JP2002027336A - Television receiver and processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid increased capacity of a memory for storing data for relating a voice recognition result with control contents, and to eliminate the necessity of providing the memory for each electric device. SOLUTION: An exclusive removable memory 20 of a user is attached on a connection part 4 on a television receiver 1. When a 'voice operation set-up' is selected on a menu-picture, a device control part 10 reads 'voice operation set-up picture' information which is previously stored, displays the 'voice operation set-up picture' on an image displaying part 14 by using an image/voice processing part 13, registers voice data on the voice operation picture, and writes standard setting data which is previously stored into the removable memory 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television set in which a nonvolatile memory circuit is detachably mounted on a television receiver and the television receiver can be adjusted by sound using the mounted nonvolatile memory circuit. Related to receivers and processing systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a voice recognition remote control device, such as a television receiver, for remotely operating an electric device by voice (voice having a language, a language, and a meaning) has a recognition result of an input voice and a control target electrical device. A memory for storing data that associates the control contents of the device is required. Also, in order to enable voice recognition, it is necessary to register one's own voice in advance, and therefore a memory for voice registration is required.

However, when a single voice recognition remote control device is used by a plurality of people, a memory for storing data for associating the voice recognition result with the control contents and a memory for voice registration are required for each person. Inevitably increased capacity. In addition, the above-described memory must be provided and registered for each electric device.

[0004]

As described above, in a voice recognition remote control device for remotely controlling an electric device by voice, such as a television receiver, a single voice recognition remote control device is used by a plurality of persons. In such a case, a memory for storing data for associating the speech recognition result with the control content and a memory for voice registration are required for each person, and it is unavoidable to increase the capacity of the memory. There was a problem that it had to be provided and registered for each device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a television receiver and a processing system which do not require a large memory for storing data for associating a result of speech recognition with control contents, and which need not be provided for each electric device. And

[0006]

According to a television receiver of the present invention, a nonvolatile storage circuit is provided detachably, and the television receiver is used for a television that broadcasts a television broadcast received based on various operations. Instructing means for instructing the contents of each operation in the television receiver, accepting means for accepting meaningful sounds, setting means for setting sounds having meanings for the various operations, and various setting means. Storage means for storing, in the nonvolatile storage circuit, a voice having a meaning accepted by the accepting means and an operation instructed by the instruction means when the setting of a voice having a meaning for the operation is performed; The voice having the meaning accepted by the accepting means is compared with the voice having the meaning stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit, and there is a match. When there is a voice having a meaning that matches with the determination means for determining, the operation is executed based on the operation stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit corresponding to the voice having the meaning. Executing means.

A processing system according to the present invention is a processing system comprising a first and a second device in which a nonvolatile storage circuit is detachably provided, wherein the first device is the first device.
Instruction means for instructing the content of each operation in the device, accepting means for receiving a meaningful voice, setting means for setting meaningful voices for various operations in the second device, and this setting means When a voice having a meaning for various operations in the second device is set, the non-volatile storage corresponding to the voice having the meaning accepted by the accepting unit and the operation instructed by the instruction unit is performed. Storage means for storing in the circuit,
Is equipped with a receiving means for receiving a meaningful voice, and a non-volatile storage circuit in which the first device stores settings of meaningful voices for various operations in the second device. In this state, the voice having the meaning received by the receiving means is compared with the voice having the meaning stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit, and a determination means for determining whether there is a match or not, And executing means for executing the operation based on the operation stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit corresponding to the meaningful voice when there is a voice having the same meaning by the means. I have.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a television receiver according to the present invention. That is, the television receiver 1
Is a tuning unit 11 connected to an antenna 30 provided outside to select a broadcast program, a demodulation unit 12 for demodulating a signal selected by the tuning unit 11, and a video signal from a signal demodulated by the demodulation unit 12. Video / audio processing unit 13 for extracting an audio signal and outputting the audio signal to an audio output unit 15, a key input unit 16 for setting the brightness and color level of a video, and a remote controller 18.
It comprises a remote control input unit 17 for receiving operation information from the PC and a device control unit 10 as control means for controlling the entire system. Note that the television receiver 1 is provided with a remote controller 18 that transmits operation information of the television receiver 1 to the remote control input unit 17. The remote controller 18 is provided with an on / off switch (not shown), a volume adjustment key, a channel selection key, a menu key, and the like.

