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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Tsuyoki Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A speech recognition method is provided that recognizes speech for causing equipment to operate. The method includes acquiring a speech signal from a microphone disposed in a designated space. The method also includes detecting a spatial sound pressure distribution indicating a distribution of sound pressure in the space, on the basis of the acquired speech signal, and detecting a point sound source in the space on the basis of the detected spatial sound pressure distribution. The method further includes judging to conduct a speech recognition process on the acquired speech signal when the point sound source is detected.