Display Device Voice Recognition Using Peripheral Audio Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Voice recognition in display devices is impaired by surrounding noise and distance from the device, leading to reduced command recognition rates.

Innovation Solution

A display device that uses audio data from peripheral devices, such as remote controls or Bluetooth speakers, to enhance voice recognition by synchronizing location and delay times, and compensating for noise through preprocessing data adjustments based on movement detection and communication speed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If voice recognition is performed using only the display device's microphone, then the device complexity is low, but the voice recognition accuracy deteriorates due to surrounding noise and distance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice recognition accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the display device's microphone with peripheral devices' microphones to form a unified voice recognition system. The controller integrates audio data from multiple sources, synchronizing them based on position and delay time to achieve accurate voice recognition while maintaining relatively simple individual device structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Measurement precision

If audio data from peripheral devices is used to enhance voice recognition, then the voice recognition accuracy improves, but the device complexity increases due to additional communication and synchronization requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice recognition accuracyVSAvoidcommunication interface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The controller is designed to perform multiple functions: it controls the display device's own microphone, receives and processes audio data from peripheral devices, synchronizes multiple audio sources, and performs voice recognition. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components, managing complexity while enhancing performance.

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

3Adaptability or versatility

If the peripheral device moves, then the adaptability of the system improves, but the voice recognition accuracy deteriorates due to changes in audio data quality and synchronization

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem adaptabilityVSAvoidvoice recognition accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts to peripheral device movement by continuously updating position information and recalculating delay times for audio synchronization. The controller receives position data from the moving peripheral device and modifies the audio data processing accordingly, maintaining voice recognition accuracy despite changes in the audio environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Measurement precision

If audio data is continuously received from peripheral devices, then the voice recognition accuracy improves, but the loss of time increases due to data transmission and processing delays

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice recognition accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary synchronization of audio data from peripheral devices before voice recognition processing. Position information and delay times are calculated in advance, and audio data is pre-processed and synchronized, reducing the time required for actual voice recognition and minimizing overall processing delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250103280A1Display device
Publication Date: 2025.03.27 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a display device and a method of operating the same that can improve voice recognition performance, includes a speaker, a wireless communication interface for communicating with a peripheral device, a microphone for recording surrounding sounds, and a controller that performs voice recognition from data recorded by the microphone, and the controller can supplement user voice recognition using audio data received from a peripheral device.