[0010] Further, the television receiver 1 has audio (words,
Microphone 2 that accepts language, meaningful voice, speech with meaning such as words, language, etc. accepted by microphone 2
A voice recognition unit 3 for recognizing the voice (hereinafter simply referred to as voice) and a removable memory 20 to be described later are mounted, and a connection unit 4 for connecting the removable memory 20, the voice recognition unit 3, and the device control unit 10 is provided.

The removable memory 20 is configured to be detachable (attachable, detachable) from the connection section 4 of the television receiver 1. The removable memory 20 is a non-volatile storage circuit that can register the audio data received by the microphone 2, the recognition result of the audio recognition unit 3, the control signal of the television receiver 1, and the corresponding data in association with each other.

Next, an audio data registration operation when the removable memory 20 is mounted on the connection section 4 of the television receiver 1 in such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the device control unit 10 detects the attachment to the connection unit 4 by a detector (not shown) (ST
1) When a menu instruction signal is received via the remote control input unit 17 when the menu key of the remote controller 18 is depressed (ST2), a menu screen stored in a storage unit (not shown) is read out, and video / audio processing is performed. Output to the image display unit 14 via the unit 13. Thus, the video display unit 14 displays the menu screen (ST
3). This menu screen includes “Channel settings”,
Each selection button such as "image quality selection" and "audio setting" is displayed.

On the basis of the display on the menu screen, the "voice setting" selection button is selected by the cursor key and the enter key of the remote controller 18.

On the basis of the content selected by the remote controller 18, the device control section 10 determines the audio setting mode (ST4), reads out the audio setting screen stored in the storage section (not shown), Output to the video display unit 14 via the audio processing unit 13. Thereby, the video display unit 14 displays a menu screen (ST5).

On the voice setting screen, a guidance "voice operation setup screen" is displayed, stating "Set the operation by voice. Speak into the microphone while pressing the key you want to assign." You.

Based on this guidance, the operator speaks a desired word to the microphone 2 while pressing the key of the remote controller 18, and registers voice data in accordance with an instruction on the voice operation setup screen (ST6). For example, while pressing the power key of the remote controller 18, the word "power on" is uttered, the key for increasing the volume is uttered and the word "loud" is uttered, and the key for changing the channel is pressed while "... Say "See". When the voice data is registered, the device control unit 10 sets the “voice operation setup screen” shown in FIG.
To display "Registered. Please speak again into microphone for confirmation." To confirm the registered voice data.

When the user performs an input operation of the setup end on the voice operation setup screen from the remote controller 18 (ST7), the device control section 10 ends the voice setting.

Thus, the television receiver 1 can change the pre-stored standard setting information operating the television receiver 1 by voice.

Further, the device control section 10 writes standard setting information stored in advance in the removable memory 20. Thereafter, when the setting of the television receiver 1 is changed by voice, the device control unit 10 rewrites the setting information of the removable memory 20 with the changed setting.

The setting information referred to here includes setting information such as image quality adjustment and audio volume, time / channel number of reserved recording, setting information of a video tape recorder, age information for parental control, and program purchase control. And the like.

Further, personal information may be stored. For example, private information such as age / sex, usage of television, viewing history, and the like.

When the removable memory 20 is mounted, the device control unit 10
When the setting information is not stored in the removable memory 2, the standard setting information stored in advance is immediately stored in the removable memory 2.
0 may be written. Alternatively, when the power is turned off, the latest setting information in which the standard setting information stored in advance is changed may be written to the mounted removable memory 20.

Here, the voice data registration operation in step ST6 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 5, when the user presses the power switch of the remote controller 18 and speaks "switch on" to the microphone 2, the voice recognition unit 3 performs voice recognition, and the result is transmitted to the device control unit. Output to 10 The voice data at this time is stored in the removable memory 20 from the voice recognition unit 3 via the connection unit 4. The device control unit 10 inputs a power switch-on signal from the remote controller 18 via the remote control input unit 17, and the control content “power switch-on signal”
Then, corresponding data for associating the data with “switch-on”, which is the voice recognition result from the voice recognition unit 3, is created and stored in the removable memory 20 via the connection unit 4.

Also, when the user operates the remote controller 18
When the user speaks “volume up” to the microphone 2 while pressing the switch for increasing the volume of
Performs voice recognition and outputs the result to the device control unit 10. The voice data at this time is stored in the removable memory 20 from the voice recognition unit 3 via the connection unit 4. The device control unit 10 inputs a control signal for increasing the volume from the remote controller 18 via the remote control input unit 17, and outputs the control content “loud volume control signal” and the voice recognition result from the voice recognition unit 3. Correspondence data for associating with a certain “volume up” is created and stored in the removable memory 20 via the connection unit 4.

