KR200217573Y1 - A Remote Dialing System By Speech Recognition - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, when a user inputs a specific word for a counterpart who wants to talk without using a keypad of a mobile phone by voice, the phone number corresponding to the input voice can be retrieved from the database and dialed to enable caller and receiver call. Through a remote dialing system.

The remote dialing system of the present invention includes a network interface unit 210 for transmitting and receiving data through a network with a telephone exchange station; A mobile phone call number identification unit 220 for recognizing an outgoing call number of a mobile phone connected through the network interface unit 210; Automatic voice guide unit 240 for providing a voice guidance to the customer to use the service; A voice recognition unit 230 for recognizing a voice input by a customer through a mobile phone according to the guide voice of the automatic voice guide unit 240; A database unit 260 for registering and managing telephone number information input by a customer according to a voice recognized through the voice recognition unit 230; A reception number calling unit 250 capable of dialing a telephone number stored in the database unit 260; According to the voice recognized through the voice recognition unit 230, the customer withdraws the telephone number that the customer wants to make a phone call from the database unit 260 and transmits it to the reception number calling unit 250, and controls the respective units. And a control unit 270 for managing.

Description

A Remote Dialing System By Speech Recognition}

The present invention relates to a remote dialing system through voice recognition, and in detail, when a user inputs a specific word for a counterpart to speak without a keypad operation of a mobile phone, a phone number corresponding to the input voice is withdrawn from the database. The present invention relates to a remote dialing system through voice recognition, which enables callers and receivers to call by dialing.

Recently, due to the rapid development of mobile communication, mobile phones that can carry out phone calls while being carried by individuals are actively used. These mobile phones are becoming more and more efficient than the functions provided by conventional telephone call equipment. Recently, most mobile phones have a function of storing and managing phone numbers by using a memory device built in the mobile phone itself. In general, a phone number stored in a mobile phone memory device is commonly used to store a phone number as a shortcut and a voice method.

However, there is an uncomfortable problem of using shortcut keys to memorize or search the shortcut keys according to the other party, and the method of calling the other party using voice is a convenient and convenient method of calling, but the storage capacity of the mobile phone storage device is limited. Due to the problem that only a limited number of phone numbers can be stored. In addition, due to the limitation of the processing capacity of the mobile phone itself, there are many cases in which a voice input by a user is incorrectly recognized.

Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide mobile phone users with a large-capacity storage space and a remote dialing system with excellent voice recognition processing capability, so that the users input through mobile phones. By correctly recognizing the telephone number corresponding to the dialing to enable the phone call.

1 is an overall network configuration to which a remote dialing system according to the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a remote dialing system according to the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a shortcut key and a corresponding telephone number, and FIG. 3B illustrates a process of calling a called party through a registered voice and a telephone number.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings 100: Mobile telephone switching center 110: Mobile telephone switchboard 120: Gateway switch 130: Gateway 140: Mobile phone base station 200: Server 210: Network interface 220: Caller ID 230: Voice recognition 240: automatic voice guidance unit 250: reception number call unit 260: database unit 270: control unit

