IP Library Granted Patent US 11,302,321
Granted Patent B2
US 11,302,321 · App. 16/676,507 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Audio-based operation system, method of processing information using audio-based operation and storage medium

Inventor: Keisuke Iwasa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
G10L15/22G06F3/167G10L15/30H04N1/00403H04N1/00408G10L2015/223
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Patent No.
US 11,302,321
App. No.
16/676,507
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio-based operation system includes an audio input-output device that receives an audio-based operation performed by a user, a server that receives an instruction corresponding the audio-based operation received by the audio input-output device, an image forming apparatus that executes a job transmitted from the server. The server includes circuitry configured to receive audio-based operation information indicating the audio-based operation received by the audio input-output device, convert the received audio-based operation information into a job interpretable by the image forming apparatus, and instruct the image forming apparatus to execute the job converted from the audio-based operation information.

Claims (43)

1. An audio-based operation system comprising:

an audio input-output device that receives an audio-based operation performed by a user;

a server that receives an instruction corresponding to the audio-based operation received by the audio input-output device;

an image forming apparatus that executes a job transmitted from the server;

wherein the server includes circuitry configured to:

receive audio-based operation information indicating the audio-based operation received by the audio input-output device;

convert the received audio-based operation information into a job interpretable by the image forming apparatus;

instruct the image forming apparatus to execute the job converted from the audio-based operation information; and

display, on a display provided for the image forming apparatus, a screen described in a language used for the audio-based operation,

wherein a memory stores information associating device identification information identifying the audio input-output device with languages used for the audio-based operation,

wherein the circuitry displays, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a given language specified by the device identification information identifying the audio input-output device that receives the audio-based operation based on the information associating the device identification information with the languages.

2. The audio-based operation system according to claim 1 , wherein the memory stores information associating one or more phrases and one or more language types,

wherein the circuitry displays, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a specific language specified by any one of the phrases used for the audio-based operation.

3. The audio-based operation system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the memory further stores one or more particular phrases used for activating the audio input-output device and the one or more language types in association with each other,

wherein the circuitry displays, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a specific language specified by any one of the particular phrases used for activating the audio input-output device.

4. The audio-based operation system according to claim 2 , wherein the server includes the memory.

5. A method of processing information using an audio-based operation, comprising:

receiving audio-based operation information indicating an audio-based operation received by an audio input-output device;

converting the received audio-based operation information into a job interpretable by an image forming apparatus;

instructing the image forming apparatus to execute the job converted from the audio-based operation information;

displaying, on a display provided for the image forming apparatus, a screen described in a language used for the audio-based operation;

storing, in a memory, information associating device identification information identifying the audio input-output device with languages used for the audio-based operation;

displaying, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a given language specified by the device identification information identifying the audio input-output device that receives the audio-based operation based on the information associating the device identification information with the languages.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

storing, in the memory, information associating one or more phrases and one or more language types; and

displaying, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a specific language specified by any one of the phrases used for the audio-based operation.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

storing, in the memory, one or more particular phrases used for activating the audio input-output device and the one or more language types in association with each other; and

displaying, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a specific language specified by any one of the particular phrases used for activating the audio input-output device.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more instructions that, when performed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute a method of processing information using an audio-based operation, the method comprising:

receiving audio-based operation information indicating an audio-based operation received by an audio input-output device;

converting the received audio-based operation information into a job interpretable by an image forming apparatus;

instructing the image forming apparatus to execute the job converted from the audio-based operation information;

displaying, on a display provided for the image forming apparatus, a screen described in a language used for the audio-based operation;

storing, in a memory, information associating device identification information identifying the audio input-output device with languages used for the audio-based operation;

displaying, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a given language specified by the device identification information identifying the audio input-output device that receives the audio-based operation based on the information associating the device identification information with the languages.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 8 , further comprising:

storing, in the memory, information associating one or more phrases and one or more language types; and

displaying, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a specific language specified by any one of the phrases used for the audio-based operation.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 9 , further comprising:

storing, in the memory, one or more particular phrases used for activating the audio input-output device and the one or more language types in association with each other; and

displaying, on the display provided for the image forming apparatus, the screen described in a specific language specified by any one of the particular phrases used for activating the audio input-output device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2019
From: IWASA, KEISUKE
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050940/0729 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-225819 · Nov 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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