Beverage supply apparatus and control method therefor
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorGyuhyeok Jeong
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a beverage supply apparatus comprising a sensing unit, a microphone, an artificial intelligence unit and a control unit. The control unit: activates the microphone when an object is detected; recognizes first sound data of a user when the first sound data is sensed via the activated microphone; acquires information associated with the user on the basis of the first sound data; stores the acquired information associated with the user; and determines a menu corresponding to the object on the basis of the information associated with the user and the first sound data.
Claims15
An apparatus for supplying beverage, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensing unit;
- a microphone;
- an artificial intelligence unit, and
- a controller capable of:
- activating the microphone when an object detected,
- recognizing a first sound data of a user when the first sound data is sensed through the activated microphone,
- obtaining information of the user based on the first sound data,
- storing the obtained information of the user,
- determining a menu corresponding to the object based on the user's information and the first sound data, and controlling a water supply unit to supply the determined menu to the object,
- wherein the artificial intelligence unit is further configured to:
- store the user's information and information on the menu by learning the first sound data,
- when both a linguistic expression and a non-linguistic expression are included in the first sound data, determine the user's information by considering both of the linguistic expression and the non-linguistic expression, and
- store the user's information and the information on the menu,
- wherein the non-linguistic expression includes a yawning sound.
A method of controlling a beverage supply apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting an object;
- activating a microphone;
- sensing a first sound data of a user;
- recognizing the first sound data;
- obtaining information of the user based on the first sound data;
- storing the obtained information of the user;
- determining a menu corresponding to the object based on the user's information and t first sound data;
- storing the user s information and information on the menu by learning the first sound data;
- controlling a water supply unit to supply the determined menu to the object;
- when both a linguistic expression non-linguistic expression are included in the first sound data, determining the user's information by considering both of the linguistic expression and the non-linguistic expression;
- and
- storing the user's information and the information on the menu,
- wherein the non-linguistic expression includes a yawning sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.