Display apparatus, interactive server, and method for providing response information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9219949-B2
Application number	US-201313887548-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2013
Priority date	Jun 14, 2012
Publication date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015

Abstract

A display apparatus, an interactive server, and a method for providing response information are provided. The display apparatus includes: a voice collector which collects a user's uttered voice, a communication unit which communicates with an interactive server; and, a controller which, if response information corresponding to the uttered voice which is transmitted to the interactive server is received from the interactive server, controls to perform an operation corresponding to the user's uttered voice based on the response information, wherein the response information is generated in a different form according to a function of the display apparatus which is classified based on an utterance element extracted from the uttered voice. Accordingly the display apparatus can execute the function corresponding to each of the uttered voices and can output the response message corresponding to each of the uttered voices, even if a variety of uttered voices are input from the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a voice collector which collects a user's uttered voice and generates a user voice signal;
a communication unit which transmits the user voice signal to an interactive server;
a controller which, if response information corresponding to the uttered voice which is transmitted to the interactive server is received from the interactive server, controls to perform an operation corresponding to the user's uttered voice based on the response information;
an output unit; and
a storage which matches a user input and user information with each other, and stores matching information,
wherein the response information is generated in a form which is based on a requested function of the display apparatus which is classified based on an utterance element extracted from the uttered voice,
wherein, if the uttered voice comprises a prohibited Utterance element, the controller, controls to output a message indicating disallowance of an operation corresponding to the uttered voice, based on the response information received from the interactive server, and
wherein the controller transmits user information matched with the user input and the uttered voice to the interactive server, and, if the prohibited utterance element is associated with the user's age, the controller outputs the message indicating disallowance of the operation corresponding to the uttered voice according to the response information generated based on the user information.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the function comprises at least one of an electronic program guide (EPG)-related function and an operation control function of the display apparatus.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising an output unit,
wherein, if the uttered voice comprises an EPG-related utterance element or an operation control-related utterance element of the display apparatus, the controller performs at least one of an operation of outputting a response message and an operation of performing the requested function, based on the response information received from the interactive server.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein, if the uttered voice comprises an EPG-related utterance element regarding a plurality of requests, the controller outputs a voice re-request message based on the response information received from the interactive server.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the utterance element is a part of a plurality of words recognized in the uttered voice.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a photographing unit which photographs a user face,
wherein the user input comprises a face image of the user generated by the photographing unit.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interactive server comprises a first server which converts the collected user uttered voice into text information, and a second server which generates response information corresponding to the text information,
wherein the controller converts the collected voice into a digital signal and transmits the converted voice to the first server, and, if text information regarding the uttered voice is received from the first server, the display apparatus transmits the text information to the second server and receives response information corresponding to the uttered voice.

8. An interactive server comprising:
a communication unit which receives an uttered voice from a display apparatus;
an extraction unit which extracts an utterance element from the received uttered voice;
a controller which generates response information corresponding to the uttered voice in a form which is based on a requested function of the display apparatus, which is classified according to the extracted utterance element, and transmits the response information to the display apparatus; and
a storage which stores a table regarding a prohibited utterance element,
wherein, if the extracted utterance element comprises the prohibited utterance.

9. The interactive server as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the function comprises at least one of an electronic program guide (EPG)-related function and an operation control function of the display apparatus.

10. The interactive server as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a storage which stores EPG information,
wherein, if the extracted utterance element is an EPG-related utterance element, the controller determines whether the EPG information corresponding to the uttered voice based on the EPG information stored in the storage can be provided,
wherein, if the EPG information can be provided, the controller generates response information corresponding to the uttered voice based on the EPG information, and, if the EPG information cannot be provided, the controller generates alternative response information regarding the uttered voice based on at least one of the EPG information and an Internet search.

11. The interactive server as claimed in claim 10 , wherein, if the uttered voice comprises an EPG-related utterance element regarding a plurality of requests, the controller generates a voice re-request message to re-request a user to utter a single request in the display apparatus.

12. The interactive server as claimed in claim 9 , wherein, if the extracted utterance element is an operation control-related utterance element of the display apparatus, the controller determines whether it is possible to control an operation of the display apparatus corresponding to the uttered voice based on the utterance element,
wherein, if the operation of the display apparatus can be controlled, the controller generates response information for controlling the operation of the display apparatus, and, if the operation of the display apparatus cannot be controlled, the controller generates response information regarding at least one of an operation control method of the display apparatus and a current state notification.

13. The interactive server as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the communication unit further receives user information from the display apparatus,
wherein, if the extracted utterance element is associated with a user's age, the controller determines whether to generate the message indicating disallowance of the requested operation corresponding to the uttered voice based on the user information.

14. A method for providing response information corresponding to a user's uttered voice in an interactive server which is interlocked with a display apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving the user's uttered voice from the display apparatus;
extracting an utterance element from the uttered voice;
generating response information corresponding to the uttered voice in a form based on a requested function of the display apparatus, and which is classified according to the extracted utterance element; and
transmitting the response information to the display apparatus,
wherein the generating comprises:
determining whether the extracted utterance element comprises a prohibited utterance element with reference to a pre-stored table regarding the prohibited utterance element; and
if it is determined that the extracted utterance element comprises the prohibited utterance element, generating a message indicating disallowance of an operation corresponding to the uttered voice.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the receiving further receives user information from the display apparatus, and further comprises:
if it is determined that the extracted utterance element does not comprise the prohibited ut

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Heo Hye-Hyun
• Son Hae-Rim
• Shin Jun-Hyung

Classifications

• H04N2005/44556

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/42203

  sound input device, e.g. microphone · CPC title

• H04N5/44513

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/482 Primary

  End-user interface for programme selection · CPC title

• H04N21/25891

  being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title