US 12,073,829 B2
Electronic device and control method thereof
Jisun Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Minjin Rho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/292,116
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/011636
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/096193, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0136738 (KR), filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0398529 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/01 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 15/01 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a speech receiver; and
a processor configured to:
based on a user's speech being received via the speech receiver, identify an accumulation level of utterance history information corresponding to characteristics of the user's speech;
based on the accumulation level of the utterance history information being lower than a predetermined threshold level, provide response information corresponding to the user's speech based on user information related to the characteristics of the user's speech; and
based on the accumulation level of the utterance history information being equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold level, provide response information corresponding to the user's speech based on the user information and the utterance history information,
wherein the user information comprises information on an aqe group of a user who utters the user's speech,
wherein the processor is configured to:
based on the age group being equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold age, operate in a speech recognition mode during a predetermined time from when a user's speech for triggering the speech recognition mode of the electronic device is received; and
based on the age group being lower than the predetermined threshold age, extend the predetermined time.