KR101262341B1 - A storage management device and a method using voice awareness - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing storage using voice recognition, which receives voice information regarding storage from a user's terminal.

The terminal receives a storage location and information about a storage to be stored in the storage location by voice, and receives a storage location from the terminal to provide information about a storage corresponding to the storage location. In addition, after receiving information on the taste and preferences of the user from the terminal, collecting weather information or season information through a network, information about the storage, information about the tastes and preferences of the user, the weather And recommending a service corresponding to the current situation by using seasonal information, and providing data related to the recommended service. In this way, by using the voice recognition technology to store the information of the storage, it can be used to provide a variety of services to provide a convenient life to the user.

Wireless network, storage, surroundings, voice recognition

Description

A storage management device and a method using voice awareness

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for managing storage using voice recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a terminal.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a storage management method using voice recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in a storage database.

5 and 6 are flowcharts illustrating an operation in which a recommendation service is additionally provided in a storage management method using voice recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram of a control unit of another embodiment of a storage management apparatus using voice recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to storage management, and in particular, a storage management apparatus using voice recognition, which stores various storages using voice recognition technology, and provides a convenient service using storage location or storage information of the storages, and the like. It is about a method.

Generally, electronic tags are used to manage things. The method of attaching an electronic tag attaches an electronic tag to each storage and recognizes a corresponding object through a separate reader.

However, attaching the electronic tag to all objects is not easy, and for this purpose, miniaturization of the electronic tag and manufacturing cost problems must be solved. Similar problems also exist for barcodes used as means for managing storage.

On the other hand, while users manage the storage by storage in the storage, such as a refrigerator or other storage, the old storage can not be used to dispose of.

As such, there is a need for an alternative means for efficiently managing storage.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the conventional problems, to provide a storage management apparatus and method using a speech recognition to store the information of the storage using the speech recognition, and to provide a variety of services by using the same will be.

The storage management apparatus using the speech recognition according to an aspect of the present invention for solving this problem,

A storage management apparatus using voice recognition for receiving voice information about a storage from a user terminal.

A database for storing quantity and storage location information relating to storage; It includes a server for receiving the quantity of the storage and the location information about the storage from the terminal, the voice recognition to store in the database, and provides information on the stored storage at the request of the terminal.

The database includes a storage database for storing storage location and quantity information of the storage. A user information database for storing information on tastes and preferences of a user; An external information database for storing external weather and climate information; And a recommendation information database for storing recommendation information corresponding to predetermined external information and user information.

The server may include a voice recognition unit for receiving a voice signal file from the terminal and converting the voice signal file into a text form and storing the voice signal file in the storage database; A data conversion unit for converting the information stored in the speech recognition unit into a data form as a result of the search; A user information manager which receives user information from the terminal and stores the user information in the user information database; An external information management unit for retrieving external information through a network and storing the external information in the external information database; A recommendation information providing unit providing recommendation information corresponding to the external information and user information with reference to the recommendation information database according to a request of the terminal; It includes a control unit for the overall control to respond to the request of the terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a storage management apparatus using voice recognition includes: an input unit for inputting information; A microphone for inputting voice; A storage unit for storing quantity and storage location information of the storage; The control unit receives the information on the storage and the storage from the microphone in response to a request of the input unit, and recognizes the stored information and stores it in the storage unit, and provides information on the storage stored in the storage unit at the request of the input unit. ; And a display unit for displaying information under the control of the controller.

Storage management method using the speech recognition according to another feature of the present invention for solving this problem,

CLAIMS 1. A storage management method using voice recognition for receiving voice information on a storage from a user's terminal, the method comprising: receiving and storing a storage location and information about a storage to be stored at the storage location from the terminal as voice; Receiving a storage location from the terminal and providing information regarding a storage corresponding to the storage location. The information on the storage includes the quantity of the storage, and characterized in that the storage quantity of the storage stored in the storage location by the input of the ejection and the ejection at the time of voice input is added or subtracted.

The method includes receiving information about a taste and a preference of a user from the terminal; Collecting weather and seasonal information through a network; Recommending a service corresponding to a current situation by using information on the storage, information on tastes and preferences of the user, and weather and season information; Providing data related to the recommended service.

