent is related to the remaining space in response to the first noun command matching the preset first noun.

18 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 16 , after the step of determining whether the first noun command matches the preset first noun, the method further comprises:
determining whether the verb command matches the preset first verb in response to the first noun command not match the preset first noun; determining the intent is related to the remaining space in response to the verb command matching the preset first verb; and determining the intent is related to the inventory situation in response to the verb command not matching the preset first verb.

19 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 16 , after the step of determining whether the first noun command matches the preset first noun, the method further comprises:
determining whether the verb command matches the preset second verb in response to the first noun command not match the preset first noun; determining the intent is related to the remaining space in response to the verb command matching the preset second verb; and determining the intent is related to the inventory situation in response to the verb command not matching the preset second verb.

20 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 15 , after the step of extracting the verb command, the question word command, or the first noun command from the voice command, the method further comprises:
extracting a second noun command from the voice command, wherein the second noun command is different from the first noun command.

21 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 20 , after the step of extracting the second noun command from the voice command, the method further comprises:
determining the remaining space available for storing a wine type in response to the second noun command matching the wine type; and determining all of the remaining space available for storage in the liquor cabinet in response to the second noun command not matching the wine type.

22 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 20 , after the step of extracting the second noun command from the voice command, the method further comprises:
determining the inventory situation for a stored wine type in response to the second noun command matching the wine type; and determining the inventory situation of all wine types in the liquor cabinet in response to the second noun command not matching the wine type.

23 . The management method for the liquor cabinet of claim 15 , after the step of extracting the verb command, the question word command, or the first noun command from the voice command, the met

Assignees

• Lo Yu Chung
• Chen kai yi
• Hsu Li Yuan
• Wang yi wen
• Lin Hsiu Hang
• Compal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lo Yu-Chung
• Chen Kai-Yi
• Hsu Li-Yuan
• Wang Yi-Wen
• Lin Hsiu-Hang

Classifications

• G10L15/22 Primary

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

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• A47B73/00 Primary

  Bottle cupboards; Bottle racks · CPC title

• A47B69/00 Primary

  Cocktail cabinets (cabinets or racks for bottles only A47B73/00) · CPC title

• A47B97/00

  Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title