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Title:
VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3440840
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the recognition performance at the time of performing a response in a short time by adding the concerned voice section length of a candidate to the element of a selection criteria and enhancing the degree of priority of a candidate having a long concerned voice section length.
SOLUTION: A voice is taken in a device and a sound signal is subjected to an A/D conversion to be digitized and featured values of an LPC Mer- Cepstrum or the like are extracted (S21) and initial candidates are registered (S22). Degrees of priority of respective candidates are calculated based on recognition scores of the candidates and the concerned voice section lengths of the candidates and candidates having the highest degrees of priority are selected from among the set of the candidates (S23). Word series are extended (S24) and recognition scores are calculated (S25) with respect to respective word series of new candidates. Next, concerned voice section lengths are calculated (S26) with respect to respective word series of the new candidates. Thus, the new candidates are registered (S27). Finaly, an outputtable candidate is selected from among the registered candidates to be outputted as a recognition result (S29).


Inventors:
Mitsuru Endo
Application Number:
JP26464098A
Publication Date:
August 25, 2003
Filing Date:
September 18, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
International Classes:
G10L15/18; G10L15/08; G10L15/10; G10L15/183; G10L15/193; G10L15/28; G10L15/32; (IPC1-7): G10L15/10; G10L15/08; G10L15/18; G10L15/28
Domestic Patent References:
JP4362699A
JP10105188A
Other References:
遠藤充,伊藤達朗,星見昌克,A*探索を用いた連続音声認識方法の検討,日本音響学会平成10年度秋季研究発表会講演論文集,1998年 9月24日,3−1−9,p.99−100
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fumio Iwahashi (2 others)