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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Takashi Ebihara, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Sakashita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Nogi, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Ebihara, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Sakashita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Nogi, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voice recognition device is provided with a sentence selecting unit for selecting sentences each having a predetermined number or less of acoustic units as sentences to be recognized from candidates for the sentences to be recognized. According to an exemplary embodiment, the sentence selecting unit may define the selected sentences as sentences to be recognized. According to another exemplary embodiment, when a candidate for a sentence to be recognized has a number of acoustic units exceeding the predetermined number, one or more acoustic units may be trimmed from the candidate, and the trimmed candidate may be defined as one of the sentences to be recognized.