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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/520 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for recognizing sound information includes a sound recognition unit for recognizing sound information. A knowledge base stores knowledge concerning a type of data represented by the sound information. A prediction unit predicts the type of data represented by sound information to be subsequently recognized by checking the knowledge stored in the knowledge base. The sound recognition unit recognizes sound information to be subsequently recognized based on a prediction result obtained by the prediction unit. With this arrangement, the recognition accuracy is enhanced.