Voice Analyzer for Interest-Based Speech Notification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing speech recognition technologies are limited in providing relevant information to users, relying on a narrow data pool and failing to deliver contextual notifications effectively, especially in situations where users may not be able to hear or understand ambient sounds.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that utilize a voice analyzer to recognize speech and determine relevance to a user's topic of interest, using contextual information such as schedule and location data, and output notifications in various forms like text, voice, or vibration, with the ability to learn user interests and translate languages for improved notification delivery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If speech recognition technology is used to provide information to users, then users can obtain relevant information, but the data pool is limited and the relevance to user interests is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation delivery effectivenessVSAvoiduser interest adaptation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by proactively monitoring ambient speech and evaluating its relevance to user interests before the user actively searches for information. The relevance evaluation unit continuously assesses captured speech against user profile data, preparing relevant information in advance so that users receive notifications only when speech matches their interests, thereby improving information delivery effectiveness while adapting to user-specific needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If the system provides notifications for all recognized speech, then users receive comprehensive information, but users may be overwhelmed by irrelevant notifications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidnotification manageability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by making each notification individually tailored to the user's specific interests rather than providing uniform notifications for all speech. The relevance evaluation unit assigns different relevance scores to different speech inputs based on user profile data, and the notification provider selectively delivers only those notifications that meet the relevance threshold, ensuring each notification has high quality and personalization while maintaining overall information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of information

If the system monitors all ambient speech continuously, then no relevant speech is missed, but energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeech detection accuracyVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements partial action by performing speech recognition and relevance evaluation only on speech segments that meet certain criteria rather than processing every ambient sound continuously. The audio capture unit captures ambient speech, but the speech recognition unit processes only segments that appear relevant based on initial filtering, and the relevance evaluation unit performs detailed analysis only on those filtered segments, thereby reducing overall computational load and energy consumption while maintaining accurate detection of relevant speech.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10521514B2Interest notification apparatus and method
Publication Date: 2019.12.31 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An apparatus for notification of speech of interest to a user includes a voice analyzer configured to recognize speech, evaluate a relevance between a result of the speech recognition and a determined user's topic of interest, and determine whether to provide a notification; and an outputter configured to, in response to the voice analyzer determining to provide the notification, generate and output a notification message.