Patent ID: 6289140
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G10L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A voice control input method for a capture device, said method comprising the steps of:(a0) using a separate host computer system for training said capture device to accept voice commands, comprising the steps of(a0a) loading voice analysis software into a memory in said host computer system, wherein sad host computer system is separate from said capture device,(a0b) connecting said capture device to said host computer system,(a0c) selecting a predetermined function, with said voice analysis software, for training and voice analysis of at least one word for invoking said predetermined function,(a0d) capturing a plurality of voice inputs of said at least one word in said voice pickup component of said capture device,(a0e) processing said plurality of voice inputs into a plurality of digital signals in said capture device,(a0f) sending said plurality of digital signals from said capture device to said host computer system,(a0g) analyzing said plurality of digital signals with said voice analysis software,(a0h) developing said at least one recognition pattern from said analysis of said plurality of digital signals with said voice analysis software,(a0i) storing said at least one recognition pattern in said memory in said host computer system, and(a0j) transferring said at least one recognition pattern in said memory in said host computer system to said command recognition table in said static memory in said capture device, wherein said at least one recognition pattern is linked to said first set of instructions stored in said command recognition table for performing said predetermined function;(a) capturing a first voice control input command with a voice pickup component in said capture device;(b) converting said first voice control input command into a first analog signal;(c) converting said first analog signal into a first digital signal;(d) converting said first digital signal into a first recognition pattern;(e) comparing said first recognition pattern to at least one recognition pattern stored in a command recognition table in a static memory in said capture device; and(f) when said first recognition pattern matches said at least one recognition pattern stored in said command recognition table, executing a first set of instructions linked to said at least one recognition pattern.