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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Haru Ando, Kokubunji, JP;
Hideaki Kikuchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Nobuo Hataoka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasumasa Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeto Oheda, Kamakura, JP;
Tsukasa Hasegawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A user inputs voice through a voice recognition program, a microphone and an A/D converter while pointing by use of a pointing gesture, touch pen or the like with reference to an image displayed on a display unit. For the result of recognition of the inputted voice, a processing or display indicated by a candidate having the first rank of reliability of recognition is performed and an indication showing a plurality of candidates having the second rank and the lower ranks than that is displayed in a menu form on a display screen. In the case where there is an error (that is, in the case where the processing or display indicated by the candidate having the first rank is not a processing intended by the user or the user makes an erroneous input), the error is corrected in such a manner that a correct input candidate is selected by a finger, pen or the like from the displayed menu of candidates having the second rank and the lower ranks than that and a processing operation or display associated with the selected candidate is performed again.