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US 11,238,865 B2Granted
Function performance based on input intonation
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJohn Weldon Nicholson, Ming Qian, Song Wang, Ryan Charles Knudson, Roderick Echols
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, audible user input; determining, subsequent to the receiving, an intonation with which the audible user input was provided; assigning, based on the determined intonation, an expressive meaning to the audible user input; and performing, based on the expressive meaning, a corresponding function. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at an information handling device, audible user input;
- determining, subsequent to the receiving, an intonation with which the audible user input was provided;
- assigning, based on the determined intonation, an expressive meaning to the audible user input;
- and
- performing, based on the expressive meaning, a corresponding function;
- wherein the assigning the expressive meaning comprises transcribing the audible user input to text and assigning, based on the determined intonation, a punctuation to the text;
- wherein the assigning the expressive meaning comprises modifying a word-vector associated with the text based on the intonation.
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An information handling device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive audible user input;
- determine, subsequent to the receiving, an intonation with which the audible user input was provided;
- assign, based on the determined intonation, an expressive meaning to the audible user input;
- and
- perform, based on the expressive meaning, a corresponding function;
- wherein the instructions executable by the processor to assign the expressive meaning comprise instructions executable by the processor to transcribe the audible user input to text and assign, based on the determined intonation, a punctuation to the text;
- wherein the instructions executable by the processor to assign the expressive meaning comprise instructions executable by the processor to modify a word-vector associated with the text based on the intonation.
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A product, comprising:
- a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that receives audible user input;
- code that determines, subsequent to the receiving, an intonation with which the audible user input was provided;
- code that assigns, based on the determined intonation, an expressive meaning to the audible user input;
- and
- code that performs, based on the expressive meaning, a corresponding function;
- wherein the code that assigns the expressive meaning comprises code that transcribes the audible user input to text and assigns, based on the determined intonation, a punctuation to the text;
- wherein the code that assigns the expressive meaning comprises code that modifies a word-vector associated with the text based on the intonation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.