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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Jacques Mingot, Noisy le Roi, FR;
Jiang Shao, Rennes, FR;
Eric Diehl, Liffré, FR;
Nour-Eddine Tazine, Noyal sur Vilaine, FR;
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The system includes a remote controlled apparatus furnished with a display device or adapted to be linked to such a device; a remote control device comprising a microphone; voice recognition circuit adapted to receive the signal emanating from the microphone and to generate a signal for controlling a functional feature of the apparatus corresponding to the word or group of words picked up by the microphone. The system comprises means for displaying on the said screen a list of the words or groups of words corresponding to the functional features of the apparatus which can be accessed by voice control in a window of the screen so as to enable the user to ascertain the key words which he has to utter in order to trigger these functional features.