KR20090118423A - Mobile communication terminal and voice transmitting system using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile communication terminal and a voice transmitting system using the same are provided to transmit or receive user voice between a mobile communication terminal and a home network master device, thereby improving reliability of voice obtainment and expression. CONSTITUTION: A broadband communication unit(230) performs broadband communication with an external communication device. A local area communication unit(240) performs local area wireless communication. An input unit(210) obtains a voice transmission command and voice from a user. A control unit(260) controls a local area communication unit according to the voice transmission command. The control unit controls transmission of voice data to a home network master device. The voice data corresponds to the obtained voice.

Description

 Mobile communication terminal and voice transmission system using same {MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND VOICE TRANSMITTING SYSTEM USING THEREOF}

The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal and a voice transmission system using the same, and more particularly, a mobile communication terminal capable of controlling a home electric device connected to a home network master device through voice recognition in a home and performing a VoIP transmission / reception service. And a voice transmission system using the same.

In general, modern people today have the convenience of making phone calls anytime, anywhere with the use of mobile communication technology. In addition, the mobile communication terminal can embed various additional contents, and is equipped with a high-performance processor, so that the multimedia contents can be used in a mobile phone, a PDA, a PMP, and the like. In the future, mobile communication technology will be able to provide more changes in our lives.

On the other hand, a large number of microphones must be installed to provide voice recognition based services in the home. In this case, a location problem for microphone installation may occur, and a voice recognition rate of the microphone may decrease. Of course, there is a problem in that the system construction cost increases due to the microphone installation cost.

In addition, in order to utilize VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service, most general users have VoIP equipment or use dedicated VoIP software by building dedicated service software and hardware in a PC. Microphones provided with digital televisions may also be used. However, the problem of increased cost and maintenance, which requires the provision of various equipment and software, may arise.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, a mobile communication terminal and a voice transmission using the same to enable the user's voice transmission or reception between the mobile communication terminal and the home network master device through the short-range wireless communication It is an object to provide a system.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and a voice transmission system using the same, which increases a voice recognition rate in a home and reduces a microphone installation cost.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and a voice transmission system using the same so that the mobile communication terminal performs only the transmission and reception of voice, and the home network master device performs the recognition and control of the voice. It is done.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of providing voice transmission / reception for a VoIP transmission / reception function and a voice transmission system using the same.

The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal, comprising: broadband communication means for performing broadband communication with an external communication device, and near-field communication means for performing short-range wireless communication; Input means for obtaining a voice transmission command and a voice from a user; And a control means for controlling the short range communication means to transmit the voice data corresponding to the obtained voice to the home network master device according to the voice transmission command.

Further, in the present invention, the control means is provided with a selection means for selecting and controlling any one of the near field communication means and the broadband communication means in accordance with the voice transmission command.

Further, in the present invention, the input means receives a voice reception command from the user simultaneously or sequentially with the voice transmission command, and the control means is embedded in the near field communication means and the mobile communication terminal according to the input voice reception command and the transmission command. Characterized by controlling the speaker, the input means and the selection means.

In the present invention, the input means is characterized in that it comprises a microphone.

The present invention provides a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a mobile communication terminal for transmitting voice data corresponding to a voice obtained from a user to a home network master device through short-range wireless communication according to a voice transmission command from a user; A home network master device that communicates with at least one electrical device, receives voice data from a mobile communication terminal, controls the electrical device or transmits voice data to the electrical device according to the received voice data. It features.

In addition, in the present invention, the home network master device recognizes the received voice data, and performs control of an electric device corresponding to the recognized voice data.

In addition, according to the present invention, the mobile communication terminal receives a voice reception command from the user simultaneously or sequentially with the voice transmission command, performs transmission and reception of voice data through a short range wireless communication with the home network master device, and performs a home network. The master device is characterized by transmitting the voice data received from the mobile communication terminal to the electric device, and transmitting the voice data received from the electric device to the mobile communication terminal.

The present invention configured as described above enables transmission or reception of user voices between a mobile communication terminal and a home network master device through short-range wireless communication, thereby improving reliability of voice acquisition and display.

