Voice Search Controller for Mobile Terminal File Retrieval

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users find it inconvenient to search for specific files on mobile terminals as they need to browse through numerous files associated with the desired content.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal equipped with a microphone, memory, and controller that allows users to input voice commands to search for specific content by analyzing the voice and displaying associated content tagged with voice names.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually browse through files to search for specific content, then they can find the desired content, but the time and effort required increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch accuracyVSAvoidsearch time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Voice names are pre-tagged to content during the content creation or import process. When a user wants to search, the pre-tagged voice names are immediately matched against the voice input without requiring manual browsing through files. This preliminary tagging action resolves the contradiction by preparing search indexes in advance, enabling instant retrieval based on voice similarity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If the mobile terminal stores numerous files with various formats and functions, then the device functionality increases, but the complexity of searching through these files increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice functionalityVSAvoidsearch complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Voice names serve as an intermediary layer between the user and the diverse file contents. Instead of directly searching through various file formats and structures, the system translates voice input into voice name matching, simplifying the search process across different file types while maintaining support for diverse functionalities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If the system tags voice names to content for faster searching, then search efficiency improves, but the process of content management becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch efficiencyVSAvoidcontent management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically manages voice name tagging without requiring manual intervention from users. When content is created or imported, the system self-service tags appropriate voice names based on the content characteristics, eliminating the need for users to manually assign tags while still achieving efficient voice-based searching.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS8560322B2Mobile terminal and method of controlling a mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2013.10.15 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a specific content and another content associated with the specific content can be quickly searched using a user's voice. The present invention includes inputting a voice for a search for a specific content provided to the mobile terminal via a microphone, analyzing a meaning of the inputted voice, searching a memory for at least one content to which a voice name having a meaning associated with the analyzed voice is tagged, and displaying the searched at least one content.