Patent №
US 6,988,070
Granted
2006-01-17
Filed 2001
Owner
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
Lab
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AI components
2
nlp · speech
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09852727
A voice control system for managing home electrical appliances includes a home agent server (HAS) connected to the home electrical appliances, a microphone and a speaker linked to the agent server through an in-house network. An transaction processing (TP) program runs on HAS and interprets the user's voice request to find a destined appliance and a manner of control the same, and performs the requested control to the destined appliance. The result is notified to the user by means of a voice message.
AI classification
Ownership
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
assignment · 119860467
Assignors
KAWASAKI, TOSHINOBU, KOMODA, YOSHIYUKI, TOKUNAGA, YOSHIHIKO, OKADA, YUKIO, SHINOMIYA, HIROTATSU, HAYAMI, TAKEHITO
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.