Further, the user operates the remote controller 1
When, for example, while pressing the 5-channel switch in the channel change of 8, the "5-channel" is uttered toward the microphone 2, the voice recognition unit 3 performs voice recognition, and outputs the result to the device control unit 10. The voice data at this time is stored in the removable memory 20 from the voice recognition unit 3 via the connection unit 4. The device control unit 10 inputs a control signal for five channels from the remote controller 18 via the remote control input unit 17, and the control content “5 channels” and the voice recognition result from the voice recognition unit 3 “ Correspondence data for associating with “5 channels” is created and stored in the removable memory 20 via the connection unit 4.

In order to realize speech recognition with high accuracy, it is necessary to register the same word repeatedly with various pronunciations.

In FIG. 6, another user mounts another removable memory 20, and the control content "power on" and the audio data "power on", the control content "loud volume" and the audio data "loud", the control Corresponding data such as the content “change channel” and audio data “... See channel” can be created and stored in the removable memory 20.

Next, the operation when the removable memory 20 in which the audio data is registered as described above is mounted on the television receiver 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the removable memory 20 is mounted (ST11), the device control unit 10 reads the setting information stored in the mounted removable memory 20 via the connection unit 4, and stores the read setting information in the setting information. The control of the television receiver 1 is performed based on this (ST12).

Further, the device control section 10 reads out the recognition result, control signal and corresponding data stored in the removable memory 20 mounted via the connection section 4 (ST1).
3).

Here, when the user utters an operation sound toward the microphone 2, the voice recognition unit 3 performs voice recognition and outputs the result to the device control unit 10. The device control unit 10 compares the recognition result with the recognition result read from the removable memory 20, and when there is a matching recognition result, refers to the corresponding data and performs control based on the corresponding control signal (ST14). .

For example, in the case of the removable memory 20 in which voice data is registered in FIG. 5, when the user utters “switch on” to the microphone 2, the device control unit 10
Referring to the corresponding data of the recognition result of “switch on” recognized by the voice recognition unit 3, the corresponding control signal “power on”
The power-on control is performed based on. In the state where the removable memory 20 registered in FIG. 5 is mounted, the control signal “power on” is not output because the recognition result does not hit even if “power on” registered in FIG. 6 is uttered.

When the user speaks “volume up” into the microphone 2, the device control unit 10 refers to the corresponding data of the recognition result of “volume up” recognized by the voice recognition unit 3, Control is performed to increase the volume based on the corresponding control signal “loud volume control signal”.

When the operation is completed, the device control section 10 rewrites the setting information in the removable memory 20 with the changed setting contents (ST15).

When the power is turned off (ST16), the device control section 10 ends.

As described above, the user attaches the removable memory 20 in which the audio data is registered in FIG. 5 to the television receiver 1 so that the setting information registered in the removable memory 20 is transmitted to the television receiver. It can be enabled without resetting to 1. Further, by replacing the attachment with the removable memory 20 in which the audio data is registered in FIG. 6, the television receiver 1 is set based on the setting information stored in the removable memory 20.
Is set, and the television receiver 1 can be operated with the registered audio data. Of course, when the attachment is changed to the removable memory 20 in which the audio data is registered in FIG. 5, the TV receiver 1 is set based on the setting information stored in the removable memory 20 and the registered audio is registered. The operation of the television receiver 1 is performed with the data.

In the above embodiment, the sound is received from the microphone 2 provided in the television receiver 1, but a microphone may be provided in the remote controller 18. However,
In this case, the amount of information transmitted from the remote controller 18 increases.

Next, audio data registration using a removable memory in the case of an electric device without a display such as an air conditioner (hereinafter referred to as an air conditioner) will be described.

FIG. 8 shows a portion according to the present invention provided in the air conditioner 40. At least a microphone 41 for receiving a voice, a voice recognition unit 42 for recognizing the voice received by the microphone 41, and a removable memory 50 to be described later are attached and detached. The removable memory 50 and the voice recognition unit 42
And a connection unit 44 for connecting the device control unit 43 with the control unit 43. The device control unit 43 controls the air conditioner 40 by voice input using the recognition result from the voice recognition unit 42 and the recognition result registered in the removable memory 50 for the air conditioner, a control signal, and corresponding data.

This air conditioner removable memory 50
, Temporary data for controlling the air conditioner by voice is registered in advance, and voice operation setup screen information is stored in advance.

