EP1257999A1 - Electrical device with voice input unit and method for voice input - Google Patents
Electrical device with voice input unit and method for voice inputInfo
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- EP1257999A1 EP1257999A1 EP01911583A EP01911583A EP1257999A1 EP 1257999 A1 EP1257999 A1 EP 1257999A1 EP 01911583 A EP01911583 A EP 01911583A EP 01911583 A EP01911583 A EP 01911583A EP 1257999 A1 EP1257999 A1 EP 1257999A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F24C15/00—Details
- F24C15/20—Removing cooking fumes
- F24C15/2021—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety systems
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- G10L15/00—Speech recognition
- G10L15/26—Speech to text systems
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- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- G10L15/00—Speech recognition
- G10L15/22—Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
- G10L2015/223—Execution procedure of a spoken command
Definitions
- the present invention relates to an arrangement with an electrically operated device, with a voice input unit and with a voice processing unit that derives control signals required for speaking functions from the input commands to control functions of the device, and a method for voice input with correction of fault signals
- SICARE pilot company evosoft Software-Vertriebs GmbH, D-9041 1 Nuremberg / Germany
- REHA area which comprises a mobile device which converts spoken commands into signals
- Signals are emitted by infrared transmitters, e.g. for the control of television sets, video recorders, hi-fi systems, telephones and lighting, by radio transmitters, e.g. for the control of front doors, lifts, call and alarm systems or through wired interfaces, e.g. for the control of electrically powered wheelchairs and motor-adjustable beds.
- the well-known product which is intended for physically handicapped persons, allows the storage of up to 64 commands.
- the mobile device automatically sends the command for the desired action, eg "TV to" via the previously selected interface the corresponding device Instruction can address several devices at the same time.
- the well-known product is trained on the individual speech patterns of a person and thus realizes speaker-dependent speech recognition. In the ideal state, other people are not able to generate signals from spoken commands that control the device realized the known product in such a way that predetermined words (e.g.
- “HausM” light ",” four “,” minus ” are to be spoken according to a menu tree with several branches, whereby the individual words can be spoken at any time interval. If the speech input is terminated prematurely due to an inability of the physically disabled person, some can Words, for example from a radio or television set, which are provided in the branch of the menu tree pending after the voice input termination, lead to the formation of signals which control one or more sets
- a method for automatic speech recognition is known from the publication DE 196 37 352 A1, reference expressions being initially recorded for different words, and then from which sequences of successive reference feature vectors are formed, each of which is mapped to a uniform time interval From the resulting sequences of model vectors for the reference utterances, a single model of the reference utterances is formed for each word, the components of which consist of compensating functions.
- a word to be recognized is processed into a sequence of feature vectors, each of which corresponds to the same time Interval is mapped The resulting sequence of mapping vectors is compared in comparison sections with the stored models
- Some information about the phonetic content of the speech signal can be derived from the course of the speech signal.
- the time signal is not suitable for presenting the properties of the spoken language that are most important for the general speech act and the perception of phonetic details, given the importance of resonance and Their changes over time in spoken language communication is a method of representing these characteristics necessary
- the short-term spectrum of the signal which corresponds to the magnitude of the Fou ⁇ er transformation of the time signal after it has been multiplied by a time window function of appropriate duration, can of course not contain any information that is not also contained in the original signal.
- the object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement and a method in which the speech recognition is improved despite existing noise
- a operating status recognition unit which recognizes the operating status of the household appliance or other noise sources and reports it to the speech processing unit, and that the speech processing unit only undertakes a noise correction when a noise source is switched on
- the method according to the invention for voice input with correction of noise signals is characterized in that when voice input is used to control a device, the operating status of at least one noise source that interferes with the voice input is queried, and that the speech processing unit only corrects noise when a noise source is switched on So if the speech processing unit is presented with a speech signal for recognition, it is not always attempted to carry out a noise correction. This leads to all de n Fall to an improvement in speech recognition in which the speech signal does not go through
- the speech processing unit depending on the respective operating status of the noise source, takes its interference signal into account when processing the spoken input commands.
- the arrangement has a storage unit that is connected to the speech processing unit, and that in the memory unit for each noise source for each operating status corresponds to the fault signal.
- the relevant data record is stored
- noise sources are operated in different operating modes.
- the respective noise is processed by the speech processing unit and, for example, a corresponding noise spectrum as bet ⁇ ebsstatusspezifisches
- Disturbance signal stored in the storage unit During the actual operation of an electrical appliance according to the invention, in particular a household appliance in the kitchen, when the voice input for controlling the appliance is first checked whether analyzed sources of disturbance are in operation during the learning phase, if this is not the case the given voice command is processed without noise source correction. However, if a storage device is active, its operating status is determined and a noise record corresponding to the operating status is corrected during signal processing or speech recognition.
