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Patent US5027149 - Voice-recognition camera - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA camera for taking photographs by voice recognition operations. The camera comprises a microphone through which voiced command words of an operator are registered in a computer as a form of digital data. The computer identifies the same voiced command words in accordance with the registered data and...http://www.google.com/patents/US5027149?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5027149 - Voice-recognition cameraAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5027149 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 07/496,646Publication dateJun 25, 1991Filing dateMar 21, 1990Priority dateJan 28, 1988Fee statusPaidPublication number07496646, 496646, US 5027149 A, US 5027149A, US-A-5027149, US5027149 A, US5027149AInventorsYasushi Hoshino, Tsuyoshi Kakita, Makoto YoshidaOriginal AssigneeKonica CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (2), Referenced by (59), Classifications (4), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetVoice-recognition camera
US 5027149 AAbstract
A camera for taking photographs by voice recognition operations. The camera comprises a microphone through which voiced command words of an operator are registered in a computer as a form of digital data. The computer identifies the same voiced command words in accordance with the registered data and operates the intended functions of the camera. The camera indicates the functioning of the computer for the registration and the recognition of the voiced command words with a display device so that the operator can confirm his operations on the camera.
1. In a photographic camera including functions responsive to voice commands of a user, the camera having a registration mode and an recognition mode, means in the registration mode for registering a particular voice command with a selected function, a memory for storing each registered voice command, means in the recognition mode for recognizing a voice command as registered, and means in the recognition mode responsive to the recognition means for activating the function corresponding to the recognized voice command, the improvement comprising:first means in the registration mode for visually displaying a symbol representative of each function selected for voice command registration; second means in the registration mode for visually displaying a symbol representative of each function for which a voice command has been successfully registered; and third means in the recognition mode responsive to a registered voice command for visually displaying a symbol representative of the function for which the voice command is recognized. 2. The camera of claim 1 also including a checking mode, means for selectively engaging the checking mode, and means responsive to engaging the checking mode for enabling the third means and disabling the activating means to permit determining whether a voice command is registered for a particular function without activating the function.
This invention pertains to a voice-recognition camera which operates upon recognizing a voice input. With the advancement of voice-recognition technology, a camera that performs specific operations upon recognizing an input voice or a key word (vocal instruction/command) registered in advance has been under consideration. The user of such a camera can release the shutter by simply telling the camera, "Release." The user does not have to worry about a blurred picture due to the movement of camera caused by the manual releasing action, or he can remotely control the camera.
The basic concept of this invention should be a camera without the aforementioned problems. The present invention aims to provide a camera with a means of display to indicate registration or recognition of a vocal instruction, in order to solve the aforementioned first problem of function recognition of the vocal operation means.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the circuit configuration of an embodiment of the voice-recognition camera according to the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the circuit configuration of an embodiment of the voice-recognition camera according to the present invention.
Numeral 18l indicates the S1 mode display part which functions if a vocal instruction for focus lock is registered or recognized; numeral 18m indicates the S2 mode display part which functions together with S1 mode display part 18l if a vocal instruction for shutter operation is registered or recognized.
Once it is registered, "ME" part of the display 18b stops blinking and remains; it stops its indication if switch M (16b) is turned off thereafter. Similarly from there onward, the vocal instructions (see the aforementioned table) are registered in correspondence with the individual switches that configure register switch 16. During the registration, "IT" part of the display 18c, numeral display part 18d, overexposure mode and underexposure mode display parts 18h and 18k all blink, remain and stop their indications similarly to "ES" part of the display 18a and "ME" part of the display 18b. In addition to those display parts, S1 mode display part 18l and S2 mode display part 18m, self-timer mode display part 18n and rewind mode display part 18p also operate in the same way. By these indications, the user can recognize that individual vocal instructions have been registered.
______________________________________Operating switch      I0            I1                  I2                      I3                           Vocal Instruction                                      D0                                          D1______________________________________S1    0     1     1   1    "Focus Lock"                                      0   0Switch 12S2    0     0     1   1    "Release"  0   1Switch 13Self-timer 1     1     0   1    "Self-Timer"                                      1   0switch 14Rewind     1     1     1   0    "Rewind"   1   1switch 15______________________________________
If a voice input is inputted (F-1), voice-recognition circuit 3 judges whether the inputted voice matches the registered vocal instruction (F-2); and if yes, it turns out a corresponding signal (2-bit signal) to terminals D0 and D1 of microcomputer 4 (F-3). An example of this signal is indicated at the right-hand end of the above table. For example, if the vocal instruction "Focus Lock" is recognized, "O" and "O" signals are turned out to input terminals D0 and D1 of microcomputer 4 respectively.
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