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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2009
Yuzuru Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Chikuri, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Furumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A voice recognition device includes a voice input unitfor inputting a voice of an uttered button name to convert the voice into an electric signal, a voice recognition processing unitfor performing a voice recognition process according to a sound signal sent thereto, as the electric signal, from the voice input unit, a button candidate detecting unitfor detecting, as a button candidate, a button having a button name which partially matches a voice recognition result acquired by the voice recognition processing unit, a display control unitfor, when a plurality of candidate buttons are detected by the button candidate detecting unit, producing a screen showing a state in which at least one of the plurality of button candidates is selected, and a display unitfor displaying the screen produced by the display control unit.