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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Kenichiro Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Hirota, Shibuya-ku, JP;
Hiromi Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yagisawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroki Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Fukada, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Komori, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichiro Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Hirota, Shibuya-ku, JP;
Hiromi Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yagisawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroki Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Fukada, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Komori, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a system implementing image retrieval by performing speech recognition on voice information added to an image, the speech recognition is triggered by an event, such as an image upload event, that is not an explicit speech-recognition order event. The system obtains voice information added to an image, detects an event, and performs speech recognition on the obtained voice information in response to a specific event, even if the detected event is not an explicit speech-recognition order event.