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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1994
Shigeto Oheda, Kamakura, JP;
Michihiro Mese, Chigasaki, JP;
Toshio Kamimura, Fujisawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Kunimori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shunichi Itoh, Fujisawa, JP;
Tsukasa Hasegawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Tsukasa Yamauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus having speech and non-speech communication functions for communicating with another party in a non-speech mode in which data information is transferred and communicating with another party in a speech mode in which voice information is transferred. The information processing apparatus includes a speech and non-speech communication detecting apparatus for detecting whether the other party communicates with the information processing apparatus in a speech mode or a non-speech mode and transferring speech and non-speech data between the information processing apparatus and the other party, a non-speech communication unit for receiving non-speech data from the speech and non-speech communication detecting apparatus and supplying non-speech data to the speech and non-speech communication detecting apparatus when the non-speech mode has been detected, and a voice recognizing unit for converting voice information included in speech data from the speech and non-speech communication detecting apparatus into data information when the speech mode has been detected. The invention further includes a voice synthesizing unit for converting data information into speech data including voice information and supplying the speech data to the speech and non-speech communication detecting apparatus when the speech mode has been detected.