IP Library Granted Patent US 12,190,872
Granted Patent B2
US 12,190,872 · App. 17/713,546 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

Inventors: Ali Ahmad Adel Al Massaeed (St. Amman, JO); Abdelrahman Mustafa Mahmoud Yaseen (St. Amman, JO); Shrouq Walid Jamil Sabah (St. Amman, JO)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G10L15/1815G06F3/167G10L15/22G10L2015/223G10L15/30
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Patent No.
US 12,190,872
App. No.
17/713,546
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a memory storing one or more commands; and a processor connected to the memory and configured to control the electronic apparatus, wherein the processor is configured, by executing the one or more instructions, to: identify a first intention word and a first target word from first speech, acquire second speech received after the first speech based on at least one of the identified first intention word or the identified first target word not matching a word stored in the memory, acquire a similarity between the first speech and the second speech, and acquire response information based on the first speech and the second speech based on the similarity being a threshold value or more.

Claims (60)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a memory storing one or more commands; and

a processor connected to the memory and configured to control the electronic apparatus,

wherein the processor comprises processing circuitry and is configured, by executing the one or more instructions, to:

identify a first intention word and a first target word from first speech,

acquire second speech received after the first speech based on at least one of the identified first intention word or the identified first target word not matching a word stored in the memory,

acquire a similarity between the first speech and the second speech, and

acquire response information based on the first speech and the second speech based on the similarity being a threshold value or more,

based on the first intention word not matching an intention word stored in the memory and the first target word matching a target word stored in the memory,

acquire a second intention word included in the second speech,

acquire a first similarity between the first intention word and the second intention word based on the second intention word matching the intention word stored in the memory, and

acquire response information based on the second intention word and the first target word based on the first similarity being a threshold value or more, and/or

based on the first intention word matching an intention word stored in the memory and the first target word not matching a target word stored in the memory,

acquire a second target word included in the second speech

acquire second similarity between the first target word and the second target word based on the second target word matching the target word stored in the memory, and

acquire response information based on the first intention word and the second target word based on the second similarity being a threshold value or more.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire a user interface (UI) configured to provide a guide to utter the second speech based on at least one of the identified first intention word or the identified first target word not matching the word stored in the memory.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire speech received within a preset time as the second speech based on at least one of the identified first intention word or the identified first target word not matching the word stored in the memory.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire a UI including information notifying that the response information is not acquired based on the second intention word not matching the intention word stored in the memory, and

the UI includes the second intention word.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire a UI including information notifying that the response information is not acquired based on the second target word not matching the target word stored in the memory, and

the UI includes the second target word.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire a second intention word and a second target word included in the second speech based on the first intention word not matching an intention word stored in the memory and the first target word not matching a target word stored in the memory,

acquire a first similarity between the first intention word and the second intention word based on the second intention word matching the intention word stored in the memory,

acquire a second similarity between the first target word and the second target word based on the second target word matching the target word stored in the memory, and

acquire response information based on the second intention word and the second target word based on the first similarity being a threshold value or more and the second similarity being the threshold value or more.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire a UI including information notifying that the response information is not acquired based on the intention word not matching the intention word stored in the memory or the second target word not matching the target word stored in the memory, and

the UI includes the second target word.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire a second intention word and a second target word from the second speech,

acquire a first similarity between the first intention word and the second intention word,

acquire a second similarity between the first target word and the second target word, and

acquire third speech received after the second speech based on the first similarity being less than a threshold value or the second similarity being less than a second threshold value.

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

identifying a first intention word and a first target word from first speech;

acquiring second speech received after the first speech based on at least one of the identified first intention word or the identified first target word not matching a word stored in the memory of the electronic apparatus;

acquiring a similarity between the first speech and the second speech; and

acquiring response information based on the first speech and the second speech based on the similarity being a threshold value or more,

based on the first intention word not matching an intention word stored in the memory and the first target word matching a target word stored in the memory,

acquiring a second intention word included in the second speech,

acquiring a first similarity between the first intention word and the second intention word based on the second intention word matching the intention word stored in the memory, and

acquiring response information based on the second intention word and the first target word based on the first similarity being a threshold value or more, and/or based on the first intention word matching an intention word stored in the memory and the first target word not matching a target word stored in the memory,

acquiring a second target word included in the second speech,

acquiring second similarity between the first target word and the second target word based on the second target word matching the target word stored in the memory, and

acquiring response information based on the first intention word and the second target word based on the second similarity being a threshold value or more.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising acquiring a user interface (UI) configured to provide a guide to utter the second speech based on at least one of the identified first intention word or the identified first target word not matching the word stored in the memory.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising acquiring speech received within a preset time as the second speech based on at least one of the identified first intention word or the identified first target word not matching the word stored in the memory.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising acquiring a UI including information notifying that the response information is not acquired based pm the second intention word not matching the intention word stored in the memory,

wherein the UI includes the second intention word.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising acquiring a UI including information notifying that the response information is not acquired based on the second target word not matching the target word stored in the memory,

wherein the UI includes the second target word.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising acquiring a second intention word and a second target word included in the second speech based on the first intention word not matching an intention word stored in the memory and the first target word not matching a target word stored in the memory,

wherein in the acquiring of the similarity, a first similarity between the first intention word and the second intention word is acquired based on the second intention word matching the intention word stored in the memory, and a second similarity between the first target word and the second target word is acquired based on the second target word matching the target word stored in the memory, and

in the acquiring of the response information, the response information is acquired based on the second intention word and the second target word based on the first similarity being a threshold value or more and the second similarity being the threshold value or more.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising acquiring a UI including information notifying that the response information is not acquired based on the intention word not matching the intention word stored in the memory or the second target word not matching the target word stored in the memory,

wherein the UI includes the second target word.

16. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising acquiring a second intention word and a second target word from the second user's speech,

wherein in the acquiring of the similarity, a first similarity between the first intention word and the second intention word is acquired, and a second similarity between the first target word and the second target word is acquired, and

the method further includes acquiring third speech received after the second speech based on the first similarity being less than a threshold value or the second similarity being less than a second threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: AL MASSAEED, ALI AHMAD ADEL; YASEEN, ABDELRAHMAN MUSTAFA MAHMOUD; SABAH, SHROUQ WALID JAMIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059507/0268 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0105597 · Aug 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022003555 · Mar 15, 2022
Related Publication 20230048573A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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