Conversation Recognition for Real-Time Meeting Information Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile devices struggle to seamlessly integrate voice recognition during conversations, making it difficult to access and share information, such as contact numbers or appointment places, without interrupting calls or meetings.

Innovation Solution

A mobile device apparatus and method that recognizes conversations between users, verifies user intent, and executes additional functions such as searching for information, sharing data, or displaying maps, allowing for real-time information provision during meetings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If voice recognition is used to search for information during a call, then information accessibility is improved, but call continuity is interrupted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoidcall continuity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary voice recognition during the call to identify information search intents before the call is interrupted. By recognizing the user's voice commands in real-time and preparing search results in advance, the system minimizes the interruption time when the user actually needs to access information during the conversation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If all information stored in the mobile device is memorized and shared during a call, then information sharing completeness is improved, but cognitive load increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation sharing completenessVSAvoidcognitive load
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile device acts as an intermediary between the users' verbal communications and the information storage system. The voice recognition unit captures spoken words, the information processing unit automatically searches and retrieves relevant information from contacts, messages, or other stored data, and presents it to the user. This intermediary system handles the complex task of information retrieval and presentation, reducing the cognitive load on users while ensuring complete information sharing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If voice recognition is implemented in mobile devices, then communication efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The voice recognition system is integrated into the existing mobile device framework, sharing common processing units, memory, and communication interfaces with other device functions. The voice recognition unit can be applied to multiple scenarios including contact search, information retrieval, message composition, and meeting documentation, allowing a single system addition to provide universal communication efficiency improvements across diverse use cases without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9258406B2Apparatus and method for controlling mobile device by conversation recognition, and apparatus for providing information by conversation recognition during meeting
Publication Date: 2016.02.09 KAIFI LLC
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AI summary

An apparatus for controlling a mobile device according to the present invention includes: a conversation recognition unit configured to recognize a conversation between users through mobile devices; a user intent verification unit configured to verify an intent of at least one user among the users based on the recognition result; and an additional function control unit configured to execute an additional function corresponding to the verified user's intent in a mobile device of the user. According to the present invention, great contribution may be made to improve communication between users by recognizing the conversation between the users, thereby directly providing information associated with the conversation or providing a service.