Communication device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazunori Katoh
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Abstract
Provided is a technology which improves reliability of the interaction between devices in a system where the devices communicate. In an information appliance system, multiple information appliances and a communication device such as a smart phone are in M2M communication. The communication device receives input of a voice from a user, and authenticates the user based on a voice signal, and sample voice data accumulated for user identification. The communication device performs a speech recognition process on the voice signal to determine an instruction of the user. When the user is authenticated and the instruction of the user is determined, the communication device transmits a command according to the instruction to an information appliance that is associated with the determined instruction of the user.
Claims5
A communication device configured communicable with one or more communication apparatuses, the communication device comprising:
- a processor for voice processing configured to receive input of a voice and output voice signal based on the input voice;
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- a controller configured to control an operation of the communication device, the controller is configured to:
- perform processing to authenticate a user, based on the voice signal, and voice data accumulated in a storage for user identification;
- perform a speech recognition process on the voice signal to determine an instruction of the user indicated by the received voice;
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- when the user is authenticated and the instruction of the user is determined, transmit a command according to the instruction to a communication apparatus among the one or more communication apparatuses that is associated with the determined instruction of the user,
- wherein when the instruction of the user is associated with a plurality of communication apparatuses among the one or more communication apparatuses, transmitting the command includes:
- receiving from the user a selection operation of selecting a communication apparatus to which a command is to be transmitted among the plurality of communication apparatuses;
- setting priority to the plurality of communication apparatuses based on the number of selections of the plurality of communication apparatuses by the user;
- and informing preferentially the user of apparatuses which have been selected more often by the user, among the plurality of communication apparatus, based on the set priority.
A communication device communicable with a server device, the server device being configured to store voice data for user identification, the communication device being configured communicable with one or more communication apparatuses, and comprising:
- a processor for voice processing configured to receive input of a voice, and output a voice signal based on the input voice;
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- a controller configured to control an operation of the communication device, the controller is configured to:
- transmit the voice signal to the server device to cause the server device to perform processing to authenticate a user based on the voice signal and processing to determine an instruction of the user indicated by the voice signal, and
- receive a processing result from the server device, and
- when the user is authenticated and the instruction of the user is determined by the server device, transmit a command according to the instruction to a communication apparatus among the one or more communication apparatuses that is associated with the determined instruction of the user,
- wherein when the instruction of the user is associated with a plurality of communication apparatuses among the one or more communication apparatuses, transmitting the command includes:
- receiving from the user a selection operation of selecting a communication apparatus to which a command is to be transmitted among the plurality of communication apparatuses;
- setting priority to the plurality of communication apparatuses based on the number of selections of the plurality of communication apparatuses by the user;
- and informing preferentially the user of apparatuses which have been selected more often by the user, among the plurality of communication apparatuses, based on the set priority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.