Wireless voice-activated device for control of a processor-based host system
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsPhilip R. Thrift, Charles T. Hemphill
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Abstract
A hand-held wireless voice-activated device (10) for controlling a host system (11), such as a computer connected to the World Wide Web. The device (10) has a display (10a), a microphone (10b), and a wireless transmitter (10g) and receiver (10h). It may also have a processor (10e) and memory (10f) for performing voice recognition. A device (20) can be specifically designed for Web browsing, by having a processor (20e) and memory (20f) that perform both voice recognition and interpretation of results of the voice recognition.
Claims18
A wireless voice-activated control system comprising:
- a remote processor-based host system;
- a voice recognition processor operable to perform a voice recognition process and a memory that stores said voice recognition process and grammar files;
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- a voice activated control unit for remotely controlling said remote processor-based host system comprising:
- a microphone operable to receive voice command input from a user, thereby providing an audio input signal;
- said microphone operably coupled to said voice recognition processor, said memory and said grammar files for voice recognition of said voice commands;
- an audio transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit data derived from said audio input signal to said host system to control said host system;
- a data receiver operable to wirelessly receive image data from said host system representing voice commanded display images;
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- a display operable to generate and display said voice commanded images represented by said image data.
A wireless voice-activated control system for voice-control of a remote processor-based host system in data communication with a hypermedia resource to permit a user to browse a hypermedia network, comprising:
- said remote processor-based host system including a web browser and in data communication with a hypermedia resource;
- a voice recognition processor operable to perform a voice recognition process and a memory that stores said voice recognition process and grammar files;
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- a voice-activated control unit for remotely controlling said remote processor-based host system comprising:
- a microphone operable to receive voice browser commands input from a user, thereby generating an audio input signal;
- said microphone operably coupled to said voice recognition processor, said memory and said grammar files for voice recognition of said voice commands;
- an audio transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit data representing browser commands derived from said audio input signal to said remote processor-based host system to cause said host system to browse said hypermedia network and retrieve selected web page;
- a data receiver operable to wirelessly receive image data representing a selected web page from said remote host system;
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- a display operable to generate and display web page images represented by said image data and retrieved from said hypermedia resource by said host system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.