Audible language recognition by successive vocabulary reduction
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuyuki Shigeeda
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Abstract
A syllable or phoneme at the beginning of a word input by voice is subjected to voice recognition. Using the recognized syllable or phoneme as a key, applicable data is retrieved from a plurality of groups of vocabulary data established in advance. The retrieved vocabulary data is displayed to notify the operator of the data. If only one item of vocabulary data has been retrieved, predetermined processing is activated based upon the content of the vocabulary data. If the retrieved vocabulary data is plural in number, then the plural items of vocabulary data are placed in a population that is to undergo search and retrieval next, and retrieval based upon the next syllable or phoneme is carried out.
Claims23
A data retrieval apparatus having a voice recognition function, comprising:
- voice recognition means for subjecting a syllable or phoneme positioned at the head of an input voiced word to voice recognition;
- data retrieval means for retrieving, from a plurality of groups of vocabulary data set in advance, vocabulary data including at the head thereof the syllable or phoneme recognized by said voice recognition means;
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- display means for displaying the vocabulary data retrieved by said data retrieval means, thereby notifying an operation of the retrieved vocabulary data.
A data retrieval method applied to a data retrieval apparatus having a voice recognition function, comprising:
- a voice recognition step of subjecting a syllable or phoneme positioned at the head of an input voiced word to voice recognition;
- a data retrieval step of retrieving, from a plurality of groups of vocabulary data set in advance, vocabulary data including at the head thereof the syllable or phoneme recognized at said voice recognition step;
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- a display step of displaying the vocabulary data retrieved at said data retrieval step, thereby notifying an operator of the retrieved vocabulary data.
A computer-readable storage medium storing, as a program, a data retrieval method applied to a data-retrieval apparatus having a voice recognition function, said data retrieval method comprising:
- a voice recognition step of subjecting a syllable or phoneme positioned at the head of an input voiced word to voice recognition;
- a data retrieval step of retrieving, from a plurality of groups of vocabulary data set in advance, vocabulary data including at the head thereof the syllable or phoneme recognized at said voice recognition step;
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- a display step of displaying the vocabulary data retrieved at said data retrieval step, thereby notifying an operator of the retrieved vocabulary data.
A data retrieval apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting voice;
- storage means for storing a plurality of data groups in units of syllables or phonemes at the head of the data;
- recognition means for recognizing a syllable or phoneme positioned at the head of the voice that has been input;
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- means for retrieving, from said storage means, data belonging to a group corresponding to the syllable or phoneme recognized by said recognition means.
A communications apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting voice;
- storage means for storing a plurality of items of destination data grouped in units of syllables or phonemes;
- recognition means for recognizing a syllable or phoneme positioned at the head of the voice that has been input;
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- means for retrieving, from said storage means, destination data belonging to a group corresponding to the syllable or phoneme recognized by said recognition means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.