Terminal Voice Recognition Using Local Command Word Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current voice recognition technologies require users to upload personal information to cloud servers, compromising security and increasing network traffic, leading to delayed recognition experiences due to network congestion.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a terminal-based voice recognition method that splits command words using a two-command-word-slot or multi-command-word-slot recognition grammar, allowing for more voice input content recognition with the same number of command words, reducing network reliance and improving user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If cloud server is used for voice recognition, then recognition capability is improved, but network traffic consumption increases and recognition delay increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice recognition capabilityVSAvoidrecognition delay
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the voice recognition system into terminal-based processing components that can operate independently of cloud servers. The terminal device performs local voice feature extraction, candidate text generation, and recognition operations, dividing the previously centralized cloud-based function into distributed terminal capabilities, thereby reducing network dependency and recognition delay

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal device is equipped with self-service voice recognition capabilities through local processing of voice information. The terminal extracts voice features, generates candidate texts, and performs recognition operations autonomously without requiring cloud server intervention, enabling the system to serve itself and eliminating network-related delays

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If cloud server is used for voice recognition, then recognition capability is improved, but user information security deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice recognition capabilityVSAvoiduser information security
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the voice recognition processing function from the cloud server environment and relocates it to the terminal device. By taking out the recognition operations from the networked cloud environment, the system eliminates the security vulnerability of transmitting and storing user voice information on external servers, keeping all processing local to the user's own device

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal device acts as an intermediary between the user and the voice recognition process, handling all voice information processing locally without requiring cloud server mediation. This intermediary role at the terminal level protects user information by preventing its transmission to external servers while still enabling sophisticated recognition capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If more command words are used, then voice input content recognition is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice input content recognitionVSAvoidrecognition grammar complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a hierarchical dimension to the recognition grammar structure with multiple levels (first level, second level, etc.). Instead of expanding the number of command words linearly, the system organizes them into hierarchical levels where higher-level command words can encompass multiple lower-level options, achieving greater recognition versatility without proportionally increasing overall system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates universal command word structures that can serve multiple functions across different contexts. A single command word at a higher hierarchical level can represent multiple specific meanings or actions, allowing the system to recognize diverse voice input content with a relatively small set of multi-functional command words, thereby reducing the need for numerous specialized command words

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

Data Source

PatentUS9390711B2Information recognition method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2016.07.12 HUAWEI DEVICE CO LTD
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AI summary

An information recognition method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, by a terminal, voice information, extracting a voice feature from the voice information, performing matching calculation on the voice feature and a phoneme string corresponding to each candidate text in multiple candidate texts to obtain a recognition result, where the recognition result includes at least one command word and a label corresponding to the at least one command word, and recognizing, according to the label corresponding to the at least one command word, an operation instruction corresponding to the voice information. A terminal recognizes text information, which is corresponding to voice information input by a user, as an operation instruction.