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US 2003/0120494 A1Published application
Control apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsUwe Helmut Jost, Yuan Shao
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsUwe Helmut Jost, Yuan Shao
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A control apparatus is provided for enabling a user to communicate by speech with processor-controlled apparatus (1) having a display (44) for displaying screens to a user, an audio input (42) for receiving speech data from the user and a pointing device (40) for providing data for enabling the screen location at which the user's attention is directed to be determined. The control apparatus has a screen data provider (100) providing screen data for a display screen, the screen data including access data, location data defining a location within the screen associated with the access data and speech input data for assisting a user in formulating a spoken command or commands to initiate use of the access data; a screen data displayer (100) for causing the display (44) to display a screen representing the screen data to the user; a location determiner (100) for determining from position data provided by the position data provider the screen location at which the user's attention is directed; and a prompter (100) for, when the determined location corresponds to the location defined by the location data, using the speech input data to provide the user with a prompt to assist the user in formulating a spoken command that initiates use of the access data.
Control apparatus for enabling a user to communicate by speech with processor-controlled apparatus having a display for displaying screens to a user, an audio input means for receiving speech data from the user and a position data providing means for providing data for enabling the screen location at which the user's attention is directed to be determined, the control apparatus comprising:
A method of enabling a user to communicate by speech with processor-controlled apparatus having a display for displaying screens to a user, an audio input means for receiving speech data from the user and a position data providing means for providing data for enabling the screen location at which the user's attention is directed to be determined, the method comprising processor means carrying out the steps of:
Control apparatus for enabling a user to communicate by speech with processor-controlled apparatus having a display for displaying screens to a user and an audio input means for receiving speech data from the user, the control apparatus comprising:
A method of enabling a user to communicate by speech with processor-controlled apparatus having a display for displaying screens to a user and an audio input means for receiving speech data from the user, the method comprising processor means carrying out the steps of:
Program instructions for programming a processor to enable a user to communicate by speech with processor-controlled apparatus having a display for displaying screens to a user and an audio input means for receiving speech data from the user, the program instructions comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.