Voice Input Element Replacement for Recognition Error Correction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional input methods for electronic devices, such as keyboard, voice, and handwriting, are inconvenient and unintelligent for modifying input contents, leading to recognition errors and limited modification options, which degrade user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and electronic device that process input contents by obtaining and displaying elements, allowing users to select and replace modifiable elements using a predetermined rule, with a timer to manage instruction execution and prevent misoperations, enabling convenient and intelligent modification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If voice input method is used, then input convenience is improved, but recognition accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinput convenienceVSAvoidrecognition accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays recognized voice input content to the user and provides feedback mechanisms (such as selection interfaces for alternative interpretations) that allow users to confirm or correct recognition results. This feedback loop enables the system to learn from user corrections and improve recognition accuracy while maintaining voice input convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between voice input and final content determination. This intermediary layer includes recognition algorithms that generate multiple possible interpretations and presentation interfaces that allow users to select the correct meaning, thereby bridging the gap between voice input convenience and recognition accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If keyboard input method is used, then input precision is improved, but operation convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinput precisionVSAvoidoperation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the input process into distinct phases: voice input for initial content generation, recognition processing for converting speech to text, and selective correction for precise modification. This segmentation allows users to benefit from voice input convenience while maintaining the ability to achieve keyboard-level precision when needed, without requiring continuous keyboard operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adapts the input method based on the situation. Users can switch between voice input and precise selection/correction modes as needed. The interface dynamically presents correction options and allows flexible transition between different input strategies, optimizing both convenience and precision depending on the specific input context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If voice recognition is used, then input speed is improved, but modification capability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinput speedVSAvoidmodification capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary voice recognition to generate initial content quickly, then provides preliminary correction opportunities before final confirmation. By preparing correction options in advance and allowing selective modification, the system maintains fast input speed while ensuring accurate modification capability when recognition errors occur.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9613311B2Receiving voice/speech, replacing elements including characters, and determining additional elements by pronouncing a first element
Publication Date: 2017.04.04 LENOVO SOFTWARE
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AI summary

Electronic devices and methods for processing an input content are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a first input content through a first operation; displaying the first input content on the display unit, the first input content comprising at least two elements; determining a first element from the at least two elements in accordance with a predetermined rule; obtaining a second element through a second operation, the second element not belonging to the at least two elements; updating the first element with the second element at the position where the first element has been displayed on the display unit; and displaying the second element on the display unit.