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Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2003
Applicants:

Masako Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiro Yokouchi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masako Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiro Yokouchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A speech processing unit assigns priority either to voice guidance processing or to speech recognition processing to be carried out previously, when a speech input requesting for the speech recognition processing is accepted while the voice guidance processing is being carried out. It can solve a problem of a conventional speech processing unit in that when a user operates a speech input button requesting for the speech recognition processing, the currently output voice guidance is interrupted, or the voice guidance scheduled to be output is not produced, thereby hindering the user from obtaining truly necessary information.


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