Speech Recognition Normalization for Image Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing speech recognition systems face challenges in accurately executing device operations due to differences in vocabulary formats and languages, leading to recognition results that match function or content titles but fail to perform the intended action, especially with spontaneous speech recognition engines.

Innovation Solution

An image display apparatus and method that normalize speech recognition results by generating phonetic symbols for comparison with pre-stored command sets, using exceptional phonetic symbol databases to handle linguistic differences and convert recognition results into compatible formats for device operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If spontaneous speech recognition engine is used to recognize various vocabularies, then the recognition coverage is improved, but the format compatibility with device functions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecognition coverageVSAvoidformat compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a normalization unit as an intermediary component between the speech recognition engine and the device function execution system. This normalization unit converts diverse speech recognition results into a standardized format that matches device function titles, enabling reliable execution while maintaining broad recognition coverage. The normalization unit acts as a mediator that bridges the format gap between spontaneous speech recognition outputs and structured device commands.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of speech recognition result format from diverse/unstructured to standardized/structured through the normalization process. By transforming the output format parameter of the speech recognition engine, the system maintains versatility in recognizing various vocabularies while ensuring compatibility with device functions through standardized formatting.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Speed

If speech recognition result is directly matched with function title, then the execution speed is improved, but the recognition accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexecution speedVSAvoidrecognition accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing normalization of speech recognition results before the matching and execution process. The normalization unit pre-processes the recognition results to convert them into the correct format, ensuring that subsequent matching operations can proceed efficiently with high accuracy. This preliminary formatting step prevents mismatches that would require costly re-processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If post-processing technologies using correlations and parallel corpora are applied, then the recognition error rate is improved, but the format normalization problem persists

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecognition error rateVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the format normalization function as a separate, dedicated component (normalization unit) from the complex post-processing chain involving correlations and parallel corpora. By isolating the normalization task, the system maintains the benefits of advanced post-processing for error reduction while adding a simple, efficient normalization step that doesn't increase overall system complexity significantly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP3023982B1Image display apparatus, method for driving the same, and computer readable recording medium
Publication Date: 2021.06.02 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An image display apparatus, a method for driving the same, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The image display apparatus includes a speech acquirer configured to acquire a speech command created by a user, a speech recognition executor configured to acquire text information which has a phonetic symbol that is the same as or similar to a phonetic symbol of a text-based recognition result corresponding to the acquired speech command and is expressed in a form that is different from a form of the text-based recognition result, and an operation performer configured to perform an operation corresponding to the acquired text information.