Hand-ear user interface for hand-held device
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsWillem Bulthuis, Yevgeniy Eugene Shteyn, Mieko Kusano, Robert Lambourne, Lisa Holzhauser
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Abstract
A hand-held information processing device, such as a mobile phone, has a thumb wheel that lets the user scan a circular array of options. Each respective one of the options is represented by a respective audio output that gets played out when the wheel is turned a notch up or down. This enables the user to select an option with one hand and without having to look at the device. It also allows for a form factor smaller than that of a conventional mobile phones since a keypad is not needed for entering digits to make a call from a personalized directory.
Claims4
A jukebox device for the play-out of audio files comprising:
- a navigating input for enabling the user to navigate in a set of audio files;
- each audio file having an introductory portion;
- a memory enabling the user to store audio information corresponding to each audio file;
- a feedback output to provide at least a first type and second type of auditory feedback in response to the navigating input;
- the first type of auditory feedback comprising a play out of the audio information corresponding to a current audio file of the set of audio files when the user is navigating at a first speed;
- the second type of auditory feedback indicating a progression to a next current audio file of the set of audio files when the user is navigating at a second speed, which is relatively faster than the first speed;
- and
- a validating input to enable the user to select the current audio file in response to the feedback output,
- wherein the audio information comprises the introductory portion of the current audio file.
An information processing device comprising:
- a mobile communication apparatus having a user-interface for enabling a user to interact with the device;
- a navigating input for enabling the user to navigate in a set of options;
- a memory enabling the user to store audio information corresponding to each option of the set of options;
- a feedback output to provide a first type and a second type of auditory feedback information to the user in response to the navigating input;
- the first type of auditory feedback comprising a play out of the audio information corresponding to a current option of the set of options, as indicated by the navigating input when the user is navigating at a first speed;
- the second type of auditory feedback indicating only a progression to a next current option of the set of options, as indicated by the navigating input, when the user is navigating at a second, faster speed;
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- a validating input to enable the user to select the current option based on the provided feedback information,
- wherein the audio information comprises at least one recorded user-spoken word associated with a telephone extension.
An information processing device comprising:
- a mobile communication apparatus having a user-interface;
- a wireless email terminal for operating with an application server for text-to-speech conversion;
- a navigating input for enabling the user to navigate in a set of options;
- a memory enabling the user to store audio information corresponding to each option of the set of options;
- a feedback output to provide a first type and a second type of auditory feedback information to the user in response to the navigating input;
- the first type of auditory feedback comprising a play out of the audio information corresponding to a current option of the set of options, as indicated by the navigating input when the user is navigating at a first speed;
- the second type of auditory feedback indicating a progression to a next current option of the set of options when the user is navigating at a second speed, which is relatively faster than the first speed;
- and
- a validating input to enable the user to select the current option,
- wherein the audio information comprises
- at least one recorded user-spoken word associated with an email address.
A method of enabling a user to access telephone extensions with an information processing device, comprising:
- enabling the user to navigate among a set of telephone extensions;
- enabling the user to store audio information corresponding to each of the telephone extensions;
- providing a first type of auditory feedback information about each telephone extension, the first type of auditory feedback comprising a play out of the audio information corresponding to the telephone extension when the user is navigating at a first speed;
- providing a second type of auditory feedback information about each telephone extension user when the user is navigation at a second speed that is relatively faster than the first speed;
- and
- enabling the user to validate a current one of the options,
- wherein the audio information comprises at least one recorded user-spoken word associated with one of the telephone extensions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.