# US 2014/0195230 A1 · Display apparatus and method for controlling the same

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- Number: US 2014/0195230 A1
- Document ID: US20140195230A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/148,956
- Filed: 2014-01-07
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Sang-jin HAN; Jae-kwon KIM; Eun-hee PARK; So-yon YOU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195230A1

## CPC

- G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
- G06F 16/90332: {Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems}
- G10L 2015/223: {Execution procedure of a spoken command}
- G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: an output unit; a voice collector which collects a user's voice; a first communication unit which transmits the user's voice to a first server and receives text information which corresponds to the user's voice; a second communication unit which transmits the received text information to a second server; and a controller which, when response information which corresponds to the text information is received, controls the output unit to output a system response which corresponds to an utterance intention of the user based on the response information, and when the user's utterance intention is related to at least one of performance of a function of the display apparatus and a search for a content, the system response includes an additional question which relates to the at least one of the performance of the function and the search for the content.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display apparatus comprising:
an output unit;
a voice collector which is configured to collect a signal which relates to a user's voice;
a first communication unit which is configured to transmit the collected signal which relates to the user's voice to a first server and to receive text information which corresponds to the user's voice from the first server;
a second communication unit which is configured to transmit the received text information to a second server; and
a controller which, when response information which corresponds to the text information is received from the second server, is configured to control the output unit to output a system response which corresponds to an utterance intention of the user based on the response information,
wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to at least one of a performance of a function of the display apparatus and a search for a content, the system response comprises an additional question which relates to the at least one of the performance of the function and the search for the content.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the performance of the function of the display apparatus, the additional question relates to confirming whether to perform the function.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the performance of the function of the display apparatus which function requires a performance of a prior function prior to performing the function, the additional question relates to the performance of the prior function.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the search for the content, the additional question relates to a potential result of the search for the content.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein, when the search for the content relates to an inquiry which relates to a broadcast time of a first specific content, the additional question relates to at least one of a search for the broadcast time of the first specific content and a search for a second specific content which is similar to the first specific content.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The display apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein, when the search for the content relates to a search for a person which relates to a first specific content, the additional question relates to a search for a second specific content which relates to the person.

### Claim 7

A method for controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:
collecting a signal which relates to a user's voice;
transmitting the collected signal which relates to the user's voice to a first server and receiving text information which corresponds to the user's voice from the first server;
transmitting the received text information to a second server; and
when response information which corresponds to the text information is received from the second server, outputting a system response which corresponds to an utterance intention of the user based on the response information,
wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to at least one of a performance of a function of the display apparatus and a search for a content, the system response comprises an additional question which relates to the at least one of the performance of the function and the search for the content.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the performance of the function of the display apparatus, the additional question relates to confirming whether to perform the function.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the performance of the function of the display apparatus which function requires a performance of a prior function prior to performing the function, the additional question relates to the performance of the prior function.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the search for the content, the additional question relates to a potential result of the search for the content.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, when the search for the content relates to an inquiry which relates to a broadcast time of a first specific content, the additional question relates to at least one of a search for the broadcast time of the first specific content and a search for a second specific content which is similar to the first specific content.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein, when the search for the content relates to a search for a person which relates to a first specific content, the additional question relates to a search for a second specific content which relates to the person.

### Claim 13

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which is executable by a computer for performing a method for controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:
collecting a signal which relates to a user's voice;
transmitting the collected signal which relates to the user's voice to a first server and receiving text information which corresponds to the user's voice from the first server;
transmitting the received text information to a second server; and
when response information which corresponds to the text information is received from the second server, outputting a system response which corresponds to an utterance intention of the user based on the response information,
wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to at least one of a performance of a function of the display apparatus and a search for a content, the system response comprises an additional question which relates to the at least one of the performance of the function and the search for the content.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the performance of the function of the display apparatus, the additional question relates to confirming whether to perform the function.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the performance of the function of the display apparatus which function requires a performance of a prior function prior to performing the function, the additional question relates to the performance of the prior function.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the utterance intention of the user relates to the search for the content, the additional question relates to a potential result of the search for the content.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein, when the search for the content relates to an inquiry which relates to a broadcast time of a first specific content, the additional question relates to at least one of a search for the broadcast time of the first specific content and a search for a second specific content which is similar to the first specific content.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein, when the search for the content relates to a search for a person which relates to a first specific content, the additional question relates to a search for a second specific content which relates to the person.
