Apparatus and method for controlling mobile device by conversation recognition, and apparatus for providing information by conversation recognition during meeting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9258406-B2
Application number	US-201314030034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2013
Priority date	Dec 17, 2012
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling a mobile device according to the present invention includes: a conversation recognition unit configured to recognize a conversation between users through mobile devices; a user intent verification unit configured to verify an intent of at least one user among the users based on the recognition result; and an additional function control unit configured to execute an additional function corresponding to the verified user's intent in a mobile device of the user. According to the present invention, great contribution may be made to improve communication between users by recognizing the conversation between the users, thereby directly providing information associated with the conversation or providing a service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for controlling a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
a conversation recognition unit configured to recognize a conversation between users through mobile devices;
a user intent verification unit configured to verify an intent of at least one user among the users based on the recognition result; and
an additional function control unit configured to execute an additional function corresponding to the verified user's intent in a mobile device of the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the conversation is a voice conversation.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the conversation is a conversation through a mobile messenger.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the verified user's intent is to search for predetermined information, the additional function control unit searches for the predetermined information through the Internet and displays the search result.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the verified user's intent is to transfer, to a counter party of the conversation, predetermined information stored in the mobile device, the additional function control unit searches the mobile device for the predetermined information and displays the search result or transmits the search result to a mobile device of the counter party of the conversation.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the predetermined information comprises contact number information.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein when displaying the search result, the additional function control unit displays the search result on the mobile device of the user and at the same time, displays the search result on the mobile device of the counter party of the conversation.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the verified user's intent is to determine an appointment place in a predetermined region with a counter party of the conversation, the additional function control unit displays business information corresponding to the predetermined region on the mobile device of the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the additional function control unit displays the business information together with a map of the predetermined region.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the additional function control unit displays the business information on the mobile device of the user and at the same time, displays the business information on the mobile device of the counter party of the conversation.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein in the case of the verified user's intent, when an intent of a first user is to find a destination and an intent of a second user is to guide the first user, the additional function control unit takes a photo of surroundings with a camera provided in a mobile device of the first user, transmits the taken photo to a mobile device of the second user, and displays, on the mobile device of the second user, the photo transmitted from the mobile device of the first user.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the additional function control unit is further configured to display a result of execution of the additional function by responding to a predetermined behavior of the user.

13. A method of controlling a mobile device, the method comprising:
recognizing a conversation between users through mobile devices;
verifying an intent of at least one user among the users based on the recognition result; and
executing an additional function corresponding to the verified user's intent in a mobile device of the user.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the executing of the additional function searches for predetermined information through the Internet and displays the search result when the verified user's intent is to search for the predetermined information.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the executing of the additional function searches the mobile device for predetermined information and displays the search result or transmits the search result to a mobile device of a counter party of the conversation when the verified user's intent is to transfer, to the counter party of the conversation, the predetermined information stored in the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the executing of the additional function displays the search result on the mobile device of the user and at the same time, displays the search result on the mobile device of the counter party of the conversation when displaying the search result.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the executing of the additional function displays business information corresponding to a predetermined region on the mobile device of the user when the verified user's intent is to determine an appointment place in the predetermined region with a counter party of the conversation.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the executing of the additional function displays the business information on the mobile device of the user and at the same time, displays the business information on the mobile device of the counter party of the conversation.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the executing of the additional function takes a photo of the surroundings with a camera provided in a mobile device of a first user, transmits the taken photo to a mobile device of a second user, and displays, on the mobile device of the second user, the photo transmitted from the mobile device of the first user when an intent of the first user is to find a destination and an intent of the second user is to guide the first user in the case of the verified user's intent.

20. An apparatus for providing information for the proceedings of meeting, the apparatus comprising:
a conversation recognition unit configured to recognize a conversation between participants in the meeting;
an information selection unit configured to select information required for a meeting circumstance, based on the recognition result; and
an information search unit configured to search for the selected information and display the search result.

Assignees

• Korea Electronics Telecomm

Inventors

• Jung Ho Young

Classifications

• G10L2015/088

  Word spotting · CPC title

• G06F17/30867

  Physics · mapped topic

• G10L15/1822

  Parsing for meaning understanding · CPC title

• G06F17/30746

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04M1/72561 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic