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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Ayumi Itoh, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Ayumi Itoh, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a speech input portion that receives an input of speech from a user, a dictionary storage portion that stores a dictionary configured by phrase information pieces for recognizing the speech, a compound phrase generation portion that generates a plurality of compound phrases formed by all combinations of a plurality of predetermined phrases in different orders, a compound phrase registration portion that registers the plurality of compound phrases that have been generated in the dictionary as the phrase information pieces, a speech recognition portion that, in a case where speech including a speech phrase formed by the plurality of predetermined phrases said in an arbitrary order has been input, performs speech recognition on the speech by searching the dictionary for a compound phrase that matches the speech phrase.