# US 12,008,989 B2 · Electronic apparatus and processing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,008,989 B2 - Document ID: US12008989B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/072,415 - Filed: 2020-10-16 - Published: 2021-02-04 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-25 - Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation - Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation - Inventors: Akihito Hatanaka; Tomoki Iwaizumi; Youji Hamada; Hisae Honma; Kousuke Nagase; Tomohiro Sudou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008989B2 ## CPC - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - H04M 1/00: Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers (subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08) - H04M 3/533: Voice mail systems - H04M 11/00: Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - H04M 2201/60: Medium conversion - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An electronic apparatus and a processing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication unit and at least one processor. The communication unit is configured to acquire information related to an other-party apparatus. The at least one processor is configured to receive input of a voice signal output from a first voice input unit. The electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus are capable of communicating with each other with voice/message converted communication in which first voice input to the first voice input unit is converted into a first message and the first message is displayed on the other-party apparatus. The at least one processor determines execution of the voice/message converted communication, based on the information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to acquire information related to an other-party apparatus; and at least one processor configured to receive input of a voice signal output from a first voice input unit, wherein the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus are capable of communicating with each other with voice/message converted communication in which first voice input to the first voice input unit is converted into a first message and the first message is displayed on the other-party apparatus, the at least one processor determines execution of the voice/message converted communication, based on the information, the at least one processor causes a first sound output unit to output voice, the other-party apparatus performs processing using a voice signal output from a second voice input unit, the other-party apparatus causes a second sound output unit to output voice, the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus are capable of communicating with each other with phone communication in which second voice input to the first voice input unit is received in the other-party apparatus, the second voice is output from the second sound output unit, third voice input to the second voice input unit is received in the communication unit, and the third voice is output from the first sound output unit, the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication based on the information while the phone communication is performed between the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus, and the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication when the at least one processor determines that volume of the second sound output unit of the other-party apparatus has been turned up based on the information while the phone communication is performed between the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information comprises the third voice, and the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication based on the third voice while the phone communication is performed between the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication when the third voice comprises a specific word while the phone communication is performed the between the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication when the at least one processor determines that noise around the other-party apparatus is loud based on the third voice while the phone communication is performed between the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication when the at least one processor determines that a user of the other-party apparatus has moved their ear away from the other-party apparatus based on the information while the phone communication is performed between the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein in the voice/message converted communication, the at least one processor converts the first voice into the first message, the first voice being input to the first sound input unit even before time when the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor determines the execution of the voice/message converted communication when the at least one processor determines that a predetermined operation is being performed on the other-party apparatus based on the information while the phone communication is performed between the electronic apparatus and the other-party apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the voice/message converted communication, a second message generated by the other-party apparatus is converted into fourth voice, and the fourth voice is output from the first sound output unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the fourth voice is generated based on fifth voice registered in an address book stored in the other-party apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the voice/message converted communication, a second message generated by the other-party apparatus is converted into fourth voice, and the fourth voice is output from the first sound output unit, and the fourth voice is generated based on the third voice input to the second sound input unit in the phone communication. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises the first voice input unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) An electronic apparatus is the other-party apparatus with which the electronic apparatus according to claim 1 is capable of communicating. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A processing system comprising: the electronic apparatus according to claim 1; and the other-party apparatus with which the electronic apparatus is capable of communicating.