TW201840172A - Method of adjusting output sounds during a call and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of adjusting output sounds during a call is disclosed. The method includes the following steps of: an electronic device receives a face image data of a calling object from a communication device; the electronic device analyzes the face image data, and obtains an age data of the calling object according to a face identifying result; the electronic device obtains a hearing data of the calling object according to the age data; the electronic device receives an input voice, and adjusts frequency of the input voice according to the hearing data to generate a output voice; the electronic device sends the output voice to the communication device.

Description

Method and electronic device for adjusting sound output during call

The invention relates to a method for adjusting the output sound during a call, in particular to a method for adjusting the frequency of the sound output during a call according to the result of the face image recognition of the call object.

Hearing loss is a common health problem in the elderly. As people grow older, the range of audio that can be heard by the ear will become smaller and smaller, especially for higher frequency sounds. Since the sound frequency is modulated when the sound is transmitted in communication, many elderly people can normally hear the voice of others when they talk face to face, but they may not hear clearly when they listen to the phone.

Therefore, if one can think about a method of instantly adjusting the frequency of the output sound during a call according to the hearing condition of the caller, it can help to improve the problem.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a method and an electronic device for adjusting the frequency of sound output during a call according to the result of facial image recognition of a call object.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for adjusting the voice output during the call is applied to an electronic device for adjusting the frequency of the call voice according to a call object, wherein the electronic device can communicate with a communication device. The method for adjusting the sound output during the call includes the following steps: the electronic device receives the facial image data of the conversation object from the communication device; the electronic device analyzes the facial image data, and obtains information about the conversation object according to the facial recognition result. The age data is obtained by the electronic device according to the age data, wherein the hearing data is minimum volume data audible to the voice of the conversation object for different frequencies; the electronic device receives an input voice message, and according to the hearing The data adjusts the frequency of the input voice message to generate an output voice message; the electronic device sends the output voice message to the communication device.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method of the present invention further includes the following steps: the electronic device obtains a gender data according to the facial recognition result, and the hearing data is obtained according to the gender data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method of the present invention further includes the following steps: the electronic device acquires an identification code of the communication device; and the electronic device establishes a pairing relationship between the identification code and the hearing data to communicate with the communication device again in the electronic device. The frequency of the output sound is automatically adjusted according to the pairing relationship.

The invention further provides an electronic device, which can be connected to a communication device, wherein the electronic device comprises a communication module and a processing unit. The communication module is configured to receive facial image data of the call object from the communication device. The processing unit includes an image analysis module, a search module, and a sound processing module. The image analysis module is configured to analyze facial image data and obtain an age data according to the face recognition result. The search module is configured to obtain the hearing data about the call object according to the age data, wherein the hearing data is the minimum volume data that the call object can hear for different frequencies of sound. The sound processing module is configured to receive an input sound message, and adjust the frequency of the input sound message according to the hearing data to generate an output sound message, and send the output sound message to the communication device through the communication module.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the image analysis module is further configured to obtain a gender data according to the face recognition result, and the hearing data acquisition module obtains the hearing data according to the gender data.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the communication module is further configured to receive an identification code of the communication device, and the processing unit further includes a pairing module. The pairing module is configured to establish a pairing relationship between the identification code and the hearing data to automatically adjust the frequency of the output sound according to the pairing relationship when the electronic device is connected to the communication device again.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

Please refer to Figure 1 to Figure 3 below. 1 is a device architecture diagram of an electronic device of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an audio data; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a correspondence between facial recognition results and gender data, age data, and hearing data.

As shown in FIG. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 1 of the present invention can communicate with a communication device 90 via a network or by transmitting radio waves. The communication device 90 includes a camera 91 and a communication module 92. The camera 91 can capture a facial image of the user (the user of the communication device 90), and the acquired facial image data 80 can be transmitted to the electronic device 1 via the communication module 92. In the specific embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 1 and the communication device 90 are desktop computers, but the invention is not limited thereto, and the two can also have call and operation for a notebook computer, a tablet smart phone, and the like. Functional electronic products.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 1 of the present invention includes a communication module 10, a microphone 20, a processing unit 30, a memory 40, and an image capturing device 50.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the communication module 10 can communicate with the communication module 92 of the communication device 90, so that the electronic device 1 and the communication device 90 can transmit data to each other and make a call. Therefore, the communication module 10 can receive the facial image data 80 transmitted from the communication device 90. Moreover, when the communication object makes a call to the electronic device 1 by using the communication device 90, the communication device 90 sends an identification code 70 to the electronic device 1, which is received by the communication module 10, wherein the identification code is the identification code of the communication device 90. .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the microphone 20 is configured to receive an input voice message, and in particular, to receive a sound external to the electronic device 1 and include a voice spoken by a user of the electronic device 1. The sound external to the electronic device 1 is here defined as an input sound message.

