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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2005
Applicants:

Toshihiko Manabe, Kamakura, JP;

Hideki Tsutsui, Yokohama, JP;

Koji Urata, Kawasaki, JP;

Mika Fukui, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroko Hayama, Komae, JP;

Inventors:

Toshihiko Manabe, Kamakura, JP;

Hideki Tsutsui, Yokohama, JP;

Koji Urata, Kawasaki, JP;

Mika Fukui, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroko Hayama, Komae, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An information retrieval system, includes speech recognition means for making speech recognition for a spoken question to generate first text information, generation means for modifying the first text information to generate second text information as a interrogative to make a search for an answer to the question, and search means for searching the answer from a document database by using the second text information.


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