Voice Recognition Mouse for Push-to-Talk Speech Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional speech recognition systems require separate microphones and additional software installations, leading to inconvenience and inefficiency, especially in portable computing devices, and lack integration with traditional input devices like mice.
Innovation Solution
A voice recognition mouse integrating a microphone, processor, and memory that captures audio speech upon button actuation, streams it for conversion to text, and provides seamless integration with computing systems through a client module, allowing easy activation and deactivation via buttons or touch, and supports beamforming and noise filtering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate microphones and additional software are used for speech recognition, then speech-to-text conversion capability is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the microphone and speech recognition functionality directly into the mouse device. The mouse includes an integrated microphone that activates upon button press, eliminating the need for separate microphones and dedicated speech recognition software installations. This merging of functions reduces overall system complexity while maintaining speech-to-text conversion capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mouse is designed to perform multiple functions: traditional pointing and clicking plus voice-activated text input. By making the mouse universal, the patent eliminates the need for separate dedicated speech recognition devices, thereby reducing device complexity while preserving the speech-to-text conversion capability across different computing platforms.
2Measurement precision
If separate microphones and additional software are installed, then speech recognition accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to additional installation and activation steps
Solution Approach 1:
The speech recognition functionality is pre-integrated into the mouse device during manufacturing, eliminating the need for users to perform installation steps. The microphone is already positioned and configured within the mouse, so users simply need to press the button to activate voice input, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining accuracy through the pre-configured microphone system.
Solution Approach 2:
The mouse automatically activates its microphone and initiates speech recognition when the button is pressed, without requiring separate software activation or configuration steps. The integrated system handles the entire speech-to-text process autonomously, improving ease of operation while maintaining recognition accuracy through the self-contained microphone and processing capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If built-in microphones are used in computing devices, then ease of operation is improved by eliminating separate devices, but microphone quality and speech capture accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The microphone is strategically positioned within the mouse housing at a location optimized for capturing user speech. This localized positioning ensures that the microphone, while integrated into a small device, maintains high speech capture accuracy by being placed in the optimal acoustic position near the user's hand and mouth area, thereby achieving both ease of operation and high measurement precision.
4Measurement precision
If multiple peripheral devices are used for voice recognition, then speech capture quality is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to needing multiple devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the microphone and speech recognition capabilities into the existing mouse peripheral, eliminating the need for separate voice recognition devices. This integration allows users to maintain high speech capture quality through the dedicated microphone in the mouse while significantly improving ease of operation by using a single familiar device for both pointing and voice input functions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient, portable, and integrated voice-to-text conversion using a single peripheral device, supporting multiple platforms and environments, with easy installation and flexible speech-to-text module options, enhancing user interaction and reducing device dependency.
Implementation Method 1
invoke the microphone for capturing audio speech from a user
Implementation Method 2
The captured audio speech is then beamformed and filtered
Implementation Method 3
The captured audio speech is then beamformed and filtered
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for dictation using a peripheral device includes a voice recognition mouse. The voice recognition mouse includes a microphone, a first button, a processor coupled to the microphone and the first button, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect actuation of the first button and in response to detecting actuation of the first button, invoke the microphone for capturing audio speech from a user. The captured audio speech is streamed to a first module. The first module is configured to invoke a second module for converting the captured audio speech into text and forward the text to the first module for providing to an application expecting the text, the application being configured to display the text on a display device.