CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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This application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0106826 filed on Aug. 29, 2019 in Korea, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
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The present invention relates to an artificial intelligence electronic device capable of determining an artificial intelligence electronic device which will perform a function when a plurality of artificial intelligence electronic devices receives speech input of a user.
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Artificial intelligence is a field of computer engineering and information technology for researching a method of enabling a computer to do thinking, learning and self-development that can be done by human intelligence, and means that a computer can imitate a human intelligent action.
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In addition, artificial intelligence does not exist in itself but has many direct and indirect associations with the other fields of computer science. In particular, today, attempts to introduce artificial intelligent elements to various fields of information technology to deal with issues of the fields have been actively made.
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Meanwhile, technology of recognizing and learning a surrounding situation using artificial intelligence and providing information desired by a user in a desired form or performing a function or operation desired by the user is actively being studied.
[0006]
Meanwhile, electronic devices for performing various operations and functions through speech recognition by combining user's speech recognition and context awareness technology are increasing. Such electronic devices may be referred to as speech agents.
[0007]
Meanwhile, there is a plurality of electronic devices for performing the function of the speech agent in the home. That is, there is a plurality of electronic devices which will perform an function with respect to user's speech input (user's request).
[0008]
Accordingly, the user may request a function from one electronic device, but a plurality of electronic devices may perform the function. Alternatively, the user may request a function from a specific electronic device, but another electronic device may perform the function.
SUMMARY
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An object of the present invention is to an artificial intelligence electronic device capable of determining an artificial intelligence electronic device which will perform a function when a plurality of artificial intelligence electronic devices receives speech input of a user.
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An artificial intelligence electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit configured to receive speech input from a user, a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of other artificial intelligence electronic devices, and a processor configured to determine a device which will perform a function corresponding to the speech input, when the artificial intelligence electronic device and one or more other artificial intelligence electronic devices receive the speech input, and perform the function corresponding to the speech input when the device which will perform the function corresponding to the speech input is the artificial intelligence electronic device.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an artificial intelligence (AI) device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an AI server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an AI system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a plurality of electronic devices according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 5 is a view showing a use environment of a plurality of electronic devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating an artificial intelligence electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a method of operating a plurality of electronic devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 8 is a view illustrating an operation method when a device which will perform a function corresponding to speech input is another electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0019]
FIG. 9 is a view illustrating an operation method when speech input corresponds to a unique role of another electronic device but the other electronic device does not receive speech input according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a method of determining a device which will acquire an intent.
[0021]
FIG. 11 is a view illustrating another method of determining a device which will acquire an intent.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure are described in more detail with reference to accompanying drawings and regardless of the drawings symbols, same or similar components are assigned with the same reference numerals and thus overlapping descriptions for those are omitted. The suffixes “module” and “unit” for components used in the description below are assigned or mixed in consideration of easiness in writing the specification and do not have distinctive meanings or roles by themselves. In the following description, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or constructions will be omitted since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Additionally, the accompanying drawings are used to help easily understanding embodiments disclosed herein but the technical idea of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. It should be understood that all of variations, equivalents or substitutes contained in the concept and technical scope of the present disclosure are also included.
[0023]
It will be understood that the terms “first” and “second” are used herein to describe various components but these components should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from other components.
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In this disclosure below, when one part (or element, device, etc.) is referred to as being ‘connected’ to another part (or element, device, etc.), it should be understood that the former can be ‘directly connected’ to the latter, or ‘electrically connected’ to the latter via an intervening part (or element, device, etc.). It will be further understood that when one component is referred to as being ‘directly connected’ or ‘directly linked’ to another component, it means that no intervening component is present.
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Artificial intelligence refers to the field of studying artificial intelligence or methodology for making artificial intelligence, and machine learning refers to the field of defining various issues dealt with in the field of artificial int…
