Speech-controlled electronic watch
US4635286A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L15/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Some at least of the control signals usually produced by manual control members and applied to the control circuit of the watch to control the performance of the different functions thereof are produced directly from words pronounced by the user, belonging to a pre-determined vocabulary, by an assembly for producing control signals by means of speech, which comprises electro-acoustic means for converting a pronounced word into an analog signal representing that word, means for transforming the analog signal into an item of logic control information and means for transforming the logic information into a control signal which can be directly applied to a control circuit for controlling performance of the function corresponding to the word pronounced.
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