The method includes determining a validity period of the storage and notifying the terminal when the validity period has elapsed; Receiving a condition that the quantity of the stored material maintains a predetermined number; When the quantity of the storage is less than the predetermined number, further comprising the step of notifying the storage shortage to the terminal.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention. Like parts are designated with like reference numerals throughout the specification.

Also, when a part is referred to as "including " an element, it does not exclude other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for managing storage using voice recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an apparatus for managing storage using voice recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a database 120 and a server 110.

The database 120 stores the quantity and storage location information of the storage, and one database may be divided into several storages. The database 120 may include a storage database 121 storing a storage location and quantity information of the storage, a user information database 122 storing information on tastes and preferences of the user, and external weather and climate information. The external information database 123, the recommendation information database 124 for storing the recommendation information corresponding to the predetermined external information, the user information, such information can be added or changed.

The server 110 receives the information about the storage and the storage from the terminal 200 and stores the information about the storage in the database 120 and provides the information about the stored storage at the request of the terminal 200.

The server 110 includes a control unit 111, a voice recognition unit 112, a data conversion unit 113, a user information management unit 114, an external information management unit 115, and a recommendation information providing unit 116. . The voice recognition unit 112 receives a voice signal file from the terminal, converts the voice signal file into a text form, and stores the converted voice text file in the storage database. The data conversion unit 113 converts the information stored in the speech recognition unit 112 into a data form as a result of the search. The user information manager 114 receives user information from the terminal and stores the user information in the user information database. The external information manager 115 retrieves external information through a network and stores the external information in the external information database 123. The recommendation information providing unit 116 provides the recommendation information corresponding to the external information and the user information with reference to the recommendation information database 124 at the request of the terminal. The controller 111 performs overall control to respond to the request of the terminal. The components in the server may be implemented in hardware or software. In the embodiment of the present invention, the components may be implemented in software, and may be implemented as one controller if necessary.

2 is a block diagram of a terminal.

Referring to FIG. 2, the terminal 200 includes a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, a microphone 240, an input unit 250, a speaker 260, and a display unit 270. It can be implemented by an information terminal or a computer. The display unit 270 displays information currently being processed under the control of the controller 210 and may be a display device such as a liquid crystal display, a monitor, an organic EL, and the like. The storage unit 230 is a storage device such as a memory or a hard disk. The storage unit 230 may store data processed according to a control signal of the controller 210 or predetermined information may be stored in advance. The input unit 250 may be an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, or a keypad, and transmits information selected by a user to the controller 210. The microphone 240 receives a user's voice and transmits it to the controller 210. The speaker 260 outputs a voice under the control of the controller. The communication unit 220 performs a communication function for the terminal 200 to access the network 300. The controller 210 controls to transmit the voice information input through the microphone 240 to the server 110.

Next, the operation of the storage management apparatus using the voice recognition according to the embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail as follows.

First, the user inputs an ID and password through the input unit 250 while watching the display unit 270 to access the server 110 through the network 300 using the terminal 200. At this time, if necessary, the authentication procedure may be omitted.

Then, the control unit 111 of the server 110 completes the authentication, and receives a user input from the terminal (S301).

If the user selects the storage (S302), the user inputs information such as storage and storage storage quantity through the microphone (S310). Then, the controller 210 transmits the voice information input through the microphone 240 to the server 110 through the communication unit 220.

At this time, the user may be stored as "where and how much to store some goods" or "where and how much to take some goods" and the like, and the words of storing or taking out may be omitted if pre-specified. That is, an example of ignition regarding storing food in a refrigerator is as follows.

1) 'Fridge' storage '2)' 1st drawer '' early '' 2 '3)' 2nd drawer 'can be stored in the form of' parsley ', which can be modified by various rules. . In addition, data may be entered in the form of 1) 'chief', 'storage', 2) 'first drawer', 'young shirt'.

Subsequently, under the control of the control unit 111 of the server 110, the voice recognition unit 112 recognizes the received data, converts the received data into text (S311), and sends the result to the terminal 200 to display whether it is correct on the display unit 270. (S312).

If it is confirmed by the user that the conversion is correct (S313), the speech recognition unit 112 determines the parameters such as 'place, storage, quantity' (S314) and stores them in the storage database 121 according to the items. (S315). In this case, stored contents are stored in each storage space in each storage space, and when there are many input contents, steps S310 to S315 may be repeatedly performed and stored (S316). If the speech recognition rate is high, the steps S312 and S313 may be omitted. In addition, even in the case of extraction, the value stored by the parameter for each item is changed by the same process as steps S310 to S315.