In order to achieve the above object, the remote dialing system through voice recognition of the present invention includes a network interface unit for transmitting and receiving data through a network with a telephone exchange station; A mobile phone call number identification unit for recognizing an outgoing call number of a mobile phone connected through the network interface unit; An automatic voice guide unit for providing a voice guide to a customer to use the service; A voice recognition unit recognizing a voice input by a customer through a mobile phone according to the guide voice of the automatic voice guide unit; A database unit for registering and managing telephone number information input by a customer according to a voice recognized through the voice recognition unit; A reception number call unit capable of dialing a telephone number stored in the database unit; According to the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit, the customer withdraws the telephone number to the telephone call from the database unit and transmits to the receiving number call unit, and comprises a control unit for controlling and managing each of the above.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall network configuration to which a remote dialing system according to the present invention is applied. As shown in the drawing, a remote dialing system of the present invention 200 is connected to a mobile switching center 100 through a network such as the Internet. The mobile switching center 100 is connected to the mobile telephone base station 140 by wire or wireless, and the base station 140 is wirelessly connected to the mobile phone. In addition, the mobile telephone switching center 100 is connected to the landline telephone through the PSTN network, the mobile telephone switching center 100 is a mobile telephone exchange 110 for the mobile communication exchange and the gateway exchange 120 for wired currency exchange The mobile telephone switching center 100 is connected to the Internet through the gateway 130, thereby enabling data transmission and reception with various computer systems connected to the Internet. Do. Therefore, the system of the present invention connected to the Internet enables data transmission and reception with a mobile phone through the mobile telephone switching center 100, thereby providing voice dialing services to mobile phone users.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a remote dialing system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the remote dialing system 200 of the present invention comprises a server computer capable of Internet communication, In the network interface unit 210, caller ID 220, voice recognition 230, automatic voice guide 240, reception number call unit 250, database unit 260, the control unit 270 The network interface unit 210 is a device for performing communication with the mobile switching center 100. The network interface unit 210 includes a hardware device such as a LAN card and internet communication software such as a web server. The network interface unit 210 may also communicate with other computers connected to the Internet. The caller ID 220 is connected to the relay of the mobile switching center 100 through the network interface 210. A device capable of recognizing a mobile phone number of a caller when communicating with a mobile phone, serves to identify the identity of a mobile phone user. The voice recognition unit 230 is provided from a mobile phone user through the network interface unit 210. Recognizes the input and transmitted voice, and transmits the recognized information to the control unit 270. The control unit 270 withdraws the phone number corresponding to the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit 230 from the corresponding database of the mobile phone user confirmed through the caller ID recognition unit 220. As the voice recognition unit 230 recognizes a voice, there are speaker dependent methods capable of recognizing only a specific person's voice and a speaker independent method capable of recognizing a plurality of unspecified voices. In the embodiment of the present invention, the speaker-independent method was adopted to increase its utility value. The present invention can increase the speech recognition processing speed and accuracy by controlling the speech recognition through the central processing unit of the server computer rather than the central processing unit provided in the mobile phone itself. It is an automatic voice guide device that provides service usage guidance of mobile phone users. It provides mobile phone users with a method to register voice and phone number in this system, and to search, change, and delete. When the phone number is not registered in the database, the phone number is notified to the user. The receiving number caller 250 is recognized by the voice recognition unit 230 and is controlled by the controller 270 in the database. By calling (dialing) the retrieved recipient's telephone number, The call was made so that the database 260 serves to store and manage phone numbers that correspond to the user's mobile phone number, voice, and voice using the services of this system. The database unit 260 may register, retrieve, change, or delete new data by the user of the mobile phone. The user may register data in the database unit 260 not only through a mobile phone but also through a computer that can access the system. You can register, search, change, or delete a. The database unit 260 of the present invention has a large storage space compared to a storage device provided in a conventional mobile phone, so that mobile phone users can register a large number of voices and telephone numbers. The database unit 260 is composed of a database 260 in which actual data is stored and a database management server 261 managing the database 260. The database unit 260 is external to the system connected through a network. The control unit 270 is a device that controls and manages each component of the system described above, and greatly improves processing speed and accuracy by controlling each device using a computer CPU. You can. In addition, if the caller's mobile number is confirmed when the mobile phone is connected through the caller ID 220, the caller's data is moved to the database where the caller's data is registered, and then the registration, search, change, and deletion of the data proceeded by the mobile phone user. The call is managed to be made in the corresponding database. The system provides a function of calling a counterpart through not only the above-mentioned voice recognition dialing but also a shortcut key input by a mobile phone user. That is, the mobile phone user may be provided with a dialing function by using a shortcut key used in the conventional mobile phone by registering a shortcut key instead of voice when registering the phone number in the database unit 260 and registering the corresponding phone number. Hereinafter, a process in which a service is provided to a mobile phone user through the system of the present invention having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 3A shows a voice or a hotkey and a corresponding telephone number registered in the system by the mobile phone user according to the present invention. FIG. 3B is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a called party is called through a registered voice and a telephone number. First, a mobile phone