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Granted Patent B2
US 11,516,357 · App. 17/109,299 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Voice interaction in an image processing system

Inventor: Iwane Ikeda (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H04N1/00403G06F3/167G10L15/22H04N1/0049
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Patent No.
US 11,516,357
App. No.
17/109,299
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing system includes an information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus includes a first operation input portion that receives a first operation input, a second operation input portion that receives a second operation input, a first notification portion that performs a first notification, and a second notification portion that performs a second notification. The image processing system further includes a notification selection portion that selects at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion of the information processing apparatus as a destination to which a notification of a processing result regarding the image processing executed by the image processing apparatus is sent.

Claims (53)

1. An image processing system comprising:

an information processing apparatus; and

an image processing apparatus, wherein

the information processing apparatus includes:

a first operation input portion to receive a first operation input, wherein the first operation input is an operation input using voice;

a second operation input portion to receive a second operation input;

a first notification portion to perform a first notification;

a second notification portion to perform a second notification, wherein the first notification portion is different from the second notification portion; and

a first processor configured to:

acquire an instruction for the image processing apparatus based on the first operation input received by the first operation input portion or the second operation input received by the second operation input portion; and

request image processing to the image processing apparatus based on the acquired instruction,

the image processing apparatus includes a second processor configured to:

receive a request for the image processing from the information processing apparatus; and

execute the image processing based on the received request,

the first processor is further configured to select at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion of the information processing apparatus as a destination to which a notification of a processing result regarding the image processing executed by the image processing apparatus is sent,

the at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion is selected based on information associated with the voice that is input to the first operation input portion; and

the information associated with the voice that is input to the first operation input portion corresponds to one of noise level included in the voice that is input to the first operation input portion or a volume level of the voice that is input to the first operation input portion.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first notification portion is further performs the first notification by using a voice output, and

the second notification portion is further performs the second notification that do not use the voice output.

3. The image processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the first processor is further configured to select the second notification portion when the noise level included in the voice that is input to the first operation input portion exceeds a first threshold value.

4. The image processing system according to claim 2 , wherein

the first processor is further configured to select the first notification portion when the volume level of the voice that is input to the first operation input portion is less than a second threshold value, and

the first notification portion is further performs the first notification by using the voice output with a level less than a third threshold value.

5. The image processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the first processor is further configured to select both of the first notification portion and the second notification portion when the volume level of the voice that is input to the first operation input portion is less than the second threshold value.

6. The image processing system according to claim 2 , wherein

the first processor is further configured to select the first notification portion when the first operation input is received by the first operation input portion.

7. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second operation input is a manual operation input.

8. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second operation input is an operation input using a captured image.

9. A control method for an information processing apparatus including a first operation input portion, a second operation input portion, a first notification portion, and a second notification portion, and performing communication with an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

acquiring an instruction for the image processing apparatus based on a first operation input received by the first operation input portion or a second operation input received by the second operation input portion, wherein the first operation input is an operation input using voice;

requesting image processing to the image processing apparatus based on the acquired instruction; and

selecting at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion as a destination to which a notification of a processing result regarding the image processing executed by the image processing apparatus is sent, wherein

the first notification portion is different from the second notification portion,

the at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion is selected based on information associated with the voice that is input to the first operation input portion, and

the information associated with the voice that is input to the first operation input portion corresponds to one of noise level included in the voice that is input to the first operation input portion or a volume level of the voice that is input to the first operation input portion.

10. The control method for the information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:

performing, by the first notification portion, a first notification by using a voice output, and

performing, by the second notification portion, a second notification that do not use the voice output.

11. The control method for the information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

when the noise level included in the voice that is input to the first operation input portion exceeds a first threshold value, the second notification portion is selected.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions in a computer configuring an information processing apparatus including a first operation input portion, a second operation input portion, a first notification portion, and a second notification portion, and performing communication with an image processing apparatus, causing the computer to:

acquiring an instruction for the image processing apparatus based on a first operation input received by the first operation input portion or a second operation input received by the second operation input portion, wherein the first operation input is an operation input using voice;

requesting image processing to the image processing apparatus based on the acquired instruction; and

selecting at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion as a destination to which a notification of a processing result regarding the image processing executed by the image processing apparatus is sent, wherein

the first notification portion is different from the second notification portion,

the at least one of the first notification portion and the second notification portion is selected based on information associated with the voice that is input to the first operation input portion, and

the information associated with the voice that is input to the first operation input portion corresponds to one of noise level included in the voice that is input to the first operation input portion or a volume level of the voice that is input to the first operation input portion.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12 , further comprising:

performing, by the first notification portion, a first notification by using a voice output, and

performing, by the second notification portion, a second notification that do not use the voice output.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein

when the noise level included in the voice that is input to the first operation input portion exceeds a first threshold value, the second notification portion is selected.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2020
From: IKEDA, IWANE
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054643/0727 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-218612 · Dec 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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