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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1990
Junichiroh Fujimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Seigou Yasuda, Yokosuka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A method for forming a reference voice pattern to be stored in a library for use in identifying an unknown input sound. The method comprises the steps of inputting a first sound pronounced for a particular letter combination by a speaker to form a first voice pattern, the first voice pattern represented by a sound energy level as a function of time; examining the first voice pattern to determine whether or not an intermediate voiceless interval is present within a predetermined time period at least from either a beginning or terminating end of the first voice pattern; repeating the inputting and examining steps for a second sound; combining the first and second voice patterns to define the reference voice pattern, wherein, if either of the first and second voice patterns has a voiced portion in the predetermined time period and the other of the first and second voice patterns does not have a corresponding voiced portion in the predetermined time period, the combining step comprises adding the voiced portion to said other of the first and second voice patterns.