TWI716809B - Voice-controlled electric appliance with language kind determination - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure provides a voice-controlled electric appliance with language kind determination, which includes a sound receiving device, a language kind discriminating and speech recognition device, a control circuit, and a function device. The sound receiving device receives external sound wave of specific sound from a user and converts it into audio. The language kind discriminating and speech recognition device is coupled to the sound receiving device, and has a language kind discriminating module and a plurality of speech recognition modules of different languages. One of the speech recognition modules is a current speech recognition module. The language kind discriminating and speech recognition device continuously receives audio from the sound receiving device and, when the language kind discriminating module determines that a trigger word of specific language appears in the audio, the current speech recognition module is switched to be the speech recognition module of the specific language. Then, the current speech recognition module is used for speech recognition to output a corresponding control command according to the recognition result. The control circuit is coupled to the language kind discriminating and speech recognition device for receiving the control command from the language kind discriminating and speech recognition device to output a corresponding control signal. The function device is coupled to the control circuit for receiving the control signal from the control circuit so as to control the operation of the functional device.

Description

Voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination

This disclosure relates to a voice-controlled electrical device, especially a voice-controlled electrical device with language discrimination.

With the advancement of science and technology, modern homes often have various electrical equipment such as stereos, televisions, computers, washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioners to promote the convenience and interest of life. However, the operation of these electrical equipment generally needs to be directly controlled manually or by pressing the buttons of the remote control. It is not easy for some users, especially the elderly or children, or for normal users. Users who are busy with other tasks cannot make time to manually control or remotely control the operation of electrical equipment, which is not very convenient.

Therefore, a voice control technology is proposed to solve the aforementioned problems, which is to install a voice recognition module in the electrical equipment to receive the voice spoken by the user and recognize it as the corresponding control command. Control the operation of the electrical equipment, whereby the user does not need to manually or press the remote control to control the operation of the electrical equipment, and can intuitively and conveniently control the operation of the electrical equipment.

However, the aforementioned voice-controlled electrical equipment can accept only one voice language, such as English. If you need to use a different language (such as Chinese) to control electrical equipment, You need to re-purchase electrical equipment with a Chinese voice module, or change the voice module in electrical equipment from an English voice module to a Chinese voice module. This will result in unchanged use and increased cost, and it will be single Electrical equipment cannot be shared by users who speak different languages, so there is still a need for improvement.

The purpose of this disclosure is mainly to provide a voice-controlled electrical device with language type discrimination, which can determine the language type used by the user by judging the language type of trigger words to switch the voice control of the electrical device Language type.

According to one of the features of the present disclosure, the present disclosure proposes a voice-controlled electronic device with language type discrimination, including: a radio device that receives specific sound waves from external users and converts them into audio; a language type discrimination and The voice recognition device is coupled to the radio device, and has a language type discrimination module and a plurality of voice recognition modules in different languages. One of the voice recognition modules is the current voice recognition module, wherein the language The type discrimination and voice recognition device continuously receives the audio from the radio device, and when the language type discrimination module determines that a trigger word in a specific language appears in the audio, the current speech recognition module is switched to the specific language The current voice recognition module is used for voice recognition to output a corresponding control command according to the recognition result; a control circuit is coupled to the language type discrimination and voice recognition device to receive the language Control commands of the type discrimination and voice recognition device to output corresponding control signals; and a functional device, coupled to the control circuit, receives the control signal from the control circuit to control the operation of the functional device.

The above summary and the following detailed description are exemplary in nature, and are intended to further illustrate the scope of the patent application of the present disclosure, and other purposes and advantages of the present disclosure will be described in the subsequent description and drawings.

100: Voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination

101: functional device

103: control circuit

105: Language type discrimination and voice recognition device

107: Radio device

1011: On/Off

1012: play

1013: pause

1014: stop

1015: fast forward

1016: reverse

201: Language Type Identification Module

203: Voice recognition module

203-1: English speech recognition module

203-2: Chinese voice recognition module

203-3: French voice recognition module

203-4: German speech recognition module

203-5: Spanish speech recognition module

203-6: Japanese speech recognition module

S304~S304: steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language type discrimination according to this disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the language type discrimination and speech recognition device of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of voice control with language type discrimination according to the disclosure.

The following is a specific embodiment to illustrate the implementation of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can easily understand the other advantages and effects of the present disclosure from the content disclosed in this specification. The present disclosure can also be implemented or applied by other different specific embodiments, and various details in this specification can also be modified and changed according to different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the creation.

Furthermore, the ordinal numbers used in the description and the claim, such as the terms "first", "second", etc., are used to modify the element of the claim, and it does not imply or represent any previous ordinal of the requested element. It does not represent the order of a request element and another request element, or the order in the manufacturing method. The use of these ordinal numbers is only used to enable a request element with a certain name to be able to be compatible with another request element with the same name. Make a clear distinction.

