Voice UI Identification Tags for Electronic Apparatus Control

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Current voice recognition systems for controlling electronic devices, such as TVs, require users to navigate through menus one by one using limited navigation commands, degrading usability.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus and method that uses voice recognition to assign and display identification tags to objects on a user interface screen, allowing users to call objects by voice, even if they lack a text item for voice calling, using number or alphabet tags and a preset GUI to indicate voice-callable items.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If voice recognition search menus are controlled one by one through focus using limited navigation commands, then the system can maintain simple control structure, but usability is degraded

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveusabilityVSAvoidcontrol structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual navigation control (mechanical/mouse operations) with voice recognition technology. Users can call objects by simply saying their names or identification tags, eliminating the need for complex navigation commands and focus manipulation through menus.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces identification tags as intermediaries between objects and voice commands. These tags serve as mediators that enable direct voice-based object selection without requiring users to navigate through complex menu structures, thus improving usability while maintaining system simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If identification tags are assigned to all objects for voice calling, then voice control capability is improved, but processing overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevoice control capabilityVSAvoidprocessing overhead

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies identification tags selectively rather than universally. Tags are assigned to objects that benefit from voice calling capability, such as search results or specific UI elements, while leaving other objects unchanged. This localized approach enhances voice control where needed without adding unnecessary processing overhead system-wide.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements partial tagging where only certain objects receive identification tags for voice calling. This partial action approach provides sufficient voice control capability for common scenarios without the excessive processing burden of tagging every single object in the system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10250935B2Electronic apparatus controlled by a user's voice and control method thereof

Publication Date: 2019.04.02 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a voice input which is configured to receive a user's voice, a display configured to provide a user interface (UI) screen including at least one object, and a controller which is configured to determine whether or not it is possible for the user's voice to call the object, assign to the object an identification tag which identifies the object based on a result of the determination, and display the identification tag-assigned object.