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Granted Patent B2
US 11,862,154 · App. 16/893,643 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Electronic device and controlling method thereof

Inventors: Young-chul Sohn (Seoul, KR); Gyu-tae Park (Seoul, KR); Ki-beom Lee (Seoul, KR); Jong-ryul Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G10L15/22G06F3/167G10L15/18G10L17/22H04L12/28H04N21/4131H04N21/4223H04N21/42203H04N21/4394H04N21/44008G10L2015/088G10L2015/223
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,862,154
App. No.
16/893,643
Filed
Jun 5, 2020
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2659
USPC
704/275
Abstract

An approach for controlling method of an electronic device is provided. The approach acquires voice information and image information for setting an action to be executed according to a condition, the voice information and the image information being respectively generated from a voice and a behavior associated with the voice of a user. The approach determines an event to be detected according to the condition and a function to be executed according to the action when the event is detected, based on the acquired voice information and the acquired image information. The approach determines at least one detection resource to detect the determined event. In response to the at least one determined detection resource detecting at least one event satisfying the condition, the approach executes the function according to the action.

Claims (48)

1. A controlling method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

acquiring voice information and image information for setting a condition and an action to be executed according to the condition, the voice information being obtained from a user voice corresponding to a single voice input, the image information being obtained via a camera;

identifying an event that is to be detected according to the condition and a function to be executed according to the action based on the voice information and the image information, and storing the event and the function;

identifying at least one external sensor, distinct from the camera, to detect the event;

based on the at least one external sensor being identified, transmitting control information requesting detection of the event to the at least one external sensor; and

based on receiving a result of detection of the event from the at least one external sensor, performing an operation for executing the function according to the action.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the at least one external sensor comprises:

retrieving pre-installed available resources; and

identifying at least one external sensor, among the retrieved pre-installed available resources, to detect the event using a detection function of the at least one external sensor.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to the at least one external sensor being identified, transmitting control information requesting detection of the event to the at least one identified external sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving pre-installed available resources; and

identifying at least one execution resource, among the retrieved pre-installed available resources, to execute the function according to the action using an execution function of the identified at least one execution resource.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing an operation comprises:

receiving a result of detection of the event from the detection resource; and

executing the function according the action based on the received detection result.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, in response to there being no external sensor to detect the event or in response to the external sensor not being capable of detecting the event, a notification user interface (UI) notifying that execution of the action according to the condition is not possible.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the event to be detected comprises identifying the condition and the action according to an intent of a user by applying the voice information to a data recognition model generated using a learning algorithm.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the identifying the condition and the action according to the intent of the user further comprises:

providing a notification user interface (UI) for identifying the condition and the action to the user.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory;

communicator; and

a processor configured:

to acquire voice information and image information for setting a condition and an action to be executed according to the condition, the voice information being obtained from a user voice corresponding to a single voice input, the image information being obtained via a camera,

to identify an event that is to be detected according to the condition and a function to be executed according to the action, based on the voice information, and to store the event and the function,

to identify at least one external sensor, distinct from the camera, to detect the event,

based on the at least one external sensor being identified, transmit control information requesting detection of the event to the at least one external sensor, and

to perform, based on receiving a result of detection of the event from the at least one external sensor, an operation for executing the function according to the action.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured:

to retrieve, in response to identifying the at least one external sensor, pre-installed available resources, and

to identify at least one external sensor, among the retrieved pre-installed available resources, to detect the event using a detection function of the at least one external sensor.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a communicator configured to communicate with the at least one external sensor, and

wherein the processor is further configured to control, in response to the at least one external sensor being identified, the communicator to transmit control information requesting for detection of the event to the at least one identified external sensor.

12. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured:

to retrieve pre-installed available resources, and

to identify at least one execution resource, among the retrieved pre-installed available resources, to execute the function according to the action using an execution function of the identified at least one execution resource.

13. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured:

to receive, in response to executing the function according to the action, a result of detection of the event from the external sensor, and

to execute the function according to the action based on the received detection result.

14. The device of claim 9 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a display configured to display a user interface (UI), and

wherein the processor is further configured to control, in response to there being no external sensor to detect the event or in response to the external sensor not being capable of detecting the event, the display to display a notification UI informing that execution of the action according to the action is not possible.

15. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify, in response to identifying a function to be executed according to an event to be detected and the action according to the condition based on the voice information, the condition and action according to an intent of a user by applying the voice information to a data recognition model generated using a learning algorithm, and

identify an event to be detected according to the condition and a function to be executed according to the action.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a display configured to display a user interface (UI), and

wherein the processor is further configured to control, in response to identifying the condition and the action according to the intent of the user, the display to display a notification UI for identifying the condition and the action to the user.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0145742 · Nov 3, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0106127 · Aug 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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