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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a refrigerator, when a door switch detects opening of a door of the refrigerator, a voice recognition control unit determines whether voice data acquired by a voice acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined voice recognition start condition. In a case where the voice recognition start condition is satisfied, the recognition control unit controls the voice recognition unit to perform voice recognition. However, in a case where the voice recognition start condition is not satisfied, the recognition control unit controls the voice recognition unit not to perform voice recognition.