Display apparatus and method for controlling the display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9396737-B2
Application number	US-201414149378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	Jan 7, 2013
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided, which includes an output, a voice collector configured to collect a user voice, and a controller configured to control the output to output a system response corresponding to the user voice, in which the controller is further configured to control the output such that a voice command guide applicable to a current situation of the electronic apparatus is outputted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a display configured to output text;
a microphone configured to receive a user voice; and
a controller configured to control the display to output a system response corresponding to the user voice,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to output a voice command guide including at least one voice command that is receivable by the microphone and that is applicable to a current situation of the electronic apparatus, and
wherein the voice command guide comprises different voice commands according to whether the electronic apparatus is in a current situation in which the electronic apparatus displays a broadcast program or the electronic apparatus is in a current situation in which electronic apparatus executes an application.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the system response corresponding to the user voice being outputted, the controller is further configured to control the display to output the voice command guide including a guide which is related with the system response.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in response to a list of contents, resulting from a search performed in accordance with the user voice including a command to search for contents, being outputted, the controller is further configured to control the display to output the voice command guide including a guide to filter the content included in the list of contents.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in response to a list of contents, resulting from a search performed in accordance with the user voice including a command to search for contents, being outputted, the controller is further configured to control the display to output the voice command guide including at least one of a guide to execute specific content included in the list of contents, and a guide to output details of the specific content.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in response to an application executing screen, corresponding to the user voice including a command to execute the corresponding application, being outputted, the controller is further configured to control the display to output the voice command guide including a guide applicable to the application executing screen, and
wherein the outputting the application executing screen comprises displaying the application executing screen on the display.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus is a display apparatus.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first communicator configured to transmit the user voice to a first server and receive from the first server text information corresponding to the user voice; and
a second communicator configured to transmit the received text information to a second server, wherein
in response to response information corresponding to the text information being received from the second server, the controller is further configured to control the display such that the system response is outputted based on the response information.

8. A control method of an electronic apparatus, comprising:
receiving a user voice;
transmitting the user voice to a first server and receiving from the first server text information corresponding to the user voice;
transmitting the received text information to a second server; and
in response to response information corresponding to the text information being received from the second server, outputting a system response corresponding to the user voice based on the response information and outputting a voice command guide including at least one voice command that is receivable as the user voice and that is applicable to a current situation of the electronic apparatus,
wherein the voice command guide comprises different voice commands according to whether the electronic apparatus is in a current situation in which the electronic apparatus displays a broadcast program or the electronic apparatus is in a current situation in which electronic apparatus executes an application.

9. The control method of claim 8 , wherein, in response to a list of contents, resulting from a search performed in accordance with the user voice including a command to search for contents, being outputted, outputting the voice command guide including a guide to filter the content included in the list of contents.

10. The control method of claim 8 , wherein, in response to a list of contents, resulting from a search performed in accordance with the user voice including a command to search for contents, being outputted, outputting the voice command guide including at least one of a guide to execute specific content included in the content list and a guide to output details of the specific content.

11. The control method of claim 8 , wherein, in response to an application executing screen, corresponding to the user voice including a command to execute the corresponding application, being outputted, outputting the voice command guide including a guide applicable to the application executing screen.

12. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the electronic apparatus is a display apparatus.

13. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a display configured to output text; and
a controller configured to control the display to output a system response corresponding to a user voice received from an external microphone,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to output a voice command guide including at least one voice command that is receivable from the external microphone and that is applicable to a current situation of the electronic apparatus, and
wherein the voice command guide comprises different voice commands according to whether the electronic apparatus is in a current situation in which the electronic apparatus displays a broadcast program or the electronic apparatus is in a current situation in which electronic apparatus executes an application.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cha Tae-Hwan
• Park Tae-Je

Classifications

• G06F3/167 Primary

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• H04N21/4828

  for searching programme descriptors (retrieval of video data G06F16/739) · CPC title

• H04N21/4826

  using recommendation lists, e.g. of programmes or channels sorted out according to their score · CPC title

• H04N21/654

  Transmission by server directed to the client · CPC title

• H04N21/233

  Processing of audio elementary streams {(monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58)} · CPC title