Patent application EP20181461A (EP), filed 2020-06-22
Publication number: EP3757991A1
Title: ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
Abstract: [0001]    An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: obtain usage information on an application installed in the electronic apparatus, obtain a natural language understanding model, among a plurality of natural language understanding models, corresponding to the application based on the usage information, perform natural language understanding of a user voice input related to the application based on the natural language understanding model corresponding to the application, and perform an operation of the application based on the preformed natural language understanding.
IPC codes: G06F  11/    34            A I
G10L  15/    22            A I
G06F  11/    30            A I
H04L  43/  0876            A I
H04L  43/    16            A I
H04L  43/    20            A I
H04L  67/    00            A I
H04W   4/    50            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: An electronic apparatus comprising:
number: 2
text: The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
number: 3
text: The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the natural language understanding model corresponding to the application is received from the external server, based on the number of executions of the application included in the usage information being greater than or equal to a threshold number, or based on the execution time of the application being greater than or equal to a threshold time.
number: 4
text: The electronic apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:
number: 5
text: The electronic apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to request a first user voice input corresponding to an operation of the application that is determined, based on the usage information, to be performed for greater than or equal to a threshold number of times or for greater than or equal to a threshold time.
number: 6
text: The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
number: 7
text: The electronic apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to request, from an external server, the natural language understanding model corresponding to the application, based on the application being installed in the electronic apparatus.
number: 8
text: The electronic apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein:
number: 9
text: The electronic apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to remove the obtained natural language understanding model, based on the user voice input not being input for greater than or equal to a threshold number of times or for greater than or equal to a threshold period of time.
number: 10
text: A control method of an electronic apparatus, the control method comprising:
number: 11
text: The control method as claimed in claim 10, wherein:
number: 12
text: The control method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the natural language understanding model corresponding to the application is received from the external server, based on the number of executions of the application included in the usage information being greater than or equal to a threshold number, or based on the execution time of the application being greater than or equal to a threshold time.
number: 13
text: The control method of any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein:
number: 14
text: The control method of any one of claims 10 to 13, further comprising requesting a first user voice input corresponding to an operation of the application that is determined, based on the usage information, to be performed for greater than or equal to a threshold number of times or for greater than or equal to a threshold time.
number: 15
text: The control method of any one of claims 10 to 14, further comprising:
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-12-30
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2016071519A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2016071519
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2020-12-30)