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Granted Patent B2
US 10,720,162 · App. 16/514,028 · Granted Jul 21, 2020

Display apparatus capable of releasing a voice input mode by sensing a speech finish and voice control method thereof

Inventors: Sung-wook Choi (Seoul, KR); Hee-seob Ryu (Hwaseong-si, KR); Hee-ran Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Sung-pil Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G10L15/28G10L15/22G10L25/78
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Patent No.
US 10,720,162
App. No.
16/514,028
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.

Claims (37)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display;

a voice receiver;

a communicator; and

a processor configured to:

based on a first user voice being received through the voice receiver within a standby time in a voice input mode, receive information corresponding to the first user voice from a server through the communicator,

based on the information corresponding to a single result being received from the server through the communicator, control the display to display a result user interface (UI) corresponding to the single result and switch from the voice input mode to a normal mode,

based on the information corresponding to a plurality of results being received from the server through the communicator, control the display to display a list including the plurality of results and reset the standby time, and

based on a second user voice for selecting at least one of the plurality of results being received within the reset standby time in the voice input mode, control the display to display a result screen corresponding to the second user voice.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to provide a graphic object corresponding to the voice input mode while the voice input mode is maintained.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on the first user voice being received, provide a text corresponding to the first user voice on one side of the graphic object.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on the information corresponding to the single result being received from the server, change the graphic object into a form which the electronic apparatus is operating in the normal mode.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on one of the plurality of results being selected, switch from the voice input mode to the normal mode.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on a user command to play back a multimedia content being received, switch from the voice input mode to the normal mode.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to perform a search based on a text corresponding to the first user voice and based on the single result being searched, transmit a signal to the electronic apparatus to switch from the voice input mode to the normal mode, and

wherein the processor is configured to, based on the signal being received from the server, switch from the voice input mode to the normal mode.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform a control operation based on a text corresponding to the first user voice.

9. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

based on a first user voice being received within a standby time in a voice input mode, receiving information corresponding to the first user voice from a server;

based on the information corresponding to a single result being received from the server, displaying a result user interface (UI) corresponding to the single result and switching from the voice input mode to a normal mode;

based on the information corresponding to a plurality of results being received from the server, displaying a list including the plurality of results and resetting the standby time; and

based on a second user voice for selecting at least one of the plurality of results being received within the reset standby time in the voice input mode, displaying a result screen corresponding to the second user voice.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:

providing a graphic object corresponding to the voice input mode while the voice input mode is maintained.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

based on the first user voice being received, providing a text corresponding to the first user voice on one side of the graphic object.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

based on the information corresponding to the single result being received from the server, changing the graphic object into a form which the electronic apparatus is operating in the normal mode.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:

based on one of the plurality of results being selected, switching from the voice input mode to the normal mode.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:

based on a user command to play back a multimedia content being received, switching from the voice input mode to the normal mode.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the server is configured to perform a search based on a text corresponding to the first user voice and based on the single result being searched, transmit a signal to the electronic apparatus to switch from the voice input mode to the normal mode, and

wherein the method further comprises:

based on the signal being received from the server, switching from the voice input mode to the normal mode.

16. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:

performing a control operation based on a text corresponding to the first user voice.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0122131 · Oct 14, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16166898 · Oct 22, 2018
Continuation 14267510 · May 1, 2014
Related Publication 20190341051A1 · Nov 7, 2019
Cited By (1)
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