- the speech signal corrected for the noise is processed in a known manner used the fact that the number of disturbance sources and their typical disturbing noises are both limited and known in some application cases. A disturbance noise correction does not therefore have to be carried out with general correction approaches , but alternatively or additionally, the known noise can be taken into account in a corrective manner
- the operating status detection unit is connected to the noise source via an electrical line or via a wireless communication line, and, on the other hand, that the arrangement has a plurality of voice input units which are spatially distributed, for example in are arranged in the kitchen or in a house
- a particularly secure speech recognition can be realized if the via the
- Devices controlled by voice input are at least one cooktop and an extractor hood arranged above them, and the extractor hood with its various power levels is taken into account as a source of interference
- the voice input unit, the voice processing unit and the operating status recognition unit are all in one by the voice input Controlled device, in particular in the extractor hood, are arranged in the extractor hood under favorable thermal conditions, sufficient space to accommodate the above-mentioned components.
- a microphone can be arranged approximately at the level of the head of an operator standing in front of the cooktop arranged below the extractor hood The microphone can have a corresponding directional characteristic in order not to be disturbed too much by the extractor hood
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the arrangement according to the first exemplary embodiment
- Fig. 4 shows the time course of a disturbance signal at different operating states
- the first exemplary embodiment of the arrangement has a cooktop 1 which is mounted in a cutout of a worktop 3.
- Various cooktop zones 7 are marked on a cooktop plate 5, which is in particular made of glass ceramic, in accordance with the inputs via an operating and display unit 9 of the cooktop 1 can be heated in a manner known per se from heating elements arranged below the hob plate via a control unit on the cooking zones 7 (not shown).
- the operating and display unit 9 is provided for reasons of convenience and safety. However, it can be set to a safety level Be reduced to a minimum, since the overall arrangement also has a voice input unit, as described below.
- Detection and reception unit 11 is provided, which can communicate via a wireless transmission link U in a manner known per se with an extractor hood 13 arranged above the cooktop 1.
- the transmission link can be implemented, for example, as a radio link.
- the extractor hood 13 can also have a suitable transmitting and receiving unit 15.
- the extractor hood 13 can have control and display elements 17 corresponding to the hob.
- a suitable microphone 19 is installed in the extractor hood 13. This is connected to a speech processing electronics 21, which is also connected to the transmitting and receiving unit 15 to the transmitting and receiving unit 15 and / or the
- the operating status detection unit 23 simultaneously reports to the speech processing electronics 21 whether the extractor hood 13 is running and thus causes a noise (S) or not. If the extractor hood 13 is not running, the spoken command is processed in the speech processing electronics 21 without noise source correction, the command is recognized and the hob is switched on via the transmission link U. If the operator now enters further voice commands for working with the hob 1, such as “hotplate 3 level 9”, it is checked in each case whether the extractor hood 13 is running. The extractor hood 13 can be activated automatically Each time the cooktop 1 is switched on, the hood 13 can also only be started when a corresponding start command is spoken into the microphone 19 by the operator.
- S noise
- each blower stage (BS1, BS2,) of the hood 13 is assigned a specific fault signal (S1, S2,) as a data record.
- the unit 23 directs this to the respective operating status of the noise source or the extractor hood 13 belonging noise data material to the speech processing electronics 21, which then First, in a first signal processing step, the spoken cooktop command is freed from the storage component and then in a second signal processing step, the remaining, pre-processed speech signal is further processed. If there is no background noise, the first signal processing step, according to the invention, is omitted Different Betnebsstati (BS1, BS3) are shown in greatly simplified form in FIGS. 3 and 4
- the various domestic appliances are connected to a domestic appliance bus 31.
- the overall arrangement is formed by a cooker 33, an extractor hood 13 arranged above it and a microwave appliance 35, which are installed together in a kitchen.
- the speech processing electronics 21 are connected to the Home appliance bus 31 connected, the electronics 21 can be provided at any location in the house.
- Various microphones 19 are also provided, which can be connected both directly to the speech processing electronics 21 and to the home appliance bus 31.
- FIG. 2 shows that the speech processing electronics 21 has a noise storage 37, in which a corresponding disturbance signal (S1, S2,) is stored as a data record for each device that can act as a disturbance source, for each operating status (BS1, BS2,).
- S1, S2 a corresponding disturbance signal
- BS1, BS2 operating status
- Control of the cooker 33, the extractor hood 13 or the microwave oven 35 can be corrected
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