Universal Controller Translating Voice Commands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users interacting with multiple voice-enabled devices face complexity due to different command languages and slight variations in spoken commands for identical operations, leading to reduced usability and increased learning requirements.
Innovation Solution
A universal device controller that translates verbal expressions into device-specific commands using a unified command language, identifying the appropriate device and issuing commands wirelessly to perform desired operations, while disambiguating between devices and considering user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If each device implements its own voice control with device-specific command languages, then each device can be controlled independently, but the complexity of interaction increases when using multiple devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a universal controller as an intermediary device that translates user commands into device-specific commands. The controller maintains a command mapping database that stores relationships between universal commands and device-specific commands, acting as a mediator between the user and multiple devices with different command languages.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal controller implements a unified command language that can control multiple different devices through a single interface. The system provides universal functionality by translating one set of commands into various device-specific command sets, allowing one controller to perform multiple device control functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If different devices use different spoken commands for identical operations, then each device can be optimized for its specific function, but user learning requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal controller creates a standardized copy of command interfaces that users learn once. Instead of learning multiple device-specific command sets, users learn a single universal command language that is then translated into the appropriate device-specific commands, copying the ease of use across multiple devices.
3Ease of operation
If a universal command translation system is implemented, then usability across multiple devices improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-establishing command mappings between the universal command language and device-specific command languages. The controller proactively builds and maintains a translation database, so that when a user issues a command, the translation has already been prepared or can be quickly resolved using pre-defined mappings.
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AI summary
A universal device controller is configured to operate as a proxy mechanism for interacting with a plurality of different devices wirelessly coupled to the universal device controller. When a user of the universal device controller verbally expresses a command from a universal command language understood by the device, the universal device controller analyzes the verbal expression of the user and identifies a wireless device capable of executing the associated command. The universal device controller then identifies an API for interacting with the identified device and translates the verbal expression into a device command that the identified device is capable of executing. The universal device controller then issues the device command to the identified device.