Electronic Device Voice Operation Highlighting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current voice input systems for operating electronic devices, such as smartphones, face challenges in reducing the complexity and improving the convenience of voice operation inputs for remote control of video apparatuses like televisions and video recorders.

Innovation Solution

The electronic device incorporates a display processing unit to show a first operation image and a voice operation processing unit to highlight text information in a second operation image, allowing users to perform voice operations on video apparatuses with reduced complexity and increased convenience by using highlighted text as guidance for voice inputs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If voice operation input is used for remote control of video apparatus, then operation convenience is improved, but operation complexity and difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation convenienceVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by displaying highlighted text information corresponding to operation items before voice input is given. This allows the user to see in advance what operations are available and their corresponding text representations, making the voice recognition process more accurate and reducing the complexity of voice commands needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback by displaying the second operation image with highlighted text information that corresponds to the voice input. This visual feedback confirms to the user that the voice command was correctly interpreted and is associated with the appropriate operation item, reducing operational complexity through better user-system interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If text information is highlighted in the operation image, then voice input accuracy is improved, but display processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice input accuracyVSAvoiddisplay processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display processing unit segments the operation image into distinct elements by highlighting specific text information corresponding to operation items. This segmentation allows the system to process and display only the relevant portions of the interface, improving voice input accuracy without requiring complete reprocessing of the entire display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies local quality by selectively highlighting only the text information that corresponds to the current operation item or items being displayed. This localized processing approach improves voice input accuracy for specific functions while minimizing the overall display processing complexity by not redesigning the entire interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12039228B2Electronic device and non-transitory storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.07.16 HISENSE VISUAL TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present application relates to an electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium. The electronic device of the embodiments includes a display processing unit and a voice operation processing unit. The display processing unit is configured to display on the display unit a first operation image including presentation of an operation item for operation input; if a predetermined condition is satisfied in the presentation of the first operation image, a second operation image is displayed on the display, the second operation image being an operation image in which text information corresponding to the operation item in the first operation image is highlighted. In the presentation of the second operation image, the voice operation processing unit is configured to receive the voice operation input corresponding to the text information highlighted in the second operation image as an operation on the video apparatus.