Display device, server device, voice input system and methods thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9749699-B2
Application number	US-201414584714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2014
Priority date	Jan 2, 2014
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A server apparatus is disclosed. The server apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive a text which corresponds to a voice signal input, and a controller configured to, in response to a keyword, which corresponds to the text, not existing from among a keyword included in a mapping table, search for content information belonging to at least one content genre mapped with a synonym of the text, provide a search result to a display apparatus through the communicator, and update the mapping table by adding the synonym as the keyword. Accordingly, the server apparatus may effectively perform search for content information according to voice input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server apparatus, comprising:
a communicator configured to receive a text which corresponds to a voice signal; and
a controller configured to, in response to a keyword, which corresponds to the text, not existing from among at least one keyword included in a mapping table, search for content information belonging to a content genre mapped with a synonym of the text, provide a search result to a display apparatus through the communicator, and update the mapping table by adding the synonym as the keyword,
wherein the mapping table is a table in which the at least one keyword, at least one content genre, and at least one priority score in combination are mapped, and
wherein the controller, in response to a plurality of content genres being mapped with respect to the synonym, selects at least one content genre according to a priority determined with respect to the plurality of content genres, and searches for content information belonging to the selected at least one content genre.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, according to a number related to user selection of content information belonging to the at least one content genre, adjusts a score of the plurality of content genres, and updates the mapping table by re-setting the priority according to the adjusted score.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, in response to the keyword, which corresponds to the text, existing from among the at least one keyword registered in the mapping table, searches for content information belonging to a content genre mapped with the keyword and provides the content information to the display apparatus, and upwardly adjusts a score of the content genre mapped with the keyword.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mapping table is a mapping table which is individually generated and stored for a plurality of pre-registered users,
wherein the controller receives via the display apparatus user information which inputs the voice signal, and searches for the content information based on the mapping table which corresponds to the user information.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a storage configured to store the mapping table.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the voice signal is input at the display apparatus.

7. A method for providing content information of a server apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving a text which corresponds to a voice signal;
searching for a keyword which corresponds to the text at a mapping table in which at least one keyword, at least one content genre, and at least one priority score in combination are mapped;
in response to the keyword, which corresponds to the text, not existing, searching for content information belonging to the content genre mapped with a synonym of the text and transmitting a search result; and
updating the mapping table by adding the synonym as the keyword,
wherein the transmitting the search result to the display apparatus comprises:
in response to a plurality of content genres being mapped with respect to the synonym, selecting at least one content genre according to a priority determined regarding the plurality of content genres; and
searching content information belonging to the at least one selected content genre and transmitting the search result to the display.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:
according to a number related to user selection of content information belonging to the at least one content genre, adjusting a score of the plurality of content genres and updating the mapping table by re-setting the priority according to the adjusted score.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:
in response to the keyword, which corresponds to the text, existing from among keywords registered in the mapping table, providing content information belonging to the content genre mapped with the keyword to the display apparatus, and
upwardly adjusting a score of the content genre mapped with the keyword.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the mapping table is a mapping table which is individually generated and stored for a plurality of pre-registered users.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the voice signal is input at the display apparatus.

12. A voice input system, comprising:
a display apparatus configured to receive a voice signal;
a text conversion server configured to, in response to the voice signal being transmitted from the display apparatus, convert the voice signal to a text; and
a server apparatus configured to search for content information corresponding to the text using a mapping table in which at least one keyword, at least one content genre, and at least one priority score in combination are mapped, and provide the information,
wherein the server apparatus, in response to the keyword, which corresponds to a text, not existing at the mapping table, searches for content information belonging to a content genre which corresponds to a text synonym, provides a search result, and updates the mapping table by adding the synonym as the keyword,
wherein the server apparatus, in response to a plurality of content genres being mapped with respect to the synonym, selects at least one content genre according to a priority determined with respect to the plurality of content genres, and transmits content information belonging to the selected at least one content genre.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the display apparatus displays the content information, and in response to the at least one content information being selected, notifies the selected at least one content information to the server apparatus,
wherein the server apparatus adjusts a score on a content genre to which the selected content information belongs, according to the notice of the display apparatus and updates the mapping table.

14. The system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the server apparatus, in response to the keyword, which corresponds to the text, existing from among keywords registered in the mapping table, provides content information belonging to the content genre mapped with the keyword to the display, and upwardly adjusts a score of the content genre mapped with the keyword.

15. The system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the mapping table is a mapping table which is individually generated and stored for a plurality of pre-registered users, and
wherein the server apparatus receives at the display apparatus user information related to the voice signal, and searches for the content information based on the mapping table which corresponds to the user information.

16. A display apparatus, comprising:
a voice inputter configured to receive a voice signal;
a text converter configured to convert the voice signal to a text;
a communicator configured to perform communication with an external apparatus;
a controller configured to, in response to a keyword, which corresponds to the text from among at least one keyword included in a mapping table, existing, search for content information belonging to a content genre mapped with the keyword via the external apparatus, and in response to a keyword, which corresponds to the text from among the at least one keyword included in the mapping table, not existing, the controller is configured to search for a synonym of the text and search for content information belonging to the content genre corresponding to the synonym from the external apparatus; and
a display configured to display the content information,
wherei

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hee-Ran
• Shin Yong-Wook
• Choi Sung-Wook
• Shin Seung-Min
• Hwang Sung-Pil

Classifications

• F16L23/003 Primary

  Auxiliary devices · CPC title

• B25B11/02

  Assembly jigs · CPC title

• F16L23/006

  Attachments · CPC title

• G10L25/54

  for retrieval · CPC title

• G06F40/247

  Thesauruses; Synonyms · CPC title