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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Control apparatus for enabling a user to communicate by speech with a processor-controlled apparatus
Applicants:
Uwe Helmut Jost, Berkshire, GB;
Yuan Shao, Berkshire, GB;
Inventors:
Uwe Helmut Jost, Berkshire, GB;
Yuan Shao, Berkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 11/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control apparatus controls the display of text data which includes a speech link that can be activated by spoken command. The shape of a pointing device cursor displayed on a display is then changed by the apparatus when the pointing device cursor is located over the speech link included in displayed text data. The apparatus is arranged to output a prompt identifying speech commands that can be used to activate the speech link if the pointing device cursor is displayed on a display located over the speech link in a changed state for a predetermined time.