Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Recognition
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-02
2004-10-12
Dorvil, Richemond (Department: 2654)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Recognition
C704S275000, C715S252000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06804644
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The invention relates to a text processing system by which a text data stored in the text processing system can be changed in accordance with a spoken command information signal delivered to the text processing system, including a speech recognition device to which a spoken command information signal can be delivered in a command inputting mode of the speech recognition device and which is arranged for delivering a control data assigned by the speech recognition device to the delivered spoken command information signal, and including a text processing device which can be brought to an active state for processing a stored text data, while a text-block data of the text data can be featured in the text processing device and a control data can be delivered to the text processing device by the speech recognition device for changing a featured text-block data.
The invention further relates to a speech recognition device to which a spoken command information signal can be applied and which is arranged for delivering a control data to at least one text processing device controlled to an active state, while the speech recognition device, in a command inputting mode of the speech recognition device, can be supplied with a spoken command information signal and the speech recognition device is arranged for producing a control data assigned to the applied spoken command information signal by the speech recognition device, and the text processing device can be supplied with a control data by the speech recognition device for changing a text-block data featured in the text processing device.
The invention further relates to a method of changing a text data stored in a text processing device in accordance with a spoken command information signal delivered to a speech recognition device, while a spoken command information signal is delivered to the speech recognition device in a command inputting mode of the speech recognition device and the speech recognition device delivers a control data assigned to the delivered spoken command information signal, and the text processing device is brought to an active state for processing a stored text data, and a text-block data of the text data is featured in the text processing device, and the text processing device is supplied with a control data by the speech recognition device for changing a featured text-block data.
2. Related Art
Such a text processing system, such a speech recognition device and such a method are known from the document U.S. Pat. No. 5,386,494A. The known text processing system is formed by a personal computer, which includes a microphone, a monitor, a keyboard and a computer mouse. The personal computer accommodates a text processing device by which a text data stored on a hard disk or in a Random Access Memory of the personal computer can be processed, thus read from the hard disk, displayed on the display screen and stored on the hard disk, while such a processing provides that a stored text data can be changed or edited. A cursor shown on the display screen can be positioned at a specific spot of a text data displayed on the display screen with the computer mouse, or a text-block data of a stored text data displayed on the display screen can be featured and marked. A featured text-block data is displayed in a particular manner on the display screen, for example, in an “Inverse Font”. A control data for changing a featured text-block data may be activated by the keyboard or the computer mouse. As a result of the control data the featured text-block data may then be displayed, for example, in another font (Arial, Times New Roman, . . . ), in another type size (10 dots, 12 dots) or in a “Bold Type”.
The personal computer of the known text processing system further includes a speech recognition device by which a speech data spoken into the microphone is recognized and a text data assigned to the recognized speech data can be delivered to the text processing device for further processing. By actuating a key of the computer mouse, a command-inputting mode can be activated in the known speech recognition device. In an active command inputting mode in the speech recognition device, a speech data spoken into a microphone, which forms a spoken command information signal here, is assigned to a control data of the text processing device. For changing a text-block data featured in the text processing device, a control data can be delivered to the text processing device by the speech recognition device.
In the known text processing system it has appeared, however, that the text processing device contains only a small number of control data, and thus only a small number of spoken command information signals can be delivered to the text processing system for changing a text-block data featured in the text processing device.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to remedy the problems described above and improve a text processing system as defined in the text stated in the first paragraph and a speech recognition device as defined in the text stated in the second paragraph and a method as defined in the text stated in the third paragraph, and provide an improved text processing system, an improved speech recognition device and an improved method of changing a text-block data.
For solving this problem, an improved text processing system is characterized in that the text processing system includes text change means to which can be delivered by the speech recognition device in the command inputting mode a further control data assigned to a further spoken command information signal, and in that the text change means are arranged for changing a text-block data featured in the text processing device in accordance with the further spoken command information signal delivered to the speech recognition device.
As a result, there is achieved in an advantageous manner that a text-block data featured in the text processing device can be changed not only by control data processed in the text processing device, but additionally by further control data that can be processed in the text change means. Advantageously, a large number of spoken command information signals can be delivered to the text processing system for changing a text-block data featured in the text processing device. More particularly, when in the text processing system different text processing programs—such as “Word for Windows”, “Excel” and “Corel Draw” or “Lotus CC-mail” can be brought to their active state, which have each a strongly different number of control data for changing text-block data, it is advantageous to have additional further control data that can be processed by the text change means available as standard when one of these different text processing programs is used, which may respectively be activated by the further spoken command information signal assigned thereto.
In a text processing system according to the invention. As in an example of embodiment, a further text processing program—for example “Excel”—installed on the personal computer is provided as a further text editing means in addition to the text editing means already present in the text processing means. This advantageously achieves that a text-block data featured in an activated text processing device—for example “Word for Windows”—can additionally also be changed by an additional further control data that can be processed in the further text editing means—“Excel”. Consequently, advantageously a very large number of spoken command information signals i.e. those to which control data are assigned that can be processed by the activated text processing device, and those to which further control data are assigned that can be processed in the text editing means, and those to which additional further control data are assigned that can be processed in the further text editing means, can be delivered to the text processing system for changing a text-block data featured in the text processing device.
In a further example of embodiment, the text editing
Janek Gabor
Muszta Attila
Röggla Harald
Wutte Heribert
Belk Michael E.
Dorvil Richemond
Koninklijke Philips Electronics , N.V.
Lerner Martin
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