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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Yoshinori Kitahara, Tachikawa, JP;
Yasunari Obuchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsuko Koizumi, Sagamihara, JP;
Seiki Mizutani, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Kitahara, Tachikawa, JP;
Yasunari Obuchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsuko Koizumi, Sagamihara, JP;
Seiki Mizutani, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A speech interpretation server, and a method for providing a speech interpretation service, are disclosed. The server includes a speech input for receiving an inputted speech in a first language from a mobile terminal, a speech recognizer that receives the inputted speech and converts the inputted speech into a prescribed symbol string, a language converter that converts the inputted speech converted into the prescribed symbol string into a second language, wherein the second language is different from the first language, and a speech output that outputs the second language to the mobile terminal. The method includes the steps of providing an interpretation server having resident thereon a plurality of registered sentences to be interpreted, activating a translation connection between the mobile terminal and the interpretation server, receiving speech, in a first language, inputted to the mobile terminal via the translation connection, at the interpretation server, recognizing and interpreting the speech inputted based on a comparison of the inputted speech to the plurality of registered sentences to be interpreted, and outputting a translation correspondent to the second language.