In addition, the present invention allows the mobile communication terminal to perform only the transmission and reception of voice, the home network master device to perform the recognition and control of voice and voice transmission and reception of the voice, the efficiency of the high-performance device mounted on the mobile communication terminal Maximize and maximize the efficiency of the user's control and voice transmission and reception of electrical devices through the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal and the voice transmission system using the same according to the present invention have the advantage of increasing the voice recognition rate in the home.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal and the voice transmission system using the same according to the present invention has the advantage of reducing additional microphone installation costs in the home.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal and the voice transmission system using the same according to the present invention have an advantage of providing a VoIP call transmission / reception function with good call quality.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 10, a home network master device 20, an air conditioner 30, and a speaker 40. It can be configured as.

Here, the mobile communication terminal 10 is equipped with a high-performance processor such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP) that a user can carry, and can be a device having a built-in short-range wireless communication function. have. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 10 may have a built-in high performance call microphone that allows the user to perform a call function with the counterpart.

In addition, short-range wireless communication refers to a technology that can be used for short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, WiFi, and UWB. Each sensor is connected to a communication node by enabling communication by networking sensors capable of sensing a plurality of information. Networking technology that can work.

In addition, the home network master device 20 is a home network management center installed in the home in the form of residential gateway, wall pad, set-top box, and installed in the home. It is connected to the home network interworking devices that can provide a variety of services, and in particular, includes a function that can execute the service specified by the user by analyzing the pattern of the voice input from the user.

Here, the home network master device may include first communication means for forming and communicating with a mobile communication terminal of a user by forming a first network, which is short-range wireless communication, and second communication means for forming and communicating with an electric device or an external server. It can be provided.

At this time, the first network and the second network are operated independently of each other, so that no interference occurs between each other.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 10 transmits or receives data through the home network master device 20 and the first network according to a data transmission or reception function selection command including a voice transmission command or an input from a user. can do. Such a voice transmission command and a voice reception command may be input to the mobile communication terminal 10 by a user simultaneously or sequentially.

Before the mobile communication terminal 10 acquires a data transmission / reception function selection command, only the data transmission function or the data reception function may be performed.

The embodiment of the method for operating the voice transmission system using the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is as follows.

First, the user's mobile communication terminal 10 may communicate with the home network master device 20 including the first communication means by forming a first network, which is short-range wireless communication.

In addition, the home network master device 20 having the second communication means may communicate with the air conditioner 30 or the speaker 40 which is an external server or an electric device by forming a second network.

In this case, the mobile communication terminal 10 of the user may perform data transmission and reception through the home network master device 20 and the first network.

Here, the user executes the voice transmission service which is a part of the voice recognition service through the mobile communication terminal 10. The user inputs a voice command or voice into the mobile communication terminal 10.

The mobile communication terminal 10 transmits the voice data input or recorded through the short range wireless communication to the home network master device 20.

The home network master device 20 analyzes the voice pattern of the received voice data to determine whether it matches the pre-stored command, recognizes the contents of the voice data, and executes a command according to the pre-stored command, or voice data. Perform the command corresponding to the contents of. For example, temperature control of the air conditioner 30, on / off and volume control of the speaker 40 are possible.

The home network master device 20 transmits the command execution result back to the mobile communication terminal 10.

 Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 10 transmits a voice or voice command received from the user to the home network master device 20, and the home network master device 20 transmits and controls the electronic device connected thereto. As such, the user may control the electrical devices 30 and 40 connected to the home network master device 20 through voice recognition in the home, using the mobile communication terminal 10. This can not only increase the voice recognition rate by using the user's mobile communication terminal 10, but also reduce the cost of installing additional microphones.

2 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 2, the second embodiment of the voice transmission system using the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention comprises a mobile communication terminal 12, a home network master device 22, and a digital TV 32. Can be.

Here, the mobile communication terminal 12 is equipped with a high-performance processor, such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP) that can be carried by a user as in the embodiment of FIG. It can be a built-in device. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 12 may have a built-in high performance call microphone that allows the user to perform a call function with the counterpart.

