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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Takehide Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Takehide Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A spoken dialogue apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a retrieval unit, a calculation unit, and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit performs speech recognition of an input speech to obtain a recognition candidate. The retrieval unit updates a retrieval condition by use of the recognition candidate and outputs a retrieval result. The calculation unit calculates estimated numbers of data as costs concerning a first response and a second response based on the retrieval condition and the retrieval result. The selection unit selects a response having a lowest cost and presents the response to the user.