Thereafter, the data conversion unit 113 processes and stores the information stored in the storage database 121 in a form convenient for providing to the user, and if necessary, may be directly processed according to a user's command.

On the other hand, when the user selects a service other than storage in the step S302, the control unit 11 determines whether or not to select a search (S303). When the search is selected, the search word is input through the terminal 200 (S304), and the controller 111 displays data corresponding to the search word (S305). For example, when the storage of the first drawer of the refrigerator or the refrigerator is selected, the storage list of the corresponding space is read from the storage database 121 and transmitted to the terminal 200.

On the other hand, if a service other than a search is selected, the control unit 111 checks the expiration date of the stored goods and alarms that the expiration date has elapsed (S306), or if a certain quantity of articles must always be maintained in a space. In response to this may be sent a list of additional required materials (S307). At this time, the expiration date of the fish is a reference value, such as 1 week milk is 10 days in advance, a predetermined quantity of the goods are received in advance and stored in the storage database 121. In addition, the search results may be sent in the form of voice data to be heard through the speaker 160. An example of this stored in the repository database 121 is illustrated in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 4, a large group storage location, a small group storage location, a storage material, a date, a quantity, and the like are stored in a data form, and the form may be variously modified.

In addition, the server 110 may provide a recommendation service according to a user's application, which will be described below.

5 is a flowchart for providing a recommendation service to a user.

Referring to FIG. 5, the external information manager 115 always collects external information through a network or by an external input at a predetermined period (S510). External information is weather, season, time and sale information.

In this state, when the user selects the recommended service using the terminal 200 (S520), the control unit 111 searches for relevant storage information (S530), that is, the user's preference and taste stored in the user information database 122. By referring to the weather, season, time, and sale information stored in the information (S540) and the external information database 123 (S550), the corresponding recommendation information is read from the recommendation information database 124 (S550). S560) provided to the terminal 200 (S570, S580). In addition, if necessary, the program can be recommended for the situation without referring to the recommendation information database 124. It is necessary to update and store the recommendation menu corresponding to the situation in the recommendation information database 124 in advance.

Then, when the user requests a recommended service using the terminal (S590), the controller 111 searches for the related service corresponding to the recommended service in the recommendation information database 124 with reference to the recommendation information database 124. Provided by (S600, S610).

In fact, an example of a menu recommendation service is shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user selects a menu recommendation service using the terminal 200 (S520), and the controller 111 controls the user's spicy taste, jjigae, stir-fry, etc. stored in the user information database 122. By referring to the preferences, sweetness, dairy products of non-preferred, age, gender information and weather and seasonal information stored in the external information database 123, the information of the Ulleung Mae-tang is read from the recommendation database 124 and provided. S530, S540, S550).

Then, when the user requests the recommended service using the terminal 200, the controller 111 provides a shopping list and a recipe with reference to the recommendation information database 124 (S580, S590, S600, and S610). Here, the grocery list provides only the materials needed, minus the materials currently held.

This recommendation service can be applied not only to the menu of food, but also to a variety of services in various fields such as clothes and shoes.

In the above process, the service has been described by the server. However, the role of the server can be transferred to a personal terminal so that the service can be performed in a private home. The configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

7 is a block diagram of a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a controller 210, a communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, a microphone 240, an input unit 250, a speaker 260, and a display unit ( 270), and may be implemented by an information terminal or a computer.

The other components are the same as the terminal structure linked to the server, and only the content stored in the storage unit and the role of the controller are added.

The controller 210 plays the same role as the server, and the storage unit 230 has the same role as the database 120.

The storage unit 230 stores storage location and quantity information of the stored matter, information on tastes and preferences of the user, external weather, climate information, predetermined external information, and recommendation information corresponding to the user information.

The controller 210 receives a voice signal file from the terminal, converts the voice signal file into a text form, and stores it in the storage database. Data conversion unit (S212) for converting the information, the user information management unit 214 for receiving user information from the terminal and storing in the user information database, external information for retrieving external information through a network network and stored in the external information database It includes a management unit 215 and provides the recommendation information corresponding to the external information and the user information at the request of the terminal.

