KR20030001670A - apparatus of handy terminal with voice menu and earphone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable terminal device of a new concept that can be attached to the earphones mounted on the mobile phone by using a button with an information transmission function and using a voice recognition technique to retrieve and transmit information using only earphones without a hands-free installation. Earphones equipped with a controller connected to the portable terminal device to enable the user to communicate with each other, and deliver a pre-stored voice menu to the user according to the signal of the controller and a new voice menu or a corresponding command according to the user's response signal received By including the ARS answering machine to perform the operation, it is possible to search the phone number and make a call to a phone number that has not been memorized in advance, thus preventing the risk of accidents caused by the use of the mobile phone while driving. Can't control it directly Im situation in the invention to provide a portable device that only has effects that can simply use your mobile phone with only one hand.

Description

{Apparatus of handy terminal with voice menu and earphone}

The present invention relates to a portable terminal device of a new concept that can be attached to the earphones mounted on the mobile phone by using a button having an information transmission function and using a voice recognition technique to retrieve and transmit information using only the earphones without using the hands free. .

In general, when using a mobile phone in a state in which both hands cannot be used, such as driving, except for a phone call that was previously made, the user can directly enter a phone number or press a hotkey to make a call. If you can't use both hands without stopping the car, searching for a phone number with one hand or pressing a button while looking at a portable terminal without hands-free can be quite dangerous. However, in the mobile terminal using general earphones, there was an advantage that it can be used without using a hand when making a call. Is there.

Therefore, in the present invention, the user's eyes must be fixed such as driving lights by appropriately using earphones and ARS voice answering technology, and to provide a portable terminal device which can guarantee the safety of the user even when both hands cannot be used freely. It is for.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, if the phone number search or difficult to press the phone button during driving is difficult to exchange information with the mobile phone by using the earphone and ARS voice answering technology The purpose is to provide a mobile phone that retrieves the number and enables the call.

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is to have a control key that supports a multi-function function in the earphone that can be connected to the portable terminal and to embed the ARS answer module that operates in conjunction with the control key in the mobile phone. It features. Other objects and features of the present invention will be apparent from the preferred embodiments described below.

1 is a block diagram of a general continuous speech recognition system

2 is a flowchart of a voice recognition operation of the present invention.

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10: feature extraction unit 20: search unit

30: post processing unit 40: acoustic model database

50: Pronunciation dictionary database 60: Language model database

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 is a schematic view of the earphone of the present invention, in which a controller 30 is provided in a general earphone which can be connected to a portable terminal, and the controller 30 is provided with a control key and a memory key. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a portable terminal of the present invention, in which an ARS answering machine 9 having a voice menu is stored in an existing portable terminal so as to operate in conjunction with an earphone having the controller 30. A portable terminal is provided. If the ARS answering machine 9 is provided with a voice recognition module separately, the present invention can be more effectively implemented. Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

When the user tries to use the mobile phone in a situation that can not control while looking directly on the mobile phone screen gives a function that can exchange information using the controller 30 of the earphone and the voice menu built into the mobile phone. Pressing the control button of the controller 30 embedded in the earphone drive the ARS answering machine (9), the signal is embedded in the mobile phone delivers the menu back to the user by voice. The user who listens to the voice menu embedded in the mobile phone selects a desired menu from among the menus listed by the voice and enters a sub menu to perform a desired operation. For example, here is a case of searching for a phone number.

1. Press the control button on the earphone.

2. The voice menu of ARS that comes in the phone is displayed.

Ex) 1) When searching phone number

1.1) by name 1.2) by address 1.3) by voice recognition

2) Nearest Gas Station Search

3) Get directions

3. If the user selects No. 1, the sub menu according to No. 1 is listed in the ARS voice menu.

4. Select the desired item to make a call.

In addition, you can use the service using the controller's buttons and ARS voice answer. The ARS voice answering service has the advantage of being able to download and use contents of a communication service provider as well as a service provided by the mobile phone itself. In addition, since the voice menu built in the mobile phone has the advantage that the service can be provided only by the power consumption of the mobile phone itself without a separate call charge.

As described above, the present invention enables the user to search for a phone number while driving and make a call to a phone number that is not memorized in advance by using a voice recognition technique and an earphone, so that the risk of an accident due to the use of a mobile phone while driving is in advance. You can prevent it, and even in situations where you can't control your phone directly with your hand, you can use your phone simply with one hand.

Claims (3)

A portable terminal device comprising: an earphone having a controller connected to the portable terminal device to enable a user to communicate, and a voice menu previously stored according to a signal of the controller to a user, and according to a received response signal of the user. A portable terminal using a voice menu and earphones, comprising a new voice menu or an ARS answering machine configured to perform a corresponding command. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller of the earphone comprises a control key having a multi-function function. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ARS answering machine further comprises a speech recognition module for porting input speech from a user.