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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2008
Mitsuru Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Maki Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiko Morii, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Konuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Nomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Maki Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiko Morii, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Konuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Nomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims at extracting a keyword of conversation without preparations by advanced anticipation of keywords of conversation. A keyword extracting device of the present invention includes an audio input sectionby way of which a speech sound made by a speaker is input; a speech segment determination sectionthat determines a speech segment for each speaker in connection with the input speech sound; a speech recognition sectionthat recognizes a speech sound of the determined speech segment for each speaker; an interrupt detection sectionthat detects a feature of a speech response suggesting presence of a keyword on the basis of a response of another speaker to speech sounds of respective speakers; namely, an interrupt where a preceding speech and a subsequent speech overlap; a keyword extraction sectionthat extracts the keyword from the speech in the speech segment specified on the basis of an interrupt; a keyword search sectionthat performs keyword search by means of the keyword; and a display sectionthat displays a result of keyword search.