EP0959401A2
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Audio control method and audio controlled device
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
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Filing: 1999-05-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-05-20
Abstract
Abstract In a method for controlling a data processor (2) with a group of audio commands, information is presented on a display device (16) of the data processor, and at least one control field, to which a predetermined function is assigned is formed on the display device (16). In the method, one audio command from said group of audio commands is assigned to said control field, and an audio command assigned to said control field is presented on the display device, wherein when the user gives an audio command assigned to the control field, the recognition of the audio command as well as a function corresponding to the recognized audio command is conducted.
Inventors
- 👤 Marko Luomi
- 👤 Hannu Kari
- 👤 Peter Decker
- 👤 Janne Bergman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 13:35
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/16; H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/72409; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/271; H04M1/7243; H04M1/72445; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/74
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A method for controlling a data processor (2) with a group of audio
commands, in which method information is presented on the display
device (16) of the data processor, and at least one control field, to
which a predetermined function is assigned, is formed on the display
device (16), characterized in that in the method, one audio command
from said group of audio commands is assigned to said control field,
and the audio command assigned to said control field is presented on
the display device, wherein when the user utters an audio command
assigned to the control field, the audio command is recognized and the
function corresponding to the audio command is conducted.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said group of
audio commands is a predetermined group of audio commands.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
76 words
A method according to claim 2, characterized in that at least a first
and a second control field is formed on the display device (16), to which
said first control field a predetermined first function and one audio
command from said group of audio commands is assigned, and to said
second control field a predetermined second function is assigned, as
well as one audio command unassigned to any control field from said
group of audio commands.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that some of
the control fields have a substantially standard content irrespective of
the information presented at a time, and some of the control fields vary
according to the information to be presented at a time.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
44 words
A method according to any of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that
the information to be presented is retrieved to the data processor (2)
from a data network, such as the Internet data network, an e-mail data
network or a telecommunication network.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 5, characterized in that address data is
assigned to at least one control field, for retrieving information from said
data network.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
24 words
A method according to any of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that
a WWW browser application program is used to present information.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
81 words
A method according to any of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that
the information presented on the display device (16) is scrolled,
wherein in the method it is examined, if any control field, which is
assigned an audio command, disappeared from the display device (16),
or if any control field appeared on the display device (16) in connection
with the scrolling, wherein an audio command is redefined for control
fields which are currently displayed on the display device (16).
Claim 9
Independent Claim
89 words
A method according to any of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that
the information presented on the display device (16) is scrolled,
wherein in the method: it is examined, if any control field, which is assigned an audio
command, disappeared from the display device (16) in
connection with the scrolling, wherein said audio command is
released, and it is examined, if any control field appeared on the display device
(16) in connection with the scrolling, wherein said released audio
command is defined for said appearing control field.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one
control field comprises a link to an information source, and at least one
audio command of said group of audio commands is formed based on
the information included in said information source, wherein said audio
command is assigned to said control field.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 10, characterized in that at least one
information source comprises an identifier, wherein at least one audio
command is formed based on said identifier.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 10, characterized in that said
identifier is a title.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 10, characterized in that said
identifier is a META tag.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
108 words
A device controlled with audio commands, which comprises an
audio recognition device (1), a data processor (2), a display device (16)
for presenting information, means (6) for forming at least one control
field on the display device (16), and means for assigning a
predetermined function to said control field, characterized in that the
device also comprises means (6) for assigning an audio command to
said control field, means (6) for presenting the audio command assigned
to the control field on the display device (16), means (12, 13) for
recognizing the audio command, and means (7, 8, 9, 10) for conducting
the function corresponding to the recognized audio command.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
107 words
A device according to claim 14, characterized in that it comprises: means (6) for forming at least a first and a second control field on
the display device (16), means (6) for assigning the predetermined first function to said
first control field, means (6) for assigning the predetermined first
function and one audio command from said group of audio commands
to said first control field, and means (6) for assigning the predetermined second function to said
second control field, means (6) for assigning the predetermined
second function and one audio command unassigned to any control
field from said group of audio commands to said second control
field.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
51 words
A device according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that some of
the control fields are arranged to have a substantially standard content,
irrespective of the information presented at a time, and some of the
control fields are arranged to be variable according to the information
presented at a time.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
A device according to claim 14, 15, or 16, characterized in that it
comprises means (21) for retrieving information to be presented from a
data network, such as the Internet network, an e-mail data network or a
telecommunication network.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device according to claim 17, characterized in that it comprises
means (6) for assigning address information to at least one control
field, in order to retrieve information from said data network.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
26 words
A device according to any of the claims 14 to 18, characterized in
that the audio recognition device (1) is a fixed vocabulary speech recognition
device.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
93 words
A device according to any of the claims 14 to 19, characterized in
that it comprises: means (17) for scrolling the information presented on the display
device (16), means (2) for examining, if any control field, which is assigned an
audio command, disappeared from the display device (16) in
connection with the scrolling, means (2) for examining, if any control field appeared on the
display device (16) in connection with the scrolling, and means for redefining an audio command for control fields which
are displayed on the display device (16) after the scrolling.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
100 words
A device according to any of the claims 14 to 19, characterized in
that it comprises: means (17) for scrolling the information presented on the display
device (16), means (2) for examining, if any control field, which is assigned an
audio command, disappeared from the display device (16) in
connection with the scrolling, means (2) for releasing said audio command, which is assigned
to said disappearing control field, means (2) for examining, if any control field appeared on the
display device (16) in connection with the scrolling, and means for defining said released audio command for said
appearing control field.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
53 words
A device according to claim 14, characterized in that at least one
control field comprises a link to an information source, that the device
comprises means for forming at least one audio command based on
the information included in said information source, and means for
assigning said audio command to said control field.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device according to claim 22, characterized in that at least one
information source comprises an identifier, wherein at least one audio
command is formed based on said identifier.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device according to claim 22, characterized in that said identifier
is a title.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device according to claim 22, characterized in that said identifier
is a META tag.
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