Patents by Inventor Eun-Sang Bak
Eun-Sang Bak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240038088Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for questions and answers includes a display unit includes an input unit configured to receive user's speech voice; a communication unit configured to perform data communication with an answer server; and a processor configured to create and display one or more question sentences using the speech voice in response to the speech voice being a word speech, create a question language corresponding to the question sentence selected from among the displayed one or more question sentences, transmit the created question language to the answer server via the communication unit, and, in response to one or more answer results related to the question language being received from the answer server, display the received one or more answer results. Accordingly, the display apparatus may provide an answer result appropriate to a user's question intention although a non-sentence speech is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eun-sang BAK
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Patent number: 11817013Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for questions and answers includes a display unit includes an input unit configured to receive user's speech voice; a communication unit configured to perform data communication with an answer server; and a processor configured to create and display one or more question sentences using the speech voice in response to the speech voice being a word speech, create a question language corresponding to the question sentence selected from among the displayed one or more question sentences, transmit the created question language to the answer server via the communication unit, and, in response to one or more answer results related to the question language being received from the answer server, display the received one or more answer results. Accordingly, the display apparatus may provide an answer result appropriate to a user's question intention although a non-sentence speech is input.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Eun-sang Bak
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Publication number: 20210065572Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for questions and answers includes a display unit includes an input unit configured to receive user's speech voice; a communication unit configured to perform data communication with an answer server; and a processor configured to create and display one or more question sentences using the speech voice in response to the speech voice being a word speech, create a question language corresponding to the question sentence selected from among the displayed one or more question sentences, transmit the created question language to the answer server via the communication unit, and, in response to one or more answer results related to the question language being received from the answer server, display the received one or more answer results. Accordingly, the display apparatus may provide an answer result appropriate to a user's question intention although a non-sentence speech is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eun-sang BAK
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Patent number: 10922990Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for questions and answers includes a display unit includes an input unit configured to receive user's speech voice; a communication unit configured to perform data communication with an answer server; and a processor configured to create and display one or more question sentences using the speech voice in response to the speech voice being a word speech, create a question language corresponding to the question sentence selected from among the displayed one or more question sentences, transmit the created question language to the answer server via the communication unit, and, in response to one or more answer results related to the question language being received from the answer server, display the received one or more answer results. Accordingly, the display apparatus may provide an answer result appropriate to a user's question intention although a non-sentence speech is input.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Eun-sang Bak
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Publication number: 20190279523Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for questions and answers includes a display unit includes an input unit configured to receive user's speech voice; a communication unit configured to perform data communication with an answer server; and a processor configured to create and display one or more question sentences using the speech voice in response to the speech voice being a word speech, create a question language corresponding to the question sentence selected from among the displayed one or more question sentences, transmit the created question language to the answer server via the communication unit, and, in response to one or more answer results related to the question language being received from the answer server, display the received one or more answer results. Accordingly, the display apparatus may provide an answer result appropriate to a user's question intention although a non-sentence speech is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eun-sang BAK
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Patent number: 10339823Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for questions and answers includes a display unit includes an input unit configured to receive user's speech voice; a communication unit configured to perform data communication with an answer server; and a processor configured to create and display one or more question sentences using the speech voice in response to the speech voice being a word speech, create a question language corresponding to the question sentence selected from among the displayed one or more question sentences, transmit the created question language to the answer server via the communication unit, and, in response to one or more answer results related to the question language being received from the answer server, display the received one or more answer results. Accordingly, the display apparatus may provide an answer result appropriate to a user's question intention although a non-sentence speech is input.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Eun-Sang Bak
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Patent number: 9953645Abstract: A voice recognition device includes an extractor configured to extract at least one of a first utterance element indicating an execution command and a second utterance element indicating a subject, from a user's voice utterance, a domain determiner configured to determine a current domain to provide response information regarding the voice utterance based on the first and the second utterance elements, and a controller configured to determine a candidate conversation frame to provide the response information regarding the voice utterance on at least one of the current domain and a previous domain based on a conversation state of the current domain, wherein the previous domain is determined from a previous voice utterance of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-Sang Bak, Kyung-duk Kim, Myung-jae Kim, Yu Liu, Seong-han Ryu, Geun-bae Lee
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Patent number: 9865252Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus and a method for providing response information are provided. The voice recognition apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an extractor configured to extract a first utterance element representing a user action and a second utterance element representing an object from a user's utterance voice signal; a domain determiner configured to detect an expansion domain related to the extracted first and second utterance elements based on a hierarchical domain model, and determine at least one candidate domain related to the detected expansion domain as a final domain; a communicator which performs communication with an external apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit information regarding the first and second utterance elements and information regarding the determined final domain.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-sang Bak, Kyung-duk Kim, Myung-jae Kim, Yu Liu, Seong-han Ryu, Geun-bae Lee
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Publication number: 20160267139Abstract: A knowledge-based service system, a knowledge-based service server, a method for providing a knowledge-based service, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium thereof, are provided. The knowledge-based service system includes a display apparatus configured to receive a query from a user, and a knowledge-based service server configured to receive the query from the display apparatus, determine whether a word that is included in the received query is at least one among an entity and an attribute, and transmit, to the display apparatus, an answer to the query based on a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung-duk KIM, Hyung-jong NOH, Eun-sang BAK, Geun-bae LEE, Sang-do HAN
