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Samsung patents TV voice control that ends automatically after a command

Samsung has been granted a patent for a display device that uses voice recognition to determine when a user has finished speaking. The system analyzes the spoken command to decide if the interaction is complete, such as after selecting a search result, and then automatically exits the listening mode without requiring a manual stop.

Why it mattersThis improves the convenience of smart TV interactions by removing the need for users to manually end a voice session, making the device feel more responsive to natural conversation flow.

In the filing’s own words

A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A display apparatus comprising: a voice receiver; a communicator configured to communicate with a server; a display; and a processor configured to: receive a first voice input through the voice receiver, based on a predetermined trigger speech being included in the first voice input, control the display apparatus to enter a voice input mode, based on a predetermined command related to the display apparatus being included in a second voice input received through the voice receiver while the display apparatus is in the voice input mode, perform an operation corresponding to the predetermined command and release the voice input mode after performing the operation without receiving a user input, and based on the predetermined command not being included in the second voice input and a text being included in the second voice input, receive a search result corresponding to the text included in the second voice input from the server and control the display to display a screen corresponding to the search result, wherein the processor is further configured to: based on the search result including a plurality of search results, control the display to display the plurality of search results and maintain the voice input mode for receiving a subsequent user input while the plurality of search results are displayed on the display, and based on a search result from among the plurality of search results being selected by the subsequent user input, control the display to display information corresponding to the selected search result and automatically release the voice input mode without receiving the user input after displaying the information corresponding to the selected search result on the display, wherein the processor is further configured to: based on receiving a voice input including an index among a plurality of indexes corresponding to the plurality of search results, control the display to display a screen corresponding to a content related to the index and automatically release the voice input mode without receiving the user input, and wherein the plurality of indexes is related to a display order of the plurality of search results displayed on the display.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Display apparatus capable of releasing a voice input mode by sensing a speech finish and voice control method thereof
Patent number
US12738276B2
Application number
18491491
Filed
Oct 20, 2023
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
22

Classified under

G10L 15/28 Physics & computingG10L 15/22 Physics & computingG10L 25/78 Physics & computing

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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