user (hereinafter referred to as a customer) is provided to receive a service provided by the system. The name will be used interchangeably) in step S110 to access the present system. The system can be accessed by first dialing the phone number that corresponds to the system, and then automatically opening the mobile phone flip or folder through the phone preferences to automatically access the system. When connected to the present system, the calling number identification unit 220 of the present system in step S120 recognizes the telephone number of the customer's mobile phone. The recognized mobile phone number is checked in step S130 that it is already registered in the database. If the mobile phone number of the customer is already registered in the database, this is a customer using the service of the system at least once, so the system searches, registers and changes the phone number through the automatic voice guide unit 240 to the customer in step S140. • Use of services such as deletion and relative call, etc .. If the customer selects a pre-registered telephone number search through step S150, the system searches for and provides a telephone number desired by the customer in step S160. In the embodiment of the present invention has been implemented so that the menu selection of the customer is made by voice. Therefore, when the customer selects the phone number search menu, the user inputs the voice of 'search', the user inputs the voice of 'registration' when registering, 'change (modification)' when changing (modifying) and 'delete' when deleting. In addition, the input voice is recognized by the voice recognition unit 230 and provided to perform a corresponding command by the controller 270. The other party's call inputs a voice or shortcut key corresponding to the other party's phone number to which the user wants to connect. However, the menu selection of the customer is not limited to voice, and this may be used in parallel with a text command. If a user wants to register a new phone number in step S170, he selects the 'register' menu and then selects the phone number in step S180. Input a voice or a shortcut key for calling the phone number and then input the corresponding phone number, check the phone number information input in step S190, and check whether the phone number information is normally registered in step S200. If the phone number information is to be changed, the phone number information to be changed in step S220, that is, a voice or a shortcut key or a corresponding phone number is input again, and the changed contents are checked in step S230. If the change does not proceed normally in step S240, the flow returns to step S210 to repeat the change procedure. If the phone number information registered in step S310 is to be deleted, enter the phone number information to be deleted in step S320, In step S330, the deleted contents are checked. If the deletion does not proceed normally in step S340, the process returns to step S310 and repeats the deletion process. In step S410, if a caller wants to call the other party, a voice or shortcut key corresponding to the other party who wants to make a call is input. If the caller's caller ID is not registered in the database in step S130, the customer first accesses the system. In step S710, the user guides to use the new service. Provided to the customer through the automatic voice guide unit 240, and if the customer uses the service in step S720 to go to step S170 to register a new phone number information. Through the above process, the customer To access phone number information (such as voice or shortcuts and the phone number). In the above description, the customer registers, retrieves, changes, or deletes the phone number information in the corresponding database of the system through the mobile phone. However, this is done by the customer through a network communication means such as a computer or a PDA. 3B is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a customer uses a call (dialing) service in S410. In step S420, a voice or a shortcut key corresponding to the party to be called is input. If the customer inputs a voice for calling the other party in step S430, the voice input by the voice recognition unit 230 of the present system is recognized in step S440, and the voice is controlled by the controller 270 in step S450. The telephone number corresponding to the voice number is retrieved through the database unit 270. If the telephone number corresponding to the voice is retrieved from the database in step S460, the telephone number is retrieved in step S470, and the received number is called in step S480. By dialing the telephone number withdrawn through the unit 250, the telephone call between the customer who applied for the telephone call and the dialed counterpart proceeds in step S490. If the telephone number corresponding to the voice in the step S460 is a corresponding database, If it does not exist in step S500, and informs the customer that there is no corresponding telephone number information in step S500, go to step S150 and This is repeated. If, instead of a voice is input at the step S430, if the shortcut key is input through the step S610, the telephone number corresponding to the shortcut key at step S620 is searched, and the process of step S460 is performed. The following process is performed in the same manner as in the case of the voice. Through the above process, the customer can register, search, change and delete the voice or hotkey and the corresponding telephone number, and call through the registered telephone number information. You can call the party you want to talk to.

As described above, the system of the present invention provides the customer with an automatic dialing service through voice or hot key through a large database unit and a high speed control unit, thereby providing a telephone number information storage location that is not limited by the capacity. It can provide and accurately recognize the voice input by the customer has the effect of dialing the corresponding phone number.

Claims (2)

A network interface unit 210 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the telephone exchange station through a network; A mobile phone call number identification unit 220 for recognizing an outgoing call number of a mobile phone connected through the network interface unit 210; Automatic voice guide unit 240 for providing a voice guidance to the customer to use the service; A voice recognition unit 230 for recognizing a voice input by a customer through a mobile phone according to the guide voice of the automatic voice guide unit 240; A database unit 260 for registering and managing telephone number information input by a customer according to a voice recognized through the voice recognition unit 230; A reception number calling unit 250 capable of dialing a telephone number stored in the database unit 260; According to the voice recognized through the voice recognition unit 230, the customer withdraws the telephone number that the customer wants to make a phone call from the database unit 260 and transmits it to the reception number calling unit 250, and controls the respective units. Remote automatic dialing system comprising a control unit for managing. The remote automatic dialing system of claim 1, wherein telephone number information of a customer registered in the database unit 260 can be managed through a computer of a customer connected through a network.