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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Takuya Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Washio, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuya Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Washio, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A voice interactive system includes an acoustic processing partfor performing acoustic signal processing with respect to an input voice signal, a voice recognizing partfor recognizing the contents of a voice contained in the voice signal after being subjected to the acoustic signal processing, a voice interacting partfor transmitting information to a user by using a voice output or a combination of a voice output and another information transmission unit based on the contents of the voice, and a barge-in control parthaving a barge-in function of suspending the transmission of information based on an input of the acoustic processing part, an output thereof, or an input signal from an external input, in the course of transmission of information, wherein the barge-in control partdetects at least one feature value from the input signal from the input or the output of the acoustic processing partor the external input, and determines the effectiveness of the barge-in function based on the at least one feature value.