In an embodiment of the invention, the processing unit 30 is electrically connected to the communication module 10, the microphone 20 and the memory 40. The processing unit 30 includes an image analysis module 31, a search module 33, a sound processing module 35, and a pairing module 37. It should be noted that, in addition to being configurable as a hardware device, a software program, a firmware, or a combination thereof, each module of the processing unit 30 may be configured by a circuit loop or other suitable type; and, each module may be separately In addition to the type configuration, it can also be combined with the type configuration. In addition, the present embodiment is merely illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and in order to avoid redundancy, all possible combinations of variations are not described in detail. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various modules or components described above are not necessarily required. In order to implement the invention, other well-known modules or elements of more detail may also be included. Each module or component may be omitted or modified as needed, and no other modules or components may exist between any two modules.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the image analysis module 31 may be, for example, a How-Old.net Application Programming Interface (API) introduced by Microsoft Corporation to analyze the face received by the communication module 10. The video data 80 is obtained based on a facial recognition result, and the age information and gender data of the communication object are obtained. As shown in FIG. 3, it is a schematic diagram showing the correspondence between the face recognition result and the gender data, the age data, and the hearing data, and this correspondence is stored in the memory 40. After the image analysis module 31 analyzes the facial image data 80, a facial recognition result is generated, and the image analysis module 31 further uses the correspondence table shown in FIG. 3 to find the corresponding corresponding image according to the facial recognition result. Age information and gender information. For example, if the facial recognition result generated after the analysis of the facial image data 80 is "1001", the age data and the gender data found according to the correspondence table shown in FIG. 3 are respectively "71~80" and "male".

In an embodiment of the present invention, the search module 33 is configured to obtain hearing data about the call object according to the age data and the gender data. The hearing data is the minimum volume data that the call object can hear for different frequencies of sound. Taking the correspondence table shown in FIG. 3 as an example, if the age data and the gender data obtained by the image analysis module 31 are “71-80” and “male”, respectively, the search module 33 can be based on the corresponding relationship shown in FIG. The hearing data for the callee should be found as "1010202040506060", which can be represented by the chart shown in FIG. 2 in this embodiment. The graph shown in Figure 2 shows the user's minimum audible volume of 10 decibels for audio 250 and 500 Hz; the minimum audible volume is 20 decibels for audio 1000 and 2000 Hz; 3000 Hz for audio The minimum audible volume is 40 decibels; for audio 4000 Hz, the minimum audible volume is 50 decibels; for audio 6000 and 8000 Hz, the minimum audible volume is 60 decibels.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the sound processing module 35 is configured to adjust the frequency of the input sound message received by the microphone 20 according to the hearing data acquired by the search module 33 to generate an output sound message and transmit the output sound. The message is sent to the communication module 10 so that the output voice message is transmitted to the communication device 90 through the communication module 10.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the pairing module 37 is configured to establish a pairing relationship between the identification code 70 received by the communication module 10 and the hearing data obtained by the search module 33, so as to be in the electronic device 1 again. When the communication device 90 is connected to the line, the frequency of the output of the sound by the electronic device 1 during the call can be automatically adjusted according to the pairing relationship. After the pairing relationship is established, the pairing module 37 will store the pairing relationship in the memory 40.

In an embodiment of the invention, the memory 40 is configured to store the pairing relationship described above and a correspondence table such as that shown in FIG.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the image capturing device 50 is configured to capture an image of the user of the electronic device 1 and the image may be sent to the communication device 90 by the communication module 10 to enable the communication parties to perform a video call.

Next, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 together, wherein FIG. 4 is a flow chart of steps of a method for adjusting sound output during a call according to the present invention. The steps shown in FIG. 4 will be sequentially described below with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. . It should be noted that the following describes the method for adjusting the output sound during the call according to the electronic device 1 of the present invention. However, the method for adjusting the voice output during the call is not applied to the foregoing electronic device. 1 is limited.

First, step S1 is performed: the electronic device receives the facial image data of the conversation object and the identification code of the communication device from the communication device.

When the electronic device 1 is connected to the communication device 90 and performs the video call function, the communication device 90 sends an identification code to the electronic device 1 and captures the face image of the call object (the user of the communication device 90) through the camera 91. The facial image data 80 is obtained, and the facial image data 80 is transmitted to the electronic device 1 via the communication module 92.

Step S2 is performed: the electronic device analyzes the facial image data, and obtains the age data and the gender data according to the facial recognition result.

After receiving the facial image data 80 transmitted from the communication device 90, the communication module 10 of the electronic device 1 displays the facial image of the call object on the screen (not shown) of the electronic device 1, and the processing unit 30 The image analysis module 31 analyzes the facial image data 80 to obtain age information and gender data about the call object based on the face recognition result.

