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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 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 terminal is provided that includes a speech acquisition unit that acquires first speech information, and a first speech processor that removes noise contained in the first speech information using a first removal method and outputs the noise-removed speech information as second speech information. The terminal also includes a first speech recognition unit that performs speech recognition on the second speech information and outputs the speech recognition result as first speech recognition result information. The terminal further includes a communication unit that receives a speech recognition result as second speech recognition result information from a server, and a determination unit that makes a selection as to which of the first speech recognition result information and the second speech recognition result information should be outputted.