In addition, the home network master device 22 is a home network management center installed in the home in the form of a residential gateway, a wall pad, and a set-top box, and is installed in a house and has VoIP (Voice). over Internet Protocol) feature. Here, in order to provide the VoIP function, the home network master device 22 may have its own display or may be configured in the form of a set-top box and connected to a television to provide voice and video output to the user. The home network master device 22 has means for communicating with an external electrical device via a VoIP channel, and allows voice transmission between the communication terminal 12 and the external electrical device.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the home network master device 22 includes first communication means for forming and communicating with a user's mobile communication terminal 12 by forming a first network, which is short-range wireless communication, and an electric device (for example, a digital TV ( 32) or the like, or second communication means for forming and communicating with an external electric device (for example, a VOIP server, a VOIP device, etc.) (not shown) and forming a second network.

In this case, the first network and the second network may be operated independently from each other.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 12 transmits data (voice, voice command, etc.) through the home network master device 22 and the first network in accordance with a data transmission / reception function selection command including a voice transmission / reception command from the user. Receive can be performed.

Before the mobile communication terminal 12 acquires a data transmission / reception function selection command, only the data reception function may be performed. In this case, the data may include voice, voice command, sound, and the like.

The embodiment of the method for operating the voice transmission system composed of the mobile communication terminal 12, the home network master device 22, and the digital TV 32 using the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is as follows.

First, a network based on short-range wireless communication is formed between the user's mobile communication terminal 12 and the home network master device 22.

The user executes the VoIP service on the home network master device 22.

The user executes the VoIP handset function (i.e., selection of the voice transceiving function) via the mobile communication terminal 12.

The mobile communication terminal 12 encodes user voice data received through a built-in microphone using a standard voice codec, and then transfers the user voice data to the home network master device 22 using a short range wireless communication technology. The home network master device 22 transmits the voice data transmitted through the VoIP call channel, which is the second network, so that the other party can listen to it.

In addition, the home network master device 22 receives the received voice data of the other party, and transmits the transmitted voice data to the mobile communication terminal 12 in the reverse direction.

The voice data received from the home network master device 22 is output through a speaker built in the mobile communication terminal 12. In addition, the home network master device 22 may display the image data received through the VOIP call channel through the connected digital TV 32.

As described above, the voice transmission system using the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a service having the convenience of providing VoIP calls by using the mobile communication terminal 12, which is carried by the user and includes a high-performance microphone and a speaker, as a handset. Can be provided.

In the present invention, the short-range wireless communication between the mobile communication terminals 10, 12, and the home network master apparatus 20, 22 is a certain requirement by a component that performs short-range wireless communication provided in each of them. For example, when the access within a communication range, etc.) is satisfied, a short range wireless network according to a corresponding protocol may be automatically formed. In addition, according to a user's short range wireless communication access command, a short range wireless network according to a corresponding protocol may be formed between the mobile communication terminals 10 and 12 and the home network master apparatus 20 and 22.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal constituting a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile communication terminal 10 or 12 constituting the voice transmission system using the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a user input unit 210 and a home network receiving a plurality of selections from a user. Product information storage unit 220 for storing the product information, and home network master device information of the electrical device constituting the broadband communication unit 230 for performing broadband communication, local area communication unit 240 capable of performing short-range wireless communication The display unit 250 may display a result of broadband communication and short-range wireless communication, and a controller 260 which is responsible for transmitting and processing a plurality of pieces of information.

The user input unit 210 includes voice acquisition means such as a microphone and the like, and input means such as a button or a keypad.

In addition, the display unit 250 includes a voice display means such as a speaker and the like, and a visual display means such as an LCD display.

The controller 260 transmits the voice data of the user to the home network master device 20 in FIGS. 1 and 2 through the short range communication unit 240.

In particular, the controller 260 selectively performs broadband communication such as CDMA and GSM, and short-range wireless communication, and when the voice transmission command or the voice transmission / reception command through the user input unit 210 is acquired, the short-range wireless communication is performed instead of the broadband communication. Built-in selection means for enabling communication to be carried out. In addition, when the voice transmission end command or the voice transmission and reception end command is obtained, the selecting means of the controller 260 terminates the short range wireless communication and controls the wideband communication function to be activated.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a home network master device configuring a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the home network master device 20 or 22 stores the first communication means 500, the control unit 510, the display device connection unit 520, the network determination unit 530, and device information. The unit 540 may include a second communication means 550.