Step S3 is executed: the electronic device obtains the hearing data about the calling object according to the age data and the gender data.

After the image analysis module 31 obtains the age data and the gender data, the search module 33 of the processing unit 30 obtains the hearing data about the call object according to the obtained age data and gender data, wherein the hearing data is as described above. The minimum volume data that is audible to the voice of the conversation object for different frequencies.

Step S4 is performed: the electronic device establishes a pairing relationship between the identification code and the hearing data.

After the search module 33 obtains the hearing data, the pairing module 37 of the processing unit 30 establishes a pairing relationship between the identification code from the communication device 90 and the hearing data, and stores the pairing relationship in the memory 40. When the electronic device 1 is connected to the communication device 90 again, the frequency of the output sound can be automatically adjusted according to the pairing relationship.

Step S5 is performed: the electronic device receives the input sound message, and adjusts the frequency of the input sound message according to the hearing data to generate an output sound message.

After the search module 33 obtains the hearing data, the processing unit 30 temporarily stores the hearing data. At this time, once the user of the electronic device 1 speaks to the microphone 20 of the electronic device 1 and causes the microphone 20 to receive the input voice message (ie, the voice of the user) issued by the user, the sound of the processing unit 30 The processing module 35 will adjust the frequency of the input voice message according to the hearing data to generate an output voice message.

Step S6 is executed: the electronic device sends an output sound message to the communication device.

Finally, after the sound processing module 35 generates the output sound message, the output sound message is transmitted to the communication module 10 to transmit the output sound message to the communication device 90 by the communication module 10.

According to the above description, when the electronic device 1 of the present invention performs a video call with the communication device 90, it analyzes the facial image of the communication object, thereby determining the age and gender of the communication object based on the facial image recognition result, and further Adjust the frequency of the output sound according to age and gender data.

To sum up, the present invention, regardless of its purpose, means and efficacy, shows its distinctive features of the prior art. You are requested to review the examination and express the patent as soon as possible. It should be noted that the various embodiments described above are merely illustrative for ease of explanation, and the scope of the invention is intended to be limited by the scope of the claims.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10, 92‧‧‧ communication module

20‧‧‧Mike wind

30‧‧‧Processing unit

31‧‧‧Image Analysis Module

33‧‧‧Search module

35‧‧‧Sound Processing Module

37‧‧‧ Pairing module

40‧‧‧ memory

50‧‧‧Image capture device

70‧‧‧ identification code

80‧‧‧Face image data

90‧‧‧Communication device

91‧‧‧ camera

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus of an electronic device of the present invention. Figure 2 is a diagram showing an audio data. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the correspondence between face recognition results and gender data, age data, and hearing data. 4 is a flow chart showing the steps of a method for adjusting sound output during a call according to the present invention.

Claims (6)

A method for adjusting output sound during a call is applied to an electronic device for adjusting the frequency of outputting a voice during a call according to a call object, and the electronic device can be connected to a communication device, the method comprising the following steps: The device receives a facial image data of the conversation object from the communication device; the electronic device analyzes the facial image data, and obtains an age data according to a facial recognition result; the electronic device obtains the call according to the age data One of the object's hearing data, wherein the hearing data is minimum volume data audible to the voice of the different target frequency; the electronic device receives an input voice message, and adjusts the frequency of the input voice message according to the hearing data to generate An output sound message; and the electronic device transmits the output sound message to the communication device. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: obtaining, by the electronic device, a gender data according to the facial recognition result, wherein the hearing data is obtained according to the gender data. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: obtaining, by the electronic device, an identification code of the communication device; and establishing, by the electronic device, a pairing relationship between the identification code and the hearing data, When the electronic device talks to the communication device again, the frequency of the output sound is automatically adjusted according to the pairing relationship. An electronic device can be connected to a communication device, the electronic device comprising: a communication module for receiving facial image data of the conversation object from the communication device; and a microphone for receiving an input voice message A processing unit is electrically connected to the communication module and the microphone, the processing unit includes: an image analysis module for analyzing the facial image data, and obtaining an age data according to a facial recognition result; The search module is configured to obtain, according to the age data, hearing data about the one of the call objects, wherein the hearing data is minimum volume data audible to the voice of the different frequency of the call object; and a sound processing module, configured to: Adjusting the frequency of the input voice message according to the hearing data to generate an output voice message, and the output voice message is sent to the communication device through the communication module. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the image analysis module is further configured to obtain a gender data according to the facial recognition result, and the hearing data acquisition module obtains the hearing data according to the gender data. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the communication module is further configured to receive an identification code of the communication device, the processing unit further comprising a pairing module, wherein the pairing module is configured to establish the identification A pairing relationship between the code and the hearing data to automatically adjust the frequency of the output sound according to the pairing relationship when the electronic device talks to the communication device again.