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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1998
Peter Buchner, Leonberg, DE;
Silke Goronzy, Fellbach, DE;
Ralf Kompe, Fellbach, DE;
Stefan Rapp, Fellbach, DE;
Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
Home networks low-cost digital interfaces are introduced that integrate entertainment, communication and computing electronics into consumer multimedia. Normally, these are low-cost, easy to use systems, since they allow the user to remove or add any kind of network devices with the bus being active. To improve the user interface a speech unit ( ) is proposed that enables all devices ( ) connected to the bus system ( ) to be controlled by a single speech recognition device. The properties of this device, e.g. the vocabulary can be dynamically and actively extended by the consumer devices ( ) connected to the bus system ( ). The proposed technology is independent from a specific bus standard, e.g. the IEEE 1394 standard, and is well-suited for all kinds of wired wireless home networks. The speech unit ( ) receives data and messages from the device. The speech unit ( ) recognizes speaker-dependent commands. A Speech synthesizer synthesizes messages. A remotely controllable device ( ) has access to a medium which may be a CD-ROM. The device may ask for a logical name or identifier.