Voice Input Language Confirmation Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electronic apparatuses that change language settings based on voice input often incorrectly recognize the user's language, leading to unintended changes in language settings.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus with a voice receiving unit and a control unit that identifies the language of the voice input and displays a confirmation message in both the primary language and the detected language, allowing the user to intentionally change the primary language only if desired.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the electronic apparatus automatically changes the primary language based on voice input recognition, then the adaptability to user language preferences is improved, but the reliability of language setting accuracy deteriorates due to incorrect recognition

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelanguage adaptationVSAvoidlanguage setting accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays a confirmation message showing both the currently set primary language and the detected language from voice input, requiring user feedback to confirm or reject the language change. This feedback mechanism allows the system to adapt to user preferences while preventing incorrect automatic changes due to recognition errors.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Before executing the language change, the system performs a preliminary action by displaying a confirmation message with both language options. This preliminary step allows the user to verify the detected language matches their intention before the actual language setting is modified, thus preventing erroneous changes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the electronic apparatus displays confirmation message in both detected language and primary language, then the ease of operation is improved by allowing user verification, but the device complexity increases due to additional display processing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser verificationVSAvoiddisplay processing

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display unit serves multiple functions: it shows the confirmation message, displays both the current primary language and the detected language, and provides visual feedback for user verification. This multi-functionality approach handles the increased display processing requirements without adding separate dedicated components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11914958B2Electronic apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium for the same

Publication Date: 2024.02.27 CANON KK

AI summary

An electronic apparatus includes a voice receiving unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to perform control so as to identify the language of a voice input received by the voice receiving unit. In a case where it is determined the identified language, which is a first language, is different from a second language set as a primary language in the electronic apparatus, the control unit is configured to display on the display unit, a message for confirming whether to change the primary language from the second language to the first language in both the first language and the second language.