IP Library Granted Patent US 7,698,134
Granted Patent B2
US 7,698,134 · App. 11/570,470 · Granted Apr 13, 2010

Device in which selection is activated by voice and method in which selection is activated by voice

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Patent No.
US 7,698,134
App. No.
11/570,470
Granted
Apr 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A selecting device according to voice includes output unit for outputting guide voice for guiding a selection item, voice recognition unit for recognizing a selection instruction for selecting the selection item that is issued during the output of the guide voice by output unit or within a certain time after the completion of the output, and interaction-control and result-selection unit for selecting the selection item instructed to be selected when voice recognition unit recognizes the selection instruction. When a voice for selecting a selection item is raised during the output of the guide voice by output unit or within the certain time after the completion of the output, voice recognition unit can select the selection item, and the selection item can be selected even during the output of the guide voice.

Claims (12)

1. A selecting device according to voice comprising:

an output unit for outputting guide voice for guiding a selection item;

a voice recognition unit for recognizing a selection instruction for selecting the selection item that is issued during output of the guide voice by the output unit or within a certain time after the completion of the output;

an interaction-control and result-selection unit for selecting the selection item instructed to be selected when the voice recognition unit recognizes the selection instruction; and

a content playing unit for playing a part or whole of content corresponding to the guide voice when the output unit guides the selection item, and for playing a beginning of the content corresponding to the selected selection item when the interaction-control and result-selection unit selects the selection item corresponding to the selection instruction.

2. The selecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the content playing unit plays both of a part or whole of the content corresponding to the guide voice and the guide voice simultaneously when the output unit guides the selection item.

3. A selecting method according to voice comprising;

outputting guide voice for guiding a selection item by an output unit;

recognizing a selection instruction for selecting the selection item that is issued during output of the guide voice by the output unit or within a certain time after the completion of the output by a voice recognition unit;

selecting the selection item instructed to be selected when the voice recognition unit recognizes the selection instruction by an interaction-control and result-selection unit; and

playing a part or whole of content corresponding to the guide voice when the output unit guides the selection item, and playing a beginning of the content corresponding to the selected selection item when the interaction-control and result-selection unit selects the selection item corresponding to the selection instruction by a content playing unit.

4. The selecting method according to voice of claim 3 , wherein the content playing unit plays both of a part or whole of the content corresponding to the guide voice and the guide voice simultaneously when the output unit guides the selection item.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2007
From: NOMURA, KAZUYA
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019248/0993 →