Next, the setting of audio data by the removable memory in the case of an air conditioner will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the user attaches a removable memory 50 as shown in FIG. 8 to the connection section 4 of the television receiver 1 shown in FIG. 1 (ST21).

The device control section 10 of the television receiver 1 reads out the voice operation setup screen information stored in advance in the removable memory 50 attached to the connection section 4, and reads the “voice operation setup screen” as shown in FIG. Video /
Display on the video display unit 14 using the audio processing unit 13 (S
T22).

Here, the user selects temperature, air volume, and other control contents, and registers corresponding audio data (ST23).

When the registration is completed, "end setup" is selected on the voice operation setup screen, and the setup is completed (ST24).

Here, the removable memory 50 is removed from the connection section 4 of the television receiver 1 (ST25).

When the removable memory 50 is mounted on the connection section 44 of the air conditioner 40, the device control section 4
The control unit 3 controls the air conditioner 40 according to a control signal corresponding when the voice data received from the microphone 41 matches the voice recognition unit 42 and the voice data registered in the removable memory 50.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to realize a remote control device with high-accuracy voice recognition without a large-capacity internal memory. In addition, if the electric devices have the same function, the same control can be performed only by installing the removable memory, and the trouble of setting for each device can be omitted.

Further, even if the device is not suitable for such setting (for example, it does not have a display used for setting), the setting can be easily performed using another device.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but may be variously modified at the stage of implementation without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, the embodiments may be implemented in appropriate combinations as much as possible, in which case the combined effects can be obtained. Furthermore, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some components are deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention can be solved. Is obtained, a configuration from which this configuration requirement is deleted can be extracted as an invention.

[0053]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a television receiver and a processing system which do not need to have a large memory for storing data for associating a result of speech recognition with control contents and which do not need to be provided for each electric device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a television receiver having a processing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an audio data registration operation.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a display example of a voice operation setup screen.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a display example of a voice operation setup screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an audio data registration operation.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an audio data registration operation.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when a removable memory in which audio data is registered is mounted on a television receiver.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a portion related to a removable memory provided in the air conditioner.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a display example of a voice operation setup screen.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining audio data setting by a removable memory in the case of an air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Television receiver (1st apparatus) 2, 41 ... Microphone (accepting means) 3, 42 ... Voice recognition part 4, 44 ... Connection part 10, 43 ... Device control part (setting means, storage means, judgment means, Execution means) 11 ... Tuning section 12 ... Demodulation section 13 ... Video / audio processing section 14 ... Video display section 15 ... Audio output section 16 ... Key input section 17 ... Remote control input section 18 ... Remote controller 20, 50 ... Removable memory (non-volatile) Memory antenna) 30 antenna 40 air conditioner (second device)

Claims (2)

[Claims] A non-volatile storage circuit is provided detachably, and is used for a television which broadcasts a television broadcast received based on various operations. Instructing means for instructing, accepting means for receiving a meaningful voice, setting means for setting a voice having a meaning for the various operations described above, and setting of a voice having a meaning for the various operations by the setting means Storage means for storing in the non-volatile storage circuit the voice having the meaning received by the receiving means and the operation instructed by the instruction means, and the voice having the meaning received by the receiving means and the non-volatile memory. Determining means for comparing voices having a meaning stored in the sex storage circuit and determining whether there is a match or not; Executing means for executing, when there is a voice having the same meaning, based on the operation stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit corresponding to the voice having the meaning, TV receiver characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. A processing system comprising a first device and a second device in which a nonvolatile storage circuit is detachably provided, wherein the first device instructs the contents of each operation in the first device. Instructing means for receiving a meaningful voice, setting means for setting a meaningful voice for various operations in the second device, and setting means for setting various voices in the second device by the setting means. When the setting of the meaningful voice is performed, the storage means for storing in the nonvolatile storage circuit the voice having the meaning accepted by the accepting means and the operation instructed by the instruction means, The second device stores receiving means for receiving a meaningful voice, and the first device stores settings of meaningful voices for various operations in the second device. In the state where the non-volatile memory circuit is mounted, the voice having the meaning accepted by the receiving means is compared with the voice having the meaning stored in the non-volatile memory circuit, and there is a match. Determination means for determining whether or not there is a voice having a meaning corresponding to the determination means, based on an operation stored in the nonvolatile storage circuit corresponding to the voice having this meaning, A processing system, comprising: execution means for executing an operation.