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Publication number: 20160133146Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for questions and answers includes a display unit includes an input unit configured to receive user's speech voice; a communication unit configured to perform data communication with an answer server; and a processor configured to create and display one or more question sentences using the speech voice in response to the speech voice being a word speech, create a question language corresponding to the question sentence selected from among the displayed one or more question sentences, transmit the created question language to the answer server via the communication unit, and, in response to one or more answer results related to the question language being received from the answer server, display the received one or more answer results. Accordingly, the display apparatus may provide an answer result appropriate to a user's question intention although a non-sentence speech is input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Eun-sang BAK
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Patent number: 9183832Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for executing a link and a method for recognizing a voice thereof are provided. The method for executing a link of the display apparatus includes displaying a user interface, determining a text included in a link included in the user interface, displaying the text determined in the link to be distinguished from other texts, recognizing a voice input from a user, and if the voice uttered by the user matches the text determined in the link, executing the link associated with the matching text. Accordingly, possibility of misrecognition of a voice input by the user is reduced, and the user controls a display apparatus using more exact voice recognition.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-sang Bak, Hyun-kyu Yun
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Publication number: 20150310855Abstract: A voice recognition device includes an extractor configured to extract at least one of a first utterance element indicating an execution command and a second utterance element indicating a subject, from a user's voice utterance, a domain determiner configured to determine a current domain to provide response information regarding the voice utterance based on the first and the second utterance elements, and a controller configured to determine a candidate conversation frame to provide the response information regarding the voice utterance on at least one of the current domain and a previous domain based on a conversation state of the current domain, wherein the previous domain is determined from a previous voice utterance of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-Sang BAK, Kyung-duk KIM, Myung-jae KIM, Yu LIU, Seong-han RYU, Geun-bae LEE
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Publication number: 20150205779Abstract: A server and method for correcting an error of a voice recognition result are provided. The method includes, in response to recognizing a user voice, determining a pattern of parts of speech of text data corresponding to the recognized user voice; comparing a prestored standard pattern of parts of speech with the pattern of parts of speech of text data; detecting an error region of the recognized user voice based on a result of the comparing; and correcting the text data corresponding to the detected error region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-sang BAK, Kyung-duk KIM, Hyung-jong NOH, Geun-bae LEE, Jun-hwi CHOI
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Publication number: 20140350933Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus includes: an extractor configured to extract utterance elements from a user's uttered voice; an LSP converter configured to convert the extracted utterance elements into LSP formats; and a controller configured to determine whether an utterance element related to an OOV exists among the utterance elements converted into the LSP formats with reference to vocabulary list information including pre-registered vocabularies, and to determine an OOD area in which it is impossible to provide response information in response to the uttered voice, in response to determining that the utterance element related to the OOV exists. Accordingly, the voice recognition apparatus provides appropriate response information according to a user's intent by considering a variety of utterances and possibilities regarding a user's uttered voice.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-sang BAK, Kyung-duk KIM, Hyung-jong NOH, Seong-han RYU, Geun-bae LEE
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Publication number: 20140214425Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus and a method for providing response information are provided. The voice recognition apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an extractor configured to extract a first utterance element representing a user action and a second utterance element representing an object from a user's utterance voice signal; a domain determiner configured to detect an expansion domain related to the extracted first and second utterance elements based on a hierarchical domain model, and determine at least one candidate domain related to the detected expansion domain as a final domain; a communicator which performs communication with an external apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit information regarding the first and second utterance elements and information regarding the determined final domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-sang BAK, Kyung-duk KIM, Myung-jae KIM, Yu LIU, Seong-han RYU, Geun-bae LEE
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Publication number: 20140129223Abstract: A method and apparatus for voice recognition are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a voice receiver which receives a user's voice signal; a first voice recognition engine which receives the voice signal and recognizes voice based on the voice signal; a communicator which receives and transmits the voice signal to an external second voice recognition engine; and a controller which transmits the voice signal from the voice receiver to the first voice recognition engine, and in response to the first voice recognition engine being capable of recognizing voice from the voice signal, the controller outputs the voice recognition results of the first voice recognition engine, and in response to the first voice recognition engine being incapable of recognizing voice from the voice signal, the controller controls transmission of the voice signal to the second voice recognition engine through the communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Eun-sang BAK
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Publication number: 20140122075Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus is provided. The voice recognition apparatus comprises: a voice receiver which receives a user's voice signal; a first voice recognition engine which receives the voice signal and performs a voice recognition process; a communication unit which receives the voice signal and transmits the voice signal to an external second voice recognition engine; and a controller which transmits the voice signal received through the voice receiver to at least one of the first voice recognition engine and the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-sang BAK, Myung-jae KIM, Yu LIU, Geo-geun PARK
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Publication number: 20130110508Abstract: An electronic device and a control method are provided. The electronic device includes a voice receiver which receives a voice of a user; a signal processor which performs signal processing on the received voice; a communicator which communicates with a first external device; and a controller which determines a text corresponding to the received voice of the user, and controls the communicator to transmit the signal processed voice and the determined text to the first external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-sang BAK, Ju-rack CHAE, Jae-hwan KIM, Yu LIU
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Publication number: 20130041666Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus, a voice recognition server, a voice recognition system, and a voice recognition method, in which a general-purpose voice recognition engine may accurately recognize a limited number of words used in a specific area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Eun-sang BAK
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Publication number: 20130035927Abstract: A display apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a server thereof are provided, in which the display apparatus includes: a communication unit which communicates with a terminal via a conversation mode; a video processor which processes an image related to the conversation mode; a display unit which displays the image processed by the video processor; and a controller which controls the display unit to display a conversation graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a translation selection item and a conversation window for having a conversation with a user of the terminal if the conversation mode is selected, and provides a result from a translation of the conversation if the translation selection item is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae-hwan CHA, Ju-rack CHAE, Jae-cheol KIM, Jae-hwan KIM, Eun-sang BAK