The first communication means 500 may form a first network that is short-range wireless communication with the mobile communication terminal 10.

The display device connector 520 can communicate with a display device (not shown) such as a TV. In this case, the display device connector 520 may include various terminals that may be connected to a display device such as a TV. For example, the terminal may include various terminals such as composite, RGB, high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), video and audio components, and the like.

The VoIP manager 530 processes the data for VoIP communication by transmitting, encoding, and decoding voice data from the user's mobile communication terminal 10 or an external device.

The controller 510 may perform calculations and processes for smoothly performing the first network and the second network. The controller 510 processes voice transmission / reception for voice communication with the mobile communication terminal 10 and VoIP channel communication with an external electric device.

In addition, the controller 510 recognizes a voice or a voice command received from the mobile communication terminal 10 by using voice recognition means (for example, voice recognition software) for voice recognition.

In addition, the controller 510 searches for a pre-stored command corresponding to the recognized voice or voice command to perform control according to the recognized voice or voice command, and performs control according to the retrieved command, or recognizes the voice or voice command. The voice command may be recognized and control may be performed accordingly. For example, when the voice “air conditioner operation” is acquired through the mobile communication terminal 10, the controller 510 recognizes the voice as an operation command of the air conditioner and searches for a command corresponding to the “air conditioner operation”. The operation command of the recognized air conditioner may be performed as it is. That is, the controller 510 operates the air conditioner by transmitting a command to the air conditioner which is an electric device.

The device information storage unit 540 stores device information of an electric device or an external server forming a home network of the home, thereby supporting efficient connection and management. In addition, the device information storage unit 540 may store software for voice recognition. In addition, the device storage storage unit 540 stores a command for controlling an electric device or the like.

The second communication means 550 forms a second network with an electrical device or an external server and is in particular connected with a VoIP communication channel.

As described above, the user may control the electric device connected to the home network master device through voice recognition in the home, using the mobile communication terminal. This can not only increase the voice recognition rate by using the user's mobile communication terminal but also reduce the microphone installation cost. In addition, the user can perform a high quality VoIP transmission / reception service through the mobile communication terminal.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. You will understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

1 is a view of a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention

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2 is a second diagram of a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

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3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal constituting a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a home network master device configuring a voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

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10: mobile communication terminal 20: home network master device

Claims (7)

Broadband communication means for performing broadband communication with an external communication device; Near field communication means for performing near field communication; Input means for obtaining a voice transmission command and a voice from a user; And a control means for controlling the short range communication means to transmit the voice data corresponding to the obtained voice to the home network master device in accordance with the voice transmission command. 2. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control means includes selection means for selecting and controlling one of a short range communication means and a broadband communication means in accordance with a voice transmission command. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the input means receives a voice reception command from the user simultaneously or sequentially with the voice transmission command, and the control means is built in the near field communication means and the mobile communication terminal according to the input voice reception command and the transmission command. A mobile communication terminal characterized by controlling a speaker, an input means and a selection means. 4. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the input means comprises a microphone. A mobile communication terminal for transmitting voice data corresponding to a voice obtained from the user to a home network master device through short-range wireless communication according to a voice transmission command from the user; A home network master device that communicates with at least one electrical device, receives voice data from a mobile communication terminal, controls the electrical device or transmits voice data to the electrical device according to the received voice data. A voice transmission system using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that. The voice transmission system of claim 5, wherein the home network master apparatus recognizes the received voice data and controls an electric device corresponding to the recognized voice data. The mobile communication terminal of claim 6, wherein the mobile communication terminal receives a voice reception command from a user simultaneously or sequentially with the voice transmission command, performs transmission and reception of voice data through a short range wireless communication with a home network master device, and performs a home network master. The apparatus transmits the voice data received from the mobile communication terminal to the electric device, and transmits the voice data received from the electric device to the mobile communication terminal.

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