In addition, the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention has a simple advantage of providing a service to an individual user as a storage management apparatus using one independent voice recognition, and the operation of the terminal is to transfer the service contents of the server to the terminal. Since the role is similar to that described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above. For example, the method of the present invention can be produced from a recording medium such as a recorded CD or HDD.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, by using the voice recognition technology to store the information of the storage, it can be provided to the user by providing a variety of services using this can provide a convenient life.

Claims (11)

A storage management apparatus using voice recognition for receiving voice information about a storage from a user terminal. A database for storing quantity and storage location information relating to storage; A server for receiving the quantity of the storage and the location information about the storage from the terminal, storing the data in the database by voice recognition, and providing information on the stored storage at the request of the terminal; The server receives a voice file in the order of the storage location, the name of the storage, and the quantity of the storage from the terminal, converts the voice file into text of a corresponding format, and based on the converted text, the quantity and storage location information of the storage. To store and manage in the database, The server provides the recommendation information to the user by referring to the user information on taste and preference of the user input through the terminal and external information including weather information or season information collected through a network. When the service for the recommendation information is requested by the service to provide the user in consideration of the storage stored in the database and the quantity of the storage Storage management apparatus using speech recognition, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The information about the storage includes a storage location of the storage and a list of storages stored in the storage location, and the server adds or subtracts the storage quantity of the storage stored in the storage location by information of ejection and ejection at the time of voice input. Storage management apparatus using speech recognition, characterized in that. 3. The method of claim 2, The database includes: A storage database for storing the storage location and quantity information of the storage; A user information database for storing information on tastes and preferences of a user; An external information database for storing external information including external weather and climate information; Storage management apparatus using speech recognition including a recommendation information database for storing the recommendation information corresponding to the external information and the user information. The method of claim 3, The server, A voice recognition unit for receiving a voice signal file from the terminal and converting the voice signal file into a text form and storing the voice signal file in the storage database; A data conversion unit for converting the information stored in the speech recognition unit into a data form as a result of the search; A user information manager which receives user information from the terminal and stores the user information in the user information database; An external information management unit for retrieving external information through a network and storing the external information in the external information database; A recommendation information providing unit providing recommendation information corresponding to the external information and user information with reference to the recommendation information database according to a request of the terminal; Storage management apparatus using speech recognition including a control unit for the overall control to respond to the request of the terminal. 5. The method of claim 4, The control unit, The storage management apparatus using the voice recognition, characterized in that by determining the validity period of the storage to notify the terminal when the expiration date has passed. 5. The method of claim 4, The control unit, Receiving a condition that the quantity of the storage to maintain a predetermined number from the terminal, when the quantity of the storage is less than the predetermined number, the storage management using voice recognition, characterized in that notifying the terminal lack of storage Device. delete A method in which a server receives voice information about a storage from a user's terminal and manages the storage, Receiving and storing a storage location and information about a storage to be stored in the storage location from the terminal by voice; And Receiving a storage location from the terminal and providing information regarding a storage corresponding to the storage location; In the storing, the server receives a voice file in the form of the order of the storage location, the name of the storage, and the quantity of the storage from the terminal, converts the voice file into text in a corresponding format, and stores it in the storage based on the converted text. Save and manage the quantity and storage location information, After the providing step, the server provides the recommendation information to the user with reference to external information including user information on taste and preference of the user input through the terminal and weather information or season information collected through a network. Providing the service to the user in consideration of the storage stored in the database and the quantity of the storage when the service for the recommendation information is requested by the user. Storage management method using a voice recognition further comprising. 9. The method of claim 8, The information on the storage includes a quantity of the storage, and the storage management method using the voice recognition, characterized in that the storage amount of the storage stored in the storage location by the input of the take-out and take-out during voice input . 10. The method of claim 9, Providing the service to the user, Receiving information about a taste and a preference of a user from the terminal; Collecting weather and seasonal information through a network; Recommending a service corresponding to a current situation by using information on the storage, information on taste and preferences of the user, and weather and season information; And The storage management method using a voice recognition comprising the step of providing data related to the service. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, Determining an expiration date of the storage and notifying the terminal when the expiration date has elapsed; Receiving a condition that the quantity of the stored material maintains a predetermined number; When the quantity of the storage is less than the predetermined number, the storage management method using a voice recognition further comprising the step of notifying the storage shortage.

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