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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
Yasuharu Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Watari, Ibaragi, JP;
Makoto Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kagami, Chiba, JP;
Kazuo Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Miyuki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kakuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for processing a natural language arranged so as to improve the speech recognition rate. In an example search section, the degree of similarity between each of a plurality of examples of the actual use of the language stored in an example data base and each of a plurality of probable recognition results output from a recognition section, and one of the examples corresponding to the highest degree of similarity is selected. A final speech recognition result is obtained by using the selected example. The example search section calculates the degree of similarity by weighting the degree of similarity on the basis of a context according to at least one of the examples previously selected.