Method of integrating a home entertainment system with life style systems which include searching and playing music using voice commands based upon humming or singing
View Patent ↗An apparatus including a home automation system, a memory device of the home automation system containing a plurality of musical performances, a processor that recognizes a command from a user to play one of a plurality of musical performances and a processor that receives a verbal input at least partially mimicking a portion of one or more of the plurality of musical performances from the user, matches the verbal input with one or more of the plurality of musical performances and plays a matching musical performance.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a home automation system that includes a thermostat;
a memory device of the home automation system that stores a plurality of musical performances and a respective tone signature for each of the plurality of musical performances, wherein the respective tone signature for each of the plurality of musical performances comprises a respective average of all detected frequencies at each instant of a respective one of the plurality of musical performances;
a word recognition processor that forms a respective library of words for each of the plurality of musical performances by recognizing each word spoken by a performer during the respective one of the plurality of musical performances; and
a second processor that recognizes a command from a user to play a selected one of the plurality of musical performances,
wherein the second processor receives a verbal input mimicking a portion of the selected one of the plurality of musical performances from the user, matches the verbal input with the respective tone signature for the selected one of the plurality of musical performances when the verbal input comprises humming, matches the verbal input with the respective library of words for the selected one of the plurality of musical performances when the verbal input comprises spoken or sung words, and plays a matching one of the plurality of musical performances, and
wherein the second processor controls the thermostat based on a genre of the matching one of the plurality of musical performances.
2. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a portable user interface that receives the command and the verbal input from the user.
3. The apparatus as in claim 2 wherein the portable user interface displays a list of titles of the plurality of musical performances matching the verbal input on a display of the portable user interface.
4. The apparatus as in claim 3 wherein the second processor receives a selection from the list of titles and plays the selection.
5. The apparatus as in claim 2 wherein the second processor performs word recognition when the verbal input comprises the spoken or sung, words.
6. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising an audio entertainment center that plays the matching one of the plurality of musical performances.
7. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising an audio/visual system that plays the matching one of the plurality of musical performances.
8. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the verbal input comprises a varying audio tone caused by the user humming or singing an audio portion of the selected one of the plurality of musical performances.
9. An apparatus comprising:
a home automation system that includes a thermostat;
a portable user device that controls the home automation system;
a memory device of the home automation system that stores a plurality of audio performances and a respective tone signature for each of the plurality of audio performances, wherein the respective tone signature for each of the plurality of audio performances comprises a respective average of all detected frequencies at each instant of a respective one of the plurality of audio performances;
a word recognition processor that forms a respective library of words for each of the plurality of audio performances by recognizing each word spoken by a performer during the respective one of the plurality of audio performances; and
a second processor that receives a verbal input from a user through the portable user device that mimics a selected one of the plurality of audio performances, matches the verbal input with the respective tone signature for the selected one or more of the plurality of audio performances when the verbal input comprises humming, or matches the verbal input with the respective library of words for the selected one of the plurality of audio performances when the verbal input comprises spoken or sung words, and plays a matching one of the plurality of audio performances through a controlled device of the home automation system,
wherein the second processor controls the thermostat based on a genre of the matching one of the plurality of audio performances.
10. The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the controlled device comprises an entertainment system.
11. The apparatus as in claim 10 wherein the second processor displays a list of titles of the plurality of audio performances matching the verbal input on a display of the portable user device.
12. The apparatus as in claim 11 wherein the second processor receives a selection from the list of titles from the user and plays the selection.
13. The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the portable user device receives a command from the user to play a selection from the plurality of audio performances.
14. The apparatus as in claim 13 wherein the second processor performs word recognition when the verbal input comprises the spoken or sung words.
15. The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the verbal input comprises a varying audio tone caused by the user humming or singing an audio portion of the selected one of the plurality of audio performances.
16. An apparatus comprising:
a plurality of home automation devices including an audio device and a thermostat;
a portable user device that controls the plurality of home automation devices;
a memory device of the audio device that stores a plurality of musical performances and a respective tone signature for each of the plurality of musical performances, wherein the respective tone signature for each of the plurality of musical performances comprises a respective average of all detected frequencies at each instant of a respective one of the plurality of musical performances;
a word recognition processor that forms a respective library of words for each of the plurality of musical performances by recognizing each word spoken by a performer during the respective one of the plurality of musical performances; and
a second processor that receives a verbal input from a user through the portable user device that mimics a portion of a selected one of the plurality of musical performances, matches the verbal input with the respective tone signature for the selected one of the plurality of musical performances when the verbal input comprises humming, or matches the verbal input with the respective library of words for the selected one of the plurality of musical performances when the verbal input comprises spoken or sung words, and plays a matching one of the plurality of musical performances through the audio device,
wherein the second processor controls the thermostat based on a genre of the matching one of the plurality of musical performances.