Voice chat system, information processing apparatus, speech recognition method, keyword data electrode detection method, and program for speech recognition

An information processing apparatus acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list and performing a voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

• a recognition word dictionary generating unit that acquires the search keyword list from the search server to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in the speech recognition;
• a speech recognition unit that performs speech recognition on voice data obtained from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat by referencing a recognition database containing the recognition word dictionary;
• a voice conversation control unit that performs communication control of the voice data with the other information processing apparatus;
• and
• a keyword detection unit that detects keywords related to the content of the conversation during the voice chat from the result of the speech recognition,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

An information processing apparatus acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list, selecting words from the search keyword list, acquiring, from a recognition word dictionary generating device that applies weight information for use in speech recognition to the selected words, the words having the weight information applied thereto, and performing a voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

• a speech recognition unit that performs speech recognition on voice data obtained from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat by referencing a recognition database containing the words acquired from the recognition word dictionary generating device;
• a voice conversation control unit that performs communication control of the voice data with the other information processing apparatus;
• and
• a keyword detection unit that detects keywords related to the content of the conversation during the voice chat from the result of the speech recognition,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A speech recognition method used in an information processing apparatus, the apparatus acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list and performing a voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring the search keyword list from the search server to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for used in speech recognition;
• obtaining voice data from the content of the conversation during the voice chat;
• analyzing the voice data based on an acoustic feature of the voice data and generating word sequence candidates corresponding to the content of the conversation;
• and
• analyzing the generated word sequence candidates based on a linguistic concatenation feature between the words that constitute the word sequence by referencing a recognition database for use in the speech recognition containing the recognition word dictionary, thereby selecting a most feasible word sequence,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A speech recognition method used in an information processing apparatus, the apparatus acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list, selecting words from the search keyword list, acquiring, from a recognition word dictionary generating device that applies weight information for use in speech recognition to the selected words, the words having the weight information applied thereto, and performing a voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring the words having the weight information applied thereto from the recognition word dictionary generating device and storing the words in a recognition database for use in speech recognition;
• obtaining voice data from the content of the conversation during the voice chat;
• analyzing the voice data based on an acoustic feature of the voice data and generating word sequence candidates corresponding to the content of the conversation;
• and
• analyzing the generated word sequence candidates based on a linguistic concatenation feature between the words that constitute the word sequence by referencing the recognition database, thereby selecting a most feasible word sequence,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for a computer that controls an information processing apparatus, the apparatus acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list and performing a voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the program allowing the computer to execute:

• a recognition word dictionary generating function that acquires the search keyword list from the search server to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in the speech recognition;
• a speech recognition function that performs speech recognition on voice data obtained from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat by referencing a recognition database containing the recognition word dictionary;
• a voice conversation control function that performs communication control of the voice data with the other information processing apparatus;
• and
• a keyword detection function that detects keywords related to the content of the conversation during the voice chat from the result of the speech recognition,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for a computer that controls an information processing apparatus, the apparatus acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list, selecting words from the search keyword list, acquiring, from a recognition word dictionary generating device that applies weight information for use in speech recognition to the selected words, the words having the weight information applied thereto, and performing a voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the program allowing the computer to execute:

• a speech recognition function that performs speech recognition on voice data obtained from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat by referencing a recognition database containing the words acquired from the recognition word dictionary generating device;
• a voice conversation control function that performs communication control of the voice data with the other information processing apparatus;
• and
• a keyword detection function that detects keywords related to the content of the conversation during the voice chat from the result of the speech recognition,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a recognition word dictionary generating unit that acquires, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in language recognition;
• a broadcast text information receiving unit that receives broadcast text information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• a keyword detection unit that detects predetermined keywords from the broadcast text information by referencing the recognition word dictionary;
• and
• an external display device connection control unit that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords detected from the broadcast text information to the external display device,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a recognition word dictionary generating unit that acquires, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in speech recognition;
• a broadcast audio information receiving unit that receives broadcast audio information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• a speech recognition unit that performs speech recognition on the broadcast audio information by referencing a recognition database containing the recognition word dictionary;
• a keyword detection unit that detects predetermined keywords from the result of the speech recognition on the broadcast audio information;
• and
• an external display device connection control unit that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords detected from the broadcast audio information to the external display device,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A keyword detection method, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in language recognition;
• receiving broadcast text information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• detecting predetermined keywords from the broadcast text information by referencing the recognition word dictionary;
• and
• performing connection control with an external display device and outputting the keywords detected from the broadcast text information to the external display device,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A keyword detection method, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in speech recognition;
• receiving broadcast audio information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• performing speech recognition on the broadcast audio information by referencing a recognition database containing the recognition word dictionary;
• detecting predetermined keywords from the result of the speech recognition on the broadcast audio information;
• and
• performing connection control with an external display device and outputting the keywords detected from the broadcast audio information to the external display device,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for allowing a computer to realize:

• a recognition word dictionary generating function that acquires, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in language recognition;
• a broadcast text information receiving function that receives broadcast text information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• a keyword detection function that detects predetermined keywords from the broadcast text information by referencing the recognition word dictionary;
• and
• an external display device connection control function that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords detected from the broadcast text information to the external display device,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for allowing a computer to realize:

• a recognition word dictionary generating function that acquires, from a search server, a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server and rank information associated with the search keyword list to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in speech recognition;
• a broadcast audio information receiving function that receives broadcast audio information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• a speech recognition function that performs speech recognition on the broadcast audio information by referencing a recognition database containing the recognition word dictionary;
• a keyword detection function that detects predetermined keywords from the result of the speech recognition on the broadcast audio information;
• and
• an external display device connection control function that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords detected from the broadcast audio information to the external display device,
• wherein the search server represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search server to search for information available through Internet.

