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US 12,380,914 · App. 18/068,935 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Display apparatus, voice acquiring apparatus and voice recognition method thereof

Inventors: Jong-hyuk Jang (Gunpo-si, KR); Chan-hee Choi (Seoul, KR); Hee-seob Ryu (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kyung-mi Park (Suwon-si, KR); Seung-kwon Park (Yongin-si, KR); Jae-hyun Bae (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G10L21/06G10L15/22G10L15/30H04L12/282H04N21/41265H04N21/4131H04N21/42203H04N21/43615H04N21/485G10L2015/221
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Patent No.
US 12,380,914
App. No.
18/068,935
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a display apparatus, a voice acquiring apparatus and a voice recognition method thereof, the display apparatus including: a display unit which displays an image; a communication unit which communicates with a plurality of external apparatuses; and a controller which includes a voice recognition engine to recognize a user's voice, receives a voice signal from a voice acquiring unit, and controls the communication unit to receive candidate instruction words from at least one of the plurality of external apparatuses to recognize the received voice signal.

Claims (55)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display;

a voice receiver;

a first communication unit configured to communicate with a first external apparatus including a first external voice receiver; and

a processor configured to:

in response to a trigger signal for activating a first voice recognition function being received from the first external apparatus via the first communication unit, activate the first voice recognition function using the first external voice receiver, and prevent an internal voice recognition function using the voice receiver, the first voice recognition function corresponding to the first external apparatus; and

in response to the trigger signal stopping being received from the first external apparatus, enable the internal voice recognition function using the voice receiver.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the preventing the internal voice recognition function using the voice receiver disables the internal voice recognition function.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the preventing the internal voice recognition function using the voice receiver disables the voice receiver.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second communication unit configured to communicate with a second external apparatus including a second external voice receiver,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on the trigger signal from the first external apparatus being received via the first communication unit, prevent a second voice recognition function, using the second external voice receiver, corresponding to the second external apparatus; and

based on the trigger signal from the first external apparatus stopping being received, enable the second voice recognition function using the second external voice receiver.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first communication unit includes a Bluetooth module, and the second communication unit includes a wireless local-area network (LAN) module.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on a user voice input received through the voice receiver corresponding to a trigger word, enable the internal voice recognition function using the voice receiver.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on the user voice input received through the voice receiver corresponding to the trigger word, prevent the first voice recognition function, using the first external voice receiver, corresponding to the first external apparatus.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second communication unit configured to communicate with a second external apparatus,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain a result from at least one of the first voice recognition function and the internal voice recognition function, the result corresponding to an operating function of the second external apparatus; and

transmit, to the second external apparatus via the second communication unit, a control signal corresponding to the operating function of the second external apparatus, causing the second external apparatus to perform the operating function.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the display to display a user interface (UI) corresponding to the activated first voice recognition function.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal receiver,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive an image signal through the signal receiver,

process the received image signal, and

control the display to display an image corresponding to the processed image signal.

11. A method for controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

in response to a trigger signal for activating a first voice recognition function being received from a first external apparatus including a first external voice receiver via a first communication unit, activating the first voice recognition function using the first external voice receiver, and preventing an internal voice recognition function using an internal voice receiver, the first voice recognition function corresponding to the first external apparatus; and

in response to the trigger signal stopping being received from the first external apparatus, enabling the internal voice recognition function using the internal voice receiver.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the preventing the internal voice recognition function using the internal voice receiver comprises disabling the internal voice recognition function.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the preventing the internal voice recognition function using the internal voice receiver comprises disabling the internal voice receiver.

14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

based on the trigger signal from the first external apparatus being received via the first communication unit, preventing a second voice recognition function, using a second external voice receiver, corresponding to a second external apparatus including the second external voice receiver; and

based on the trigger signal from the first external apparatus stopping being received, enabling the second voice recognition function using the second external voice receiver.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the display apparatus further comprises a second communication unit configured to communicate with the second external apparatus, and

wherein the first communication unit includes a Bluetooth module, and the second communication unit includes a wireless local-area network (LAN) module.

16. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

based on a user voice input received through the internal voice receiver corresponding to a trigger word, enabling the internal voice recognition function using the internal voice receiver.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

based on the user voice input received through the internal voice receiver corresponding to the trigger word, preventing the first voice recognition function, using the first external voice receiver, corresponding to the first external apparatus.

18. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining a result from at least one of the first voice recognition function and the internal voice recognition function, the result corresponding to an operating function of a second external apparatus; and

transmitting, to the second external apparatus via a second communication unit, a control signal corresponding to the operating function of the second external apparatus, causing the second external apparatus to perform the operating function.

19. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

controlling a display to display a user interface (UI) corresponding to the activated first voice recognition function.

20. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving an image signal through a signal receiver,

processing the received image signal, and

controlling a display to display an image corresponding to the processed image signal.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0126650 · Nov 9, 2012 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17871576 · Jul 22, 2022
Continuation 16790237 · Feb 13, 2020
Continuation 15671178 · Aug 8, 2017
Continuation 14076361 · Nov 11, 2013
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