In addition, the description of "when..." or "...when" in this disclosure means "now, before, or after", etc., and is not limited to situations that occur simultaneously, which is described here first. Zhongguan Similar descriptions such as "disposed on" indicate the corresponding positional relationship of the two elements, and do not limit whether there is contact between the two elements, unless there are special restrictions, which are described here first. Furthermore, when the present disclosure records multiple effects or states, if the word "or" is used between multiple effects or states, it means that the effects or states can exist independently, but it does not exclude that multiple effects can exist at the same time, meaning " "Or" may include the aspect of "and/or". In addition, if the terms “connected”, “electrically connected” or “coupled” in this disclosure are not particularly emphasized, it means that they include direct connection and indirect connection.

1 is a schematic diagram of the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language type discrimination of the present disclosure. The voice-controlled electrical equipment 100 with language type discrimination includes a functional device 101, a control circuit 103, a language type discrimination and voice recognition device 105, And a radio device 107. Wherein, the functional device 101 is coupled to the control circuit 103, the control circuit 103 is coupled to the language type discrimination and voice recognition device 105, the language type discrimination and voice recognition device 105 is coupled to the radio device 107, the radio The device 107 is preferably a microphone array with a plurality of microphones (not shown) to be arranged at different positions outside the voice-controlled electrical equipment 100, so that the voice-controlled electrical equipment 100 can clearly receive the user’s voice Control the specific sounds emitted by different locations around the electrical equipment 100.

The functional device 101 refers to an electrical device that provides a specific function for the voice-controlled electrical device 100. In this embodiment, the voice-controlled electrical device 100 is preferably a voice-controlled audio device, but it is not limited. Device 101 is to provide speakers, amplifiers, mixers, balancers and other devices for playing music, which can be used for users to power on/off 1011, play 1012, and pause. 1013, stop (stop) 1014, fast forward (fast forward) 1015, reverse (reverse forward) 1016 and other controls. The control circuit 103 controls the function device 101 to turn on/off 1011, play 1012, pause 1013, stop 1014, fast forward 1015, reverse 1016, etc. according to the language type discrimination and the output of the voice recognition device 105.

The aforementioned language type discrimination and speech recognition device 105 is connected to the radio device 107. As shown in FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the language type discrimination and speech recognition device disclosed in this disclosure. The language type discrimination and voice recognition device 105 includes a language type discrimination A module 201 and a plurality of voice recognition modules 203 in different languages. In this embodiment, the voice recognition modules 203 include an English voice recognition module 203-1, a Chinese voice recognition module 203-2, and a French voice The recognition module 203-3, the German speech recognition module 203-4, the Spanish speech recognition module 203-5, the Japanese speech recognition module 203-6, etc., but not limited to this, in other embodiments, the speech The recognition module 203 includes at least two of the aforementioned voice recognition modules 203-1~203-6 in different languages. The manufacturer of the voice control electrical equipment can provide the required multiple languages in accordance with actual needs. Voice recognition module 203.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of voice control with language discrimination in this disclosure. When the voice control electrical equipment 100 of this disclosure is activated, the language discrimination and voice recognition device 105 can set the current voice recognition The module 203 is an English speech recognition module 203-1 (step S301), but it is not limited. In other embodiments, the language type discrimination and speech recognition device 105 can also set the current speech recognition module 203 to any other type of speech recognition Modules 203-2~203-6.

」， 於本實施例，不同語言之觸發語詞係為相同意義之語詞，但本揭露不以此為限，於其他實施例，不同語言之觸發語詞可選用不同意義之語詞，例如，雖英文觸發語詞為「go iris」，但中文觸發語詞可為不同意義的「語音開始」，或是，多種不同語言之觸發語詞中，可有數種不同語言之觸發語詞為相同意義之語詞，而其餘不同語言之觸發語詞為不同意義之語詞。 Please also refer to FIG. 1 again. The radio device 107 converts the received sound waves into audio signals for transmission to the language type discrimination and voice recognition device 105. The language type discrimination and voice recognition device 105 continues to receive from the radio device 107 The language type discrimination module 201 determines whether a trigger words in a specific language appears in the audio (step S302), wherein the trigger word system is a pre-set special word used to trigger activation The function of voice recognition, and the trigger word has strong distinguishability so that the language type discrimination module 201 can judge its appearance. For example, the trigger word can be "go iris" in English, "rainbow activation" in Chinese, and French "Allez iris" in German, "geh iris" in German, "ir iris" in Spanish and "

In this embodiment, the trigger words in different languages are words with the same meaning, but this disclosure is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the trigger words in different languages can be selected as words with different meanings, for example, although English triggers The word is "go iris", but the Chinese trigger word can be a "speech start" with different meanings, or, among the trigger words in different languages, there may be trigger words in several different languages that have the same meaning, and the rest of the languages The trigger words are words with different meanings.