A voice chat system, comprising:

• a plurality of information processing apparatuses that performs a voice chat;
• a keyword extraction database referenced by the information processing apparatuses when extracting keywords from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat;
• and
• a search engine used by the information processing apparatuses when searching for the keywords and articles related to the keywords using the extracted keywords, the search engine disclosing to at least one information processing apparatus a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list,
• wherein at least one information processing apparatus includes:
• a parameter extraction unit that extracts a parameter from voice data generated from the dialog, the parameter characterizing the voice data;
• a keyword extraction unit that recognizes the generated voice data and extracts the keywords from the voice data based on the parameter and the keyword extraction database;
• an information search unit that searches for the extracted keywords using the search engine and acquires a search result for the keywords and the articles related to the keywords;
• a display unit that displays a keyword that is correlated with address information of the search result for the keyword and an article that is correlated with address information of the articles related to the keywords;
• and
• a keyword synchronization unit that transmits the extracted keywords to an information processing apparatus, which is a counterpart of the chat, and performs keyword synchronization with the counterpart information processing apparatus,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.

An information processing apparatus performing voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

• a parameter extraction unit that extracts a parameter from voice data generated from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat, the parameter characterizing the voice data;
• a keyword extraction unit that recognizes the generated voice data and extracts keywords from the voice data based on the parameter and a keyword extraction database;
• an information search unit that searches for the extracted keywords using a search engine and acquires a search result for the keywords and articles related to the keywords, the information search unit acquiring from the search engine a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list;
• and
• a search information accumulation unit that accumulates the keywords and the articles in a correlated manner with address information of the search result for the keywords and address information of the articles, respectively,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.

An information processing apparatus performing voice chat with other information processing apparatus, the at least one information processing apparatus comprising:

• a parameter extraction unit that extracts a parameter from voice data generated from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat, the parameter characterizing the voice data;
• a keyword extraction unit that recognizes the generated voice data and extracts keywords from the voice data based on the parameter and a keyword extraction database;
• an information search unit that searches for the extracted keywords using a search engine and acquires a search result for the keywords and articles related to the keywords, the information search unit acquiring from the search engine a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list;
• and
• a search information accumulation unit that accumulates the keywords and the articles in a correlated manner with address information of the search result for the keywords and address information of the articles, respectively,
• wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a keyword synchronization unit that receives the keywords transmitted from the at least one information processing apparatus and performs keyword synchronization with the corresponding information processing apparatus,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for allowing a computer to realize:

• a parameter extraction function that extracts a parameter from voice data generated from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat, the parameter characterizing the voice data;
• a keyword extraction function that recognizes the generated voice data and extracts keywords from the voice data based on the parameter and a keyword extraction database;
• an information search function that searches for the extracted keywords using a search engine and acquires a search result for the keywords and articles related to the keywords, the information searching function acquiring from the search engine a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list;
• and
• a search information storage function that stores the keywords and the articles in a correlated manner with address information of the search result for the keywords and address information of the articles, respectively,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a broadcast text information receiving unit that receives broadcast text information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• a keyword extraction unit that extracts keywords from the broadcast text information based on a keyword extraction database;
• an information search unit that searches for the extracted keywords using a search engine and acquires articles related to the keywords, the information search unit acquiring from the search engine a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list;
• and
• an external display device connection control unit that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords, a search result for the keywords, and articles related to the keywords to the external display device,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a broadcast audio information receiving unit that receives broadcast audio information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• a parameter extraction unit that extracts a parameter from voice data contained in the broadcast audio information, the parameter characterizing the voice data;
• a keyword extraction unit that recognizes the voice data and extracts keywords from the voice data based on the parameter and a keyword extraction database;
• an information search unit that searches for the extracted keywords using a search engine and acquires a search result for the keywords and articles related to the keywords, the information search unit acquiring from the search engine a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list;
• and
• an external display device connection control unit that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords, the search result for the keywords, and the articles related to the keywords to the external display device,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for allowing a computer to realize:

• a broadcast text information receiving function that receives broadcast text information broadcast from a broadcasting station;
• a keyword extraction function that extracts keywords from the broadcast text information based on a keyword extraction database;
• an information search function that searches for the extracted keywords using a search engine and acquires a search result for the keywords and articles related to the keywords, the information search function acquiring from the search engine a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list;
• and
• an external display device connection control function that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords, the search result for the keywords, and the articles related to the keywords to the external display device,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for allowing a computer to realize:

• a broadcast audio information receiving function that receives broadcast audio information transmitted from a broadcasting station;
• a parameter extraction function that extracts a parameter from voice data contained in the broadcast audio information, the parameter characterizing the voice data;
• a keyword extraction function that recognizes the voice data and extracts keywords from the voice data based on the parameter and a keyword extraction database;
• an information search function that searches for the extracted keywords using a search engine and acquires a search result for the keywords and articles related to the keywords the information search function acquiring from the search engine a search keyword list containing search keywords searched by the search engine and rank information associated with the search keyword list;
• and
• an external display device connection control function that performs connection control with an external display device and outputs the keywords, the search result for the keywords, and the articles related to the keywords to the external display device,
• wherein the search engine represents a website that provides a keyword search service and a directory search service so that a user uses the search engine to search for information available through Internet.