System and program for reproducing information
First Claim
1. A reproduction system comprising:
- a storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be reproduced;
a reproducing unit for reproducing a piece of information designated from the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storing unit;
a speech recognizing unit for inputting a speech and for recognizing and decomposing the inputted speech into words; and
a control unit for designating a search word from the recognized words sent by the speech recognizing unit, retrieving a piece of information that corresponds to the search word from the stored pieces of information, and controlling the reproducing unit for reproducing the retrieved piece of information, wherein, when the control unit retrieves a given group of pieces of information that corresponds to the search word, wherein the given group of pieces of information is a subset of the plurality of pieces of information, the control unit designates a given one from the given group of pieces of information to instantaneously control the reproducing unit for reproducing the given one of the given group.
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Abstract
A speech inputted via a microphone is recognized by a speech recognition unit. Based on a recognition result, a dialogue control unit makes a music search unit search a music index database. When a search result includes plural musical compositions, a certain composition is designated from the plural musical compositions, based on an optional search method, to be immediately reproduced. The certain composition can be randomly designated. It can be also designated based on a frequency each composition was reproduced, a date and an hour when each composition is stored, a sale date, or a degree of matching to the inputted speech. This structure enables any musical composition to be immediately reproduced even without user'"'"'s final input to designate only one of the musical compositions. This results in shortening a non-responding period where no music is being reproduced to enhance a comfort level of the user.
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19 Claims
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1. A reproduction system comprising:
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a storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be reproduced;
a reproducing unit for reproducing a piece of information designated from the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storing unit;
a speech recognizing unit for inputting a speech and for recognizing and decomposing the inputted speech into words; and
a control unit for designating a search word from the recognized words sent by the speech recognizing unit, retrieving a piece of information that corresponds to the search word from the stored pieces of information, and controlling the reproducing unit for reproducing the retrieved piece of information, wherein, when the control unit retrieves a given group of pieces of information that corresponds to the search word, wherein the given group of pieces of information is a subset of the plurality of pieces of information, the control unit designates a given one from the given group of pieces of information to instantaneously control the reproducing unit for reproducing the given one of the given group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product that includes a computer usable medium and is used in a reproduction system that includes:
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a storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be reproduced;
a reproducing unit for reproducing a piece of information designated from the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storing unit; and
a speech inputting unit for inputting a speech, the computer program product comprising at least one of instruction groups;
a first instruction group for recognizing and decomposing the inputted speech into words; and
a second instruction group for designating a search word from the recognized words, retrieving a piece of information that corresponds to the search word from the stored pieces of information, and controlling the reproducing unit for reproducing the retrieved piece of information, wherein, when a given group of pieces of information that corresponds to the search word is retrieved, wherein the given group of pieces of information is a subset of the plurality of pieces of information, a given one from the given group of pieces of information is designated and the reproducing unit is instantaneously controlled for reproducing the given one of the given group.
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15. A reproducing method used in a reproduction system that includes:
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a storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be reproduced;
a reproducing unit for reproducing a piece of information designated from the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storing unit; and
a speech inputting unit for inputting a speech, the reproducing method comprising;
recognizing and decomposing the inputted speech into words;
designating a search word from the recognized words;
retrieving a piece of information that corresponds to the search word from the stored pieces of information; and
controlling the reproducing unit for reproducing the retrieved piece of information, wherein, when a given group of pieces of information that corresponds to the search word is retrieved, wherein the given group of pieces of information is a subset of the plurality of pieces of information, a given one from the given group of pieces of information is designated and the reproducing unit is instantaneously controlled for reproducing the given one of the given group. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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16. A reproduction system comprising:
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a storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be reproduced;
a reproducing unit for reproducing a piece of information designated from the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storing unit;
a speech recognizing unit for inputting a speech and for recognizing and decomposing the inputted speech into words;
a control unit for designating a search word from the recognized words sent by the speech recognizing unit, retrieving a piece of information that corresponds to the search word from the stored pieces of information, and controlling the reproducing unit for reproducing the retrieved piece of information; and
a combination information storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of combination information relating to combination among words, wherein, when combination among the recognized words is not included in the combination information storing unit, the speech recognizing unit executes one of never sending the recognized words to the control unit and sending the recognized words along with information indicating that a degree of likelihood of the recognized words to the inputted speech is low.
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18. A computer program product that includes a computer usable medium and is used in a reproduction system that includes:
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a storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be reproduced;
a combination information storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of combination information relating to combination of words;
a reproducing unit for reproducing a piece of information designated from the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storing unit; and
a speech inputting unit for inputting a speech, the computer program product comprising at least one of instruction groups;
a first instruction group for recognizing and decomposing the inputted speech into words, and determining whether combination among the recognized words is included in the combination information storing unit, wherein, when the combination among the recognized words is included in the combination information storing unit, the recognized words are recognized as final recognized words, wherein, when the combination among the recognized words is not included in the combination information storing unit, the recognized words are dealt with by one of two procedures, wherein in a first procedure the recognized words become tentative recognized words having information indicating that a degree of likelihood of the recognized words to the inputted speech is low, wherein in a second procedure the recognized words do not become the final recognized words; and
a second instruction group for designating, when the final recognized words are present, a search word from the final recognized words, retrieving a piece of information that corresponds to the search word from the stored pieces of information, and controlling the reproducing unit for reproducing the retrieved piece of information.
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19. A reproducing method used in a reproduction system that includes:
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a storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of information that can be reproduced;
a combination information storing unit for storing a plurality of pieces of combination information relating to combination among words;
a reproducing unit for reproducing a piece of information designated from the plurality of pieces of information stored in the storing unit; and
a speech inputting unit for inputting a speech, the reproducing method comprising steps of;
recognizing and decomposing the inputted speech into words;
determining whether combination among the recognized words is included in the combination information storing unit, wherein, when the combination among the recognized words is included in the combination information storing unit, the recognized words are recognized as final recognized words, wherein, when the combination among the recognized words is not included in the combination information storing unit, the recognized words are dealt with by one of two procedures, wherein in a first procedure the recognized words become tentative recognized words having information indicating that a degree of likelihood of the recognized words to the inputted speech is low, wherein in a second procedure the recognized words do not become the final recognized words;
designating, when the final recognized words are present, a search word from the final recognized words;
retrieving a piece of information that corresponds to the search word from the stored pieces of information; and
controlling the reproducing unit for reproducing the retrieved piece of information.
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Specification