When the language type discrimination module 201 determines that a trigger word of a specific language appears in the audio, it switches and sets the current voice recognition module 203 to the voice recognition module 203 of the specific language. For example, if the German "geh iris" trigger word appears, the language type discrimination and speech recognition device 105 determines whether the language type of the currently used speech recognition module 203 is the same as the language type of the trigger word (step S303), if the same , The currently used speech recognition module 203 (that is, the German speech recognition module 203-4) will not be changed. If it is different, the currently used speech recognition module 203 will be switched to the German speech recognition module 203-4 (Step S304). In this way, the voice-controlled electrical equipment 100 of the present disclosure can appropriately switch to select the voice recognition module 203 corresponding to the language type used by the user according to the language type of the trigger word spoken by the user, and start the switch The selected voice recognition module 203 (ie, the German voice recognition module 203-4) is used for voice recognition.

The aforementioned language type discrimination module 201 can determine the occurrence of trigger words in a specific language by capturing, analyzing, and comparing the audio waveform from the radio device 107, which can be executed by hardware circuits and/or processors Realized by an algorithm of a software program.

With the aforementioned switching selection of the voice recognition module 203 (ie, the German voice recognition module 203-4), the user can control the operation of the voice-controlled electrical device 100 by speaking a specific voice command. In detail, The voice recognition module 203 can recognize the specific voice spoken by the user, and the language type discrimination and voice recognition device 105 outputs a corresponding control command to the control according to the recognition result. The control circuit 103 accordingly outputs a corresponding control signal to the functional device 101 for control. For example, if the user speaks a German pause "Suspendieren", the voice recognition module 203-4 recognizes the pause And output a pause control command to the control circuit 103, and the control circuit 103 then outputs a corresponding pause control signal to the functional device 101, such as audio, to pause the music playback.

The aforementioned voice recognition module 203 can recognize the specific voice spoken by the user by capturing, analyzing, and comparing the waveform of the audio from the radio device 107 to generate a corresponding control command. The body circuit and/or the processor executes an algorithm of a software program.

It can be seen from the above description that the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination in this disclosure can be controlled by the voice of the specific language after the user speaks a trigger word in a specific language. When a user or another user wants to control the voice-controlled electrical equipment in another language, he only needs to speak the trigger words in the other language, and the voice recognition module of the voice-controlled electrical equipment can be changed from the original specific language Switching to this other language is not only extremely convenient in use, but also enables people who speak different languages to use the same voice to control electrical equipment, greatly improving its usability.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely examples for the convenience of description, and the scope of rights claimed in this disclosure should be subject to the scope of the patent application, not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

105: Language type discrimination and voice recognition device

201: Language Type Identification Module

203: Voice recognition module

203-1: English speech recognition module

203-2: Chinese voice recognition module

203-3: French voice recognition module

203-4: German speech recognition module

203-5: Spanish speech recognition module

203-6: Japanese speech recognition module

Claims (10)

A voice-controlled electrical equipment with language type discrimination, including: a radio device, which receives the sound waves of a specific sound emitted by an external user and converts it into audio; a language type discrimination and voice recognition device, coupled to the radio The device has a language type discrimination module and multiple speech recognition modules in different languages. One of the speech recognition modules is the current speech recognition module. The language type discrimination and speech recognition device continuously receives The audio of the radio device, and when the language type discrimination module determines that a trigger word with meaning in a specific language appears in the audio, the current speech recognition module is switched and set to the speech recognition module of the specific language, Otherwise, the current voice recognition module is used for voice recognition to output a corresponding control command according to the recognition result; a control circuit is coupled to the language type discrimination and voice recognition device to receive the language type discrimination and speech Identify the control command of the device to output the corresponding control signal; and a functional device, coupled to the control circuit, receives the control signal from the control circuit, to control the operation of the functional device. For the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the radio device is a microphone array with a plurality of microphones arranged at different positions outside the voice-controlled electrical equipment. For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language type discrimination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the current voice recognition module switch setting is the voice recognition module of the specific language, which is the language type discrimination and voice recognition device Determine whether the language type of the currently used speech recognition module is the same as the language type of the trigger word. If it is the same, the current speech recognition module will not be changed, otherwise the current speech recognition module will be switched to that of the specific language . For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the voice-controlled electrical equipment is a voice-controlled audio equipment, and the functional device is used for turning on/off, playing, pausing, and stopping , Fast forward and reverse control. For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control circuit controls the on/off, playback, and pause of the functional device according to the language discrimination and the output of the voice recognition device , Stop, fast forward and reverse. For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the voice recognition modules include English voice recognition module, Chinese voice recognition module, French voice recognition module, German voice At least two types of speech recognition modules among the recognition module, the Spanish speech recognition module, and the Japanese speech recognition module. For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the trigger word system is a preset special word. For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language classification described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the trigger words in different languages are words with the same meaning. For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the trigger words in different languages are words with different meanings. For example, the voice-controlled electrical equipment with language discrimination described in item 1 of the scope of patent application. Among the trigger words in different languages, there can be several trigger words in different languages that have the same meaning, and the other trigger words in different languages Words are words with different meanings.

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