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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Dafei Shi, Beijing, CN;
Yaojie LU, Beijing, CN;
Yueyan Yin, Beijing, CN;
Jichuan Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Lijun Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Dafei Shi, Beijing, CN;
Yaojie Lu, Beijing, CN;
Yueyan Yin, Beijing, CN;
Jichuan Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Lijun Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a speech retrieval apparatus and a speech retrieval method for searching, in a speech database, for an audio file matching an input search term by using an acoustic model serialization code, a phonemic code, a sub-word unit, and a speech recognition result of speech. The speech retrieval apparatus comprises a first conversion device, a first division device, a first speech retrieval unit creation device, a second conversion device, a second division device, a second speech retrieval unit creation device, and a matching device. The speech retrieval method comprises a first conversion step, a first division step, a first speech retrieval unit creation step, a second conversion step, a second division step, a second speech retrieval unit creation step, and a matching step.